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Old 11-13-2008, 08:34 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by wheresmy50 View Post
Russia needs expensive oil to exist as they see themselves. We'll hear from them again.
And soon too...Medvedyev is to Putin what Bush was to Cheney - a puppet.

I had the chance to meet and talk at length a number of times with a young Russian banker over the course of the summer - a very bright young guy I became friendly with - and he gave me a first-hand perspective on Russia and Eastern Europe you couldn't have possibly gotten anywhere else.

Fascinating to see the world from his perspective as the son of dissident parents - and he wants out big-time to come to the West with his wife and baby daughter

Can't say I blame him

"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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