Post-Schna-ulations

Quote of the Day

I am taking this quote from the New York Times quote of the day:

"Even during Stalin's time, even during Soviet times, all deputies were formally elected. It allowed concrete people to solve concrete problems. This is a return to czarist times."
KONSTANTIN F. ZATULIN, a Russian legislator, on Vladimir V. Putin's proposed political changes.

For anyone who isn't aware of the Putin's propsed political changes, I highly suggest checking it out. Jon has also posted recently about this (Morphogenesis), so you can go check it out there as well.
One point that Jon made (in a comment I believe) was the the press seems to be aware of just how frightening and "shocking" these proposals are, as they put much, MUCH more power in the executive branch. HOWEVER, the same shock and fear isn't registered here, where many of the political changes that have occurred or that are being proposed (such as the changes to the power structure of the CIA) during the past four years have done the same thing here in the states.
Anyway, the NY Times has had articles daily concerned with the political situation in Russia, so if you're interested in finding out more, that would be a good place to start at least.

posted by Schna @ 8:59 AM