Pravda, On The President

Well, it IS the newspaper of the communist party-- or it used to be. It was the official state paper of the old USSR. To read them now you would never think that in less than half my lifetime they completely switched sides, so to speak, and are now trumpeting Liberty, religion, conservatism, capitalism--boggles the mind. Yes, they have pro-Obama articles too, and I read those as well. The fact that many of his supporters are old hard line communists says a lot. You might also notice their newspapers tend to be better written than ours--including the editorials. I am impressed by their writing standard, if nothing else. It's worth a weekly read in my point of view.

As for the communist leader praising Obama, and saying he's better than their leaders--of course. Their leaders aren't "communist" anymore, in the original meaning--while Obama definitely fits their perspective. He was a Party member for a while, as a matter of fact--as were many of his associates, now in cabinet positions and serving as civilian advisers. I judge a man by his actions and the company he keeps--and he keeps company I don't like.

oh, yeah-- Russia's not gone yet, by a long shot. I'm sorry I didn't put the link in right, but it does work if you copy and paste. I think you will find their current rhetoric very interesting, when compared to the bad old days-- it's kind of a hoot to see them chiding us for moving away from religion, and embracing socialism. They also call Liberalism a psychosis. Truly boggles the mind, and is actually depressing-- they quote our founding fathers frequently in their editorials, especially those written by the guy that wrote this one. I doubt this particular discussion will get much interest--even my friends tend not to respond to my discussions--but we shall see. We will definitely suffer for supporting Israel, if we do support them. Our administration is going to waffle on that, especially since now there's a ship leaving Eritrea for Gaza--full of rockets, and will probably be escorted by Iran through the red sea. This ceasefire isn't going to last long. And the administration is being all soft on Morsi--saying there needs to be democratic solutions--never mind the man just made himself pretty danged near a dictator. Oh, well.

Yep many Americans have sold their soul for entitlement. I'm the first to say that the Christians abdicated their role in addressing social ills and we have been dragged kicking and screaming down a path that one can say will only lead to pure hell on earth. We are blindly following a Muslim who I don't doubt will turn on Israel as soon as he thinks it is feasible. On the news I heard that Israel was scrambling to turn back a ship from Iran that is thought to be carrying arms to Gaza. No, there will never be peace in the Mid=East til G-d H-mself makes the peace. I wish we didn't repeat history and our nation would not fall. However, every great society that has chosen the path that we are on has failed. Socialized medicine has not worked for any country that put it in place. So why are we doing so? Entitlement...thrid, fourth generation welfare recipients, etc.

I just find it hilarious that the ultimate anti-American soviet propaganda mill has so totally changed their entire tone--but also sad that what they are writing about America is true. It never used to be. Pravda has a lot of good articles--they find the dangdest quotes from our founding fathers to back them up, too. Who would have thought we'd be hearing such amazing, patriotic rhetoric--from the Russians? Go Figure.

I really DID wake up in the Twilight Zone, and it's not a very nice place. I am not a happy camper. Well, you wouldn't expect a bunch of decent Americans to listen to a former communist, would you Lots of people are guilty of being asleep right now, and I don't expect them to wake up until their check doesn't arrive one month, or the EBT doesn't work, or the Obamaphone runs out of minutes...then, we'll all be in deep dookie.