My lord, right now we have a RIGHT WINGER on the thom Hartman show

[nadinbrzezinski]

making a Marxist argument... FUNNY shit really.

Public workers do not produce anything. That my dear IS a marxist argument.

Dime on the dollar this right winger don't know he is making a CLASSIC marxist argument.

[sasha031]

1. I love Hartman, he comes on at 3 here

:thumbsup:

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. last caller of the day, funny shit I tell you

[rurallib]

4. Jeez - didn't realize the time. Man that guy was all talking points

wasn't he? Nothing behind it at all. "do you ever drive on a public road." Jesus, he couldn't even answer that.

you could hear the laugh quelling up in Hartmann's throat.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. I was

[sasha031]

5. Tom always knows how to handle them

[Dappleganger]

3. Do you by any chance

have a quote online for the marxist argument? I'd like to use it in a LTTE for our local online webzine.

Thanks!

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. I am afraid I don't off hand. When I get home I will

look for a good quote for you.

[Dappleganger]

9. Thanks so much!

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. here, the closest in a cursory look

The productive forces are the result of man’s practical energy, but that energy is in turn circumscribed by the conditions in which man is placed by the productive forces already acquired, by the form of society which exists before him, which he does not create, which is the product of the preceding generation.

Marx, 1846 Letter to Annenkov (1846)


 http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/subject/quotes/index.htm

I will look for a more specific one...

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Oh and here is the rest from Lenin

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch08.htm

[Dappleganger]

15. Thank you but I may need a translator..

IOW I have no idea what it says. :shrug:

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. To the quote you were looking,

essentially Lenin wrote that the Rentier Class (that is the investors) are parasites since they produce nothing.

[Dappleganger]

19. Are the rentiers the state workers, then?

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. In his mind...

and they get all those good things for doing nothing due to the unions.

I checked el rushbo is makin' them too... must be the talking point.

[rurallib]

14. Thom is carried delayed on many stations around the country

try WCPT in Chicago. He will be on there for another 1.5 hours:
http://chicagosprogressivetalk.com/

[csziggy]

8. I only caught the end but apparently Thom recognized the guy from previous calls

So they must have discussed stuff before. I haven't watched the show much, but I may try to make it a habit after the way he handled that person.

[glinda]

11. Does anyone ever ask these people to actually "define" the terms they use?

Easy for them to roll words out of their big mouths without knowing what the words actually mean.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. He didn't use the term, but I recognized it

I went looking and it is the talking point of the day... Unions are parasitic agents, especially PUBLIC unions.

It is a marxist argument, and I am sure they have no clue where it came from...it is upside down, since it would be rentier (aka those living from investments) that is the parasite in classic marxist thought, but hey... ironic as hell

[glinda]

22. Almost fell of my chair when Tweety actually asked someone to explain "socialism" to him

The woman didn't have a clue. It was great.

[fascisthunter]

17. You Could Hear the anger in that guy's voice(Armen?)... Thom Exposed the righties

in a way that cuts through their BS, and he was soooo angry he had to call in. But when he did, he had his ass handed to him and sounded like a nutcase.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Yes, also the talking points are losing

all their force as the people slowly awaken to the reality. They will be sidelined (I hope) soon.

[GoCubsGo]

20. I just heard it. OMG!!!

That dumbass could be from my hometown. Loads of 'em like that here. They blame my state's problems on unions, even though unions are practically non-existent here. I wish Thom had pointed out that Wall Street traders and bankers, the biggest parasites of all, don't produce anything, either.