[lbo-talk] If I may gloat a moment...

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 28 09:07:03 PDT 2005


--- Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote: He he he.

But Eastern European nationalists still have not figured that out. They would be much better off if they all came back to matushka Rossiya.

Wojtek ---

Amen.

Ukraine and Georgia are in an especially ludicrous situation. Ukraine's economy is based on Russia's. Ukrainians come to Russia in droves visa-free to work and send money home. What economy Georgia possesses only functions because Russia subsidizes it, partially I think out of a fear that the place will totally collapse. It's like a teenager who wants to be independent but still wants his parents to give him his allowance.

A while ago Georgia was threatening Russian bases on its territory with -- cutting off the electricity and gas that Georgia was given by Russia. No lie. You couldn't make this stuff up.

Nu, zayats, pogodi!

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