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File:The Socialist Iteration.jpg|link=The Socialist Iteration|"'''[[The Socialist Iteration]]'''" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek, in which Mister Spock ponders the difficulty of having conversations about the word "Socialism". The episode is loosely based on the film ''My Dinner With Andre''.
File:The Socialist Iteration.jpg|link=The Socialist Iteration|"'''[[The Socialist Iteration]]'''" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek, in which Mister Spock ponders the difficulty of having conversations about the word "Socialism". The episode is loosely based on the film ''My Dinner With Andre''.


File:If my mouth were my anus.jpg|link=If my mouth were my anus|"'''[[If my mouth were my anus]]'''" is a short poem by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].
File:If my mouth were my anus.jpg|link=If my mouth were my anus|"'''[[If my mouth were my anus]]'''".


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President Roosevelt signs Social Security Act, August 14, 1935.[2] Standing are Rep. Robert Doughton (D-NC); unknown person in shadow; Sen. Robert Wagner (D-NY); Rep. John Dingell (D-MI); Rep. Joshua Twing Brooks (D-PA); the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins; Sen. Pat Harrison (D-MS); and Rep. David Lewis (D-MD).

The Shit They Spewed is a short essay by Karl Jones.

The Shit They Spewed

Remember that Social Security used to be the most reviled legislation in the history of America.

If you think people who denounce "Socialism" with poison in their voices are overwrought today, you should read the shit they spewed back in the thirties and forties.

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