Maslow's Political Blog

If you didn't know, "Four Israelis traveling in a vehicle were gunned down by unknown assailants at the entrance to the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, near the West Bank city of Hebron. The attack comes two days before the United States is set to host a meeting between Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."  (Stratfor) And Later, "A spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the Aug. 31 West Bank attack that killed four Israelis — two men and two women, one of whom was pregnant. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and al-Haq also have claimed responsibility for the ambush...At least two gunmen opened fire on the victims’ white, older-model station wagon. Reports indicate the vehicle was riddled with bullets, a sign that the gunmen first disabled the vehicle. A paramedic at the scene said the victims had been dragged from the vehicle and shot in vital organs, execution...

Some of you know that I like to listen to college lectures on my commute to and from work from the Teaching Company ( http://www.teach12.com/ ).  It's a great service, and I highly reccomend buying at least 1 lecture series from them sometime in your life.  Really, it's wonderful.  Anyway, I'm now listening to a series about Capitalism, and two excellent lectures about Marx.  The lectures are not in favor of Capitalism, and so Marx is presented very fairly and very thoroughly.  The lecturer brought up an interesting point, though he did it incidentally.  Marx' essential logic is very similar to Jesus.  And after some thought, I agree.  And now I know why I've never liked Marxism, and the reason is identical to my problem with Biblical (or perhaps Apocalyptical) Christianity. I say Marxism and not Socialism or Communism because I favor Socialism (as in Social Democracies like in Europe) and oppose Comm...