I used to say the same thing till I actually saw an ebook IRL. Not to belabor the issue, but an e book doesn't have a backlit screen like a laptop. The screen is a unique material that looks just like ink on paper-you can see it just fine outdoors, too... and you need a light to read it in low light just the same as a paper book.

http://www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/d...nstitution.php
Toward a Marxist Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution

His views sound a lot like those expressed ^^here.

Taken at face value, the Constitution is an attempt to fix the relations between state and federal governments, and between the three branches—legislative, executive, and judiciary—of the latter. WRONG. The Constitution is a guideline for relations between government and the individual. By dividing federal government powers to keep eachother in check.
Marxists always presuppose that government has preeminence over the individual when in fact the opposite is why America was envisioned in the first place.
Ergo there cannot be a marxist interpretation of the Constitution -marxism and Constitutionalism are polar opposites.

A generation ago this was common knowledge to all Americans. Nowadays you'd be hard pressed to find any kid who even knows what America is about or why it exists.

I didn't say the they were correct, I just pointed out that Gore Vidal is in fact a Marxist.....

I know..I just went off on a tangent when I started reading that idiot's blog. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.jpg

It's ok, rant on. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/lol.gif

And you're 100% correct

also nice to be able to carry 'round an entire library in your back pocket.

I know, I've seen them. I'm just not ready yet.

I mean, what a dull bookcase that is...

"Was" would be more accurate.

But, how so?

You could have a "Marxist Constitution" drafted in some nation. So Marxism and Constitutionalism are not polar opposites. They're apples and oranges.

You could say, of course, that Marxism and American Constitutionalism are polar opposites, and that's probably what you meant...

I have "Lincoln" and "Burr" by Gore Vidal.. A gift from my parents.

Haven't opened them yet.

been busy.

How so what? How was Gore Vidal a Marxist?

Yeah. The article you linked was by someone else, but if I read you correctly, you were saying that Vidal felt the same way?

Maybe I read it wrong?

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HE NEVER TAXED ME.

Nor did I, Homeboy.

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WRITE IT DOWN SOMEWHERE.

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MAYBE WE COULD, LIKE, START A COUNTRY OR SOMPIN'....