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On Sat, 27 Sep 1997 21:22:06 -0500, Olin Murrell <olin@bga.com> wrote:

Is that Murrell, or McCarthy?

*True* communism is a system of complete equality.  It has never been
fully implemented anywhere in the world.

The actual problem facing the people of Russia today is that most of
them do not know how to be _CORRUPT_ENOUGH_!

They do not understand a system of established advantage, privelege
and favoritism.

>Davie wrote:
>[snipped]
>> 
>>      The real question is not whether a terrorist will use a nuclear
>> weapon, but only when.
>
>I hate to tell you this, but suitcase sized nukes have been available
>since at least the mid 80's. The only REAL danger in this particular
>story is that in all likelihood, the bombs are not really missing. The
>former Soviet Military that had control of them probably sold them, and
>knows exactly where they are.
>
>That, and the Russian experiment with capitalism has failed to the point
>that Yeltsin is reinstituting government controls of their economy.
>Sigh. For years, all we heard was that all Russia needed was a dose of
>free market economics and all would be right with the world. We forgot
>they've NEVER had a free market, and had no clue how to respond to
>rising prices, market pressure, OR how to effectively fight market
>corruption. As a result, the corruption that has existed there since the
>early days of the Czars, AND the Communists, just went apeshit when the
>controls were removed.
>
>Don't take this as a defense of Communism. It's most assuredly not that,
>but rather an indictment of the notion that the Russians could somehow
>magically reform themselves overnight with little, or no help, save a
>few venture capitalists and some missionaries and teachers.
>
>What I really fear is that current generations have lived with the
>Russian Bear as an enemy for so long, that some of us cannot bear (pun
>intended) the thought of them no longer being the great Commie menace.
>They are surely headed back down the road to Communism, and if the old
>bosses regain power, there will be a bloodbath the likes of which we
>have not yet seen.
>
>-- 
>Olin Murrell
>Austin, Texas
>http://www.realtime.com/~olin