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To: Wayners who wrote (71208)	5/1/2012 8:21:02 AM
From: John	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Which are the biggest unions? The Michigan auto-workers? The Pennsylvania steel makers? The Wisconsin packers? What is manufactured in Illinois, Ohio, and New York by the largest unions in those states? Looking at the election maps, it is clear that the vast majority of counties in all of those states vote Conservative Red, but the urban third-world hellholes turn the entire states Leftist Blue. As conservatives, we should identify the union supporters of the Democratic Party support and stop buying their products. Why would a conservative want to buy a GM, Ford, or Chrysler to help the communist unions ruin our way of life? I think if we, as conservatives, tracked every dollar we spend, most of us would be shocked at how much of it goes to support the very political views that threaten us and our way of life. Carefully shaping and molding our spending and buying habits in an educated and informed manner is one of the greatest tools we have for winning the cold civil war. Why don't we apply this strategy?

To: Wayners who wrote (71208)	5/1/2012 11:37:08 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

New Obama slogan has long ties to Marxism, socialism The Obama campaign apparently didn't look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, "Forward" — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism. Many Communist and radical publications and entities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries had the name "Forward!" or its foreign cognates. Wikipedia has an entire section called "Forward (generic name of socialist publications)." "The name Forward carries a special meaning in socialist political terminology. It has been frequently used as a name for socialist, communist and other left-wing newspapers and publications," the online encyclopedia explains. The slogan "Forward!" reflected the conviction of European Marxists and radicals that their movements reflected the march of history, which would move forward past capitalism and into socialism and communism. The Obama campaign released its new campaign slogan Monday in a 7-minute video. The title card has simply the word "Forward" with the "O" having the familiar Obama logo from 2008. It will be played at rallies this weekend that mark the Obama re-election campaign's official beginning. There have been at least two radical-left publications named "Vorwaerts" (the German word for "Forward"). One was the daily newspaper of the Social Democratic Party of Germany whose writers included Friedrich Engels and Leon Trotsky. It still publishes as the organ of Germany's SDP, though that party has changed considerably since World War II. Another was the 1844 biweekly reader of the Communist League. Karl Marx, Engels and Mikhail Bakunin are among the names associated with that publication. East Germany named its Army soccer club ASK Vorwaerts Berlin (later FC Vorwaerts Frankfort). Vladimir Lenin founded the publication "Vpered" (the Russian word for "forward") in 1905. Soviet propaganda film-maker Dziga Vertov made a documentary whose title is sometimes translated as "Forward, Soviet" (though also and more literally as "Stride, Soviet"). Conservative critics of the Obama administration have noted numerous ties to radicalism and socialists throughout Mr. Obama's history, from his first political campaign being launched from the living room of two former Weather Underground members, to appointing as green jobs czar Van Jones, a self-described communist.