Comments on: How I almost got drunk and voted for John McCain (part 2) http://gratingspace.com/2008/11/03/how-i-almost-got-drunk-and-voted-for-john-mccain-part-2/ Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: M@ http://gratingspace.com/2008/11/03/how-i-almost-got-drunk-and-voted-for-john-mccain-part-2/#comment-313 M@ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:07:53 +0000 http://gratingspace.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-313 Interesting. I was considering a vote for McCain while drinking a pint of Jack Daniels. Saw an ad on TV that made me think.... :) Interesting. I was considering a vote for McCain while drinking a pint of Jack Daniels. Saw an ad on TV that made me think…. :)

]]> By: kelly b http://gratingspace.com/2008/11/03/how-i-almost-got-drunk-and-voted-for-john-mccain-part-2/#comment-312 kelly b Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:16:08 +0000 http://gratingspace.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-312 Nate youre my hero. If only I could find your Spanish doppleganger... woeee Nate youre my hero. If only I could find your Spanish doppleganger… woeee

]]> By: Jimo http://gratingspace.com/2008/11/03/how-i-almost-got-drunk-and-voted-for-john-mccain-part-2/#comment-310 Jimo Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:35:45 +0000 http://gratingspace.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-310 I lived in socialist Poland as an agriculture exchange employee for three months in 1987 working on a State-owned farm shoveling potatoes, distilling vodka. I would never wish socialism on my worse enemy. Moreover, where Marx/Engle got it wrong - they always predicted capitalism would implode on it's self - but they always underestimated the power of the government in a capitalist society. As you so eloquently stated Obama will swing the pendulum back and the masses will soon be happy once again, until the pendulum swings back the other way. The best resolve for capitalism, at least for me, has been to make a shit-load of money and then stay at home, or travel, or write, or watch movies, or live off investments doing fuck all. Tis my life. And I love it. I lived in socialist Poland as an agriculture exchange employee for three months in 1987 working on a State-owned farm shoveling potatoes, distilling vodka. I would never wish socialism on my worse enemy.

Moreover, where Marx/Engle got it wrong – they always predicted capitalism would implode on it’s self – but they always underestimated the power of the government in a capitalist society. As you so eloquently stated Obama will swing the pendulum back and the masses will soon be happy once again, until the pendulum swings back the other way.

The best resolve for capitalism, at least for me, has been to make a shit-load of money and then stay at home, or travel, or write, or watch movies, or live off investments doing fuck all. Tis my life. And I love it.

]]> By: Matt http://gratingspace.com/2008/11/03/how-i-almost-got-drunk-and-voted-for-john-mccain-part-2/#comment-309 Matt Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:53:37 +0000 http://gratingspace.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-309 will there be riots? I wrote about this a while ago: http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2008/10/if-obama-loses-cities-will-burn.html will there be riots?

I wrote about this a while ago:

http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2008/10/if-obama-loses-cities-will-burn.html

]]> By: alex musto http://gratingspace.com/2008/11/03/how-i-almost-got-drunk-and-voted-for-john-mccain-part-2/#comment-308 alex musto Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:42:57 +0000 http://gratingspace.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-308 yeah, that's spot on about socialism not necessarily being what comes out of the shit storm. the biggest flaw in marx is essentially that socialism is inevitable - it isn't. america falls and it's not that the "revolution" (what ever the fuck that is anymore) is the logical conclusion. it's equally plausible that we return to a capitalist system, or a dictator arises to save us from the terrors of poverty and the threat international aggression (russia/china) it's impossible to say. the idealist wants the change but it's not preordained. interesting post.... i read it all the way to the end. yeah, that’s spot on about socialism not necessarily being what comes out of the shit storm. the biggest flaw in marx is essentially that socialism is inevitable – it isn’t. america falls and it’s not that the “revolution” (what ever the fuck that is anymore) is the logical conclusion. it’s equally plausible that we return to a capitalist system, or a dictator arises to save us from the terrors of poverty and the threat international aggression (russia/china) it’s impossible to say. the idealist wants the change but it’s not preordained. interesting post…. i read it all the way to the end.

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