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Bob Moriarty weighs in on the recent developments concerning the Malaysian jet.

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July 22, 2014

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    Jul 22, 2014 22:35 AM

    Excellent Bob !!!

      Jul 22, 2014 22:19 PM

      Sorry Al…but why would you say anyone on this site would disagree with free speech? I would not. And I don’t object to free speech. I exercise mine everyday and damn the torpedoes. Taking a position against some of the political commentary on your site that (to me) is obnoxious and objectionable is not the same thing as telling any of you to stop speaking your minds. But if you want to express certain sentiments then some of us who object should be equally free to oppose those comments.

        Jul 23, 2014 23:46 AM

        I am not surprised you did not answer my post. What I object to is the obvious partisan politics and Democrat bashing. This site is full of hatred against Hillary and Obama and what that party stands for. It just so happens I am a big fan of the Clintons so we will always part ways on that discussion. Maybe a little more balance would help. Who do you think is better able to run the country (please do not say Ron Paul because the guy is a nut in my books).

          Jul 23, 2014 23:45 AM

          Oh my goodness, you had me fooled Birdman. But I won’t be as foolish tomorrow though.

            Jul 23, 2014 23:34 PM

            I keep telling you I am not a hard money supporter or advocate. Why doubt me when I keep saying it?

          bb
          Jul 23, 2014 23:21 PM

          LOL, too funny Bird. We find yet another issue to disagree upon.

          I do like your argument and points concerning a gold standard and digital currency.
          Ive agreed with the your gold standard position since watching Bill Stills “money masters”.

          But I think Ron Paul could not be more correct, after finding out a little about Liberty from Ron Paul I can find nothing he points out I have been able to disagree with, I actualy think his position is pretty much simple and genius in its simplicity. Brilliant tho, in his understanding as to how to apply Liberty to specific situations.

          Also, for those inclined, Liberty supports, as its pretty much the same stuff Jesus, Budda etc talked about. Its the way to peace as far as Im concerned.

          Not too many things we disagree with but Ron Paul, definatly, cant understand just how anyone could disagree actualy, but, to itch his own, I itch my own.

    Jul 22, 2014 22:41 AM

    I love my country and served my country in a Muslim nation for more than a year! So, I
    am concerned that our country is lead by mindless leaders (Presidency and Congress) that fail to tell us the truth….economically and foreign policy….as for the horrible and I mean really horrible tragedy of this airliner, I find Russia and other sources to be more credible than our president. I agree with Bob…we know who did it and refuse to tell the world! Do we have something to hide?

    ‘simply said’
    wyn

      Jul 22, 2014 22:22 PM

      Wyn,

      Yes of course the oligarchs who run the USA’s alphabet soup agencies know who did this and can pinpoint the location to with 10 feet of the where the actual launcher was when it was fired. If any of the in-depth analysis and dissection of the events were to be made public it would be devastating to the American cabal.

      Putin also knows exactly who did this and where, so he now holds all the cards!

      In-fact the missile launch was very likely recorded in real time as it was taking place. This murder of 295 civilians was not an accident and illustrates the graveness, depravity and derangement of the insolvency of the Western, financial, political and banking power structure which is failing right before the worlds eyes.

      The Western PTB will fight to the death to never let the real information and facts of this false flag available to the public.

    Jul 22, 2014 22:46 AM

    Whoaaaaa. And is it a mere coincidence that eight years after ex KGB Litvinenko’s murder here in London there’s to be a public inquiry, and from which Litvinenko’s words on his deathbed are now being circulated to castigate President Putin?
    Horrible timing is my most generous thought.

      Jul 22, 2014 22:07 AM

      Andrew….Seen that today , Its NO coincidence…just more dirty tricks & propaganda , I believe this is all going to backfire on them..& Putin will come out of this smelling of rose’s.

        Jul 22, 2014 22:16 AM

        I kind of doubt that Tony. Everyone stinks at times like this!

          Jul 22, 2014 22:33 AM

          Bird…..Anyone who thinks Putin had anything to do with it is a brainwashed tool..IMO

            Jul 22, 2014 22:08 PM

            I don’t know if I am a tool Tony but honestly I have no idea who is telling the truth right now.

            Jul 22, 2014 22:37 PM

            Tony you are 100 % correct.

            Putin is not a nice man, he is as evil as the rest of these power hungry oligarchs in the US, but he is not a stupid man. Willful ignorance and denial is the rule of the day with most Western populations.

            This is a textbook, funded false flag if there ever one was. You already know all of the names and families involved.

            Jul 23, 2014 23:27 AM

            It takes a thief to catch a thief Vortex. For some of them there is honour among thieves, for others none whatsoever.

            Jul 23, 2014 23:39 AM

            Yes Andrew, so true!

    bb
    Jul 22, 2014 22:17 AM

    THIS IS A PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS ARTICLE

    Guilt By Insinuation

    How American propaganda works.

    Paul Craig Roberts

    Why hasn’t Washington joined Russian President Putin in calling for an objective, non-politicized international investigation by experts of the case of the Malaysian jetliner?

    The Russian government continues to release facts, including satellite photos showing the presence of Ukrainian Buk anti-aircraft missiles in locations from which the airliner could have been brought down by the missile system and documentation that a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet rapidly approached the Malaysian airliner prior to its downing. The head of the Operations Directorate of Russian military headquarters said at a Moscow press conference today (July 21) that the presence of the Ukrainian military jet is confirmed by the Rostov monitoring center.

    The Russian Defense Ministry pointed out that at the moment of destruction of MH-17 an American satellite was flying over the area. The Russian government urges Washington to make available the photos and data captured by the satellite.

    President Putin has repeatedly stressed that the investigation of MH-17 requires “a fully representative group of experts to be working at the site under the guidance of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).” Putin’s call for an independent expert examination by ICAO does not sound like a person with anything to hide.

    Turning to Washington Putin stated: “In the meantime, no one [not even the “exceptional nation”] has the right to use this tragedy to achieve their narrowly selfish political goals.”

    Putin reminded Washington: “We repeatedly called upon all conflicting sides to stop the bloodshed immediately and to sit down at the negotiating table. I can say with confidence that if military operations were not resumed [by Kiev] on June 28 in eastern Ukraine, this tragedy wouldn’t have happened.”

    What is the American response?

    Lies and insinuations.

    Yesterday (July 20) the US Secretary of State, John Kerry confirmed that pro-Russian separatists were involved in the downing of the Malaysian airliner and said that it was “pretty clear” that Russia was involved. Here are Kerry’s words: “It’s pretty clear that this is a system that was transferred from Russia into the hands of separatists. We know with confidence, with confidence, that the Ukrainians did not have such a system anywhere near the vicinity at that point and time, so it obviously points a very clear finger at the separatists.”

    Kerry’s statement is just another of the endless lies told by US secretaries of state in the 21st century. Who can forget Colin Powell’s package of lies delivered to the UN about Saddam Hussein’s “weapons of mass destruction” or Kerry’s lie repeated endlessly that Assad “used chemical weapons against his own people” or the endless lies about “Iranian nukes”?

    Remember that Kerry on a number of occasions stated that the US had proof that Assad crossed the “red line” by using chemical weapons. However, Kerry was never able to back up his statements with evidence. The US had no evidence to give the British prime minister whose effort to have Parliament approve Britain’s participation with Washington in a military attack on Syria was voted down. Parliament told the prime minister, “no evidence, no war.”

    Again here is Kerry declaring “confidence” in statements that are directly contradicted by the Russian satellite photos and endless eye witnesses on the ground.

    Why doesn’t Washington release its photos from its satellite?

    The answer is for the same reason that Washington will not release all the videos it confiscated and that it claims prove that a hijacked 9/11 airliner hit the Pentagon. The videos do not support Washington’s claim, and the US satellite photos do not support Kerry’s claim.

    The UN weapons inspectors on the ground in Iraq reported that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. However, the fact did not support Washington’s propaganda and was ignored. Washington started a highly destructive war based on nothing but Washington’s intentional lie.

    The International Atomic Energy Commission’s inspectors on the ground in Iran and all 16 US intelligence agencies reported that Iran had no nuclear weapons program. However, the fact was inconsistent with Washington’s agenda and was ignored by both the US government and the presstitute media.

    We are witnessing the same thing right now with the assertions in the absence of evidence that Russia is responsible for the downing of the Malaysian airliner.

    Not every member of the US government is as reckless as Kerry and John McCain. In place of direct lies, many US officials use insinuations.

    US Senator Diane Feinstein is the perfect example. Interviewed on the presstitute TV station CNN, Feinstein said: “The issue is where is Putin? I would say, ‘Putin, you have to man up. You should talk to the world. You should say, if this is a mistake, which I hope it was, say it.’”

    Putin has been talking to the world nonstop calling for an expert non-politicized investigation, and Feinstein is asking Putin why he is hiding behind silence. We know you did it, Feinstein insinuates, so just tell us whether you meant to or whether it was an accident.

    The way the entire Western news cycle was orchestrated with blame instantly being placed on Russia long in advance of real information suggests that the downing of the airliner was a Washington operation. It is, of course, possible that the well-trained presstitute media needed no orchestration from Washington in order to lay the blame on Russia. On the other hand, some of the news performances seem too scripted not to have been prepared in advance.

    We also have the advanced preparation of the youtube video that purports to show a Russian general and Ukrainian separatists discussing having mistakenly downed a civilian airliner. As I pointed out earlier, this video is twice damned. It was ready in advance and by implicating the Russian military, it overlooked that the Russian military can tell the difference between a civilian airliner and a military airplane. The existence of the video itself implies that there was a plot to down the airliner and blame Russia.

    I have seen reports that the Russian anti-aircraft missile system, as a safety device, is capable of contacting aircraft transponders in order to verify the type of aircraft. If the reports are correct and if the transponders from MH-17 are found, they might record the contact.

    I have seen reports that Ukrainian air control changed the route of MH-17 and directed it to fly over the conflict area. The transponders should also indicate whether this is correct. If so, there clearly is at least circumstantial evidence that this was an intentional act on the part of Kiev, an act which would have required Washington’s blessing.

    There are other reports that there is a divergence between the Ukrainian military and the unofficial militias formed by the right-wing Ukrainian extremists who apparently were the first to attack the separatists. It is possible that Washington used the extremists to plot the airliner’s destruction in order to blame Russia and use the accusations to pressure the EU to go along with Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Russia. We do know that Washington is desperate to break up the growing economic and political ties between Russia and Europe.

    If it was a plot to down an airliner, any safety device on the missile system could have been turned off so as to give no warning or leave any telltale sign. That could be the reason a Ukrainian fighter was sent to inspect the airliner. Possibly the real target was Putin’s airliner and incompetence in implementing the plot resulted in the destruction of a civilian airliner.

    As there are a number of possible explanations, let’s keep open minds and resist Washington’s propaganda until facts and evidence are in. In the very least Washington is guilty of using the incident to blame Russia in advance of the evidence. All Washington has shown us so far are accusations and insinuations. If that is all Washington continues to show us, we will know where the blame resides.

    In the meantime, remember the story of the boy who cried “wolf!” He lied so many times that when the wolf did come, no one believed him. Will this be Washington’s ultimate fate?

    Instead of declaring war on Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, and Syria, why did Washington hide behind lies? If Washington wants war with Iran, Russia, and China, why not simply declare war? The reason that the US Constitution requires war to begin with a declaration of war by Congress is to prevent the executive branch from orchestrating wars in order to further hidden agendas. By abdicating its constitutional responsibility, the US Congress is complicit in the executive branch’s war crimes. By approving Israel’s premeditated murder of Palestinians, the US government is complicit in Israel’s war crimes.

    Ask yourself this question: Would the world be a safer place with less death, destruction and displaced peoples and more truth and justice if the United States and Israel did not exist?

    Jul 22, 2014 22:18 AM

    so let me get this right, Bob thinks that the Ukraine deliberately shot down this passenger plane and the US was behind it or supported this?

      GH
      Jul 22, 2014 22:04 PM

      That’s exactly what he’s saying, and his logic is impeccable.

      It could be an accident, but it very well could be a false flag.

        Jul 22, 2014 22:19 PM

        I would be very surprised if this was an accident. Someone is behind this and GH you heard correctly Bob thinks Ukraine and the US had a major roll.

    bb
    Jul 22, 2014 22:26 AM

    Al, just my opinion, lol, but nobody is going to ask you to stop giving opinions no matter how much truth there is within them.
    The grip is so complete, those in power could care less about opinions.
    I figure everyone will continue to enjoy free speech, it just doesn’t matter anymore.

    bb
    Jul 22, 2014 22:30 AM

    cheche, it wouldn’t be the first time, article is on 321 gold.

    Governments from Around the World Admit They Carry Out False Flag Terror

    Governments from around the world admit they carry out false flag terror:
    ◾A major with the Nazi SS admitted at the Nuremberg trials that – under orders from the chief of the Gestapo – he and some other Nazi operatives faked attacks on their own people and resources which they blamed on the Poles, to justify the invasion of Poland. Nazi general Franz Halder also testified at the Nuremberg trials that Nazi leader Hermann Goering admitted to setting fire to the German parliament building, and then falsely blaming the communists for the arson
    ◾Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev admitted in writing that the Soviet Union’s Red Army shelled the Russian village of Mainila in 1939, and declared that the fire originated from Finland as a basis launching the Winter War four days later
    ◾Israel admits that an Israeli terrorist cell operating in Egypt planted bombs in several buildings, including U.S. diplomatic facilities, then left behind “evidence” implicating the Arabs as the culprits (one of the bombs detonated prematurely, allowing the Egyptians to identify the bombers, and several of the Israelis later confessed) (and see this and this)
    ◾The CIA admits that it hired Iranians in the 1950′s to pose as Communists and stage bombings in Iran in order to turn the country against its democratically-elected prime minister
    ◾The British Prime Minister admitted to his defense secretary that he and American president Dwight Eisenhower approved a plan in 1957 to carry out false flag attacks in Syria and blame it on the Syrian government as a way to effect regime change
    ◾The former Italian Prime Minister, an Italian judge, and the former head of Italian counterintelligence admit that NATO, with the help of the Pentagon and CIA, carried out terror bombings in Italy and other European countries in the 1950s and blamed the communists, in order to rally people’s support for their governments in Europe in their fight against communism. As one participant in this formerly-secret program stated: “You had to attack civilians, people, women, children, innocent people, unknown people far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple. They were supposed to force these people, the Italian public, to turn to the state to ask for greater security” (and see this)(Italy and other European countries subject to the terror campaign had joined NATO before the bombings occurred). And watch this BBC special
    ◾As admitted by the U.S. government, recently declassified documents show that in the 1960′s, the American Joint Chiefs of Staff signed off on a plan to blow up AMERICAN airplanes (using an elaborate plan involving the switching of airplanes), and also to commit terrorist acts on American soil, and then to blame it on the Cubans in order to justify an invasion of Cuba. See the following ABC news report; the official documents; and watch this interview with the former Washington Investigative Producer for ABC’s World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.
    ◾2 years before, American Senator George Smathers had suggested that the U.S. make “a false attack made on Guantanamo Bay which would give us the excuse of actually fomenting a fight which would then give us the excuse to go in and [overthrow Castro]“.
    ◾And Official State Department documents show that – only nine months before the Joint Chiefs of Staff plan was proposed – the head of the Joint Chiefs and other high-level officials discussed blowing up a consulate in the Dominican Republic in order to justify an invasion of that country. The 3 plans were not carried out, but they were all discussed as serious proposals
    ◾A U.S. Congressional committee admitted that – as part of its “Cointelpro” campaign – the FBI had used many provocateurs in the 1950s through 1970s to carry out violent acts and falsely blame them on political activists
    ◾The South African Truth and Reconciliation Council found that, in 1989, the Civil Cooperation Bureau (a covert branch of the South African Defense Force) approached an explosives expert and asked him “to participate in an operation aimed at discrediting the ANC [the African National Congress] by bombing the police vehicle of the investigating officer into the murder incident”, thus framing the ANC for the bombing
    ◾An Algerian diplomat and several officers in the Algerian army admit that, in the 1990s, the Algerian army frequently massacred Algerian civilians and then blamed Islamic militants for the killings (and see this video; and Agence France-Presse, 9/27/2002, French Court Dismisses Algerian Defamation Suit Against Author)
    ◾Senior Russian Senior military and intelligence officers admit that the KGB blew up Russian apartment buildings and falsely blamed it on Chechens, in order to justify an invasion of Chechnya (and see this report and this discussion)
    ◾According to the Washington Post, Indonesian police admit that the Indonesian military killed American teachers in Papua in 2002 and blamed the murders on a Papuan separatist group in order to get that group listed as a terrorist organization.
    ◾The well-respected former Indonesian president also admits that the government probably had a role in the Bali bombings
    ◾As reported by BBC, the New York Times, and Associated Press, Macedonian officials admit that the government murdered 7 innocent immigrants in cold blood and pretended that they were Al Qaeda soldiers attempting to assassinate Macedonian police, in order to join the “war on terror”.
    ◾Although the FBI now admits that the 2001 anthrax attacks were carried out by one or more U.S. government scientists, a senior FBI official says that the FBI was actually told to blame the Anthrax attacks on Al Qaeda by White House officials (remember what the anthrax letters looked like). Government officials also confirm that the white House tried to link the anthrax to Iraq as a justification for regime change in that country
    ◾Similarly, the U.S. falsely blamed Iraq for playing a role in the 9/11 attacks – as shown by a memo from the defense secretary – as one of the main justifications for launching the Iraq war. Even after the 9/11 Commission admitted that there was no connection, Dick Cheney said that the evidence is “overwhelming” that al Qaeda had a relationship with Saddam Hussein’s regime, that Cheney “probably” had information unavailable to the Commission, and that the media was not ‘doing their homework’ in reporting such ties. Top U.S. government officials now admit that the Iraq war was really launched for oil … not 9/11 or weapons of mass destruction (despite previous “lone wolf” claims, many U.S. government officials now say that 9/11 was state-sponsored terror; but Iraq was not the state which backed the hijackers)
    ◾Former Department of Justice lawyer John Yoo suggested in 2005 that the US should go on the offensive against al-Qaeda, having “our intelligence agencies create a false terrorist organization. It could have its own websites, recruitment centers, training camps, and fundraising operations. It could launch fake terrorist operations and claim credit for real terrorist strikes, helping to sow confusion within al-Qaeda’s ranks, causing operatives to doubt others’ identities and to question the validity of communications.”
    ◾United Press International reported in June 2005:

    U.S. intelligence officers are reporting that some of the insurgents in Iraq are using recent-model Beretta 92 pistols, but the pistols seem to have had their serial numbers erased. The numbers do not appear to have been physically removed; the pistols seem to have come off a production line without any serial numbers. Analysts suggest the lack of serial numbers indicates that the weapons were intended for intelligence operations or terrorist cells with substantial government backing. Analysts speculate that these guns are probably from either Mossad or the CIA. Analysts speculate that agent provocateurs may be using the untraceable weapons even as U.S. authorities use insurgent attacks against civilians as evidence of the illegitimacy of the resistance.
    ◾Undercover Israeli soldiers admitted in 2005 to throwing stones at other Israeli soldiers so they could blame it on Palestinians, as an excuse to crack down on peaceful protests by the Palestinians
    ◾Quebec police admitted that, in 2007, thugs carrying rocks to a peaceful protest were actually undercover Quebec police officers (and see this)
    ◾At the G20 protests in London in 2009, a British member of parliament saw plain clothes police officers attempting to incite the crowd to violence
    ◾A Colombian army colonel has admitted that his unit murdered 57 civilians, then dressed them in uniforms and claimed they were rebels killed in combat
    ◾U.S. soldiers have admitted that if they kill innocent Iraqis and Afghanis, they then “drop” automatic weapons near their body so they can pretend they were militants
    ◾The highly-respected writer for the Telegraph Ambrose Evans-Pritchard says that the head of Saudi intelligence – Prince Bandar – recently admitted that the Saudi government controls “Chechen” terrorists
    ◾High-level American sources admitted that the Turkish government – a fellow Nato country – carried out the chemical weapons attacks blamed on the Syrian government; and high-ranking Turkish government admitted on tape plans to carry out false flag attacks and blame it on the Syrian government

    So Common … There’s a Name for It

    This tactic is so common that it was given a name for hundreds of years ago.

    “False flag terrorism” is defined as a government attacking its own people, then blaming others in order to justify going to war against the people it blames. Or as Wikipedia defines it:

    False flag operations are covert operations conducted by governments, corporations, or other organizations, which are designed to appear as if they are being carried out by other entities. The name is derived from the military concept of flying false colors; that is, flying the flag of a country other than one’s own. False flag operations are not limited to war and counter-insurgency operations, and have been used in peace-time; for example, during Italy’s strategy of tension

      Jul 22, 2014 22:42 AM

      & still the Zionists bastards keep murdering children….I don’t hear Kerry / Cameron or the rest of the “CLAN”…..objection….& the VATICAN is very quiet……….Just goes to show who the “SCUM” of the Earth are….I am so FECKING mad with all of this.

        Jul 22, 2014 22:31 PM

        Tony Irish – I’ve just been debarred from Greg Hunter’s blog for stating that the Israelis are way worse than Hamas! Seems like GH is altogether pro Zionist although it’s ironic, given that he has people like Dr Roberts on his show.
        Like you I’m just so fecking mad at the hypocrisy of it all. Best, A

          Jul 23, 2014 23:38 AM

          Andrew, we all can agree that there are problems with the conditions in Gaza and the seemingly insoluble conflict that results from the relationship between Israel and the Palestinians but taking a tone that smacks of racism is hardly helping. Your remarks simply inflame the tensions so barring your one sided opinion was the correct action.

      Jul 22, 2014 22:06 PM

      Thanks bb. I had no idea it was that prevalent.

        GH
        Jul 22, 2014 22:03 PM

        And there are far more examples than those given, for the US alone. Surely for lots of other countries too, I just know less about those. Aggression justified by false flag/deception: USS Maine, Lusitania, Pearl Harbor, Gulf of Tonkin, 9/11, Iraq WMD, Syria gas attack. Etc. etc.

        I think you have to assume it’s about as natural as breathing for power hungry people to lie and to tar others as guilty of heinous acts in order to justify the aggression they want to commit.

          Jul 22, 2014 22:21 PM

          I wouldn’t trust Obama to do anything more than sit the right way on a toilet seat…and see no sign of integrity in him; Sadly just another puppet.

        bb
        Jul 22, 2014 22:27 PM

        Bird, George Carlin had it right, (which I find amasing as it had to be difficult to find and figure things out before the net).

        Mr Carlin had to be one smart fellow, he said “not one efing word they say do I believe”.

        Honust to goodness I hope enough people figure it out before they kill us all with their wars for profit.

    Jul 22, 2014 22:19 PM

    Is it possible that a Israeli F-15I with drop tanks and AMRAAM missiles flew in and tried for Vladimir Putin and missed and hit the Malaysian Jet liner?

    Witnesses of MH17 crash tell their stories ~ link ~There were eyewitnesses who saw a fighter jet fire a missile which hit MH17 and caused it to fall from the sky. This person heard a fighter jet, the sound is something that you remember and do not confuse with other noises. See my article which explains what really happened. Stirling

    Aleksandr, another local who witnessed the plane falling from the sky, was watching TV but when he heard “a roar and two explosions.” He went out to see what was going on.

    “[I] saw a spinning plane without a wing with something falling out of it. The plane was shot down,” he told RT. “There were explosions in the sky. And apart from the loud sounds of the plane itself, I heard the buzz which fighter jets make.”
    europebusines.blogspot.ca/search?updated-max=2014-07-21T16:25:00-05:00&max-results=7

    reg
    Jul 22, 2014 22:31 PM

    If the Ukraine & USA did that why didn’t the rebels welcome international inspectors?

      Jul 22, 2014 22:17 PM

      May be they don’t take orders from Obama and Poroshenko the Jew.

    Jul 23, 2014 23:53 AM

    There is a problem with the leaders of the western world and that is that they don’t understand or approve of anyone who is white, christian and or heterosexual . Therefore they don’t understand or approve of Vladimir Putin or anyone that is white, christian and has an appreciation for common sense and decency. The leadership of the west ought to be removed from power, punished and expunged.

      Jul 23, 2014 23:48 PM

      You think living with Vladmir Putin as your great leader would be a better option? Maybe we should spend Chinese Renminbi and join the Brics block too! Hey, while we are at it why don’t we re-industrialize America and starting burning a lot more coal since life is so much better under the Chinese model and then later we can introduce the idea of Oligarchy or communism to the US since you love the Russian (and probably the Chinese) political systems so much better. Sheesh….some of you people really don’t seem to get that you still live in the best country in the world. Despite its warts I sincerely doubt you would prefer daily life in those other countries. You want something to cry about? Go camp out there for awhile…..careful about your blogging though……they get really mean when you complain about the folks in power.

    Jul 23, 2014 23:09 AM

    What idiocy. You have to overlook the entire political situation to come to this POV.