<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Yes, perhaps this is a "be careful what you wish for" story as the Russian capitalists beath the U.S. capitalists at their own game. The better ending would have been if the Russian socialists had won, but I'll settle for this, for now. Joanna Chris Doss wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20060428150313.16714.qmail@web37205.mail.mud.yahoo.com"> <pre wrap=""> --- Doug Henwood <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dhenwood@panix.com"><dhenwood@panix.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">By the way, all this Western screaming about evil Russian business practices convinces me that Putin is really putting the country back together after the Soviet collapse. It drives the leftover cold warriors crazy. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> It really is entertaining watching them fume, since they have no way to influence the situation. They just throw themselves upon the walls of their padded cells and howl in impotent, incoherent fury. Nu, zayats, pogodi! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a> ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>