Comments on: The Poor, the Communists, and Harding http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/ Apologia kai Polemikos Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:35:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Occasional Outbursts » Re-examining Joe McCarthy http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-520 Occasional Outbursts » Re-examining Joe McCarthy Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:08:14 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-520 <p>[...] BACKGROUND: Good Night and Good Luck, The Poor, The Communists, and Harding Permalink TrackBack [...]</p> […] BACKGROUND: Good Night and Good Luck, The Poor, The Communists, and Harding Permalink TrackBack […]

]]> By: Occasional Outbursts » Harding University Films http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-319 Occasional Outbursts » Harding University Films Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:51:21 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-319 <p>[...] Prompted by the discussions about Harding University, Americanism, and anti-communism here, here, here, here, here and here — I recently went looking online for more information about Harding’s National Education Program (NEP) and found a gold mine of videos at the Prelinger Archives. [...]</p> […] Prompted by the discussions about Harding University, Americanism, and anti-communism here, here, here, here, here and here — I recently went looking online for more information about Harding’s National Education Program (NEP) and found a gold mine of videos at the Prelinger Archives. […]

]]> By: Jeff http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-298 Jeff Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:43:01 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-298 <p>Chris,</p> <p>I don't think he misunderstood Larry at all. Extremeist was right on target with his comments.</p> <p>How about dealing with the substance of what he said.</p> Chris,

I don’t think he misunderstood Larry at all. Extremeist was right on target with his comments.

How about dealing with the substance of what he said.

]]> By: chris http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-297 chris Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:18:44 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-297 <p>I think that, as usual, you totally misunderstood Larry's point in order to reaffirm your own ideas. Oh well.</p> <p>I suggest you reread Larry's comments after rereading the passages themselves (i.e. in their full context, not just the soundbytes).</p> I think that, as usual, you totally misunderstood Larry’s point in order to reaffirm your own ideas. Oh well.

I suggest you reread Larry’s comments after rereading the passages themselves (i.e. in their full context, not just the soundbytes).

]]> By: Mick Wright http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-289 Mick Wright Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:42:27 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-289 <p>Rex, it worked for Jonah.</p> Rex, it worked for Jonah.

]]> By: Rex http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-287 Rex Mon, 31 Oct 2005 06:36:45 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-287 <p>I have not studied modern expressions of communism, such as the old Solviet-Union much, so I don't know a lot about communism. However from what I do know, I agree that there are serious problems with it. Mainly because it is a forced tryany style of government. And I suspect that it simply was a ruse to keep its elite leaders wealthy while the common people starved.</p> <p>With that being said, there is a serious problem with our form of Capitolistic government that runs counter to my understanding of scripture. When a large coorporation can run all of the small business competitors out of business and then pay its own hired help (esp. the non-educated labor) minimal wages while the select few at the top of the coorporation chain soak up hoards of money, there is something wrong. Or even worse, the cooporation makes its product over seas in a sweat shop where the labor is paid an "insult of a wage" while the company sells its product for a rediculous price.</p> <p>My only problem is I do not know how to go about fixing such a problem other than speaking out against it, which I am afriad it does not do much.</p> I have not studied modern expressions of communism, such as the old Solviet-Union much, so I don’t know a lot about communism. However from what I do know, I agree that there are serious problems with it. Mainly because it is a forced tryany style of government. And I suspect that it simply was a ruse to keep its elite leaders wealthy while the common people starved.

With that being said, there is a serious problem with our form of Capitolistic government that runs counter to my understanding of scripture. When a large coorporation can run all of the small business competitors out of business and then pay its own hired help (esp. the non-educated labor) minimal wages while the select few at the top of the coorporation chain soak up hoards of money, there is something wrong. Or even worse, the cooporation makes its product over seas in a sweat shop where the labor is paid an “insult of a wage” while the company sells its product for a rediculous price.

My only problem is I do not know how to go about fixing such a problem other than speaking out against it, which I am afriad it does not do much.

]]> By: Rex http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-286 Rex Mon, 31 Oct 2005 06:03:18 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2005/10/31/the-poor-the-communists-and-harding/#comment-286 <p>The democrats of our world certainly have their imoralities (pro-abortion, to name one) but check out this Bush-Fish picture on <a href="http://www.radicalcongruency.com/20051025-dear-god-please-let-this-be-a-joke-amen">this link</a> and see how obsurd the Republican righties are (and how fitting that one them is on a Hummer.</p> The democrats of our world certainly have their imoralities (pro-abortion, to name one) but check out this Bush-Fish picture on this link and see how obsurd the Republican righties are (and how fitting that one them is on a Hummer.

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