Whether it was Russia, China, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America or Africa, – what was the common thread, – the common rallying cry of the communist cadres – regardless of stripe? “Land Reform!”
And how well did Communist land reforms work to improve peasant life? Hmmm, – well in Russia Lenin and Stalin oversaw forced famines which killed up to 20 million Russians and Ukrainians. In China the chaos which followed the collectivization of the private farms and the peasant farms resulted in massive starvation – perhaps another 30 million dead, some from cannibalism.
So now as one of the most senior and highly visible black members of Congress, Charlie hangs like a dead albatross around Nancy Pelosi’s neck.
Remember the early ’60s? Elvis was King, the White House was Camelot, and little girls playing with their favorite high-tech toy – Chatty Cathy. Teenage Niki Tsongas undoubtedly had one. Chatty had a pull cord in her back. When pulled she would ‘speak’ a series of pre-programmed phrases. Today Niki Tsongas is Chatty Cathy. During the [...]
Joe Biden was intended to add a veneer of middle-class white camouflage to the Kenyan-born bastard child running as a “Democrat”. He did that, but now seems to be overstaying or outliving his welcome. This is presenting Barack OBummer with a very sticky conundrum.