It doesn't mean anyone to the left of Attila the Hun and Tea Partiers. Socialism, according to Wikipedia, advocates "public or common ownership and cooperative management of the means of production and allocation of resources." The public isn't going to own hospitals or medical practices. It's going to regulate them. Not that I would mind a little more socialism in this country. We've always had it:
Public libraries. Check.
Fire departments. Check.
Police departments. Check.
Public roads. Check.
Public schools. Check.
Hell, until Dubya farmed it out to private contractors, the military was socialistic.
But (yawn) Phyllis Schlafly expects us to scream in horror at that vile socialist, Barack Hussein Obama.
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Coverage of the Ed Martin event has been thorough on the Missouri progressive blogosphere. St. Louis Activist Hub, in fact, has three postings:
