The Chief has been watching the historical mini-series John Adams on DVD during the school break. It reminds once again how unique this American Republic is, and how much the Old World establishment would like it to disintegrate. This has been a recurring theme since the early 1800’s, and just like a bad chile, it keeps coming back up again.

Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.
In Moscow, Igor Panarin’s Forecasts Are All the Rage; America ‘Disintegrates’ in 2010

For a decade, Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting the U.S. will fall apart in 2010. For most of that time, he admits, few took his argument — that an economic and moral collapse will trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S. — very seriously. Now he’s found an eager audience: Russian state media. In recent weeks, he’s been interviewed as much as twice a day about his predictions. “It’s a record,” says Prof. Panarin. “But I think the attention is going to grow even stronger.”

Sounds like he’s got the nod from Putin on this.

Prof. Panarin, 50 years old, is not a fringe figure. A former KGB analyst, he is dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s academy for future diplomats. He is invited to Kremlin receptions, lectures students, publishes books, and appears in the media as an expert on U.S.-Russia relations.

Ahhhhh! A common background with Pooty-poot…both alums of the ultimate Soviet good ole boy network of the KGB.

’nuff said.