| Submit your comments on this article | |
| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia | |
| Putin Warns US Against Socialism | |
| 2009-02-19 | |
| Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin has said the US should take a lesson from the pages of Russian history and not exercise "excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the states omnipotence". Vlad can see it, but it's still beyond B.O. Maybe 50 years from now an American Vlad will warn some Chinese New Hope. "In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the states role absolute,"
Sounding more like Barry Goldwater than the former head of the KGB, Putin said, "Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of businesspeople, investors, and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state." | |
| Posted by:Grunter |
| #13 ION CHINESE MIL FORUM > WALKER'S WORLD:WHOM FALLS FASTER - EAST ASIA OR EUROPE [versus USA = USSA/USR Amerika]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-02-19 20:08 |
| #12 Am I on the same universe anymore? |
| Posted by: Lagom 2009-02-19 16:31 |
| #11 Putin is a thug, a nationalist and ruthless on top of it. He is, however a realist. He knows if the US economy really heads south in a hard way, the rest of the world, including his Russia will be dragged along. This is his first warning. The next may be nukes and boomers pointed at us again to try to boost the US into rebuilding its military for some economic boost. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-02-19 12:46 |
| #10 I have looked into his soul, and I see a giggle. |
| Posted by: Rawsnacks 2009-02-19 12:36 |
| #9 Anyone care to draw parallels between Lysenkoism and Global Warming for extra credit? Nail on the head, SteveS! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-02-19 11:07 |
| #8 Putin's a nationalist, not a communist. He also has a funny bone I think. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-02-19 09:43 |
| #7 That's a Bizzaro World moment, for sure. Putin may be a godless commie whatever, but that don't mean he's wrong. He did live thru the whole fUSSR thingie with its totally foo'ed economics, after all. Anyone care to draw parallels between Lysenkoism and Global Warming for extra credit? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-02-19 09:34 |
| #6 Putin is a fascist. Same for the Russian economy. |
| Posted by: Dino Unereger3662 2009-02-19 09:24 |
| #5 There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state. Since the state has shown it is incompetent in carrying out its regulatory powers and responsibilities already. Put integrity back into the system and people will be open to putting their money and faith back into it as well. That means you have to loudly and publicly sacrifice a few heads for the spectacle [re: Frank et al]. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-02-19 09:15 |
| #4 Ummmm, could I please get some help here? My jaw just bounced off the floor and I think it's bruised. What the hell does this do to the 0's mindset when his commie heros tell him it doesn't work? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-02-19 09:13 |
| #3 Putin's a nationalist, not a communist. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-02-19 08:33 |
| #2 Tony Soprano teaches Sunday School and economics? Who knew? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-19 07:30 |
| #1 Correct Sir. Correct. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-02-19 03:10 |