[Fred Douglass]

........it's always germane to remember that NAZIs were in fact (like all fascists) SOCIALISTS. Lefties are perpetually fond of calling staunch conservatives such as I and lotso' you on the CCSite "fascists" or "Nazis". It is always a Jobian labor to correct them, and, considering their insignificant, tightly-closed brain-masses, probably a hopeless endeavor.

I uster remind ALL my erstwhile little charges in history classes, that, the easiest way to remember that fascists and Nazis were socialists (and therefore Lefties) was to compare them to modern Lefties. Which group (Left or Right) wants to make everything mandatory?

I'm sure CdC (with his vast intellect and resources) could fashion an historic "check-list" which shows how communists, socialists, Democrats and liberals of all stripes are in reality monumentally arrogant statists who don't trust the masses to think for themselves.

Buckle Up, Recycle, No Smoking, warning labels gone mad, "don't eat this---eat that", Wear a Helmet (in the shower?).

About the only group on the right who want to run everyone's life seem to be the anti-abortionists. Most pro-lifers are white Christians---and, as Christopher Hitchens said so famously---"if they knew just who were being aborted, they'd reverse course!"

Lefties want to take away your liberty, freewill, etc. and the easiest way to do that is via a dual-edged sword: confiscatory taxation and regulations up the ying-yang!

Chow,