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2006-11-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Fred 2006-11-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ummmmmmmmmm...you can keep that Super Bowl ring Vlad.
Forget I even asked...

Posted by Bob Kraft 2006-11-24 00:19|| 2006-11-24 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Doctors reported earlier Thursday that his condition had suffered a "major deterioration" overnight, and that extensive tests had failed to turn up the cause of his illness.

This guy spends three weeks in a presumably modern medical facility, and the Doctors scratch their a$$ and can't find the cause of his illness. THEN, in less than 24 hours after his death they find polonium-210 in his urine, and declare that it must have been a massive dose.

Either the twerps (Doctors) are imbeciles, or there is something stinky about the whole affair! Oh, wait...that's right, England has socialized medicine. Never mind.

Posted by Mick Dundee 2006-11-24 12:14|| 2006-11-24 12:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Hate to say it, but this brings us back to another moment in Bush-League History:

Remember: "I looked Putin in the eye and knew he was a fellow I could deal with." (Paraphrased)

We needed a mini, just a mini Winston Churchill after 9/11 and instead got another WC:

Wally Cleaver.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-11-24 12:28|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com] 2006-11-24 12:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Bush & Putin... and the infamous quote. Putty fooled a lot of people for quite awhile, but no one remembers their quotes - because no one gives a fuck.

It came at their first meeting, in Slovenia (16 June 2001). That's 5.5 yrs ago.

Let's analyze what everyone else has said for the last 5.5 years and see who doesn't need to eat a shitload of shit samiches, eh?

I'm just sayin' it's chickenshit, LOD. My take.

Another Churchill would be wonderful, yes.

Posted by .com 2006-11-24 12:35|| 2006-11-24 12:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Another Churchill would be great.

I have to agree, I too had thought that Putin would be someone with whom we could work and who would lead Russia forward. Should have known better 'cause all the signs were there (cheez, Steve, you were expecting an ex-KGB ministry type to lead Russia forward), but hope got ahead of understanding on that one.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-11-24 16:49|| 2006-11-24 16:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Another Churchill? The soft underbelly of Europe?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-11-24 16:56|| 2006-11-24 16:56|| Front Page Top

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