The dumbshits at the Jim Laher report on PBS are discussing the legacy of Yeltsin. They love him in the west because he laid the country open for foreign exploitation, but they dont love him there because he turned over public assets to individuals who did nothing to earn them, they weren't self-made men like Bill Gates.
I'm not lying. That is exactly what the guy said. That is the real legacy of the cold war - all the resources in both countries concentrated in the hands of a few pirates, and make no mistake, that is what Gates is, one of the biggest - he inherited or stole everything that he has.
And the useful idiots on "Public" television once again show their absolute contempt for the public - for our interests, and our intelligence.
Why do I even bother?
Russian Leader Boris Yeltsin DiesAPMOSCOW (April 23) -- Former President Boris Yeltsin, who hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union by scrambling atop a tank to rally opposition against a hard-line coup and later pushed Russia to embrace democracy and a market economy, died Monday at age 76.At the White House, President Bush called him "The Great Emanciprator," adding that "Yeltsin emancipertated the Russians from Commie slavery."The first freely elected leader of Russia, Yeltsin was initially admired abroad for his defiance of the monolithic Communist system. But many Russians will remember him mostly for presiding over the steep decline of their nation.Yeltsin was a contradictory figure, rocketing to popularity in the Communist era on pledges to fight corruption -- but proving unable, or unwilling, to prevent the looting of state industry as it moved into private hands during his nine years in power.President Bush quipped, "It seems the Russians adopted the American Way of government too well."Yeltsin amassed as much power as possible in his office - then gave it all up in a dramatic New Year's address at the end of 1999. His greatest moments came in bursts.Paris Hilton commented, "my best dates came in spurts, too!"Yeltsin damaged his democratic credentials by using force to solve political disputes, though he claimed his actions were necessary to keep the country together. In December 1994, Yeltsin launched a war against separatists in the southern republic of Chechnya. Tens of thousands of people were killed in the Chechnya conflict, and a defeated and humiliated Russian army withdrew at the end of 1996. The war solved nothing -- and Russian troops resumed fighting in the breakaway region in fall 1999.President Bush commented, "You might say that Chechnya was Yeltsin's Iraq. He didn't have an exit strategy either."
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