If we had Yeltsin as our prez... - Page 2

CCIP · 11-09-10, 02:22 AM

Oh god

nikimcbee · 11-09-10, 02:34 AM

My all-time favorite Russian song: hands down!

McBee sings:

krashkart · 11-09-10, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Now to switch gears:

Just for krashkart

:

She stole my hairdo!!

I-25 · 11-09-10, 01:33 PM

Oddly DDT is my favorite Russian band..

checkout this one

БГ(BG) is peaty good too i love his radio show аеростат (aerostat)

krashkart · 11-10-10, 12:49 AM

Thank you for the translations, CCIP.

the_tyrant · 11-10-10, 06:53 AM

I tried some Vitas
he scares me

CCIP · 11-13-10, 01:12 PM

Also, sort of returning to the original topic of Yeltzin and 'new Russia', here's a really good (and very truthful) article that came out on BBC today...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...nt/9184718.stm

Quote:

Our leaders told us the world had changed and that Russia would too.
It would embrace democracy and join Europe.

Well they were wrong.

Instead Russia has remained sullen and hostile, and re-embraced autocratic leadership in the shape of Vladimir Putin - and we wonder why.

What you realise, when you live in Russia, is that so many of our assumptions are wrong.
While we were celebrating Russia's release from Bolshevik tyranny, most Russians were being plunged into poverty, unemployment and misery, as unbridled capitalism was let loose upon an unprepared populace.

The trauma of the 1990s is deeply felt.

[...]

There are many things both wonderful and terrifying about Russia but, for millions of Russians, communism has not yet been replaced by something better.

Instead they struggle to survive in a thuggish, lawless society, where a few have a lot and where most have very little.

Yup...

nikimcbee · 11-14-10, 02:10 AM

It must be in the genes

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nikimcbee · 11-14-10, 08:53 PM

I can just see pelosi , when it comes time to give up the gavel and the perks.... and she won't let go.

"Let go of the gavel!"

"No!"

"somebody call security!"

""YOU...CAN'T ...TAKE... MY... PRECIOUS...FROM...ME...."

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I can just see pelosi , when it comes time to give up the gavel and the perks.... and she won't let go. "Let go of the gavel!" "No!" "somebody call security!" ""YOU...CAN'T ...TAKE... MY... PRECIOUS...FROM...ME...." __________________

11-09-10, 01:33 PM	#19
I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 629 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Oddly DDT is my favorite Russian band.. checkout this one БГ(BG) is peaty good too i love his radio show аеростат (aerostat)

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Thank you for the translations, CCIP.

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the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	I tried some Vitas he scares me