tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post7924406047099259353..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: CommunismDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-59664689655047461452010-10-19T20:58:25.268-07:002010-10-19T20:58:25.268-07:00I would say we "Don't ask and Don't t...I would say we "Don't ask and Don't tell" but that was thrown out! :<)Mike Thiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929567856363413549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-71276743021472660912010-10-19T19:47:25.512-07:002010-10-19T19:47:25.512-07:00Can you feel the love? :-)Can you feel the love? :-)Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-15208423104589624352010-10-19T19:26:13.185-07:002010-10-19T19:26:13.185-07:00Thanks, D.Thanks, D.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-63580107606273761922010-10-19T19:04:03.712-07:002010-10-19T19:04:03.712-07:00There ain't no good guy
There ain't no bad...There ain't no good guy<br />There ain't no bad guy<br />There's only you and me and<br />We just disagree.<br />--Dave Mason<br />To which I add:<br />But I'm still right.<br /><br />That's my take with mazenko :-) There are other commenters here whose glutes deserved to be kicked, literally, but mazenko isn't one of them.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-46850240019945501052010-10-19T16:43:06.634-07:002010-10-19T16:43:06.634-07:00That's a good straw man argument, but that'...That's a good straw man argument, but that's about all that's good about it.<br /><br />I've posted all of your comments that I've seen; if one is missing, it must be lost in the ether of the interwebs.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-51000280915056907322010-10-19T11:21:02.221-07:002010-10-19T11:21:02.221-07:00Regulating and taxing the means of production is f...Regulating and taxing the means of production is far different than "dictating" and "controlling" it. Not to mention the fact that social programs are not socialism.<br /><br />And if you don't think the financial sector and manufacturing need regulation, then I have no idea how to understand the utopian business world you foresee.<br /><br />By the way, I commented on the debt posting at the same time I commented on this one, but it didn't appear. Did that comment disappear into cyberspace?mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-77080022377663819832010-10-19T06:48:42.219-07:002010-10-19T06:48:42.219-07:00I entirely dispute that fascism is based on the po...I entirely dispute that fascism is based on the political right, as both German Nazism and Italian fascism were socialist in nature. While they allowed for private ownership of the means of production, the governments dictated all the production.<br /><br />It's a convenient fiction--and I'm being generous with that term--that fascism is right-leaning. It wasn't called the National Socialist Workers Party for nothing. Which American party would try to wear that mantle? Hmmmmm.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-68298878335814336872010-10-19T06:43:54.668-07:002010-10-19T06:43:54.668-07:00Fascism - hmmmmm.
"A rigid one-party dictato...Fascism - hmmmmm.<br /><br />"A rigid one-party dictatorship of the extreme right ... grounded in a close relationship between government and business interests ... using a belligerent nationalism (ie. patriotism) to suppress opposition and dissent ..."<br /><br />Hmmmmm.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-66466786353096619932010-10-18T19:22:37.428-07:002010-10-18T19:22:37.428-07:00You taunt me with the "democratic republic&qu...You taunt me with the "democratic republic" talk. All that's missing is the word "people's" in the front.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-66255085059677360822010-10-18T17:27:31.383-07:002010-10-18T17:27:31.383-07:00Fascism is fascism, and I don't like it even i...Fascism is fascism, and I don't like it even if its perpetrators are well-meaning Americans.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-71911823501528665462010-10-18T11:09:38.249-07:002010-10-18T11:09:38.249-07:00While there is still a threat of communism in the ...While there is still a threat of communism in the world, "we the people of the United States" are not under any threat. The republic is under no risk of Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist control.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-8634560654516720542010-10-18T09:53:18.682-07:002010-10-18T09:53:18.682-07:00Anonymous, contact me offline and we can discuss i...Anonymous, contact me offline and we can discuss it. My email address can be gleaned from the "view my complete profile) link near the top left of the home page of this blog.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-24471302998237221112010-10-18T01:43:30.216-07:002010-10-18T01:43:30.216-07:00That's why I've come to the conclusion tha...That's why I've come to the conclusion that whether it's communism, fascism or a monarchy the only worthwhile distinction is between legitimate governance, i.e. government by the consent of the governed and illegitimate government, everything else.<br /><br />For visceral reasons modern lefties prefer the latter while maintaining to themselves the pretense that the only thing wrong with the latter is that there's not quite enough of the former and bit more then we've got now would do the trick.<br /><br />My own feeling is that value of a government comes at the price of accepting a certain amount of coercion but that that amount should always be viewed with the greatest suspicion and any increases subject to ruthless scrutiny.allen (in Michigan)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-68581797360991397782010-10-17T21:36:42.010-07:002010-10-17T21:36:42.010-07:00Hi Mr Miller,
I'm a former student of yours a...Hi Mr Miller,<br /><br />I'm a former student of yours and was thinking about becoming a teacher, and I was wondering what you think of the "Teach for America" program as a way to get started?<br /><br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com