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Inexplicable Daily Events: Waking up Hibernating Bears Should Require a Permit

When TPV thought the Cold War was over, look who’s on TV! The Americans. A made-for-TV drama about Soviet spies in the United States. And the show whose writers seem to work for the Obama administration is set during the Cold War-era! How telling.

the-americans1Now, that’s good news, because the Bush administration liked the more dystopian dramas where everybody went up in flames. Unlike those dramas, The Americans allows for some family life, even for ad-hoc events, such as the American spies and the Soviet spies joining a country club and playing squash. Which is what the G8 is – a special country club. Unlike country clubs which require hefty membership dues, G8 is a club where members do not pay membership because their corporate, anonymous, sponsors do. But what amazes us here at TPV is that the Russians, known for they mythical approach to reality are the most transparent of all. Only they have the guts to call things by their real name –

a club, is a club, is a club, or a non-democracy.

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, faced with the other club members voting Russia out of their club told reporters that “if our Western partners believe the format has exhausted itself, we don’t cling to this format.”

“We don’t believe it will be a big problem if it doesn’t convene,” Lavrov said. “The G-8 is an informal club. No one hands out membership cards, and no one can be kicked out of it.”

Sergei Lavrov, I believe if you ever want to defect you could have a major role in The Americans. You would be the thinker.

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