Sjuggerud quoting Kasparov - oh, the irony

[Spartacus]

"In Russia, we have a bizarre combination of Adam Smith and Karl Marx at work... State expenses are nationalized, but state profits are privatized."

But not in the US ... nope, never in the US. BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHH !!!!!

http://www.dailywealth.com/archive/2...007_oct_30.asp

[Tet]

Re: Sjuggerud quoting Kasparov - oh, the irony

"In Russia, we have a bizarre combination of Adam Smith and Karl Marx at work... State expenses are nationalized, but state profits are privatized."

But not in the US ... nope, never in the US. BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHH !!!!!

http://www.dailywealth.com/archive/2...007_oct_30.asp

What a rag.

He recently announced he's running for president in Russia against Vladimir Putin.

Putin ain't running so what's the chess idiot talking about.

[Guest]

Re: Sjuggerud quoting Kasparov - oh, the irony

Tet (and Spartacus) -

One thing you can't miss is the chess idiot has the courage to speak his mind. Whether he's deriving some smart insights or not is another question.

That's perhaps one comparison between the US and Russia that does not carry over quite as suitably to glib comment by laid-back North American observers.

The risk in "speaking your mind" over here, notwithstanding the new H.S. legislation, is about the equivalent of a cozy milk and cookies snack with Mummy in comparison to speaking out there. The risk in "speaking your mind" there is more akin to playing a game of 'tease the tiger' with a cat that's accustomed to live kill for dinner.

Big difference. North Americans still manage to look mighty complacent as they regard what they trendily presume is already a Socialized, big brother environment in North America. I think the expression is "you ain't seen nothin' yet"?

Try speaking out like Mr. Kasparov when we've progressed all the way to people disappearing off the street with regularity over here. That's a whole different ball of wax, and says a whole different thing about whether Mr. Kasparov deserves a scrap more respect for it than you offer.

[Tet]

Re: Sjuggerud quoting Kasparov - oh, the irony

Tet (and Spartacus) -

One thing you can't miss is the chess idiot has the courage to speak his mind. Whether he's deriving some smart insights or not is another question.

That's perhaps one comparison between the US and Russia that does not carry over quite as suitably to glib comment by laid-back North American observers.

The risk in "speaking your mind" over here, notwithstanding the new H.S. legislation, is about the equivalent of a cozy milk and cookies snack with Mummy in comparison to speaking out there. The risk in "speaking your mind" there is more akin to playing a game of 'tease the tiger' with a cat that's accustomed to live kill for dinner.

Big difference. North Americans still manage to look mighty complacent as they regard what they trendily presume is already a Socialized, big brother environment in North America. I think the expression is "you ain't seen nothin' yet"?

Try speaking out like Mr. Kasparov when we've progressed all the way to people disappearing off the street with regularity over here. That's a whole different ball of wax, and says a whole different thing about whether Mr. Kasparov deserves a scrap more respect for it than you offer.

Try having foreign countries pay you to speak you mind here in the US and see what happens. Kasparov is almost 100% foreign funded, huge difference.

[Spartacus]

Re: Sjuggerud quoting Kasparov - oh, the irony

Yeah, Kasparov is cool that way.

His courage reminds me of someone else that had an assassination attempted against him ... almost killed him ... Chavez, wasn't it?

Tet (and Spartacus) -

One thing you can't miss is the chess idiot has the courage to speak his mind. Whether he's deriving some smart insights or not is another question.

That's perhaps one comparison between the US and Russia that does not carry over quite as suitably to glib comment by laid-back North American observers.

The risk in "speaking your mind" over here, notwithstanding the new H.S. legislation, is about the equivalent of a cozy milk and cookies snack with Mummy in comparison to speaking out there. The risk in "speaking your mind" there is more akin to playing a game of 'tease the tiger' with a cat that's accustomed to live kill for dinner.

Big difference. North Americans still manage to look mighty complacent as they regard what they trendily presume is already a Socialized, big brother environment in North America. I think the expression is "you ain't seen nothin' yet"?

Try speaking out like Mr. Kasparov when we've progressed all the way to people disappearing off the street with regularity over here. That's a whole different ball of wax, and says a whole different thing about whether Mr. Kasparov deserves a scrap more respect for it than you offer.

[Guest]

Re: Sjuggerud quoting Kasparov - oh, the irony

Yeah that's right Spartacus - Chavez is real cool. I especially admire him in his combat fatigues handling a pistola, trying real hard to look like Che.

What's your point? You agree Kasparov demonstrates courage, what else is there to observe here?

[c1ue]

Re: Sjuggerud quoting Kasparov - oh, the irony

The main reasons people in Russia don't like Kasparov - other than he's Jewish - are that he's both foreign sponsored and not even 'Russian'. He's actually from the southern part of the ex-Soviet Union: Azerbaijan.

http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/rusrow02/r1.html

Hardly makes him a home-grown hero of the people...