Thomas Frank on the movie "What's the Matter with Kansas?"

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Author Thomas Frank talks with director Joe Winston about the new documentary film based on "What's the Matter with Kansas?" He likes it.

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[bapyou]

Collective memory misfire. That's what the so-called conservative movement is about. These people have no knowledge of the struggles of real working people in this country ... labor struggles in which people were killed by police in the streets to get the 8 hour work day, for instance.

They forget that "Christian" Ronald Reagan funded death squads in Central America throughout the 1980s.

So-called "conservatives" today side with & support the wealthy & powerful, not the working people.

[abyssquick]

"Christian Nation?"

The founding fathers intended -no such thing- It's in their writings-- they intended an egalatarian, secular government as the VERY FIRST priority of the US constitution.

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Why is this religion always trying to hijack famous figures as it's own...? Does the religion not bear credibility on it's own merits...?

I am very suspicious that such untruths are being bandied about. The founding father's views on Christianity are in fact part of recorded history. Do people not read?

[lauraalta]

I can't believe I haven't heard of this. Really want to see it......

[MarkFFHH]

Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister said..."If you tell a Lie enough times it becomes Fact"..........When will people stop believing in Socialist ideals..they don't work...hundreds of nations have tried it and failed miserably....Either far Left Wing Socialist Progressive Communist Democrats are incompetent, insane or they are enemies of the state that want this nation to collapse..In which case they are Traitors..The Worst of all Criminals. Get a Rope

[bapyou]

@MarkFFHH

"3) No true free elections in Communist nations."

Elections are a game for the wealthy elite. We are allowed evry 2-4 years to "elect" whoi will opress us next. In America our elections are neither true nor "free."

"4) All power vested in a small group of unelected offocials that decides course of actions by the govt."

This is a lie. In communism, the power is held by the people.

"All Communist states fail financially." And the US has seen to it that they do so.

[bapyou]

@MarkFFHH I'm afraid you're the little schoolgirl here.

"1) No private ownership of anything"

A fallacy. You are free to have private personal property under communism. What you are not allowed to do is privately own and profit from vital resources such as water, agricultural land, oil, or the means of producing their derivitive products.

"2) No Constitutional Rights" A lie. Chile under Allende had a constitution. He was overthrown by a US-backed coup which negated the constitution.

[bapyou]

@MarkFFHH "why don't you move to North Korea or Cuba"?

#1. I don't speak Korean & my Spanish is poor. #2. I can barely afford to pay my rent, let alone afford the expense of moving to another country. Also you appear not to know that -- here in the land of the free -- we are not allowed to travel to Cuba.

I always wonder why you people ask that question. I think you're incapable of conceiving of free-thinking Americans arriving at the conclusion that capitalism is a cesspool of misery.

[MarkFFHH]

@MarkFFHH Also, 90% of the USA's Financial problems can be linked to social programs. The USA's achilles heel is the diease known as socialism.

[MarkFFHH]

@bapyou I could name thousands of things..LOL..But I have limited space.......Maybe you should go back to Elementary School little girl.

Communism:

1) No private ownership of anything.

2) No Constitutional Rights

3) No true free elections in Communist nations.

4) All power vested in a small group of unelected offocials that decides course of actions by the govt.

5) No free enterprise. production all decided by the govt.

All Communist states fail financially.

[MarkFFHH]

@bapyou My point is is that if Marxist Communism is so terrrific why don't you move to North Korea or Cuba...The Chi-Coms would love to use you as Propganda...LOL...People risk their Lives to get out of Marxist Communist Countries for a reason. You never see people risking their Life trying to escape a Constitutional Republic likethe USA do you? You woulnd't have to any way..you're free to leave...unlike Marxist Communist Progressive countries.

[MarkFFHH]

The word "Progressive" is another word for the Evils of Marxist Communism.

[MarkFFHH]

@bapyou They know how to cure Homosexuality today..as well as child molesters and other sexual deviants and Perverts.... .... Thanks to Advances in Modern Medicine help is availabe to you...Good Luck with that.