tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post3131757050334148490..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Pure Speculation — Come On, Join In!Steve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-25829381095940028872013-09-15T22:54:54.128-05:002013-09-15T22:54:54.128-05:00One of the many things that people never understoo...One of the many things that people never understood about the Soviet Union was that there were three competing power centers - the Party, the military, and the security apparatus.<br /><br />Even though he was a former member of the security sector, Putin pulled it apart and segmented it to prevent it from challenging him.<br /><br />We are looking at a splintered government in the US with the new intel structure looking a lot like the KGB at its peak, with all of the formerly independent agencies being consolidated into one single entity that operates outside of all checks and balances that the Constitution supposedly imposes.<br /><br />The only way to stop them is to cut off their funding.Bryanhttp://whynow.dumka.us/noreply@blogger.com