Kremlin's favorite prof predicts U.S. gone by 2010

The Russians may not be dumb enough to elect their vacuous academic superstars president like we do, but they too are hoping for change they can believe in.

"...California will form the nucleus of what he calls "The Californian Republic," and will be part of China or under Chinese influence. Texas will be the heart of "The Texas Republic," a cluster of states that will go to Mexico or fall under Mexican influence. Washington, D.C., and New York will be part of an "Atlantic America" that may join the European Union. Canada will grab a group of Northern states Prof. Panarin calls "The Central North American Republic." Hawaii, he suggests, will be a protectorate of Japan or China, and Alaska will be subsumed into Russia."

They can take Alaska when they pry the hunting rifle from Sarah Palin's cold, dead fingers.