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2003-12-27 Latin America

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Posted by Dan Darling 2003-12-27 12:21:21 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's a shame people don't learn from history.

It seems after a bit of a break, the Communists are once again on the rise across South America, South Asia, and the West - to various degrees and in various incarnations. I wonder how much coordination (if any) there is between the Maoists of Nepal, Naxalites of India, NPA, FARC, Shining Path etc.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-12-27 12:31:28 AM|| 2003-12-27 12:31:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Nepalese Maoists say they're "inspired" by the Shining Path, which could indicate fraternal relations of some kind. The Filippino NPA gets guns from North Korea and has some kind of alliance in play with Europe, too.

And of course, we already know about the ties between FARC and the ELN with Castro and Chavez.

Posted by Dan Darling 2003-12-27 12:46:40 AM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2003-12-27 12:46:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Guys and gals this reuters, which hencefore I will refer to as rooters, because it has as much intellectual coherence as hooter's statements that they do not indulge in sexual exploitation and the name is just the noise an owl makes.

And no, communists are not on the rise in S. America or anywhere else. Communism is in the final stages of its death spiral but the true believers have to go through this kind of intellectual gymnastics as only the Left can, to make sense of the fact they are consigned to the garbage can of history.

All that is left is to clean out these people from positions of influence and ship them off somewhere. Last I heard Tristan Da Cuhna was free, and would make an ideal location. Hey, I would even volunteer to be the superintendant.

Maybe I should work on my resume!

Posted by phil_b 2003-12-27 4:35:40 AM|| 2003-12-27 4:35:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "hospitalized in Havana after an operation for a malignant brain tumor" joggled a detail out. The autobiographical essay Commies! [must-read for RBers, btw. Try 973.088 in your local library.] has a chapter on Ronald Radosh's visit to Cuba titled, "Socialist Lobotomies." The title fits aptly, but differently, in and out of context.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-27 6:13:16 AM|| 2003-12-27 6:13:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Communist Crisis

You know things are getting better when a Communist Crisis is about a dwindling Commie supply.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-27 5:37:17 PM|| 2003-12-27 5:37:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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