Affected by Government Shutdown?

Originally Posted by gurneyeagle

There are really no communist countries. For the most part they are socialist.

While I'm NO fan of Ted Cruz, both sides of the aisle have plenty of blame to share with this mess. Reid is a true clown as well.

A congress that truly isn't accountable to the people is the problem. Everyone loves their local rep; it;'s the other ones that are bad. Seriously need four year term limit for every political office.

When you (congress) have your own pension plan, health care, and basically jobs for life, what's the incentive to do anything but pander to constituents?

Hope things work out for you fed gov't guys. These fools will run it down to the last minute.

Originally Posted by andre12031948

Instead of politics, let's have a section for "IN THE NEWS TODAY" ??????

I'm not a party guy. They, well most of them svck in my book.

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Absolute truth. They're just different condiments on the same **** sandwich.

Unfortunately, a current events section would quickly become a political discussion section. I still think a section to discuss politics civilly would be a good thing. The problem is keeping it civil sometimes.

Originally Posted by andre12031948

If we go to war, or the government shuts down, or our economy/car market, I think it's just as important as how much whp my car has.

Let's behave/be civil; as civil as the other threads

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

I'm all for a political discussion subforum. It's always entertaining and educational. The only problem is that it's a subject that really gets people fired up, and it usually devolves pretty quickly. About the only subject that would be more divisive would be a religion subforum.

Originally Posted by andre12031948

Seems to me that if we are not capable or adult enough to talk about religion or the news, even politics, then we should not post & just suck our thumbs.

If I lose my cool, let me be the first to get banned!!!!!

Originally Posted by andre12031948

then we should not post & just suck our thumbs.

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

I ws under the impression that in a communist country the means of production was nationalized across the board, not so in socialist countries.

You're spot on on the rest. Cruz is just the easiest target at the moment since he's been trying to filibuster. The green eggs and ham stunt is classic.

Originally Posted by gurneyeagle

I was speaking in the broader more cold war Soviet Union sense. While all industry may be nationlized, the profits from that labor are never shared equally. In most instances, Stalin was as bad, if not worse, than Hitler.

There was not a whole lot of ideology of Carl Marx that was ever really practiced in the Soviet Union.