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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (358140)	11/12/2007 6:46:56 PM
From: TopCat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576393

"Yes, I understand.........." If you understand, why is it you continue to refuse to tell me when you were there? "....now let me explain some things to you." Oh...I can't wait. "First off, this is the first time I have seen someone from the right admit that the former W. Germany was/is a capitalist country." So...what else would you call it? Private enterprise and competition prevail in Germany. "Secondly, the DDR [E.Germany] was not a true socialistic country." Can you give me an example of a "true socialistic" country? "Instead it was a satellite dictatorship with a somewhat socialist bent that fed resources back to the mother country. There was no way the DDR could ever look good so long as its dictators were beholden to Moscow." You ever been to Moscow, Ted? If you were to get outside the ring road around Moscow you would have found yourself in a 3rd world country. Being "beholden" to Moscow didn't even help Moscow. "I am learning that this country should probably do everything opposite of what your leaders are promoting. Maybe then we will get out of the messes we are in." Pure B(D)S.....