Re: [Phys-l] economy, was SOLAR , NUCLEAR ENERGY etc.

[Bill Reitz <wreitz@neo.rr.com>]

socialism, distribution of wealth, bananas? this is a physics forum?
obviously physics educators come in differing political persuasions and 
expressing those persuasions doesn't seem to be persuading anyone to 
change their beliefs.

give it a rest and get on to physics.

Bill Reitz


Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> Kyle, you've twice (at least) written about Chiquita Bananas in a not  
> approving way, and yet fail to "mention" they overthrew (not very  
> indirectly) the Guatemalan democratically elected government when  
> Jacobo Arbenz attempted to homestead act fallow banana land.
>
> Details:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobo_Arbenz_Guzm%C3%A1n
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> bc supplies more evidence against our rogue state.
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> p.s. they are still doing it, well recently according to the below:
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> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258804,00.html
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> p.s. Note as is often the case the result of the evil axis (US) is  
> blowback **.  Arbenz was a latifundista not particularly radical.   
> Keep in mind the post
> Arbenz history.   Is the US going to continue interfering in Latin  
> America?  e.g. overthrow Evo and Hugo?
>
>
> **   http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Sept_11_2001/ 
> Blowback_CJ_article.html
>
>
> On 2009, Apr 15, , at 09:20, kyle forinash wrote:
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>   
> > United Fruit in the 50s &60s gained a monopoly in
> > central America through a combination of hiring armed men and spending
> > money for political leverage. They had more money than most of the
> > countries they were dealing with so they could get their own way. Is
> > that capitalism?
> >     
>
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