That line is JUST BEGGING for a comeback. I'll hold back...

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I had no idea that things in Russia are so much like they currently are here in the US.

Ideas are free on this forum!

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These Russian-Americans are exactly the types of folks that the republicans should be trying to attract. They would be better off with then than the wing nuts.

Repub Huh---I KNEW we couldn't trust them damn ruskies.

These Russians are used to and prefer hawkish, authoritarian, dictatorial, style of leadership. They are "lost at sea" in a democracy. They have too many choices and they long for someone to tell them what to do.

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Yeah! Cracke the whippens!

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It is entertaining to watch and read how everyone fills in the missing details with their own preconceived opinions.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

That's not nice.

I have worked with a lot of Russians during my time in the oil biz. I used to be able to handle a bit of the lingo, but that was long ago.

I learned very quickly not to put any stock in their opinions since they had no factual basis for almost anything they said. Did you know that Alaska, Washington State and Oregon are still a part of Russia? It's True!

There are two races of people in Russia. Russians and Jews. Yup, There are no other native peoples there at all and never have been.

How do you get a table at a Russian cafe? You tell the doorman, usually a retired military person with a ton of medals, that you are coming in and if you have to go though him to do it then BY GOD that is the way it will be. Then he opens the door. They really do respect that whole totalitarian thing there.

If you ever said you were going to study a problem to determine the best way to deal with it they would not quite freak out but they would get very nervous. If they were presented with too many choices it would cause them to just stop and do nothing.

Another Russian trait is to never say what you really think. You always say what is expected of you. Everyone know someone who was sent to the Gulag for speaking their mind, so why take the chance?

Do you think they would get off the boat and say the Russian way of life was best? They would expect to be given a one-way ticket back to Mother Russia.

And who would think that someone who just got off the boat would know everything about how our Government works?

Sure, few people say what is on their mind but what you want to hear. MAYBE the Russians do it more, IDK. I can't say much about the rest of it but this part makes me curious. Why? It isn't like they simply skipped across the border like the illegals so they must have put some effort into the process. So if they didn't think it was a better way of life, why would they even be here? I'd work in Europe if I had to but why would I bother with the legal hassle of immigration if I didn't think that was the better side of the road?

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If you lived in Moscow you might not want to move here or anywhere else.

If you lived in, say, anywhere else in Russia you would be willing to walk across broken glass to get out.

There is first world and third world. Then there is the USA. I have never known a Russian, or anyone from what used to be called the East Bloc, yet that did not enjoy living here more than there no matter what their current home circumstances.

Several years ago I had a Russian Engineer work for at a testing lab. We tested the compressive strength of concrete. Its a simple test, you load the concrete cylinder in a press that can exert up to 250,000 pounds of force, and break it, noting how much force it took.
It is common for "3000 PSI" concrete to break in excess of 4000 PSI. the 3000 PSI mixes are just that forgiving and often the owner of the concrete company will add 1/2 bag or so of cement to the mix--costs him very little and its cheap insurance.
Well, after breaking a bunch of concrete my Russian is a bit apprehensive. He tells me, " In my country someone would be going away for wasting so much cement." ( 3000 PSI design concrete better break very close to 3000 PSI; anything over 3200 PSI was views as a State crime as a waste of valuable resources.)

Another experience that reinforces my apprehension of a too-controlling government.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Isn't that the model we've been striving toward since the 2010 election?
The problem with socialism of any type that eventually you run out of other people's money.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Congress has a fix for that. Print more money.

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04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow