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		<title>By: Confucius</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149961</link>
		<dc:creator>Confucius</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well John MG, Obama does have that planet-sized mole orbiting the sinister-side of his nose.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well John MG, Obama does have that planet-sized mole orbiting the sinister-side of his nose.</p>
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		<title>By: jobeth</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149875</link>
		<dc:creator>jobeth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, he did say that the &quot;stars are right&quot; for health care to be implimented...as of right.NOW..

.It&#039;s gotta be quick.

Not that any of us didn&#039;t already know it, but it makes it clearly obvious why he is always in such a hurry for everything to be passed with the speed of light.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, he did say that the &#8220;stars are right&#8221; for health care to be implimented&#8230;as of right.NOW..</p>
<p>.It&#8217;s gotta be quick.</p>
<p>Not that any of us didn&#8217;t already know it, but it makes it clearly obvious why he is always in such a hurry for everything to be passed with the speed of light.</p>
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		<title>By: proreason</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149872</link>
		<dc:creator>proreason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>2 Dem state senators in NY switched yesterday from Dem to GOP to give the GOP the majority in that state senate.

NY as you probably know is extra looney and probably right behind California on the downward spiral.

The switch is a sign that some people are beginning to wake up to the madness that has possessed this country.

The way I think about it, it&#039;s a race to see whether Comrade Obama can force us into ruination to get his revenge on white people before enough people realize just how catastrophic the situation is becoming.

It&#039;s like an asteroid is racing right at earth and there is only a couple of months to take action.   But most people thing that the asteroid is a hoax.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2 Dem state senators in NY switched yesterday from Dem to GOP to give the GOP the majority in that state senate.</p>
<p>NY as you probably know is extra looney and probably right behind California on the downward spiral.</p>
<p>The switch is a sign that some people are beginning to wake up to the madness that has possessed this country.</p>
<p>The way I think about it, it&#8217;s a race to see whether Comrade Obama can force us into ruination to get his revenge on white people before enough people realize just how catastrophic the situation is becoming.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s like an asteroid is racing right at earth and there is only a couple of months to take action.   But most people thing that the asteroid is a hoax.</p>
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		<title>By: 12 Gauge Rage</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149870</link>
		<dc:creator>12 Gauge Rage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sometimes I think that the next Reagan will come from not within the GOP but from the Dem&#039;s side. For just as Reagan became fed up with what he saw in the Democratic Party and decided to switch sides to become a Republican, there must be someone within the Dem&#039;s ranks whose becoming disillusioned from it all. Because who would know all the Dem&#039;s dirty little tricks than one of it&#039;s former foot soldiers? A defecting dem would know what it takes to fight fire with fire and to win decisively. The question is, will this ever happen in my lifetime or my children&#039;s?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes I think that the next Reagan will come from not within the GOP but from the Dem&#8217;s side. For just as Reagan became fed up with what he saw in the Democratic Party and decided to switch sides to become a Republican, there must be someone within the Dem&#8217;s ranks whose becoming disillusioned from it all. Because who would know all the Dem&#8217;s dirty little tricks than one of it&#8217;s former foot soldiers? A defecting dem would know what it takes to fight fire with fire and to win decisively. The question is, will this ever happen in my lifetime or my children&#8217;s?</p>
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		<title>By: BigOil</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149868</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another myth from the left that Gorby transformed the Soviet Union.  Gorbachev just happened to be the tyrant ruling the Soviet Union when their skeletal Socialist economy was exposed by a conservative US President.  Reagan challenged the Marxists to match our free market system - and Socialism was laid bare.

If only we could find another conservative that possesses the principles and fortitude to do it all over again to America&#039;s Gorbachev.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another myth from the left that Gorby transformed the Soviet Union.  Gorbachev just happened to be the tyrant ruling the Soviet Union when their skeletal Socialist economy was exposed by a conservative US President.  Reagan challenged the Marxists to match our free market system &#8211; and Socialism was laid bare.</p>
<p>If only we could find another conservative that possesses the principles and fortitude to do it all over again to America&#8217;s Gorbachev.</p>
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		<title>By: 12 Gauge Rage</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149867</link>
		<dc:creator>12 Gauge Rage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comrade Gorbachev&#039;s article is seriously flawed in it&#039;s reasoning. America does not need a Perestroika because we&#039;ve had the freedoms so many Soviets were denied. And still are. There is no Perestroika or Glasnost in Russia. Because Putin and his cronies still control everything and oppress any dissent. The Commie B@stards are still in power. Same useless old gift, different pretty wrapping paper.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comrade Gorbachev&#8217;s article is seriously flawed in it&#8217;s reasoning. America does not need a Perestroika because we&#8217;ve had the freedoms so many Soviets were denied. And still are. There is no Perestroika or Glasnost in Russia. Because Putin and his cronies still control everything and oppress any dissent. The Commie <a href="mailto:B@stards">B@stards</a> are still in power. Same useless old gift, different pretty wrapping paper.</p>
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		<title>By: canary</title>
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		<dc:creator>canary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama is following in Russia&#039;s path. Sell, our weapons, cut defense</description>
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		<title>By: tranquil.night</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149835</link>
		<dc:creator>tranquil.night</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rusty, great post.  You captured the essence of this entire era and the core, I&#039;m sure, of why so many of us are filled with anguish in such times when our beloved nation gets compared to the waning USSR.  I know at these points I look out upon the beautiful earth and I thank God for my blessings: my family but mostly the opportunity to live in such a great country.

Freedom yields inequality because people have choices, this is a mathematical truth.  You cannot remove one side of the equation without removing the other, Bam cannot remake fundamental law unless he literally succeeds in trapping people in a twilight zone reality where he is God.  What&#039;s frustrating for us is that this seems like it&#039;s working because he&#039;s basically rewriting American law while people sit in that very twilight zone - and that just wasn&#039;t possible here! It&#039;s more blatantly obvious now than ever what he&#039;s doing if one thinks with mind over emotion.  He&#039;s not even that good at it compared to others like Hitler and Stalin.

Still, it&#039;s funny, there&#039;s a quote from the Joker, who I consider to be a quintessential portrayal of raw evil in Batman: The Dark Knight: &quot;The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.&quot;  Bam believes himself above the rules, obviously ignoring human law and the lessons of history for a chance to wrap an old present with new paper.  In other words: he sees something we don&#039;t.  Because our fundamental rules have been stated and forged in the constant pursuit for a more perfect union, tried, tested, and proven correct time and time again.

So this one&#039;s a no-brainer, which is why if this is the end of America as we know it (I shall miss her too), I know it&#039;s not the end of good, nor freedom.  I&#039;m honored to have the opportunity to speak in defense of both, as someone who went through a long journey of his own to find their meaning in his life.  Thanks again, Rus.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rusty, great post.  You captured the essence of this entire era and the core, I&#8217;m sure, of why so many of us are filled with anguish in such times when our beloved nation gets compared to the waning USSR.  I know at these points I look out upon the beautiful earth and I thank God for my blessings: my family but mostly the opportunity to live in such a great country.</p>
<p>Freedom yields inequality because people have choices, this is a mathematical truth.  You cannot remove one side of the equation without removing the other, Bam cannot remake fundamental law unless he literally succeeds in trapping people in a twilight zone reality where he is God.  What&#8217;s frustrating for us is that this seems like it&#8217;s working because he&#8217;s basically rewriting American law while people sit in that very twilight zone &#8211; and that just wasn&#8217;t possible here! It&#8217;s more blatantly obvious now than ever what he&#8217;s doing if one thinks with mind over emotion.  He&#8217;s not even that good at it compared to others like Hitler and Stalin.</p>
<p>Still, it&#8217;s funny, there&#8217;s a quote from the Joker, who I consider to be a quintessential portrayal of raw evil in Batman: The Dark Knight: &#8220;The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.&#8221;  Bam believes himself above the rules, obviously ignoring human law and the lessons of history for a chance to wrap an old present with new paper.  In other words: he sees something we don&#8217;t.  Because our fundamental rules have been stated and forged in the constant pursuit for a more perfect union, tried, tested, and proven correct time and time again.</p>
<p>So this one&#8217;s a no-brainer, which is why if this is the end of America as we know it (I shall miss her too), I know it&#8217;s not the end of good, nor freedom.  I&#8217;m honored to have the opportunity to speak in defense of both, as someone who went through a long journey of his own to find their meaning in his life.  Thanks again, Rus.</p>
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		<title>By: Liberals Demise</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149833</link>
		<dc:creator>Liberals Demise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Spot on, t.n !!</description>
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		<title>By: proreason</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149832</link>
		<dc:creator>proreason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;“The president runs the country”.

Perhaps the greatest slight-of-hand of all is that The Moron has 53% of the country convinced that he cares about them.

I&#039;ll bet his teleprompter maestros have a checklist of phrases and &quot;promises&quot; that they go through with a fine-toothed comb to make sure that every time he speaks, he reinforces that caring and &quot;proves&quot; how he has made their life better..........disconnected, of course, from whatever has happened..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;“The president runs the country”.</p>
<p>Perhaps the greatest slight-of-hand of all is that The Moron has 53% of the country convinced that he cares about them.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll bet his teleprompter maestros have a checklist of phrases and &#8220;promises&#8221; that they go through with a fine-toothed comb to make sure that every time he speaks, he reinforces that caring and &#8220;proves&#8221; how he has made their life better&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.disconnected, of course, from whatever has happened..</p>
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		<title>By: Liberals Demise</title>
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		<dc:creator>Liberals Demise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now it can be told where the MSM journalistic framework came from and why our &quot;Fourth Estate&quot; .........SUCKS!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now it can be told where the MSM journalistic framework came from and why our &#8220;Fourth Estate&#8221; &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;SUCKS!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Rusty Shackleford</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149814</link>
		<dc:creator>Rusty Shackleford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>tranquil, 

One of the things I&#039;ve been re-learning over the past few months to years is that our average Joe Bag O&#039;Donuts thinks that ALL governments throughout the world are the SAME.  Though they seem to grasp the fundamentals of government responsibility which is perhaps (parochially speaking) to keep the water running and the streets clean, they get befuddled with the details that set one apart from the other.  

I have had these conversations where, when you start citing details and specifics, they get upset because they feel that, in essence, I am calling them stupid.  

But again, I fall back on our &quot;sound-bite&quot; society and it&#039;s not stupidity but mental laziness.   

In other words, it takes some thought to note the personality similarities between a halfrican ideologically driven megalomaniac in the white house and one campaigning for the chancellory (sp?) in 1933.   

They both spout empty, emotion-driven rhetoric and get &quot;the people&quot; all stirred up for &quot;action&quot; while simultaneously using them.

But that&#039;s just one example.  I was told many times by my senior family members when I was younger that the mind must control the heart.  To make emotional decisions all the time is bad. Once in awhile it&#039;s ok.  But facts and assessment must always be included in order to make a rational, well-thought-out decision.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of desire on the part of many Americans who really only care that they can go play when the time comes and that the green fees don&#039;t go up, they cannot be bothered with the shell-game and bait-and-switching that now permeates our government.   

And indeed, I still have a job, I am thus far, unaffected by any buffoonery that the brown clown has committed.  But I know it will come.  When I go register my truck some time in the future, there will be an enormous gas-user tax or &quot;vehicular dinosaur&quot; tax or something to that effect.  And, if I refuse to participate in government sponsored healthcare, I will likely be punished for that too.

But back to the point:  People, save a few, and especially democrats, even those in power, see ALL government as the same.  The democrats in power now cannot see how they are SUPPOSED to be different than say, those in the cabinet of that freak-show in North Korea.   

The reason for this?  I call it &quot;Average American Tourist Logic&quot;.   The old joke, &quot;I traveled to Europe once, the dang place was full of foreigners&quot;.   It&#039;s true.  Really.  Yet they embrace the &quot;European way&quot; because it&#039;s so &quot;sophisiticated&quot; and nothing pleases a liberal more than &quot;being sophisticated.  Or the appearance of same. 

They&#039;re all about making a visual statement, looking the part, if not actually being the thing they claim to be, or want YOU to be.  

So, they think that the Soviet government works just like ours...and all governments.  

If you think about it, it fits with their Utopian dreams where the government &quot;takes care of things&quot;

How many times I stopped and corrected someone who said, &quot;The president runs the country&quot;.

No....they don&#039;t.  WE do.  Through democratic process via our elected officials.  But over time, think-speak and political correctness, among many other mechanisms, brought us to the season where we were ripe for the picking and ended up where we are now:  That being the birth of pure socialism in the US.  Where &quot;equal&quot; and &quot;fair&quot; the signature words of all dictators throughout history are bandied about like platitudes at a hollywood starlets pool party.  

As one of millions of Americans, I am sick.  I am beside myself with rage that few are able to do anything and even fewer of my chosen elected officials are WILLING to stand up to this crap-fest. 

This nation ---   Oh, I will miss this nation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>tranquil, </p>
<p>One of the things I&#8217;ve been re-learning over the past few months to years is that our average Joe Bag O&#8217;Donuts thinks that ALL governments throughout the world are the SAME.  Though they seem to grasp the fundamentals of government responsibility which is perhaps (parochially speaking) to keep the water running and the streets clean, they get befuddled with the details that set one apart from the other.  </p>
<p>I have had these conversations where, when you start citing details and specifics, they get upset because they feel that, in essence, I am calling them stupid.  </p>
<p>But again, I fall back on our &#8220;sound-bite&#8221; society and it&#8217;s not stupidity but mental laziness.   </p>
<p>In other words, it takes some thought to note the personality similarities between a halfrican ideologically driven megalomaniac in the white house and one campaigning for the chancellory (sp?) in 1933.   </p>
<p>They both spout empty, emotion-driven rhetoric and get &#8220;the people&#8221; all stirred up for &#8220;action&#8221; while simultaneously using them.</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s just one example.  I was told many times by my senior family members when I was younger that the mind must control the heart.  To make emotional decisions all the time is bad. Once in awhile it&#8217;s ok.  But facts and assessment must always be included in order to make a rational, well-thought-out decision.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, due to the lack of desire on the part of many Americans who really only care that they can go play when the time comes and that the green fees don&#8217;t go up, they cannot be bothered with the shell-game and bait-and-switching that now permeates our government.   </p>
<p>And indeed, I still have a job, I am thus far, unaffected by any buffoonery that the brown clown has committed.  But I know it will come.  When I go register my truck some time in the future, there will be an enormous gas-user tax or &#8220;vehicular dinosaur&#8221; tax or something to that effect.  And, if I refuse to participate in government sponsored healthcare, I will likely be punished for that too.</p>
<p>But back to the point:  People, save a few, and especially democrats, even those in power, see ALL government as the same.  The democrats in power now cannot see how they are SUPPOSED to be different than say, those in the cabinet of that freak-show in North Korea.   </p>
<p>The reason for this?  I call it &#8220;Average American Tourist Logic&#8221;.   The old joke, &#8220;I traveled to Europe once, the dang place was full of foreigners&#8221;.   It&#8217;s true.  Really.  Yet they embrace the &#8220;European way&#8221; because it&#8217;s so &#8220;sophisiticated&#8221; and nothing pleases a liberal more than &#8220;being sophisticated.  Or the appearance of same. </p>
<p>They&#8217;re all about making a visual statement, looking the part, if not actually being the thing they claim to be, or want YOU to be.  </p>
<p>So, they think that the Soviet government works just like ours&#8230;and all governments.  </p>
<p>If you think about it, it fits with their Utopian dreams where the government &#8220;takes care of things&#8221;</p>
<p>How many times I stopped and corrected someone who said, &#8220;The president runs the country&#8221;.</p>
<p>No&#8230;.they don&#8217;t.  WE do.  Through democratic process via our elected officials.  But over time, think-speak and political correctness, among many other mechanisms, brought us to the season where we were ripe for the picking and ended up where we are now:  That being the birth of pure socialism in the US.  Where &#8220;equal&#8221; and &#8220;fair&#8221; the signature words of all dictators throughout history are bandied about like platitudes at a hollywood starlets pool party.  </p>
<p>As one of millions of Americans, I am sick.  I am beside myself with rage that few are able to do anything and even fewer of my chosen elected officials are WILLING to stand up to this crap-fest. </p>
<p>This nation &#8212;   Oh, I will miss this nation.</p>
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		<title>By: bronzeprofessor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This guy lost a Cold War. Why are we listening to him?</description>
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		<title>By: TwilightZoned</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-becomes-americas-gorbachev#comment-149808</link>
		<dc:creator>TwilightZoned</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John,

Couldn&#039;t agree more or said it better.</description>
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<p>Couldn&#8217;t agree more or said it better.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason Gillman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason Gillman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tranquil..  best quote on this..

&quot; 233 years ago the US had its perestroika. It was independent free thought, and it’s still the most revolutionary and progressive idea out there.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tranquil..  best quote on this..</p>
<p>&#8221; 233 years ago the US had its perestroika. It was independent free thought, and it’s still the most revolutionary and progressive idea out there.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: JohnMG</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnMG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Steve, you&#039;re drawing a parallel between Gorbachev and Obama, but Gorbachev had that birthmark thing on his head and Obama is so......&#039;perfect&#039;. (sarc/off)

Predictably, Gorbachev, by his writing, refuses to embrace capitalism as the best form of economic freedom.  He says change was necessary for the Soviet Union, but as you point out, he presided over the dismantling of the whole scheme while those in power either didn&#039;t, couldn&#039;t, or wouldn&#039;t yield their grip of power over their people.  It&#039;s ironic that he says the U S model needs to change or perish, since all the change we&#039;re seeing is directed toward making us into a latter-day socialist state--just like the one over whose failure he presided.  All the while Obama, seeks to increase his own power and influence.  Gorbachev still doesn&#039;t &#039;get it&#039;, nor does our President.

Yes, they are very much alike.  Let&#039;s hope their legacy&#039;s aren&#039;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steve, you&#8217;re drawing a parallel between Gorbachev and Obama, but Gorbachev had that birthmark thing on his head and Obama is so&#8230;&#8230;&#8217;perfect&#8217;. (sarc/off)</p>
<p>Predictably, Gorbachev, by his writing, refuses to embrace capitalism as the best form of economic freedom.  He says change was necessary for the Soviet Union, but as you point out, he presided over the dismantling of the whole scheme while those in power either didn&#8217;t, couldn&#8217;t, or wouldn&#8217;t yield their grip of power over their people.  It&#8217;s ironic that he says the U S model needs to change or perish, since all the change we&#8217;re seeing is directed toward making us into a latter-day socialist state&#8211;just like the one over whose failure he presided.  All the while Obama, seeks to increase his own power and influence.  Gorbachev still doesn&#8217;t &#8216;get it&#8217;, nor does our President.</p>
<p>Yes, they are very much alike.  Let&#8217;s hope their legacy&#8217;s aren&#8217;t.</p>
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