I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes

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I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - washingtonismoney - 08-19-2014

""Marxism - we have to contain it!"
@kanderson48 after frosh FB Daniel Marx trucks two defenders on 3rd & 1 for 6 yds #cardcamp14 #gostanford"
https://twitter.com/StanfordFball/status/501824517388238848

It was probably in the dialectic and all, but still, someone has to resist the inevitable tides of history. Come, humorists, we have only our chains to lose -- and a world to win.

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - Spiny_Norman - 08-19-2014

WIM, I hope that headline writers across the country have ample opportunity to wordplay with the name of the Stanford FB.

Against SJS - Marxist runs over Spartans
Against USC - Marxist runs over Trojans
Against ASU - Marxist shows there is a God, rolls Sun Devils
Against ND - Spectre of Marxism invades South Bend (pregame); Marxist > Touchdown Jesus (postgame)

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - 81alum - 08-19-2014

After we wallop C.al 63-7:Â "Marx to Oskie: History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce"

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - needle - 08-19-2014

Frosh fullback's value to team roughly equivalent to that of each player on roster
But are some more "phenomenal" than others?

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - Leftcoast - 08-19-2014

Given recent headlines I simply hope for - "No class struggle for this Marx" with a picture of Daniel hitting the books.

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - rudruff - 08-19-2014

Too many jokes. Worried my first try won't be good enough.

Shaw needs him in games just for the signs in the crowd.

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - Hank 91 - 08-19-2014

Somewhere in America there is a young running back named Engels, and he's filling out his Stanford application as we speak.

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - washingtonismoney - 08-20-2014

(08-19-2014, 11:09 PM)Hank 91 link Wrote:Somewhere in America there is a young running back named Engels, and he's filling out his Stanford application as we speak.

All right, here's the all-Marxist football team:

RB: Engels
FB: (Daniel) Marx
QB: Lenin
LT: Stalin
LG: Khruschev
C: Gorbachev
RG: Deng Xiaopeng
RT: Castro
TE: Zhou Enlai
WR: Trotsky
WR2: Bukharin

Coordinator: Perry Anderson

3-4, one-gap defense (Marxism is always on the assault, comrades):

DE: Zhukov
NT: Mao
DE: Snowball
OLB: Molotov
ILB: Minh
ILB: Guevara
OLB: Elizabeth Jennings
CB: Kim Philby
CB: Kamanev
FS: Phillip Jennings
SS: Rosenberg

(Yes, I used fictional characters in there. Sue me.)

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - Bruce Wang - 08-20-2014

Instead of fictional characters you could have used Beria and Gus Hall.Â I would also have suggested the openly Marxist (seriously) Stanford econ professor that taught Econ 1 when I was there, but his name escapes me at the moment.

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - StanFan88 - 08-20-2014

I assume Joe McCarthy is the opposing head coach?Â :P

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - CornFed - 08-20-2014

(08-20-2014, 09:08 AM)Publius link Wrote:Instead of fictional characters you could have used Beria and Gus Hall.Â I would also have suggested the openly Marxist (seriously) Stanford econ professor that taught Econ 1 when I was there, but his name escapes me at the moment.

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - Bruce Wang - 08-20-2014

(08-20-2014, 09:31 AM)CornFed link Wrote:[quote author=Publius link=topic=10394.msg94768#msg94768 date=1408550886]
Instead of fictional characters you could have used Beria and Gus Hall.Â I would also have suggested the openly Marxist (seriously) Stanford econ professor that taught Econ 1 when I was there, but his name escapes me at the moment.

Publius, you're quite a bit younger than me I think so I would be amazed if you are referring to John Gurley.Â Was he still there?Â It is probably a different openly Marxist econ professor, I suppose.
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Yes!Â Gurley.Â That was him.Â As I recall he was long in the tooth.Â Supposedly he did a great job teaching Econ 1.

EDIT: He's still there!
https://economics.stanford.edu/node/275

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - Nan3cy - 08-20-2014

Well, Gurley's emeritus. Sometimes emeriti get called back to teach, but essentially they never lose their emeritus status as long as they're still vertical.

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - washingtonismoney - 08-20-2014

(08-20-2014, 09:19 AM)StanFan88 link Wrote:I assume Joe McCarthy is the opposing head coach?Â :P

Here's Team Capitalism:
Coach: Adam Smith

RB: Mayer Rothschild
FB: David Ricardo
QB: Charles Montagu
LT: Andrew Carnegie
LG: Gottlieb Daimler
C: J.M. Keynes
RG: Henry Ford
RT: Henry Kravis
WR: William Henry Draper
WR: Friedrich Bayer

Defense: 4-3 (Capitalism is based on SPEED and AGGRESSION.)
DE: Dhirubhai Ambani
NT: J.P. Morgan
DT: Thomas Edison
DE: Hugh Matheson
LB: Paul Volcker
LB: Friedrich Krupp
LB: Kiichiro Toyota
CB: Steve Jobs
FS: Janet Yellen
SS: Hyman Minsky
CB: Carl Icahn

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - washingtonismoney - 08-20-2014

The biggest flaw of Team Marxism, by the by, is putting Khruschev and Stalin on the same side of the line. They oughta fire that fancy Oxford offensive coordinator they hired in the offseason.

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - Nan3cy - 08-20-2014

I would be willing to bet that there are more than a few members of Congress who would argue that J.M. Keynes belongs on Team Communism, not Team Capitalism.

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - washingtonismoney - 08-20-2014

(08-20-2014, 10:15 AM)Nan3cy link Wrote:I would be willing to bet that there are more than a few members of Congress who would argue that J.M. Keynes belongs on Team Communism, not Team Capitalism.

Considering Keynes ran one of the first hedge funds -- and was quite successful at it -- they are wrong.

See: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/31f0e3f8-eaba-11e1-984b-00144feab49a.html#axzz3AxCmruxo

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - CornFed - 08-20-2014

Obviously, Milton Friedman is on the Injured Reserve because he is definitely first string ahead of Keynes on the depth chart.

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - Stymie - 08-20-2014

I can see Daniel playing in coach Wagstaff Sr's single wing, along with Pinky, Baravelli and Wagstaff Jr.Â However, being a Stanford person, he might just rebel as per Groucho....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtMV44yoXZ0

Re: I'm so happy I'm not the only one making lame Marxism jokes - Leftcoast - 08-20-2014

How about Trotsky and Stalin?

Nothing like a ice axes and assassination plots to spice up team building exercises.