Expat Hosts Anti-American Radio Show in Russia

abcdavid01 · Post by **abcdavid01** » April 18th, 2013, 10:34 pm

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... orsPicks_1

As the Kremlin rallied support for its ban on U.S. adoptions of Russian orphans imposed late last year, Mr. Kirby, who is 31, appeared on prime-time talk shows to say that one quarter of American children take pills that affect their brains, and that they are endangered by religious sects whose members oppose medical care or dance around poisonous snakes. "Every 6 or 10 years a snake bites a child, the child dies and that's the news of the day and the process repeats itself," he told a national television audience in February.

ladislav · Post by **ladislav** » April 18th, 2013, 11:30 pm

Russia is another screwed up country that believes in bogey men and Santa.

Bane · Post by **Bane** » April 19th, 2013, 3:35 am

ladislav wrote:Russia is another screwed up country that believes in bogey men and Santa.

Nevertheless, Mr. Kirby is quite astute in his views of 'Murica.

zacb · Post by **zacb** » April 19th, 2013, 5:06 am

True, but slight exaggeration. Every country has it's problems, even Russia.