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Old 10-19-2011, 01:55 AM
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Religous Rednecks should watch this:

Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity - YouTube

If you are not a redneck you may email me for permission to watch it...

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That was pretty good. Thanks.
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Old 10-19-2011, 08:59 AM
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Laws that arise from reason. What a great idea.
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Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity - YouTube

If you are not a redneck you may email me for permission to watch it...
Ferguson has a very good overview of this stuff. I think he's correct and unfortunately even more so about the end of a 500 year shift of power to the west.

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He references Smith as the source of his idea. He could just have well have referenced Marx.
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Guys, I am pleasantly surprised by all of your rational and kind reactions to the video....Marx (and Engels) were a smart guys... The " Soviet Communists " did not practice what he preached....
If one has read any of Smith's 1776 book... it is amazing that he had that kind of vision that far back...

Kerry, though he could have referenced Marx instead..... that would have taken away that joke about that being the most important thing which happened in 1776....
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I also liked the part where he said Germany was split into two, EG gave us the Trabant, WG gave us the MB.
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Gee, none of the killer apps include:

racism

colonialism

imperialism

state supported capitalism

barbarism

etc.

sorry, but i think homeboy needs to go back to school, and study the history of the english empire.

or did i miss something?

(specifically, he might want to brush up on cecil rhodes, the british east india company, the opium trade/wars, etc. )
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I also liked the part where he said Germany was split into two, EG gave us the Trabant, WG gave us the MB.
I thought that would warm some hearts around here.....
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Tonkovich, I assume you are kidding, if not, yes you missed something..
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Nice video. I hope lots of folks watch it and it gets them thinking.
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I also liked the part where he said Germany was split into two, EG gave us the Trabant, WG gave us the MB.
The only problem being that the argument doesn't hold water. MB existed prior to the split.
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Old 10-19-2011, 11:37 PM
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Tonkovich, I assume you are kidding, if not, yes you missed something..
oh please, the man was a self professed "thatcherite". need any more be said. he spends his time justifying the ill deeds of empire . (specifically, the british version.)

(or were you happy to see a war fought over a couple of islands full of sheep, at the cost of almost 1,000 lives, several thousands wounded, and millions of pounds? that was "maggy's" big moment, after all. )

anyway, sad to see that revisionist history is still so popular.

oh, and might want to read up about "TED" talks, a gathering of the rich, powerful and elite.

one question please: do you know anything about the source of the video you posted? and, if so, why not? seriously. you probably disagree with my politics. do you know where your politics/ideas are coming from?

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