Yes, kelley, as s/b obvious there is a diff between anti-communist in terms of one's goal (though realistically, by the end of my life, if the U.S. has had its Empire taken away and internally we were a social democracy I'd be happy enough) which only CB and a few other die hards accuse me of, and anti-Communism, or I'd prefer, anti-Stalinist neo-marxism or libertarian socialism, as the death of communism in the last century, had as much to do with the Stalinist anti-communism, which I find, as does 90% of the active posters reject, defended by CB, as all the firepower rained down by the USG on Nicaraguans, Cubans, Koreans, Vietnamese, in pushing Communism with a capital C, towards an authoritarian, anti-working class direction.
-- Michael Pugliese P.S. On viciousness, heh...by Lou Reed Vicious you hit me with a flower You do it every hour oh, baby, you're so vicious Vicious you want me to hit you with a stick But all I've got is a guitar pick huh, baby, you're so vicious When I watch you come baby, I just want to run far away You're not the kind of person around I want to stay When I see you walking down the street I step on your hands and I mangle your feet You're not the kind of person that I want to meet Oh, baby, you're so vicious you're just so vicious Vicious hey, you hit me with a flower You do it every hour oh, baby you're so vicious Vicious hey, why don't you swallow razor blades You must think that I'm some kind of gay blade but baby, you're so vicious When I see you coming I just have to run You're not good and you certainly aren't very much fun When I see you walking down the street I step on your hand and I mangle your feet You're not the kind of person that I'd even want to meet 'Cause you're so vicious baby, you're so vicious Vicious, vicious vicious, vicious Vicious, vicious vicious, vicious ... P.P.S. Forgot the Alterman URL on The Nation and letter exchange in The Nation, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7545644/