Georgia was tricked, but by Russia or US?

Posted by bruni on September 08, 2008


Georgia was tricked, but by Russia or US?
Ian Bell on the new cold war

LET’S RUN through this again. Vladimir Putin is not a nice man. The KGB, with whom the young Vlad earned his reputation as a people person, was not Russia’s answer to the Rotary Club. As a direct consequence, Russian traditions of democracy remain wafer thin, a cracked veneer that fails utterly to conceal thuggery, rigged votes, oligarchic mafias, corruption, and the corpses of journalists. Are we clear?
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George Bush

Posted by bruni on August 25, 2008

seriously, what the fuck is this all about?

as the days go by I honestly think george w bush is the first mentally retarded person to be elected president
why is a towelhead so close to such a great man?

lucky bush doesnt carry
Some retard at work today was trying to convince me GWB is smart

Arguably, you’re not president now are you.
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Anothing meaningless proclaimation from empty suit Obama. V. Rhetoric not policy.

Posted by bruni on August 24, 2008

Hey I pointed that website out first

Nobody on here is going to read it though. It’s far easier to cling to old views and pandering McCain attack ads than it is to read an 8 page large-type PDF.
There is a lot of hope for change in that document. I’ve only about 1/2 done.. but it’s the same old song and dance.
pdf viewer is fucked up somehow but i’ll just assume this sucks like i would even if i could open pdfs

I admit John McCain’s policy guidelines on energy appear to be more specific with numbers and timelines etc. but it means very little when they aren’t guarantees.
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Joseph Stiglitz argues that the "left" are best for economic growth

Posted by bruni on August 13, 2008

Both the left and the right say they stand for economic growth. So should voters trying to decide between the two simply look at it as a matter of choosing alternative management teams?

If only matters were so easy! Part of the problem concerns the role of luck. America’s economy was blessed in the 1990s with low energy prices, a high pace of innovation, and a China increasingly offering high-quality goods at decreasing prices, all of which combined to produce low inflation and rapid growth.
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Obama will sit down and talk to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but he won’t sit down and talk to

Posted by bruni on August 10, 2008

or McCain (avoids debates)
or Congress (avoids votes)
What would that accomplish?

Oh right, it wouldn’t accomplish a damn thing.

What would that accomplish?
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