Varshavyanka & Hymn to Red October on YouTube

Rick is away doing repairs at one of the rentals today, so I played one of my favorite Russian martial songs, Varshavyanka. One thing led to another, and I found it on YouTube, with the lyrics and film clips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hSAuf20XIo It apparently originated in the Russian Revolution of 1917, for Lenin was featured prominently, inspiring the downtrodden workers to overturn the government.

What terrifies me today is that in our attempts to overthrow our own 'masters,' the corporate and banking fascists, our revolt might also be taken over by forces that could be just as bad or worse. Think of the French Revolution and Napoleon. What can we do? South America has struggled with this problem for decades; their distrust of government has been historically worse than ours.

So how can we trust the next person who promises CHANGE not to betray us, as Obama has, now that we've learned he is just another tool of the oligarchs?

But before I get off on a political rant, my venture into Russian music this morning led to my finding another terrific song, the Hymn to Red October, which I downloaded from Amazon for 99 cents. Here is a link for it on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPsL2WVhFCc&NR=1&feature=fvwp