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POPSFact: Nearly All of Hitlers Beliefs Placed Him On the Far Right[
Many conservatives accuse Hitler of being a leftist, on the grounds that his party was named "National Socialist." But socialism requires worker ownership and control of the means of production. In Nazi Germany, private capitalist individuals owned the means of production, and they in turn were frequently controlled by the Nazi party and state. True socialism does not advocate such economic dictatorship -- it can only be democratic. Hitler's other political beliefs place him almost always on the far right. He advocated racism over racial tolerance, eugenics over freedom of reproduction, merit over equality, competition over cooperation, power politics and militarism over pacifism, dictatorship over democracy, capitalism over Marxism, realism over idealism, nationalism over internationalism, exclusiveness over inclusiveness, common sense over theory or science, pragmatism over principle, and even held friendly relations with the Church, even though he was an atheist.
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POPSSPECIAL PREVIEW: The Abandonment of Democracy . . . should set aside the goal of democracy in Afghanistan” had prompted that country’s foreign minister to make “an impassioned appeal for continued U.S. support for an elected government.” In early April, former New York Times correspondent Joel Brinkley summed up the administration’s initial performance: Neither President Obama nor Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has even uttered the word democracy in a manner related to democracy promotion since taking office more than two months ago. The State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor has put out 30 public releases, so far, and not one of them has discussed democracy promotion. Democracy, it seems, is banished from the Obama administration’s public vocabulary.
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POPSThe Gaza Experiment Has Failed Neither side, Dr. Pipes recently wrote, wishes for Israeli control to continue. And a Palestinian state has thus far been a "toxic brew of anarchy, ideological extremism, Jihadism and warlordism led to complete Palestinian failure." Given, "the two populations' mutual antipathy, the prospect of a combined Israel-Palestine is as absurd as it seems." Jordan's King Abdullah warns there will be a war in the Middle East by the end of next year if an Arab Palestinian state is not created this year. He noted in a Times of London interview, that "a third of the world does not recognize Israel." "Obama," he said, "is committed to the two-state solution now. He feels the urgency of the need to move today." After repeated rejections of peace plans during the Carter and Bush administrations, the Israelis turned over Gaza to its Israeli-Arab residents to self-rule. Gaza is no longer occupied today except, arguably, by Iran and al Qaeda.
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POPSSovereignty at Sea Brothels. Cryonics intakes. Gene therapy, cloning, augmentation, and organ sales. Baby farms. Deafeningly loud concerts. Rehab/detox clinics. Zen retreats. Abortion clinics. Ultimate ultimate fighting tournaments
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POPSLive Free or Drown: Floating Utopias Had enough of oppressive government? Want to live a life free of the restraints of traditional land-locked residences? How about a life on the high seas? Of course the federal government is not going to sit idly by while their source of tax income slips away into the night. They will manufacture creative ways to tax you for your impudence. And forget about ocean views, you will be surrounded by other like-minded individuals on their ‘seasteads’ blocking your view. Also, forget about the idea of no rules. No peaceful, respectable community can exist without rules. It may sound like a good idea, but honestly, when mother nature unleashes her power, I’d rather be on terra firma.
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POPSA Novel Approach to Tackle Pakistan A custodianship of Pakistan? The idea was used after WWI to handle Germany and Turkey who were considered unfit for self-rule. It could work for Pakistan as well. But, convincing them to freely hand over control of their country, now that is an entirely different matter. Pakistan fosters a "jihad culture" where extremist ideology breeds terrorism and it won't be long before it reaches out beyond its neighdors, Afghanistan and India.
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POPSTamil Tigers and Their Own People Tigers have bombed civilian targets to force the government not to negotiate but to grant their demands in full. No government of 83% of the people will agree to self-rule by 12% of the population. Instead Tigers should demand for equal oppurtunities for Tamils, the minority community. But Tiger Leader prefers on-going war so that the Tamils could be kept under his thumb, even though they face unwanted atrocities by both sides of the conflict.
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POPSBjork's cry for Tibet! While Bjork may not be to everyone's taste, you cannot fault her for following her own heart and soul. Her squawking style has always been unique. Here, she steps out even further by thumbing her nose at the oppressive chinese media and brings our attention to the struggles in Tibet in her own inimitable way.
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POPSTrue Political Waffling: Belgian Civil War Averted! Thank goodness Belgium has been rescued from political obscurity and irrelevance! Is anyone impressed by the fact that Belgium just didn't need it's government for 6 months? Imagine if that had happened in America? We'd be looting Wallmart on day 3. (Although I, personally, would be looting Wallmart on day 0, because that's what I do on my spare time.) At any rate, waffle lovers (and I suppose swift boat veterans for truth) can now rest easy. The feud between Flanders and Wallonia, ostensibly over why Dr. Seuss was allowed to name their territories, can finally be laid to rest! Except for that they hate each other, and there's a ridiculous wealth gap, and they are both presumably frustrated by their own irrelevance.
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POPSTurkey threats lift rebel Kurds' profile The PKK started as a Marxist-Leninist group demanding an independent homeland, but shed socialist ideology with the end of the Cold War and says it seeks some degree of self rule, similar to that of Spain's semiautonomous Catalonia region. Arrested in 1999, PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan still enjoys a personality cult among sympathizers and is believed to send directives through lawyers from prison. But the tight control that characterized the PKK eroded. In 2004, it dropped a unilateral cease-fire. Last year, a splinter operation called the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons bombed Turkish tourist resorts. An Iranian Kurd group affiliated with the PKK is fighting Iran.
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POPSIraqui Security Forces Order of Battle Recently the battle of order was released to the public. This is a great sign regarding how much progress they have undergone to be that much closer to self rule. Good for them!
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