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    [VIDEO] Commie Cowboys Author Ryan McMaken on the Wild West

    Denver author Ryan McMaken sits down with host Jon Caldara to discuss his new book "Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoise and the Nation-State in the Western Genre."


    Great interview, I know some of you will be surprised that John Ford probably the most famous of the old Hollywood directors most known for his westerns with John Wayne sympathized with the socialists/ authoritarians, although if you've seen "Grapes of Wrath" you might have suspected where his true leaning were...
    "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain

    "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
    - Mark Twain

    "I'm Ron Paul, I'm a Congressman from Texas serving in my tenth term, I am the champion of the Constitution." 05/03/07 - revolution restarts



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    This is a must-see. Thanks for sharing!

    I always thought there was something subtlely statist in those John Ford movies, and it's glad to finally know why. I might actually have to read this guy's book.
    "When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system's game. The establishment will irritate you - pull your beard, flick your face - to make you fight, because once they've got you violent then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non-violence and humor. "

    ---John Lennon


    "I EAT NEOCONS FOR BREAKFAST!!!"

    ---Me



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