Cyrill Vatomsky, Where All Politics Are Global

The August 12 KSCO AM 1080 broadcast of the Embassy of the New World Order, featuring Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman. As usual, this is only an outline to accompany the podcast of the show. Please go to the blog page at http://cyrillvatomsky.com to download or stream the mp3 file.

The show covered lots of subjects in no particular order:

• My disagreements with Laina on how dangerous the results of Turkish elections last month were. I personally think that the situation in Turkey makes it a great example of how economic liberalization of 1980-s resulted eventually in establishment of a moderate Islamic party. Laina is very concerned and has been vocal about it on her blog as well.
• The issue of Kosovo and how it affects other aspects of foreign relations. I am coming on record as no longer supporting independence for Kosovo. It is a geopolitical issue and I am treating it as such. US insistence on Kosovo independence is ill advised because if pushed through, it will cause problems for one of the staunchest supporters of the US - Georgia that also wants to be a NATO member. Geopolitically Georgia's location on the Caucasus isthmus between Black and Caspian Seas is way more important to the US then Kosovo will ever be. I think that the US should drag its feet and give this issue to the Russians as a victory. Creating the precedent of Kosovo independence will push South Ossetia and Ablhazia away from Georgia.
  
• Religion has been discussed a lot in different parts of the show, including a little exchange with a caller that claimed he had seen Jesus. I actually asked for an opportunity to be introduced, but I don't think it went anywhere. I am an atheist, so it is pretty silly to try to convert me.
• Lots been said about moderate religions, and a potential for moderate Islam. In general the consensus was that Islam is preoccupied with appearances and acts like a testosterone poisoned teenager. Grow up already.
• Just a bit about the death of democracy in Russia. Or was it an abortion or maybe a miscarriage. 40% of Russians are apparently ready to vote for whomever Putin appoints, regardless of the person. There does seem to be any pretense anymore in Russia about democratically electing their presidents. Too bad.
• A caller wanted our opinions of the rise of China and supposed future confrontation between US and China. Maybe, someday, but for now China is hardly a military giant. As for economics, I want prosperous China.
• Some talk about America leaning left and most importantly, my take on the split in the "conservative" movement in the US.
  

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Opening with Hugo Chavez closing RCTV down. Similarities with Putin's policies are obvious. Also obvious is that Chavez is not against media moguls, he is fine with corporations that support him. Just like Putin is. And just like Mussolini was. Fascism, once again is a form of socialism where government and monopolism merge.

Moving on to other subjects, involving recently blogged ones like the Moscow Mayor Luzkov's law suits, rediculous ban on  export of medical specimen as well as perceptions by Russian people of who their friends and foes are.

Sorry, not enough time right now to write a full blown show outline. If anyone knows of any decent way of ttranscribing my shows I would appreciate it.

In any case, as usual, this is only a writeup of what happened on the air during my live KSCO AM 1080 board cast. To listen to the full show (sans commercials) follow click on the listen button above. If you are looking at this in your email, just follow the link to my blog and then click Listen.

First part of the show was dedicated to exciting news from France and exciting first week for Nicolas Sarkozy as France's new President. Some interesting observations there as well as critique of American inflexible reaction. For example, Rush Limbaugh unloaded on Sarkozy for nominating Bernard Kouchner a Socialist as his foreign minister, probably unaware, that Kouchner was all but the only member of the French political elite that supported in principle invasion of Iraq and liberation of it from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein.

Then some dopey caller wanted to argue about socialism in the US with me without really having any clue. I kept this segment for entertainment purposes just to show the whole world how ignorant some ultra-right winders (that are no different by the way from ultra left wingers) can get.

Second hour also opened with a bit of talk about socialism and then it launched me into a tirade about meaning of words. As a linguist, I think I can afford a tirade or two on the subject.

The last portion of the show was devoted to the recent immigration bill. In a nutshell, I am generally in favor of resolving the issue of 12 million illegals without forcing massive deportations that will require collection and detention centers, also known as concentration camps and all kind of nastiness this country should not be getting into. There is no easy solution and I have not seen anything from those that oppose the current plan except the same old unimplementable idea of massive deportation.

My general point is that although we claim to be a country of laws, there could be good laws and bad laws. Immigration system in the US was a clear example of bad laws that never worked. In the mean time we have 12 million people caught in this net because this country had bad, unnatural laws on the subject. And I simply call not to destroy peoples' lives, not to punish too hard for doing something that very many ancestors of current US citizens had done themselves. Very many laws were violated by the avalanche of settlers from Europe. Let's not be too hypocritical.

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January 14th broadcast of the Embassy of the New World Order.

Just another installment of utter brilliance... as one of the callers said.

Subjects for this January 14th edition of the Emabssy of the New World Order on KSCO AM 1080 included:

• Escalation and surge of troops in Iraq. There is at least one aspect that must be considered before any comments are made and way too many armchair admirals and generals do not understand it. I have to admit that I myself foolishly neglected to find out more about numbers and was of the opinion that additional 20,000 are not enough compared to 140,000 already there. Well, it appears that in terms of Baghdad proper, this escalation and surge will more then double US troop contingent. According to Economist, 5 brigades will be added to 4 stationed there. Since Baghdad is the central point for the push, my optimism levels have risen to manageable levels.
• La Patria o la tumba! Hugo Chavez is dropping silly pretense and is calling himself for the communist he is. He is embarking on the path of late Salvadore Allende nationalizing communications, energy and oil industries. Considering records of Communist states or states with nationalized pyramid economies like USSR running out of grain with all the Ukrainian topsoil, the end result will be Venezuela running out of oil, oil money and making its people even more poor.
• Case to the point is a shocking prediction of  Iran running out of oil. Not out of oil in the ground, but out of oil available for consumption. Combine this with German Gref's warning that Russia might run out of natural gas for internal use. Oil prices have been on decline for some time now hovering just above $50 per barrel. Iran and Russia whose governments survive because of the petrodollars they rake in, might begin to feel the pinch if the situation continues to deteriorate. Especially if it is true that 70% of Iran's budget is based on oil revenues.
• Quick commentary on yet another PR fiasco the inept Putin Inc administration dragged Russia into - the quarrel with Belarus over oil and gas supplies, Gazprom's stake in Belarusneftegaz as well as another reminder to the Europeans of how reliable as a partner Russia can be.

Milton Friedman postmortem show, The Noon Balloon on KSCO AM 1080.

More talk about capitalism vs feudalism dichotomy and discussion of the word progressive with its origins and its understanding in at least today's Santa Cruz. The Communist Manifesto describes proletarians ans the only class that would go all the way (for progress, presumably) because they have nothing to loose but their chains. Here is your origin of why the left managed to hijack the word progressive. Just like the left with the help of unwitting contributors like Rush Limbaugh has successfully corrupted and hijacked the word "liberal."

The first reference to what later would become a haunting subject for me for the next several days: a childhood friend of mine, a Russian musician is in NY now with several other Russians for a festival of some sort. One of these others, a young artist from Russia, that has never been in the US is very upset.

After 9 days in NY this young man is extremely annoyed by Americans' "fake smiles". Can you imagine what kind of wretched, corrupting culture does one, so young, must come from so that a simple act of friendliness causes suspicions and annoyance?! These smiles are not fakes, but a person that only knows Russian culture would not know it, because that culture conditioned him to think it must be fake friendliness.

There is a myth that so many people around the world are adhering to without direct knowledge of capitalism and US in particular. US, is actually a much kinder place then most of the societies on the planet. Russian love to talk about kind Russian souls, but talk's cheap. And the current situation in Russia, the health care examples I brought back with me from there a month ago speak volumes about how immoral and completely unkind and indifferent contemporary Russia is. Even if these smiles the young Russian dumb ass is complaining were fake, I would take them over the cruel indifference of contemporary Russia.

Further on the left-right or rather capitalism vs. socialism dichotomy. Socialism is loosing. Most countries are moving away from government ownership and control of means of production (well, except Russia, that is apparently hell bent to have its own course even if it leads into a perpetual swamp) - two decades after Thatcher turned UK over towards prosperity, Tony Blair had to completely revamp the Labour Party platform, eliminating Clause IV - demand for nationalization.

One of the callers brought up Milton Friedman's  take on health care, or rather current insurance situation in the US.