Sparrowhawk, it isn't as bad as you make it sound. If they were so horrible, they wouldn't be ranking so high on "quality-of-life" studies. You can throw around whatever terms you like, but the facts speak for themselves.

I've always wanted to ask an anarcho-capitalist this, but they seem to be in short supply.

In an anarcho-capitalist state, who will protect you from the power of the corporations?

Our of curtesy, I'd appreciate if you quote where you get your figure. Though you will notice that democratic socialist governments like Spain and Sweden aren't on the list. Its amazing how small their body count is. States like Russia and Yugoslavia do not properly count because they were not true ...

"Fire Water Burn"- Bloodhound Gang

Could be worse- could be a michael jackson impersonater.

Confession: My brother's recently gotten me into manga, the forbidden fruit I said I'd never taste.

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Einstein.htm Here is the text of an article written by Albert Einstein, who was actually a dedicated socialist, explaining why we need socialism. It is an interesting read by a brilliant man who truly cared about humanity. It's kinda funny- we get Albert Einstein, the ...

I really need to go shopping tonight, but the internet is so much more entertaining.

I'm all grow'd up now, and i still make the occasional blanket fort, just for fun.

Again, the right doesn't even read the constitution they bloviate about. The constitution doesn't say "any idiot who wants a gun can have one", it says "“ A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall no...

Or we could, ya know, bring the troops home.