Looks like DICTATORSHIP is slowly returning to Russia

[bigdarryl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081106/wl_nm/us_russia_medvedev_putin

[bdamomma]

1. Russia had no congratulations issued to Pres-Elect Obama

either, god, bushie has certainly stirred up the hornets nest.

[Captain Hilts]

4. But Medvedev did. nt

[bdamomma]

7. he did?

[Captain Hilts]

8. Yep. I follow the FSU. nt

[kenny blankenship]

2. There is nothing inevitable or invincible about democracy

And it is usually harder to defend a democracy from the antidemocratic forces within it than from the dictatorships outside of it.

[AlCzervik]

3. it's not slowly imo.

[Captain Hilts]

5. Most folks in Russia prefer a strong hand. They have no 'democratic' tradition.

Hell, they didn't get the Reformation or the Renaissance either.

[Avalux]

6. I work with a Russian woman; she's been in this country for 7 years and is now a citizen.

Her allegiance still lies with Russia however and she thinks her 'homeland' is superior to the US in just about every way.

She is also a racist. We had a very brief conversation about the election and the things she said about Obama were sickening. She tells me most Russians share her perspective.

[Captain Hilts]

10. Blacks were real targets for crime when I lived in Moscow. A student from Africa...

was murdered in the dorms at Moscow State - I think he was thrown out a window - and no one was arrested.

Asians got mugged on the streets the most because it was assumed they were wealthy.

[uponit7771]

9. Russians are starting to remind me of US conservatives

[Captain Hilts]

11. They've always been that way. Fseo normalna. Fsoe normalna. nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Yep. Scary times

[ogneopasno]

13. "Returning"? Ahaha ah ahah ah ah ah ah aha hah ah ah ah ahhah ah ahahah ah ah ahah hah ah ah ahh ah

Whew.

ETA: I just got the funniest error message:

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