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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

To define socialism as such, would spread the definition to three people 
talking, or 4 people attending a meeting of the society of friends or a book 
club.  We are primates, therefore we are social animals.

We have, before, on this list,  discussed the different vague definitions of 
political and economic socialism.  It is a transition point between 
capitalism and communism, at the simplist meaning.  

Remember, the gov't that now funds and controls the libraries, can decide 
what books to order for those libraries .  They can, and do, decide what 
books are best for you, your children, and your grandchildren to read. 
'Socialism' as is most commonly meant,  is ultimately not about community 
good ,instead; it is about control.

Socialism, as a word, might give you libraries, but that same word, so 
defined, gives you warrantless, no-knock searches; police planted GPS bugs on 
your auto; Homeland Security with its medusa of evils, and , of course Barney 
Frank and friends rewarding rich failed bankers at the expense of straight 
players who had actual success.

Be careful for that which you wish, "By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes. " .....bobford 




**** “I am a humanist,   “which means, in part, that I have tried to behave 
decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.” . 
K. vonnegut

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--- On Mon, 10/27/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Old books
> To: "Homestead" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 3:32 PM
> Something about this books thread has been nagging at me and
> I finally  
> got it.
> 
> A substantial percentage of us on this homesteading list
> treasure  
> books and have large, personal libraries. Some of us even
> think of our  
> book walls as insulation. I did a quick calculation and
> figured that,  
> even with small rooms and an average-over-the-years of ten
> bucks per  
> book, such a wall could easily represent ten thousand
> dollars.
> 
> Now then. Consider all those people who love to read but
> can't afford  
> even a portion of that expenditure for books.
> 
> Then consider that public libraries fill that need.
> 
> Then consider that public libraries, Andrew Carnegie
> notwithstanding,  
> are examples of socialism, a condition much decried here.
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