I can't help myself........... Rome is burning!

The article below was written by Stanislav Mishin, a blogger and columnist for the Russian newspaper Pravda.

American capitalism gone with a whimper . . . . .

It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.

True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.

Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.

First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather than the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas than the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonalds burger or a BurgerKing burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us (Russia) about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blinds the foolish.

Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different "branches and denominations" were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the "winning" side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the "winning" side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox (Russian Orthodox) churches are scandalously liberalized in America.

The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more than another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.

These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, loses and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more than ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?

These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more then a whimper to their masters.

Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motor) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, the self given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.

So it should be no surprise that the American president has followed this up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happ

Why the sudden interest Mike, and what do you make of the article?>>>

Hi, I am new here, this seems foolish coming from someone in Russia. How can they claim to know anything about freedom. You dont have to think too far back to remember Communism and their country's obvious imperialism as far into Europe as they could get. This Russian guy is an idiot with lots of useless words in his head. Yea they told the GM CEO to step down, but they asked us for how many billions of dollars?? Come on. America aint perfect by any means, at least we are slowing down on the war mongering and imperialism for now..

Oh yea, my name is Eric. A new poster and roofer that does mostly old house restorations and traditional types of roofing in the northeast.>>>

I can't take this article seriously. How quick to lay judgment. Did we forget Bush bailed out the Auto industry which I did not agree with? He gave 900 billion to bail out banks etc which I also did not agree with (and most of congress went along with it). Bush also got us involved with a three trillion dollar war, which I did not agree with. We had no business in Iraq. Bush alienated the world from the USA with school yard bully foreign policy. All said and done he was a serious failure and embarrassment. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. A lot of the blame for the follies of this country can be attributed to both liberals and conservatives. My opportunistic side screams at me when I have these liberal views . Is it hypocritical to buy war money for investment and cry foul ? I don't think so . While most of the world starves and lives in extreme poverty we complain and argue about petty grievances, about who is right and who is wrong. We are mostly blowing smoke, and in the big picture it is a waste of time and energy. Instead we should thank the universe for all the kindness, grace and good fortune it has bestowed upon us. How lucky we are to have such blessed lives, to have housing, food and medicine. How can we share some of the this good fortune with others? My softer more liberal side

Every coin has two sides. If we are going to talk to each we need to respect of each others views. Without that there is no dialog. It is just a monologue; preaching to the choir or falling on deaf ears.>>>

Our capitalistic society is far from perfect.But it is the best one on earth. I do think we should change the armed forces job from fighting ( and leave that to unmanned drones) and have the armed forces rush into places after a sunami or hurricane or any natural disaster with food aid and medical help, etc. Instead of being the worlds enforcer, we should be the worlds doctor, nurse, rescue team!>>>

Let the world take care of itself. we can't afford it anymore!>>>

So when did we start caring what vodka soaked Russian bloggers think?>>>

I can see the point - Most People look at everything as entertainment and could care less about the issues and when they do care - it is more like rooting for their favorite horse or team to win. I do not like the fact Our government has now controll over Citi,GM,Dodge and the lot - We would probably not be in the situation however if these owners CEO's looked at it more like a way of life rather than how big can we get how much can we make how can we beat our competition. I think they should be held personally responsible Corporations cover is bull puckey - Bailout is bull Puckey - We are in for a rough ride with very few outs Obama may be doing the only thing we can to turn this around hopefully people come to their sences and it does not last for long.(Personal Responsibility It Is that Simple!!)

Just to clarify Bush spent around 600 billion on the War - Then gave wall Street 800 Billion roughly which is worse? How much has Obama Committed to? Pick your Horse right? Either way -- the way our government works we will know what the people choose. I am not for government controll but i do believe the only way out is for the government to force people to be responsible by taking controll - Maybee then some will want the controll back maybee not -- if not -- and they like not having the worry / Responsibility we are in for socialism. (Personal Responsibility It Is that Simple!!) Do what is right!!>>>

Jed,

I don't understand "why the sudden interest"? You'd have to explain the assumptions behind the statement before I could comment on the rest of the question.>>>

Mike H Said: Jed,

I dont understand why the sudden interest? Youd have to explain the assumptions behind the statement before I could comment on the rest of the question.

Because I was surprised to see this topic posted by you, as your posts don't usually indicate much of an interest in what goes on outside this country.>>>

I'm not sure how to respond to that. There's not much talk about world events on this site, and I'm certainly not not, nor have I ever been, an isolationist. I am America first, for sure. But as a guy with a lot of Ukrainian (former Ruskie Commie strangled nation, still led by a Commie KGB throwback) I have a lot of interest in Eastern Europe and the north Middle East. I'm also a fan of Isreal and take a great deal of interest in US/Isreali relations.........................................

But I fail to understand in any way how an article written by a fairly well know Russian blogger that rings a lot of truth in my mind sheds any kind of light on my interest, or lack thereof, of world events, when the article is about the current take-over of our constitution by the executive arm of our government.

Some of you guys should not be quite so quick to throw stones at a guy that comes from where Obama seems to want to take us. He's eaten the grass on the other side, as have many of my Ukrainian reletives.

The system works like this: Those at the top of the oligarchy raise chickens, eat eggs, and roast fresh fowl. Then they distribute chicken shit to the masses and say "Here, spread this free fertilizer on your crops. Keep warm, eat well, and don't forget, we take 1/2 of what the field produces, cuz we gave you free chicken shit.">>>

Never fear, it is true, that the only thing that we have to fear is fear itself. The American free enterprise system will survive because there are enough millions of Americans with the entrepreneurial spirit to carry on against the odds. This is a truism and will continue to work itself out as for what other reason do millions of other entrepreneurial prospects wish to legally immigrate to this nation and make a go of it in business. Even though the socialism from both Repuglicans and Demoncrats has been going on for well over the last seventy years we are still here doing our job as free enterprising people. For an example of pure socialism in health care-just look at the mess called the Veterans Hospitals and health care system of medicine for our esteemed vets.>>>

Love that analogy Mike! :P>>>

Hi,

It appears the Russian Bloger would prefer to see an extended period in office of GWB ?

The man who openly introduced methods of Americans spying on each other for no real reason other than one act of terrorism from a small group.

Homeland Security appears to have taken away so many of the true freedoms that America stood for without a whimper from the people.

News Programs are now just that, heavily edited programs instead of reporting the real news in a timely manner, such is the delay and editing that American news is seen in greater detail in Europe before it is shown in edited form in the USA.

Promoting a war that could never be justified was made to appear justified by using television programs designed for entertainment but with an undertone that would have made the Goering proud.

A man who quotes Putin as if he were some form of social genius instead of the dictator he is should certainly be taken seriously, if Blair (who has been out office a long time now) and Obama were to listen to his kind then the world would be in serious trouble !

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Mike I love America . I also know and except we didn't do it alone . I favor a middle ground with careful analysis and thoughtful consideration in which most peoples views are included. The funny truth about Obama ( I don't agree with a lot of what he is doing ) is that he would be right in the middle of the political spectrum in Europe . Peter I understand Europe also has many positive attributes to learn from. Europe also has a great history of social experiment. Remember the Magna Carta in 1215? The first British Parliament started in 1707. The French revolution? Our friends the French went bankrupt helping the Americans defeat the British. A fact which is often forgotten when Americans put down the French. The Italians have brought so much culture into our lives with the greatest cultural Renaissance in History. The Greeks were dealing with democratic concepts more that 2,000 years ago. Here in the USA we are in this great melting pot of so many cultures and points of view. The tolerance and love we have for all peoples, cultures and ideas; that is the greatness of the USA. That is the gift that we need to give back to the rest of the world. IMO>>>

Peter, Has obama done anything to cancel out the wider freedom of the DHS, or NSA to monitor the American people? Like put a stop to the wiretaps or the collection/inspection of e mail. Has he closed Guantanomo Bay, or did he just say he would and then back right the fcuk off when he realised the consequences of doing so? ..................Then one would be drawn to assume that he largely agrees with them. No? Are we better off now that he has TRIPLED the national debt? How many troops has he brought home from Iraq? How many has he re-posted to Afghanistan?

What "one act of terrorism from a small group." are you referring to? ...................911? What about the Bali bombing?...... The USS Cole?......... The US embassy in Kenya? These are all claimed by Al Quaeda and they are hardly "a small group"

What "freedoms" have been taken away by the DHS? How does Putin advising not to go down the path of marxism constitute him being a "social genius"? Do you even live here? Oh,........you don't?..... so you know all this from watching the Liberal media that you malign in your post. What is your unemployment rate now? 10.... 11.... 12%? How many Poles, Rumanians, North Africans are begging for change on Grafton Street?. Is there even one Irish national serving coffee in Bewleys? Or have immigrants taken ALL low wage positions now? ............This is all Bush's fault?..... Or is it the result of the Leftist policy eminating from Europe and the "Coalition, Fianna Fail/Green party government you so obviously enjoy/support. Did the Irish stop emmigrating to the US when Bush was in power? What of the UK now? Brown is about to forced out due to NU-labour and his misguided negligent oversight. Yeah.....great job. Yesterday in his speech from Normandy he referred to OMAHA beach as OBAMA beach...............and was booed and hissed by the veterans attending. (u tube it) Wev'e gone left in protest of the Bush years.........for lack of a Republican candidate.....and because the media promoted it. And now wer'e gonna pay.

Bush was an idiot, no doubt, but he was'nt as dangerous as this misguided, egomaniacle asshole.

"Promoting a war that could never be justified was made to appear justified by using television programs designed for entertainment but with an undertone that would have made the Goering proud".

I don't have a television. Swore off it years ago so explain this please! >>>