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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 04:27 PM Original message |
Israel is a socialist country? From WSJ 8/18/04 story. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Israel Has A Nice Welfare State.... |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 01:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. A kibbutz always sounded like a pretty leftwing idea, isn't it? nt |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. The Kibbutznics were lefties. |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a social democracy with a welfare state. |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So what drives bush* and his ilk to overlook what they hold to be |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Common Heritages And Political Institutions.... |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. There really is no explaining the treatment both parties give |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. probably |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. That Question, Sir, Is Based On Faulty Premises |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. not part of Israel eh? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. An Independent Arab Palestinian State On That Land, Sir |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The Arab and Jewish leadership are full of right-wing lunatics |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 09:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. All Israeli Citizens vote...including Arabs |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. It is settled territory that has been settled since 1967 |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. occupied territory! |
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leftistagitator (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 05:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Biblical prophecy |
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lottie244 (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 09:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Hey, anything Israel does is ok. Socialism is fine as long as it doesn't |
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durutti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Israel was once considered a leftist country. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. Most western democracies ARE socialist states. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why do you think Democrats are the strongest supporters of Israel? |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Huh? I don't think Democrats are the strongest supporters of Israel |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 01:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. The Gentleman Is Quite Correct, Sir |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 01:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You and theboss are confusing me. Am I asking a question I don't |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 02:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. My Apologies, Sir |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 09:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well, it's because of who the strongest voices on the Right are now |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 05:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. OK, I accept your ( and the Magistrates) history, but let me ask you this. |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I think the shifting weight of Christian nut-cases has changed this... |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 04:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. They are an oppressed minority of a democracy that made them homeless |
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ajacobson (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Read and learn |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Sounds like Utah |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 01:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. OK. So you along with the rest have confirmed the gov't status, |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 09:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Britain is socialist too |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. But we don't have official policies that prop up Great Britain per se. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. Very true. |
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