tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post1360229572898459575..comments2023-09-08T11:36:24.207+02:00Comments on Mat Rodina: Czar? You mean CommissarStanislavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399899593777065344noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-88696751823596052132013-09-01T02:43:29.928+03:002013-09-01T02:43:29.928+03:00Stanislav: I would like to apologize deeply for w... Stanislav: I would like to apologize deeply for what our government did to Russia. If the American people had known what was going on I believe there would have been great upheaval and a cleanout of Wash. DC (District of Corruption). In those days our minds weren't 'fluoridated'as they are now. I appreciate your website!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-27399578843963264562009-07-21T09:22:53.757+03:002009-07-21T09:22:53.757+03:00@Cobra,
Thank you for the ping. I do appreciate i...@Cobra,<br /><br />Thank you for the ping. I do appreciate it. I must also give credit to the other article that it had a few points in it that I was not aware of: such as the title commissar was also used by Hitler.Stanislavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399899593777065344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-21303896573160866682009-07-20T23:39:42.665+03:002009-07-20T23:39:42.665+03:00“Terrible” is not a mistranslation, it’s just that...“Terrible” is not a mistranslation, it’s just that over time the way the English use “terrible” has changed. It’s really more of an archaism than a mistranslation. It’s like if I call someone “pathetic” meaning that they arouse pathos in me and not that I find them disgustingly weak, then I am using the word in a way it is no longer generally used and people get confused as to my meaning.<br /><br />The word “terrible” means “one that evokes fear”. It actually still means that even though it also has a primary meaning of simply "very bad".<br /><br />Terrible c.1430, “causing terror, frightful,” from O.Fr. terrible (12c.), from L. terribilis “frightful,” from terrere “fill with fear,” from PIE base *tres- “to tremble”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-91777140600800813962009-07-20T21:23:19.664+03:002009-07-20T21:23:19.664+03:00Stanislav,
You are getting traction, and ripped of...Stanislav,<br />You are getting traction, and ripped off at the same time.<br />Somebody posted on the American Thinker an article named..."Not Obama's Czars but his Comissars"<br /><br /><br />http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/not_obamas_czars_but_his_commi.html<br /><br />I gave them the stink for this but you should ask why they did not credit you for this article.Cobrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587966380380826679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-13505329719098855972009-07-20T00:30:16.769+03:002009-07-20T00:30:16.769+03:00It's as though you think words have some sort ...It's as though you think words have some sort of fixed eternal significance. They do not.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181564143141532040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-65562447232894765662009-07-19T20:51:14.698+03:002009-07-19T20:51:14.698+03:00Several thoughts:
1)Your first statement about a ...Several thoughts:<br /><br />1)Your first statement about a "new silliness" is wrong, this czar designation has been in the US for nearly half a century. There's nothing new about it. Bush appointed Czars, so did Nixon.<br /><br />2) No one takes it literally. We also don't think that Elvis Presley or Michael Jackson were "Kings" in the literal sense. It's figurative. Duke Ellington wasn't a real Duke either.<br /><br /><br /><br />3) In fact, the "Energy Czar" is used to imply that the person is the highest position possible overseeing energy issues, thus figuratively it makes more sense than calling the person a commissar. We have "Commissioners" in English also, for one thing, so it would be confusing to call it that.<br /><br /><br />4) This is how language works, including in Russian. Czar came from the Latin Caesar, Caessar came from "to cut" in Latin (scholars haven't agreed exactly why this became the family name of Julius's family). The literal meaning isn't kept when language is borrowed, quite often.<br /><br />5) You spelled "Caesar" incorrectly.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130552390386093456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-51865749891599010602009-07-18T13:20:42.190+03:002009-07-18T13:20:42.190+03:00@LIAM FRIEDLAND
The politburo and the reichstag ...@LIAM FRIEDLAND <br /><br />The politburo and the reichstag had those powers too...and since they knew what was good for them, they used them to always agree with the dictator.Stanislavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399899593777065344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-59505011183920516482009-07-16T18:23:10.921+03:002009-07-16T18:23:10.921+03:00Mr Mishin. An other excellant explaination. thank ...Mr Mishin. An other excellant explaination. thank you for your well thought out discussion. Your view from outside offers insight on the shape of the forest for those of us stuck amongst the trees. The increasing use of commissars is destroying the Federal/State division of power that is a key part of our constitutional system.<br /><br />To Liam Yes our brillant founders designed an excellant system of divided and balanced powers, but like all human endevours, it requires constant vigillance by those who would keep it. After decades of manipulation, the same handful of power brokers supply the money that controls who sits in the White House and in Congress, and it doesn't really matter which party it is. The outrageous Bank Bailout schemes by both parties (House Of Rep GOP notwithstanding) shows how deep this corruption goes. The media refuses to do any serious investigating on this theft from the taxpayers. Either from fear, or in too many cases, complicity.<br /><br />Only the Judicial is left outside of their direct influence, and even that is at risk now with both the Executive and Legislative branches under common control. The rubber stamp is out and in full use. The only thing resembling a check on power is the infighting over who gets to use it the most.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761724486432052953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-2155291042743519192009-07-16T09:07:51.847+03:002009-07-16T09:07:51.847+03:00Bit by bit, Obama sets up a dictatorship.Bit by bit, Obama sets up a dictatorship.Ariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925730650755037497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-14493927650174124922009-07-16T02:36:06.453+03:002009-07-16T02:36:06.453+03:00It's an interesting and useful history of Russ...It's an interesting and useful history of Russian hierarchy and authority. I don't believe the comparison to the US political system holds up. <br /><br />You neglect one small detail in your analysis; namely the balance of power between the executive, legislative, and judicial. <br /><br />Congress has the power to summon, question, and investigate. It also has to power to propose and pass new laws. <br /><br />Obama can't just dictate how things will be like an Emperor. Particularly if he doesn't have a rubber-stamp majority in the House & Senate.Billy-Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14184591593517311546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-21685877799769951312009-07-15T21:04:23.988+03:002009-07-15T21:04:23.988+03:00A nice explanation. Wait till the Commissar's ...A nice explanation. Wait till the Commissar's come to a more grassroots level. Obama's already spoken about making his own youth corps. The young leftists will fall into this role with open arms. Go to a university in the usa they are marxist organizations already. Try to offer a different opinion there and see what happens.vonbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999271991399069937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-6027785218831397412009-07-15T20:33:37.945+03:002009-07-15T20:33:37.945+03:00I think you may enjoy this article from slate maga...I think you may enjoy this article from slate magazine about the same topic:<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/id/2207055/<br /><br />Basically, the article argues that Czar was an insult in the english speaking world, Democrats once jeered a speaker of congress as : "Czar! Despot! Tyrant!"<br /><br /><br /><br />Then, after the revolution of 1917, the Americans decided htey liked the Czar after all.Nixon named the first US government Czar.takenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11899313666233651264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-52000238116194103732009-07-15T19:05:17.365+03:002009-07-15T19:05:17.365+03:00You are corrct in your commissar comparison, but I...You are corrct in your commissar comparison, but I would beg to differ with respect to "emperor" Obama; he is more like the latter-day pope, a figurehead ruled by a hydra-headed cabal.The Subsidiarity Institutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972828623505345841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-70968253407130655212009-07-15T18:39:57.320+03:002009-07-15T18:39:57.320+03:00Great post but "Julious Ceasar" s/b corr...Great post but "Julious Ceasar" s/b correctly spelled as "Julius Caesar".islam o' phobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412622505007978380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019578584768795401.post-48191201939246208962009-07-15T15:04:59.881+03:002009-07-15T15:04:59.881+03:00Thank you for that great, concise explanation. I t...Thank you for that great, concise explanation. I tried to find an article to help me explain exactly what you wrote to my friends, with little success. sites like wikipedia are all wrong. Great point brining up the power of titles, self given titles.jerrymphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08152266724333557473noreply@blogger.com