Poor Bush.. He's cautioned to end his love affair

[SoCalDem]

Bush urged to give Putin the cold shoulder

By Guy Dinmore in Washington
Published: May 18 2006 03:00 | Last updated: May 18 2006 03:00
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3def4476-e60a-11da-b309-0000779e2340.html

President George W. Bush may give Vladimir Putin the cold shoulder when the Russian president hosts the Group of Eight summit in St Petersburg if hardliners in the US win a policy battle over how to respond to what they see as Moscow's increasingly wayward behaviour.

While there is no doubt the US president will attend the July summit, despite calls by Republican senator John McCain, and others, for a boycott, Mr Putin could be on the receiving end of what is called the "minimalist approach".

...snip...


.............................Seems like just the other day they were in love........Where did the love go?

.................................................................................
Fireworks in anticipation of their first meeting


Soulmates..gazing into each others eyes...could it be love?


Whispered sweet nothings................................................Dress-alike days
........................................................

warm embraces


Can't keep their hand off each other...even in public


Hearty Parties


Going to the Chapel ...of LUV..................................................Here comes the... er..um
........................

Flowers


Pootie Poot even said.. "BABY, you can drive my car"


Little "inside jokes".. Smell THIS !


Trouble in Paradise...a would be suitor?


Stolen glances? or Jealous glances?

Lover's spats?


The breakup call? Can George Quit him?


Be careful Georgie.. You can take the guy outta the KGB, but can you take the KGB outta the GUY?

[Dunvegan]

1. Loved it! Great photo montage.

That last picture speaks a 1000 words...don't mess with the Russian Bear (just ask Colbert about messin' with bears....)

[SoCalDem]

34. Putin is a very sinister looking dude

Only a twit would "misunderestimate" him

[YDogg]

2. Too funny! Except it is rather pathetic.

[warrens]

3. Feeeeeelings, woah woah woah, just FEEEEELINGS....

Helping out with the soundtrack here.

[SoCalDem]

5. "Where is the Luuuuuuuuuv"?

"Where did our love go"..

so many possibilities

[Tuesday_Morning]

12. It was just one of those things....

Just one of those crazy flings...

[NJ_Lib]

4. The cold shoulder...? What are we...

... in third grade?

[SoCalDem]

16. Like... maybe George was all..mad and stuff and Pootie was like

AS IF !!

and then Georgie could put a note in his locker at lunchtime.and then Pootie would be all mads & stuff and..

[NJ_Lib]

19. Yah, I warned him if he like, kept up that attitude that like...

... "I would give him the cold shoulder tomorrow at lunch and stuff"... "And for real I'm not kidding, I'll do it"...


Are we totally ashamed of our country yet, or, is there still some more room to grow here? Yikes...

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Republicans don't play well with others. A "Time Out" might be needed.

:dunce:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

6. That's brilliant, SoCal!!!

:evilgrin:

Goin' to the chapel of luv . . .

[SoCalDem]

17. Thanks.. Have a crazy orange cat..

[CrazyOrangeCat]

27. That should be an official DU smiley!

:)

[phoebe]

7. according to the administration there is an "Alternate Russia"

- they really are in a bubble..

snip (from same article)

The Bush administration is also pondering whether to send an official to an "Alternate Russia" conference of opposition politicians and non-government organisations brought together by Garry Kasparov, the chess grandmaster and critic of Mr Putin. The conference is to be held in Moscow just before the G8 summit.

on edit - this is odd..

snip

"Who is in charge of US policy towards Russia?" asked Edward Lozansky, president of the American University in Moscow, at the opening of a business conference in Washington sponsored by Lukoil, the Russian energy giant.

Yuri Ushakov, Russia's ambassador to Washington, spoke of a "war of words" and heated rhetoric directed at Russia "from certain political quarters" - remarks clearly directed at Mr Cheney. Relations could suffer a serious blow, he warned.


More on Edward Lozansky - http://www.russiahouse.org/ed.htm

snip

DR. EDWARD D. LOZANSKY
PRESIDENT, American University in Moscow & Kontinent USA Media Group

Dr. Edward Lozansky graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics & Engineering, and received his Ph.D. in theoretical and mathematical physics from the Moscow Institute of Atomic Energy. After graduation he worked as a nuclear physicist in leading research institutions in Moscow and was also a Professor of Physics at the Military Tank Academy. In 1975 he lost all of his research and teaching positions for publicly criticizing Soviet foreign and domestic policies.

Subsequently, in 1976 Dr. Lozansky moved to the United States where he did research and taught at the University of Rochester, NY and American University in Washington, DC. He is the founder of Russia House — a consulting company that facilitates U.S. – Russia business, science, education, and cultural cooperation.

So..is Mr. Lozansky "with us or against us"? He was punished for speaking out against Soviet ideas; came to USA to start a consulting company and now appears to be back in Russia criticizing the US? Hmmm...

more here.. http://www.cdi.org/russia/Johnson/9124-28.cfm

A: I (Edward Lozansky) have never concealed the fact that I am an active member of the Republican Party; therefore, it is not surprising that for me it's much easier to get their support. However, among those speaking at the forum are, and always will be, many Democrats, as well as high-ranking government officials; representatives of big and small business, leading universities, and think tanks.

Apologies - not trying to hijack thread - just trying to be informative..

This entire article smacks of 2001 when there were accusations of * admin. "turn(ing) the clock back to the cold war". Many of the participants remain the same.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0325-02.htm

snip

At dawn on a small wooden bridge in New Mexico, Klaus Fuchs once passed the blueprint for the H-bomb to Harry Gold, his handler from President Vladimir Putin's old employer, the KGB.
And it was on a small wooden bridge in Virginia that Robert Hanssen, Russia's recently arrested spy within the FBI, would meet his man from Moscow's secret services.

But this weekend the bridges between Washington and Moscow - and with Beijing too - are collapsing as George W. Bush rattles the sabres of a new Cold War across Europe and the Pacific.

In an echo from another time, four senior Russian envoys will leave Washington during the coming days, with a further 46 to follow before the muggy summer descends on the Potomac. And in strict accordance with the rules of Cold War, Russia's retort is swift and symmetrical: four senior Americans to leave imminently, with 46 to follow after the ice thaws on the Moskva.

snip

And no sooner had the order for them to leave been handed to Russian Ambassador Yuri Ashakov than US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld took another bellicose stride across the Pacific, towards a new arms race with China - giving Bush a 90-minute lecture on his plans to overhaul America's arsenal to face the new Chinese threat.

[NJ_Lib]

20. Yup, it's right next to the "Alternate Amerika", you know...

... In W's simple mind... I wonder if he plays "war" in the bathtub? If so, which side do you think he is?

[SoCalDem]

23. We need a Russia expert in the WH.. Oh WAIT !!

We HAVE one... She's as good a Russia expert as she was a NATIONAL SECURITY advisor on 9-11-01

[CrazyOrangeCat]

28. Bwahaaaahaaahaaa!!!

Condi-gollum Rice!

Yer on a roll today! Thanks for the laffs--I sure needed 'em. It's been freakin' Monday all week.

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. !

Heckvuajob, Condi! :rofl:

[johnnypneumatic]

8. that is awesome, you should make it into a flash movie

[SoCalDem]

15. I am a dunce.. Dont know how.. I wish someone would , though

I have lots more pics.. I googled a bunch of Russian sites and found these.. Some were not even on the main google image site:)

[hwmnbn]

9. You always hurt the one you love .........

the one you shouldn't hurt at all...


SoCalDem, this is brilliantly done! Pictures don't lie. And these tell of the underlying smoldering romance hidden beneath their political facades which tragically kept them apart. Your running commentary captures the forelorn spirit of a love affair gone awry.

First Brad and Jenn, then Sheryl and Lance, now Georgie and Vlad ..... I can't take it!! :cry: :cry: :cry:








K&R
:rofl: :rofl:

[NJ_Lib]

25. I know, I will jump off the ledge if Brad and Angie...

... announce their split...

[SoCalDem]

26. Wait til Kate splits from Tom & takes the spawn with her

It will be like the dinosaurs..all over again

[hwmnbn]

35. SoCalDem, you're killing me here .......

:rofl: :rofl:

Tell me you didn't set up this photo. If you did you got way too much time on your hands and way too many weird things on your mind. LOL

Asteroid my ass, this is what really killed off the dinosaurs!

I love it!!

[SoCalDem]

37. Found it..

Don't know where

[grasswire]

10. THANK YOU!

Great collection. Don't let them disappear down the memory hole!

[SoCalDem]

31. I linked it to my journal so I wouldn;t lose it

:) Glad it made you smile :)

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Brilliant!

[Amonester]

13. Pictures worth many thousands words.

I am afraid the picture for the future are missing after the last two (which represent the present, IMHO, and the others, the past):

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

It's Bush's fault.

[LSparkle]

14. So long, Pooty-Poot!

"I HAD to quit you, man ... "

:rofl:

[Spazito]

21. Awsome montage with perfect captions! Well done!

I thought I would no longer be picking my chin up off my keyboard and had read it all re the bush cabal's infantile behavior but, I confess, this little goodie created a whole new set of chin bruises:

"...Moscow's increasingly wayward behaviour."

Wayward????? Geez.....just Geez!

[arikara]

22. It was never meant to be...

he always belonged to another.

[SoCalDem]

24. The Fickle Cowboy

what a tramp

[arikara]

29. You're right!

After looking at all these pics, my gaydar is a-hummin'.

Edit to add pics

Don't forget these two lovebirds...

[canichelouis]

32. What a hoot

33. Putin was KGB, although from a poor background

It looks like they understand each other on some level? Male bonding?

[Hubert Flottz]

36. Love is a long and slender thing!

Pootie Poot can't even afford Bush's Vodka! Pooty looked into Bush's eye and saw empty space for as far as the eye could see! I can hear him on the phone now..."Mr. Dumbya, tear down your new wall!"

[petgoat]

38. How Can He Quit Pooty Poot?

Vladimir was kind enough to warn him that suicide pilots were training for
attacks in the USA.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,53065,00.html

[opihimoimoi]

39. But But, Bush is the UNITER??? As it is, it turns out Bush is the DIVIDER

Poor Bush, out classed, out foxed, and out manuvered...

into the corner he goes...to sulk and pout....

Bad Bush....Bad Bush....go to your room and no TV, NO TOYS, and no NUTHIN.....

[lies and propaganda]

40. 'dress alike days' killed me!

what in the hell did they both wear that for?

so embarassing.

[SoCalDem]

41. I think it was when they both went to China

for some conference..

[Nostradammit]

42. That is Amazing!!!

Thanks ~ that was very enjoyable.


Dealing with Bush is probably the worst part of Putin's job.

[peekaloo]

43. Ah, giving the Pootster the cold war shoulder.

:cry:

[SoCalDem]

44. one last kick, before it sleeps with the fishies

:)

[peekaloo]

46. Saturday repeat for the love affair's finale.

:-)

[Lord Binky]

45. That was great!

I only wish I had enough posts to recommend!

[SoCalDem]

47. Welcome to DU..(can't recommend after 24 hrs anyway)

It's the thought that counts :loveya: