A challenge to liberals...

Obama's plan requires insurance plans to accept all people with pre-conditions, cover regular check ups (free of charge) and, moreover, they cannot drop anyone from the plan.

Here are a couple of questions for you - what do you surmise this would do to the insurance premiums, will they go up or down? Will the medical insurance be more or less affordable to the people who is now covered?

Obama is becoming an easy target for mockery.

Comrade Obama is getting ready to make a speech to American school children. This is an unprecedented move - the economy is in ruins, his medical care reform is on the ropes, America still fighting two wars (and the war in Afghanistan is getting really hot) - and at that precious time, president Obama decides to make a sweet speech to the kids. Ahm! This is just so similar to what other marxists (think Castro) would do...

Personally, I believe this is perfect. After a while, American people will puke everytime they hear the voice of the annointed one. Another win for critical thinking - moreover Americans could lose some weight too.

Republicans, don't forget to instruct your kids to laugh and boo and make funny faces during the Obama speech. Also, don't forget to buy funny teeshirts that mock Obama. Maybe get the Obama ears to wear.

I've heard on the radio, that one time Alinsky (Obama's left-wing Godfather) organized a protest at the local opera theatre. How did he do it? He got his supporters eat a lot of beans and then they all went to the same opera performance. Alinsky recalls that the effects were hillarious and the "establishment" was very upset.

So, why not learn from the best? Rebellion is fun, really. Lets see how the liberal establishment reacts to mockery. Don't forget to feed your kids a lot of beans before the Obama speech. We cannot let his speech go to waste.

Obama becomes a religious zelot...

That's pretty funny. In order to promote the government takeover of medical care, Obama is now channelling Jesus and other religious figures. He even claimed he was his brother's keeper.

It's funny though that Obama's own brother lives in utter poverty in a hut in Africa, and the president is unwilling to spend a dime to help him. So, what exactly does Obama mean, when he claims he is his brother's keeper?

Nice quote from C.S. Lewis

"It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

Obama should provide legal protection for liberal activists

The Obama administration recently announced that it would be collecting information about people’s views on the proposed health care reform. American citizens are asked to report emails, personal conversations and blogs that criticize Obama’s plan to overtake the medical insurance. It’s all good and dandy, and the civil rights groups that went ballistic when president Bush proposed same methods to combat terrorism are quiet now. It also looks unlikely that the media and the courts will attempt to stop Obama from getting American citizens to spy on his opponents. But what is going to happen if a republican wins the 2012 elections, and the new president decides to make the citizens’ reports public? Imagine how would a freedom loving civil activist feel if it is revealed to the nation that he informed the authorities that his neighbor had questioned the Obama care? I mean, we are all progressive people here, but there may be still some reactionaries among us who for some reason hold outmoded and racist prejudices against telling on your friends. I believe Obama must propose a law that would absolutely protect the anonymity of his informants. After all, we know that light is the best disinfectant - so it's only reasonable for the Obama administration to turn off as many lights as possible...

Who could have doubted this?

According to Moscow Komsomoletz, Russian president Medvedev is saying that he found it much easier to talk to Obama than Bush.
http://www.mk.ru/politics/317480.html

Nice...

Concerning American Jews...

A. Miller wrote an interesting article about American Jews and their suicidal devotion to the Democratic party in general and Obama in particular. Surely, I could not let it pass without my comment. Here it goes...

As a Russian Jew who immigrated to America I am dumbfounded by the utter stupidity of American Jews. What the hell is wrong with them?! Can they not see with their eyes, can they not hear with their ears?! Obama's soulmate and spiritual father Wright openly hates Israel and "them Jews" - and they cannot put two and two together?! Obama drops on his knees in front of a moslem tyrant, and then farts at a democratically elected prime-minister of Israel - and they don't see anything wrong with this? These people are pathetic, the blood of the slaves is still flowing through their veins. We should have left those cocksuckers in Egypt.

Shalom, comrades!

As a Russian immigrant, I can only sigh...

I am looking at what is happening in America, and I have a deep feeling of sorrow. Where is this country going? Is the American experiment over? Is this beautiful country joining the rest of the world in its futile quest for human perfection through Nanny-statism and inevitable fascism? America is turning into the evil Empire - literally, not figuratively. American president bowing before the Saudi tyrant, befriending the marxist dictator in Venesuela, while denigrating Britain, Israel and supporting the marxist take over of Honduras? What the fuck?! And this same child-king is taking over American industries, attacking the productive members of society and is ready close opposition media, and increase government corruption ten-fold. And his cohorts marching around with the photos of the Cuban chief of Gestapo, Che Guevara.

These will be long 4 years, comrades, long 4 years for all who love freedom. But fear not, I remember same emotions expressed by the Russian dissidents in the 1970ies during the Carter administration. The same feeling that everything was over for this beautiful country that saved the world from communism.

And all my immigrant brothers and sisters - lets remember one thing. America is the last refuge! There is nowhere to run. There is nowhere to hide. If we don't defend freedom in America, the entire mankind is doomed. Lets organize and fight back. 2010 elections will determine if this country lives or dies. Blood, sweat and tears.

If we are lucky, US will be a neutral country...

It pains me to say this - but with B. Hussein Obama in power, the best scenario for the world is America becoming a neutral country. I am sure we all remember how Iranian revolution humbled comrade Obama - he could hardly comment on the slaughter of students on the streets of Tehran. But when the people of Honduras followed the orders of the Supreme Court and the Congress and ousted the would-be dictator and personal friend of Castro and Chavez, Manuel Zelaya, our dear president could not pause for a minute and published a speech filled with open threats and denouncements.

And now, our dear supreme leader is trying to torpedo the sanctions against the Iranian mullahs

As I said in the title - if we are lucky, US will be a neutral country for the next 4 years. What a disgrace!

Did Obama make the economy much worse?

A few months ago, Obama said that his economists analyzed the economy and decided that without the stimulus package, the unemployment will go up to 8.7%, with his stimulus package passed it would top at 7.9%. Today, we already see 9.4%, and it is especulated that unemployment will go above 10%.

Assuming that Obama hired the top economists, and their analysis AT THE TIME was correct, we can conclude that Obama's policies added 2.1% unemployment.

Of course, one could say that Obama's economists are idiots, who could easily miss a 25% increase in the number of unemployed - but then, who hired them? One could also claim that Obama knew the real numbers, but he lied so his programs could pass. That's another view.

BTW, in my posts on Slate, months and months ago I predicted 10% unemployment. I wonder if I am better than Obama's economists. I also wonder why right-wingers were able to predict that Obama would try to raise taxes on the middle class. I mean, the guy swore on his mother's grave that he won't do so. How coud they know? It's magic, I tell you.

When you see a liberal, ask him this question...

Barack Obama swore on his mother's grave that he would not raise taxes on people who earn more than 250,000 dollars. Mainstream conservatives, including Rush Limbaugh, publicly mocked Obama's promise as completely unrealistic, based on the analysis of his political views. So, next time Obama makes promises on taxes - wouldn't it be prudent to find out what Rush Limbaugh thinks about them?

Do you need evidence that Iranian opposition does not want Obama to meddle in the Iranian affairs?

Here is one interesting evidence that the head of Iranian dissent against the mullahs, the top opposition candidate Mousavi does not think so...

From the Office of Mr. Mir Hossein Mousavi
To the President of the USA, Mr. Barack Hussein Obama:

Dear Mr. President,

In the name of the Iranian people, we want you to know that when you recently made the statement "Achmadinejad or Mousavi? Two of a kind," we consider this as a grave and deep insult, not just to Mr. Mousavi but especially against the judgment of the Iranian people, against our moral conviction and intelligence, especially those of the young generation that comprises a population of 31 million.

It is a specially grave insult for those who are now fighting for democracy and freedom, and an unwarranted gift and even praise for Mr. Khamenei, whose security forces are now killing peaceful Iranians in the streets of every major city in the country.

Your statement misled the people of the world. It was no doubt inspired by your hope for dialogue with this regime, but you cannot possibly believe in promises from a regime that lies to its own people and then kills them when they demand the promises be kept.

By such statements, your administration and you discourage the Iranian people, who believe and trust in the values of democracy and freedom. We are pleased to see that you have condemned the regime's murderous violence, and we look forward to stronger support for the rightful struggle of the Iranian people against the actions of a regime that is your enemy as well as ours.

Would Biden be better than Obama?

Personally, I believe Biden would be a far better president than Obama. Both of them inherently want to destroy this country and its economy (or, as they see it - make it more progressive) - but Biden would be far less effective, given the fact that he is an idiot, and everyone laughs at him. It will take months and months before Obama's popularity drops to the level of the approval of his policies. Obama is quite effective in promoting the left-wing reactionary policies, even though Americans are against them. I am sure Biden would be simply laughed out of office.

Revolution in Iran - quoting Lenin

When discussing the situation in Iran, it is a worthwhile exercise to study the works of famous revolutionaries. The most talented of them all, Vladimir Lenin, the father of the communist revolution in Russia, proposed a concept of what he called "The Revolutionary Situation". According to Lenin, if and only if such a situation arises, it is possible to destroy the existing regime through the uprising.

According to Lenin, there are three objective signs of a revolutionary situation (my translation):

1. The inability of the political elite to continue its rule over the people - i.e. the elites cannot force, and the people would not agree to the status quo.
2. Dramatic increase of economic hardship for the working class.
3. Dramatic rise of people's political activity and their readiness to spontaneous revolutionary actions.

So far, it seems all three conditions are satisfied for Iran. The elites are split, the loss of oil revenues wrecked the economy, the masses cannot take it any more, and there is a massive increase in the number and intensity of demonstrations. So far, three for three. Not too bad.

What is left to find out is whether Lenin's "subjective conditions" are being satisfied. Quoting Lenin: "Are the revolutionary movement and its leadership strong enough to organize the massive uprising which will destroy the old government?"

It would appear that Mousavi is quite up to the task. Not only the dissident leader publicly said that he was ready to die for the revolution - he even smacked Obama for equating him with Ahmadinejad. It looks like Mousavi is ready to fight the mullahs and Obama at the same time. Attaboy!

I personally believe that Iranian dissidents may well win this time. God's speed, comrades! Lets finish off the Islamo-Fascist-Theocracy. Death to Tyrants!

Can Iranians win?

I am not an Iranian, but I was born, raised and educated in the USSR, so I believe my experience could help in figuring out the nuts and bolts of the current events in Iran.

Can Iranians defeat the mullahs? I most surely believe so. Here are my reasons.

1. The Iranian political elite is split.
This is a very important issue, since it gives a lot of leverage and legitimacy to the pro-democracy movement. After all, they've gotten one of the top contenders on their side, a contender with some clout within the Iranian military appratus and police.

2. The regime is caught in an obvious hypocrisy
On one side, the mullahs claim that Iran is a democratic state, but the opposition says that the mullahs falsified the results of the elections. This by itself is a very strong argument which is difficult to refute. If the people don't trust the regime's propaganda, then the mullahs have little chance of persuading the people to calm down. When the people are ready to puke at the mere sound of a "great" ayatollah's voice - there is no chance his arguments will be even heard by the people, let alone trusted. I strongly believe that many Iranian people are ready to believe the worst about the regime, and dismiss any explanations out of hand - same as it was in the USSR by the 1991. Every Soviet citizen remember the common belief - if the government is denying that an something happened - you are damn sure it did happen.

3. There are no tanks on the streets
So far, the regime did not attempt to use the Iranian armed forces to put down the rebellion - which indictates that the mullahs are not certain about their loyalty. Moreover, there are reports (unconfirmed at this moment) that the mullahs are using arab thugs (Hezballah and Hamas) as well as Venesuelian police to harrass the rebellion. This may be a major PR advantage for the dissidents - they should use the Iranian nationalism card to defeat the regime. I am sure there are plenty of Iranian soldiers who would shoot down the Hezballah thugs without a moment's hesitation (if not an outright glee). Imagine the Russian tsars using Austrian thugs to put down the people's rebellion in Russia in 1917 - at the height of WW1. Even tsar's personal guard would tear them into pieces.

All in all, if people of Iran play it right, they may well get rid of the mullah's regime. And the longer this is going on, the better (for at least a few weeks), since people are getting more and more radicalized. A few days ago, most Iranians would be fine with the mullahs declaring Mousavi a winner. Today, they are storming the headquaters of the mullah's Gestapo. Tomorrow, they may try to hang the mullahs on the lamposts.