tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post2709800761248900575..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: America's March Toward Fascism: Characteristics (1)Leslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-50060840616671075252011-06-20T10:28:45.883-05:002011-06-20T10:28:45.883-05:00Very well written and thought provoking. You are r...Very well written and thought provoking. You are right on the mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-2154448997337841252011-04-11T15:53:29.677-05:002011-04-11T15:53:29.677-05:00@Darlene: I feel the same way about my age - and m...@Darlene: I feel the same way about my age - and my children and everyone else's children. Ha. The Republicans yap about the future generation but they're already screwing heck out of them.<br /><br />@Ivan. I'm mad as hell but I'm not ready to jump ship quite yet. I was thinking of making #15 about the corrupt Supremes.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-82415868729574425762011-04-11T13:30:21.807-05:002011-04-11T13:30:21.807-05:00Characteristic # 15 PRACTICALLY NOWHERE TO TURN
Wh...Characteristic # 15 PRACTICALLY NOWHERE TO TURN<br />When the Democratic leader (Pres Obama) cuts education, Pell grants, medical care to the poor and a variety of other vital programs and then brags that both parties were able to work together to reap this pile of crap you begin to wonder whether he's suffering from the Stockholm Syndrome & taking on the cause of his captors. I invite Ivan G. Goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14251047659568473267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-52907501294238902042011-04-11T12:54:07.784-05:002011-04-11T12:54:07.784-05:00I am so depressed. I never thought I would live t...I am so depressed. I never thought I would live to see this. Sometimes I'm glad I'm old and won't live to see the total destruction of our country. Then I notice how rapidly it's happening and I am no longer grateful for being old because they are after my Medicare. <br /><br />Of course, the real ones who will suffer are my children and grandchilden's generations.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-29822809408055154802011-04-10T19:34:53.538-05:002011-04-10T19:34:53.538-05:00@Shaw: Yikes. I saw you great comment, but got a b...@Shaw: Yikes. I saw you great comment, but got a bit sidetracked! Anyway, I always appreciate your comments because they come backed with facts. Thank you.<br /><br />@Bee: Thank you as well. Very astute and very wise words of advice.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-349723878689820642011-04-10T09:48:01.172-05:002011-04-10T09:48:01.172-05:00Is fascism rearing it's ugly head? Of course,...Is fascism rearing it's ugly head? Of course, it usually does in any country where people are scared (even though it was the fascists to begin with who made it scarier than it needed to be). We on the left need to remember, though, that it is also possible for another Stalin to rise up. Due diligence of both sides is always warranted.Beekeepers Apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03147256400096114177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-27369526693567953742011-04-09T17:14:11.634-05:002011-04-09T17:14:11.634-05:00okjimm: Read it when it first cam out. Also read h...okjimm: Read it when it first cam out. Also read his Berlin Diary which he wrote while living in and covering Germany as Hitler came to power. Glad you stopped by.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-29558467009070630062011-04-09T16:00:36.130-05:002011-04-09T16:00:36.130-05:00TN.... nice post. If anyone would like a good rea...TN.... nice post. If anyone would like a good read about the rise of Fascism... William Shirer, "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" is still a good comprehensive read. And he was in the middle of it.<br />Oh, and I linked you, too. Thanks for the nice note& stuff.okjimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013002335848390765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-50611318743343688822011-04-09T14:14:25.065-05:002011-04-09T14:14:25.065-05:00JC: Of course it is. When you're right in the ...JC: Of course it is. When you're right in the middle of things you can't always see the big picture.<br /><br />JACK: Your message with your link went into Spam for some unknown reason. I thought I was publishing it but I must have done something wrong because it seems to have disappeared. I'm sorry - but would you publish again?Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-72394265875167918752011-04-09T13:40:33.972-05:002011-04-09T13:40:33.972-05:00And sometimes the historical perspective of 70 or ...And sometimes the historical perspective of 70 or 80 years is important.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-70144013677725686572011-04-09T12:13:13.890-05:002011-04-09T12:13:13.890-05:00@Heathen: Britt is a professor of history and whet...@Heathen: Britt is a professor of history and whether he wrote about the characteristics of Fascism in the 30s, 40s through to the present really belabors the point. Some things are timeless. Here's an excellent article written by Professor Hofstadter called, "The Paranoid Style in American Politics." It was written in 1964 and is probably even more relevant today than it was back Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-14967186359339288302011-04-09T11:06:41.890-05:002011-04-09T11:06:41.890-05:00"For you to posit that opinion shows that you...<i>"For you to posit that opinion shows that you're more interested in scoring political gotchas! than in discussing facts."</i><br /><br />Perhaps you can forgive me for trying to have a little fun.<br /><br /><i>"No honest person could say that where we are now is ALL the fault of Democrats."</i><br /><br />If I understand the comments so far, an honest person COULD say Eric Norenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14648635662703229678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-9521471604581903812011-04-09T09:58:46.483-05:002011-04-09T09:58:46.483-05:00"I just want to echo everyone else's comm..."I just want to echo everyone else's comments. I'm appalled that our country has reached such a state. And to think, it all happened under Democrat rule."<br /><br />Going back to Nixon's presidency [and not including Obama's 2 years], the GOP were in charge of the presidency 28 out of 40 years, and recently, under GWB, had complete control of the government for six out Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-41965651739938868112011-04-09T08:46:38.216-05:002011-04-09T08:46:38.216-05:00@Heathen: Well, I intend to prove otherwise in Par...@Heathen: Well, I intend to prove otherwise in Part II but it's up to you to decide whether you want to believe fact or fiction. Like most righties, I think I already have an idea what you will decide, so why bother to come back?Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-61775415337429876002011-04-08T21:00:46.886-05:002011-04-08T21:00:46.886-05:00"We're 14 for 14"
"Yep---we'...<i>"We're 14 for 14"</i><br /><i>"Yep---we've arrived there."</i><br /><i>"Another excellent post."</i><br /><br />I just want to echo everyone else's comments. I'm appalled that our country has reached such a state. And to think, it all happened under Democrat rule.Eric Norenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14648635662703229678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-17977652319790576992011-04-08T10:39:18.464-05:002011-04-08T10:39:18.464-05:00JC: You got it. That's exactly why I posted th...JC: You got it. That's exactly why I posted this and more will follow.<br /><br />Tom: Oops - I'm sorry. Got the wrong article.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-45980184013154095852011-04-08T10:17:29.223-05:002011-04-08T10:17:29.223-05:00Thanks tnlib,
Here's my link to my Facists pos...Thanks tnlib,<br />Here's my link to my Facists post<br /><br />http://jbm479.blogspot.com/2011/03/fascists.htmlTOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464117691722213136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-8995983290286189352011-04-08T09:47:03.045-05:002011-04-08T09:47:03.045-05:00It is interesting that these 14 characteristics, w...It is interesting that these 14 characteristics, with only a couple of possible exceptions, are republican/teaparty traits.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-12627728769830851742011-04-08T09:14:15.502-05:002011-04-08T09:14:15.502-05:00@Tom: Thanks. Here's the link to your very exc...@Tom: Thanks. Here's the link to your very excellent post on Extremism:<br /><br />http://jbm479.blogspot.com/2011/03/extremism.htmlLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-59008274334260024642011-04-08T08:56:16.921-05:002011-04-08T08:56:16.921-05:00Another excellent post.
Without being alarmist, I...Another excellent post.<br /><br />Without being alarmist, I wrote last week about Republicans being facists.TOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464117691722213136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-54167124953105122582011-04-08T08:37:36.078-05:002011-04-08T08:37:36.078-05:00@Jack: Sorry, luvvy. I'm totally technically d...@Jack: Sorry, luvvy. I'm totally technically deficient and don't know how to add hyperlinks to Blogger comments - or how to do much of anything else for that matter!<br /><br />@Octo: Thanks for all the info. I am working on Part II which will illustrate the characteristics in Part I. Your pointers will come in handy. I also agree with the Protofascism theory. Frankly, I wouldn't wantLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-15180399760126816172011-04-08T07:38:25.692-05:002011-04-08T07:38:25.692-05:00Tnlib,
A few words about this post that ties into ...Tnlib,<br />A few words about this post that ties into the budget crisis and pending shutdown of the government.<br /><br />About those Title X provisions such as funding for Planned Parenthood, the national news media has cast this political argument as another example of the Culture Wars ... specifically <b>abortion</b>. <br /><br />I offer another interpretation. I believe it is also about (O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-19037955873081988272011-04-08T07:01:29.803-05:002011-04-08T07:01:29.803-05:00Leslie,
That site you mentioned wasn't hyperli...Leslie,<br />That site you mentioned wasn't hyperlinked so I'll check it out later and coment then. <br /><br />Beach, I fear you're correct---monumentous change usually doesn't occur unless caused by bloody uprisings or all-out war.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079612985277371855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-83014899717227158672011-04-08T06:59:22.698-05:002011-04-08T06:59:22.698-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079612985277371855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-70400337222321302052011-04-08T03:29:54.825-05:002011-04-08T03:29:54.825-05:00Not to echo Jack's words but all ages, good an...Not to echo Jack's words but all ages, good and bad eventually end. This corporate/fascist age we live in will end like it did in other countries but my concern is will it be peacful or bloody?<br />I have a strong idea that it will be bloody.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.com