Saturday, January 3, 2009

IGOR PANARIN'S HILARIOUS KNOW NOTHING NOTHING

The internet and all related news outlets are a buzz with Igor Panarin's proclamation that The United States Of America will split into 6 different financial regions by 2010 is such a well crafted media gimmick it's no wonder it's working so well. If Ronald Reagan ( a man I am no great fan of) were alive today I don't think he would be able to stop laughing. I certainly cannot, though the statement has turned me a bit more Patriotic than I am comfortable with. Not that I don't value the land from which I sprang, I ceratinly do, but Patriotism as defined can be a bit simple minded and is typically something for those who don't always value the true essence of this country and what it has given us-it's more about flag waving and self righteous prose than the strong ideas that built this world we value.

Panarin's comments are distressing because they are the old party line rhetoric from the old days of the Soviet Union, harking back to a time of divisive seperatism that harmed more than it helped. The statement is an obvious attempt to divide opinion, not only among the European community, but more so here in The United States Of America, where this type of projection is meant to get us back to the old behaviors of regional bickering, Panarin hoping to inject a sense of fear and ambivelence into our daily dialogues, setting up for yet another scenario of the 'Us Vs. them' dogma the more recent Russian government so badly seems to want to return to. It is a carefully crafted media con he is putting forth, almost prankster-ish in it's ability to wind up the American media, as well as creating a new sense of Russian identity after that country lost itself in a long haze of economic down fall that left it's once powerful identity severly damaged. Now, it seems, this man is determined, through a silly little quip, to re-create the Cold War on the world stage, re-claim his countries sense of pride, and try to get the world to succumb to some sort of gossip driven propaganda. Too bad it will not stand.

Not only are Americans more proud of their country than ever, our curent economic issues included, the rest of the world-be it Europe or Asia or South America, are just not that stupid. We have moved into the age of technology and communication, the 21st century, the advances in human thought-though seemingly slight to many, have developed into a place where statements such as this, in a common sense setting of everyday people doing everyday things, is not only laughable, but down right unacceptable. We are no longer a world of divisions in the old 20th century way. This is a new world of wide open opportunity, spiritual renewal and international connection that make people like Igor Panarin come off as just more tacky hold overs from an attitude and ideal that has long since worn out it's welcome. He'll get his 15 minutes, like the pet rock and Beanie Babies before him, but his infintile attempt at projecting the future will soon be revealed as the one note joke it truly is. So, enjoy the circus while it's in town, because eventually all clowns must remove their make up.

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