A Message From Karl Marx To The Commonwealth Of Virginia

[underpants]

You're a bunch of commies.


You know that, right? I figured I'd just get it out there. It's kind of my specialty. Your major population centers - everything in the eastern part of the state except maybe Richmond itself - are part of one massive worker's paradise. You people are redder than Billy Bragg wearing a Che shirt on a May Day Parade float and singing The Internationale.

If you're a Virginian you're probably either in the military, or you're retired and doing contract work for the military, or consulting for the military, or you live in a military town, and your economy, your tax base, and the value of your home are all propped up by the federal government. You have ranks, uniforms, security clearances, and state-run hospitals, grocery stores, and housing. Engels and I came up with a lot of crazy crap in the early days. But even we didn't think we'd get to tag you all like cattle.


Mind you I was always kind of a fan of massive government-run institutions. Whole theory about how that'd bring about a classless utopia. That didn't quite work out, but that's not the point. I'm just saying you should call it what it is. And it's important to say this, because your country is having an election this year, and you guys are in a swing state. So both parties are going to pander to you. We'll hear all kinds of nonsense about sensible, conservative-minded folks who could vote either way, because they just want a stronger, more fiscally-responsible America. Cable networks will probably have some man on the street interview with a dude outside an Arlington bar in a Ron Paul t-shirt talking about his concerns that Romney won't cut the deficit.

He'll be from Booz Allen.


http://paulbibeau.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-message-from-karl-marx-to.html#.UqpYlC0o4dU

[Nitram]

1. OK, I get your point...

...as heavy-handed as it happens to be. I'm a liberal Virginian. Virginia just voted a Democratic governor into office. Virginia voted for Obama. Let's leave the black-and-white over-generalization thing to the right wing.

[Blue_Tires]

2. Well, to be fair the post is from Sept. '12

and the blogger is still on point...It's like he's been reading my DU posts over the years...

[Rozlee]

3. Should have told that one to San Antonians.

They've had Randolph AFB, Brooke AFB, Kelly AFB, Lackland AFB, Ft. Sam Houston, the Audie Murphy VA Hospital, Camp Bullis, Brooke Army Medical Center and several other small VA satellite clinics. They have the Texas National Guard and Naval Reserve Center and they closed Brooke AFB, but turned it into the Brooke City Base that has defense contractors and they did the same with Kelly AFB. But, the city remains a bastion for conservatism. At least among its older white residents, many who are veterans and have used government services. Federal dollars put San Antonio on the map. Even the Riverwalk, which is its main tourist attraction, is a creation of the New Deal and the Alamo and Mission Trails are funded by the State Parks and Recreation. You can say the same for its state colleges, UTSA and the UTSA Health Science Center and the San Antonio College District schools like SAC and St. Phillips, which are also publicly funded. Add University Hospital to the mix for the cherry on top, which is a teaching hospital. But, to hear many conservatives tell it, the federal government has never done a thing for the city.