The Lines Are Down
I found this quote posted on journalist Andrew Sullivan's site, and found it interesting notwithstanding the fact that I too support the will (ie., that of the majority) of the Ukrainian people, and thus, Yushchenko, apparently. It's just that Pravda's seizure of this opportunity to condemn the "asses of evil" was far too noteworthy to ignore:
"The strongarm tactics used by the western stooge, Yushchenko, are typical of the anti-democratic processes set in motion by a rampant and militant Washington, crushed in the grip on a monetarist, neo-conservative crypto-fascist clique of elitists, whose corporate greed speaks louder than the mores of international diplomacy and whose thirst to dominate the world's resources in the lifetimes of Rumsfeld and Cheney throws any moral concept into the trash bin." - Pravda on the Ukraine election struggle.
Meanwhile, the country appears to be dramatically split (red states/blue states?), east v west, with the Yanukovych eastern (and more industrial/more economically well-endowed) bloc going so far as to threaten secession and the creation of separate nations. More on this here: http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=587786
On a different note, upon learning that my local Chicago Tribune endorsed Bush a few weeks ago, I immediately canceled my subscription and, when asked, explained (calmly, no less) in great detail why I was doing so. Sure they felt bound to honor their longstanding commitment to Republican candidates, but there is reason and the morality of tyrannical, self-serving acts, indiscriminate lies and gross indifference to lives on both sides of the fence to consider, no? And that says nothing of the environment and social issues. Anyway, the editor tried to justify her paper's position ( and retain her treasured subscribers) in the wake of several thousand such cancellations by saying that you wouldn't end your relationship with an old friend over poltical differences, would you? So please, since we come in to your homes every morning, treat us as your old friends. In response, my wife astutely pointed out that most old friends don't hold influence over hundreds of thousands of people as does a paper like the Tribune. There are unfortunately many who take their newspapers to the polling places ( I see this every time I vote) and do as they're told: "If the Trib likes him, he/she's good enough for me," and "I don't have the time to follow this political shit -- what does the Trib say?" Etc., etc. The point is, at least in my opinion, the Tribune's endorsement was reckless and devoid of recognition of substantive, substantial consequences past and future.
Fast forward a few weeks and here I am, a new subscriber to the tabloid, left leaning Chicago Sun Times ... and I don't like it. What a shitty newspaper. Their sports page(s) are okay, I suppose (I've come to at least respect their loudmouth, arrogant columnist Jay Mariotti, somewhat), but their so-called news is so far buried sometimes 30 pages into the paper, and even then international news comprises at best two pages -- two small tabloid-style pages. The front page is relentlessly dominated by huge pictures and headlines about Julia Roberts' twins and other such nonsense. This is a newspaper? So what do I do, keep the Sun Times for local headlines and subscribe to the New York Times for news? Return to the Tribune with my tail between my legs?
"The strongarm tactics used by the western stooge, Yushchenko, are typical of the anti-democratic processes set in motion by a rampant and militant Washington, crushed in the grip on a monetarist, neo-conservative crypto-fascist clique of elitists, whose corporate greed speaks louder than the mores of international diplomacy and whose thirst to dominate the world's resources in the lifetimes of Rumsfeld and Cheney throws any moral concept into the trash bin." - Pravda on the Ukraine election struggle.
Meanwhile, the country appears to be dramatically split (red states/blue states?), east v west, with the Yanukovych eastern (and more industrial/more economically well-endowed) bloc going so far as to threaten secession and the creation of separate nations. More on this here: http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=587786
On a different note, upon learning that my local Chicago Tribune endorsed Bush a few weeks ago, I immediately canceled my subscription and, when asked, explained (calmly, no less) in great detail why I was doing so. Sure they felt bound to honor their longstanding commitment to Republican candidates, but there is reason and the morality of tyrannical, self-serving acts, indiscriminate lies and gross indifference to lives on both sides of the fence to consider, no? And that says nothing of the environment and social issues. Anyway, the editor tried to justify her paper's position ( and retain her treasured subscribers) in the wake of several thousand such cancellations by saying that you wouldn't end your relationship with an old friend over poltical differences, would you? So please, since we come in to your homes every morning, treat us as your old friends. In response, my wife astutely pointed out that most old friends don't hold influence over hundreds of thousands of people as does a paper like the Tribune. There are unfortunately many who take their newspapers to the polling places ( I see this every time I vote) and do as they're told: "If the Trib likes him, he/she's good enough for me," and "I don't have the time to follow this political shit -- what does the Trib say?" Etc., etc. The point is, at least in my opinion, the Tribune's endorsement was reckless and devoid of recognition of substantive, substantial consequences past and future.
Fast forward a few weeks and here I am, a new subscriber to the tabloid, left leaning Chicago Sun Times ... and I don't like it. What a shitty newspaper. Their sports page(s) are okay, I suppose (I've come to at least respect their loudmouth, arrogant columnist Jay Mariotti, somewhat), but their so-called news is so far buried sometimes 30 pages into the paper, and even then international news comprises at best two pages -- two small tabloid-style pages. The front page is relentlessly dominated by huge pictures and headlines about Julia Roberts' twins and other such nonsense. This is a newspaper? So what do I do, keep the Sun Times for local headlines and subscribe to the New York Times for news? Return to the Tribune with my tail between my legs?
posted by Paul V. Regelbrugge at 7:41 AM
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Apparently, it's the Russian Pravda. I didn't know it meant "truth" -- all the better, then. Here is the link for that article -- front page online, no less:
http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/101/399/14639_yushchenko.html
Check out this quote from the same article set forth in the above link:
"Playing this type of childish game gives Yushchenko as much authority as a drunken down-and-out, lying on the floor of a public latrine in a pool of urine, with a bottle by his side, saying he is the president, that he is a doctor, that he is also a cosmonaut on Thursday afternoons and if it hadn't been for Eltsin, he would also be God." Ahhh, Russian imagery....
Internet, you say? Never heard of it. Thanks for the tip, though.
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