Whatamess Loc: SC

Sorry..I meant OLD-GRINGO

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

Hahahaha. That's OK. Oldroy is almost as old as I am. :lol:

He also gives a lot of sage advice and elicits some rhetoric from the same dolts as the rest of us.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Show off. :lol: :-) :thumbup: Not meant unkindly.

Yankee Clipper

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

I will have to disagree with you about the Australian PM from that period. I never did like her and my Aussie friend didn't either although he is much further left than I am. That woman leaned way over there.

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

We know and it is taken as meant. You could never be unkind, well to us anyway. Hahaha

I'm curious...Ginny must have a Russian keyboard.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

You are too kind. I can not speak for Old Roy, but for myself when I say that I have much to learn from you and people of your generation. I remember when I went back to school for a degree in computers, all the young people were shocked to see a gray haired old woman sitting in their classrooms. They were shocked to see a slide rule. But, they were kind when I made stupid mistakes and they had so much energy. They even taught me some of the urbonic terms. I so enjoyed their company!

I look forward to seeing your point of view on these or other subjects.

Thank you again.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

I have an international keyboard. I still have friends living in Greece, Spain, Egypt, Italy, and Japan. I learned Russian as part of my job back too many years ago. My husband (may God give him rest) and I were career military and relocated often. In 20 years we spent 16 overseas. After my military career I went to work in DC for Defense Information Systems Agency as a Project Manager for DOD Ports, Protocols, and Services (essentially, controlling what programs and languages were allowed to interface with military, white house, and homeland security computers). I am fortunate, many of the friends I made through all of those years are still friends.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

This subject came up somewhere else. Apparently there is a way to have a computer keyboard numerical pad convert to foreign languages.

I told my spouse there was to be a paint drying festival. He gave me totally blank look and then said, "How many are we expecting?" Obviously he is use to my tangents with my friends on the Plaza. 8-)

Yankee Clipper

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

Oh AuntiE...too funny. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

You can never appear unkind!

stymie

That's a great idea for all of us . We could cover a lot of States with the people on this forum. I'm sending it to mine also. If only we had a congress that listened. However, Like someone said earlier on another subject, it probably won't get pass the interns. Oh, what the heck, I have lots of time.

samarov

It's time to understand the political motivations of Vladimir Putin. He served his nation well as a KGB leader in German Democratic Republic during the Cold War.
If he ever was a Communist, he is now the President and leader of Russia. Russia has rejected Communism but not its desire to be among the strongest. Any comparison between Putin and Obama has to tell us that Putin is a strong nationalist, he loves his country and aspires for it to be great. He believes in its greatness. Now, in your own minds, count the ways Obama is nothing like Putin and can never be. Obama is a neo-Leninist Communist.
Yes, the Cold War has left its mark on both United States and Russia, but the Russian people are far more nationalistic than ever communistic. They lived under the yoke of Communism and know it better than any other people, probably with exception of China and No.Korea. Russia has the most experience with Communism and only a small percentage of Russians today would care for its return. These are similar types to an element living in the USA who would trade everything for government's "free " programs. Except, such programs, as you know, are not "free."
We, in America, are similar to Russians in that we love our country, but hate our government. This is the experience in Russia too, it has gone through more phases than America about hating its government because it's an older country. Whether it lived under the iron fist of Communism or Czars, it was still an "iron fist." We now experience the same here, except the fist wears a velvet glove. Notice that Putin described the condition of the USA as "suicide."
Can you argue that it's not? He obviously meant we voted for it as a nation and we now receive what we voted for.
I understand that many will respond that they never voted for "national suicide," but we were outnumbered by those who hadn't any idea what they voted for.
The leftist leadership in this country outthought, outdid, lied as much as required, all for the power they wanted and got. Ben Franklin once said, "We have a republic if we can keep it." Obviously, apathy overtook us and that republic will be sorely missed if we don't stop the apathy trend.
The United States is still "that shining place atop a hill," and when Russians think about it, that's what they believe.
The average Russian is not our enemy, he is just trying to get by, just as we try. If anything, we now have the sympathy of Russian folks, they would like to see America again take her place at the top.
Among requirements not strongly sought after for leadership in American politics is one that we took for granted; that those pursuing political leadership had love for this country. It's not to be taken for granted. As you know by now, Obama and his entire regime display an acute disdain for our country. Their interest is only reaching for whatever power they can grab.
Now, we have our work before us, damage has been done, a democratic republic is a fragile balance, we must rebalance it by all taking part in its restoration.

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

I am sure that you are right here. He preceded the red haired witch, as my Aussie friend called the last one.