russian predicts US collapse..
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- designbot0
I have to assume this guy, being Russian, has a certain amount of bias towards the US. This is probably his wish more than it is a reality.
I could see the US merging with other nations before breaking apart like he predicts.
Then he says Russia along with China will replace the U.S. in regulating world markets...what a douchebag. China maybe, but Russia....don't think so. Then he suggests "we could claim Alaska - it was only granted on lease, after all." ahahha.
- TheBlueOne0
"He predicted that the U.S. will break up into six parts - the Pacific coast, with its growing Chinese population; the South, with its Hispanics; Texas, where independence movements are on the rise; the Atlantic coast, with its distinct and separate mentality; five of the poorer central states with their large Native American populations; and the northern states, where the influence from Canada is strong."
HAHAHA!! Oh man..this guy is one crazy Ivan....what a rigamaroon...
- large native american populations? where?DrBombay
- Hi TBO.MarketMaker
- I'm afraid that I AGREE with TBO and DrBombay, he's a looney tune, but hey it's fun to read WHAT IF COMICS too.JazX
- mg330
And on the other hand, you have Bush trying to do something right and just make it all go away:
Bush To Cut Deficit From Federal Budget
WASHINGTON, DC—President Bush proposed a $2.4 trillion election-year budget Monday that would boost defense spending, redistribute funds among government programs, and cross out the $477 billion deficit entirely.
"Nobody likes making cuts, but the nation's current rate of spending and the decreased tax revenues we've seen since implementing my tax cuts have created a deficit that we can't afford to carry," Bush said in a nationally televised address. "Someone had to have the vision, leadership, and courage to go in and erase that line altogether, no matter how unpopular and impossible that may be."
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the $477 billion deficit is the country's largest ever, easily topping the previous record of $290 billion in 1992. If the budget is approved, however, the deficit will roll down to $0.0 billion.
In the past, critics have accused the Bush Administration of responding to a mounting deficit and the ongoing recession with unsound fiscal policies like cutting taxes for the wealthy. Bush supporters say the deficit cut proves the wisdom of the president's economic plan.
"Bush has taken a brave step, one that was long overdue," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) said. "He has taken charge of the budget problem once and for all, simply by saying 'The deficit stops here.'"
Faced with the difficult choice of either cutting government programs or raising taxes, Bush reportedly arrived at the radical new "deficit-cutting" solution late Sunday night, only hours before he was to announce his budget.
"I was staring at the figure for the deficit, and I decided that it simply could not stand," Bush said. "It was too high. Something had to be done. But Americans have been taxed and taxed. I say 'Enough taxes.' By my estimation, this historical crossing-out of the deficit will save American taxpayers millions, billions, and perhaps even bajillions of dollars."
The president then turned to Section 14-D of the official budget document, where the federal government's total expenditures, the GNP, and the difference between the two were listed. Using a black Sharpie, the president crossed out the third figure, eliminating it entirely.
Bush then held up the newly marked-up page and said, "My fellow Americans, I have solved the federal budget crisis."
The budget is expected to pass through the GOP-controlled Congress with little or no opposition.
"I don't know why I didn't have this idea before," Bush said. "For years, we have tried to control the deficit by eliminating federal programs, lowering taxes for the rich, sending out checks to everybody, and God knows what else. None of us once thought to just draw a line through it."
The Bush plan is not without critics.
"President Bush drew a line through the deficit, yes, and we commend him for that," Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) said. "But that doesn't solve the country's budgetary problems. While he was at it, why didn't he add several zeroes to the end of our GNP?"
Political pundits have been largely impressed by the visionary slash.
"Opinions vary as to what the long-term effects of the deficit cut will be," New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said. "One thing, however, is certain: The growing federal deficit, a Gordian knot that for three years no amount of cutting taxes and spending money could unravel, has been sliced in two by the president's bold, radical new take on the problem."
A CNN/Gallup poll taken immediately after the president's announcement showed that 67 percent of Americans support his decision to draw a black line through the deficit, and thereby eliminate it.
"I'm tired of the tax-and-spend Democrats always talking about adding zeroes to the GNP," said Henry Strom, 40, of Bakersfield, CA. "How about we cross out our debts and get our affairs in order before we start adding zeroes? We need to cut this deficit and stand firm against printing deficits in future budgets, as well."
According to Bush's political advisors, later this week, the president will declare that the U.S. has universal health care.
- I like how it starts with boosting military funding.KwesiJ
- this reads like an onion articlescarabin_net
- i thought that tooKwesiJ
- it is!mg33
- SigDesign0
Well first... It is true that the U.S. will lose some of its regulatory standing to countries like China. But, Russia is another story... as it is depending so much on oil exports and controlling reserves in that area of the world.
Also, China is already suffering from countless problems, and despite the wealthy elite, there are many more millions living in poverty than in the U.S.
As far as the splitting of our country into different sections... his reasoning shows a general lack of understanding of our politics at the local level. Perhaps he's talking about what could happen, say, 60 years from now?
- Thompy0
Aye lets all listen to esteemed Prof. Igor
- TheBlueOne0
"When asked who would replace the U.S. in regulating world markets, he said: "Two countries could assume this role: China, with its vast reserves, and Russia, which could play the role of a regulator in Eurasia."
Keep this motherfucker away from the vodka. If the US really goes down, China is going to be in a world of fucking hurt and inner turmoil and social unrest the world hasn't seen in decades. And Russia as regulating Eurasia? You ow who will have a big fucking problem with that? Germany. Just like it has for the last odd 400 years. So again, good luck with that Ivan...because this time Germany has a whole United Europe behind it...and don't expect te UK to side with the Russkies this time around.
- Russia would have to come close to being as powerful as the EU first.zarkonite
- That's damn true TBO. Come on. this guy is so full of sh*t. I just learned a lot about half of you punks posting this crap.JazX
- J*sus, I thought I was bad, but at least I post actual news stories. This sh*t is just plain rubbish.JazX
- whoa...easy Jaz....i may have posted rubbish..but only cuz i thought it was funny...easy dude!
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- ukit0
We'll never give in to the reds. Never.
- TheBlueOne0
Well that made me laugh.
Good luck with that Ivan.
- TheBlueOne0
HAHAHA...I found th original article. Seems like Drudge, the hack that he is, left this bit out of his quote:
"On the fate of the U.S. dollar, he said: "In 2006 a secret agreement was reached between Canada, Mexico and the U.S. on a common Amero currency as a new monetary unit. This could signal preparations to replace the dollar. The one-hundred dollar bills that have flooded the world could be simply frozen. Under the pretext, let's say, that terrorists are forging them and they need to be checked."
http://en.rian.ru/world/20081124…
HAHAHAH..this drunk russian ass is promoting the Amero conspiracy theory. Fucking priceless.
Get this guy on Mythbusters and see if bullets bounce off his chest or something...
- I'm liking the new TBO a lot.MarketMaker
- Yeah, go on TBO!JazX
- Renegade0
I love it, die America die!
You will become my little bitches you greedy megalomaniacs, the proof is in the pudding, great job Neo-conservative Republicans, my brothers, thank you, thank youm thank you:)
Greed is Good!
- drgss0
China is ultimately the healthiest nation, the most numerous, the most culturally and ethnically itself, industrialized without being westernized, and together with Russia are the few who always were skeptical to the false dominance of the west.
East is the side of the world associated with the symbolism of rebirth, because the sun rises in the east. In a symbolic dimension of geography, the closer one is to the east, the closer one is to the sacred, to the traditions of spiritual abundance.
Sacral symbolism and various religious and mythological traditions teach about the west as a country of death, the reign of exile. Islamic mysticism determined the west as a well of alienation. Like the sunset, the West, where the sun sets, is a symbol of spiritual decay, degradation, materialization, profanation, and the transition from life to death.
The ancient teachings assumed that somewhere in the west there is a land of hell. Some esoterics understand it as the American mainland, which explains why all information about Columbus' navigation to america in the year of eschatological expectations 1492 was made a taboo.
For the Americans themselves however the West is characterized in a different way than it is for Europeans, because civilization came to the wild western lands of Indians from the East.
- China? You're fucking joking right?TheBlueOne
- West? that's a fairly euro-centric view for such discourse. Last I checked America was EAST OF CHINA.zarkonite
- Horp0
FUCKING HELL IT JUST HAPPENED.
America just collapsed. I was just on the BBC News site and they announced it. Apparently everyones stuck underneath trying to get out. Looks terrible. Like a giant camping mishap.
- designbot0
You forgot the part about communism drgss
communism = epic fail
China has plenty of it's own problems and so does Russia.
- designbot0
I can understand some people's animosity towards the US especially in regards to the last president. But honestly, does anyone think things would get anything but worse with China/Russia running the show?
It seems like so many want the US to fail now, but if you think the US is evil just wait to see what happens if China/Russia take over. Not that I think it's going to happen...just saying.
- Anyone but Bush!3point14159
- what 'show' are you talking about ? price is right?KwesiJ
- haha @ Kwesij
In regards the article and who will take over "regulating world markets"designbot - plus all the other aspects of power and influence that come along with prosperity.designbot
- zarkonite0
Everyone seems to disregard that the EU is the most powerful economic force on the planet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis…)
When looking at the numbers remmember that those are all countries with universal heatlhcare, public schools and social measures to support its population in times of need.
- http://en.wikipedia.…)zarkonite
- I would like to see a poll of who has a better quality of life, Europeans vs. Americans.designbot
- broken linkukit
- )KwesiJ
- ever been to europe, designbotDrBombay
- The problem with the EU: No central monetary policy.TheBlueOne
- @DrBombay nope I wish though. But I do have several close peeps who lived in Europe most their lives, so I base my opinions off reading and what I hear from them.designbot
- off reading and what I hear from them. I have asked all of them if they would move back to Europe, and I always get an overwhelming "NO".designbot
- overwhelming "NO".designbot
- 3point141590
The cover says it all, sad but true!
- SigDesign0
Wait a minute... central states with the largest Native American populations???
