[madison10]

sigh.

[RobRoy]

Jason,

Looks like this guy and I are kindred spirits. Thought you might find this interesting.

Believe it or not, I am interested in what you think of this guys conclusions and path to those conclusions.

[svcw]

The collapse began in January.

[Ingtar]

“The Pacific coast, with its growing Chinese population...

This is an amusing comment that tends to discredit his thinking.

[o_zarkman44]

Posted yesterday.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2329129/posts?q=1&;page=51

[raptor29]

The simplistic mindset of this knucklehead’s analysis is a pretty good illustration of why the Russians make such a mess of things. Even if the dollar loses considerably more value, his assumptions about what will result are comical.

[sauropod]

home

[Terabitten]

He might be right about a US collapse, but he's dead wrong about how the breakdown will fall out.

It won't divide into neat categories like he drew -- it'll be urban vs. rural, plain and simple.

[screaminsunshine]

Go back to Siberia Russki!

[Sudetenland]

Total crap!

[rightwingextremist1776]

In my opinion, the probability of the US ceasing to exist

Over my DEAD body.....

[RobRoy]

>>...warns that increasing firearms sales in the U.S. are a sign that people are preparing for “chaos” in the aftermath of a total financial meltdown.<<

Well, he nailed me on that one.

[Lazamataz]

Cool!!!!! I can’t wait!!!!

[stephenjohnbanker]

“warns that increasing firearms sales in the U.S. are a sign that people are preparing for “chaos” in the aftermath of a total financial meltdown.”

We are preparing for Obama’s thugs(who, if they try, will lose fast)

[PBRSTREETGANG]

We’re takin’ you with us, Igor!

[detective]

The Russian professor says 2010, this article says 2012.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/New-bull-new-bubble-new-meltdown.aspx

The politicians are destroying our country. The only question is will enough Americans wake up in time to stop it or will the politicians succeed.

[RJS1950]

The potential is there but the difference between Russia in 1989 and the U.S. in 2009 is that the Russians had no concept of how to quell the problem and throw out the idiots. They were a traditional population of passive lemmings. While the U.S. population has a large number of lemmings we also have a large number of people willing to take action to preserve what we have and splitting is definitely not the answer. A disturbing possibility but a different situation.

[Night Hides Not]

Igor Panarin is Russian for Howard Ruff.

[traumer]

sounds like a nice guy..... :o)

[GonzoGOP]

He foresees the U.S. breaking up into six different parts, roughly along lines similar to those of 1865 during the Civil War, “The Pacific coast, with its growing Chinese population; the South, with its Hispanics; Texas, where independence movements are on the rise; the Atlantic coast, with its distinct and separate mentality; five of the poorer central states with their large Native American populations; and the northern states, where the influence from Canada is strong,” according to Panarin.

This is a joke right. I mean we may break up, but California will become part of Mexico, not China. And the former confederate states going to Mexico. No way the boys down in Alabama and Georgia are going to let that happen. The south may rise again, but it won't be so that it can become part of Mexico.

And Native Americans taking over Nevada, Arizona & New Mexico. Dude has to stop watching old westerns, there just aren't that many Indians out there, and they are not that independent minded. Now those states may go to Mexico.

I do think a collapse is coming. But it is going to be the city people against the country people. There won't be the clean geographic splits as there were in 1861. It will be the rest of Michigan against Detroit over welfare payments, Arizona, Nevada and agricultural CA against LA for water rights. Upstate New York against New York City over electricity. In each case a low population area has some resource that a high population area needs, but is no longer able to trade for. The high population area will try to seize the asset, the low population area will cut it off.