Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Preaching to the хуйr

From The Guardian’s coverage of POTUS Obama’s trip to Russia, comes this:

Without mentioning Russia by name, Obama spelled out the US’s commitment to “universal values.” These included the rule of law, the equal administration of justice, and competitive elections—all things missing from Putin’s vertically managed authoritarian state.
Yes, Putin should learn the value of these things, as should our own President.

Rule of law? Yeah, but not in US bankruptcy courts.

Equal administration of justice? Sure, but not if you’re a wise Latina who can see the value in reverse discrimination.

Competitive elections? Sure, but we will more vocally support the outcome of non-competitive ones, such as in Iran, Honduras, Venezuela, and so on. We have to: otherwise, people might wonder how the President wound up with 20 czars (the actual number may be 31 as of today), none of whom were elected nor vetted and approved by bipartisan authorities.

Putin has a lot to learn from us?

Picture via GraniteGrok.