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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (34496)	10/19/2001 8:52:10 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Does the phrase "liquidation of the Kulaks" have any meaning to you? How about "man made famine"? Yes it does have meaning. So does the forced starvation of millions in the Ukraine. This famine was caused by a central authority imposing their will on the farming communes and nothing to do with the basic construct of how the peasants organized themselves to raise grain and animals.

To: TimF who wrote (34496)	10/19/2001 8:59:33 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

A classic example of a central authority imposing their will is Washington D.C. kicking cattle off BLM lands. For thousands of years buffalo kept those lands free of long grass and stomped dead brush into the ground. When they were gone and replaced with cattle much the same process was in effect but obviously not as efficient. With the methane burpers taken off BLM lands, Montana and Wyoming at the end of a long hot summer with uneaten long grass exploded into flames. Any local rancher or farmer could see what was going to happen. Capitalist or communist central authorities don't work to the benefit of anyone.