Meshugger Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 A sad day for mother russia. :sad: "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Ehh.. He had his moment standing up to the Communist coup, and deserves part of the credit for turning Russia in a more democratic direction,but wasen't rather more the incompetent drunk while in office, Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 He could make show you a good time... ...and he could even make a President laugh. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Suite Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 A sad day for all Vodka producers around the world. R.I.P. comrade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 ...and he could even make a President laugh. Did Yeltsin just break wind? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Rather like Clinton, I feel he benefits somewhat from his predecessor's performance. EDIT: I mean of course ... er... that thing when... Putin. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Rather like Clinton, I feel he benefits somewhat from his predecessor's performance.EDIT: I mean of course ... er... that thing when... Putin. Although, rather unlike Clinton, he was instrumental in the appointment of the man who replaced him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Rather like Clinton, I feel he benefits somewhat from his predecessor's performance.EDIT: I mean of course ... er... that thing when... Putin. Although, rather unlike Clinton, he was instrumental in the appointment of the man who replaced him. NOW who's being naive? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantousent Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) You're saying that the Gnomes of Zurich, headed by Clinton, put Bush in office? I don't konw who's being naive, but you're being crazy. EDIT: and my response doesn't do justice to Yeltsin. Say what you want about him, but when I was a kid, we were pretty much settled on the idea that Communism was there to stay in the Soviet Union. He was a great man who refused to do nothing. Edited April 24, 2007 by Cantousent Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Is that the same as insisting on doing something? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 You're saying that the Gnomes of Zurich, headed by Clinton, put Bush in office? I don't konw who's being naive, but you're being crazy. I can't help it. It'sa ll this exercise. Angries up the blood. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantousent Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Is that the same as insisting on doing something? No. More like, all it would have taken for the communists to prevail would have been for Yeltsin to do nothing. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Wide lowlands? I thought Yeltsin was native to the Ural mountain range. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Do you remember when he signed the order outlawing the Communist Party on national TV, with Gorbachev looking on and pleading with him to stop? That was a powerful moment. I also remember ( think) that he kept the Irish Prime Minister waiting at Dublin Airport for him because he was too drunk to get off the plane. A mixed record, certainly, but his biggest mistake (allowing a tiny clique of oligarchs to take control of the Russian economy) had a lot to do with bad advice from Western neo-liberals and the World Bank. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 May I henceforth suggest we refer to Putin as 'Vlad the Irradiator'? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 May I henceforth suggest we refer to Putin as 'Vlad the Irradiator'? Does he work in food processing and storage? "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I don't know, but is anyone else scared by recent developments over there? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 All hail Czar Vladimir the Second! "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 It's actually more dangerous to be a journalist in Moscow than in Palestine or Iraq. (Oh no3z, I said the "I" word!?!11one1!! ) OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 The Daily Telegraph is in a nose-diving, tail-spinning panic about it, yes. Myself, I'm worried, but then, I was always worried. Putin has been doing pretty awful things - and allowing his military to do pretty awful things - for many years - in Chechnya, for example. But he was fighting terrorism, so you can't worry about niceties like freedom, human rights and respect for life when you're fighting terrorism, right? Except legalised abuses like that contaminate the whole system, and begin to poison the body politic, as we now see. I really wish the US would close down Guantanamo Bay. :sad: "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 The Daily Telegraph is in a nose-diving, tail-spinning panic about it, yes. Myself, I'm worried, but then, I was always worried. Putin has been doing pretty awful things - and allowing his military to do pretty awful things - for many years - in Chechnya, for example. But he was fighting terrorism, so you can't worry about niceties like freedom, human rights and respect for life when you're fighting terrorism, right? Except legalised abuses like that contaminate the whole system, and begin to poison the body politic, as we now see. I really wish the US would close down Guantanamo Bay. :sad: Compared with the thought of a resurgent imperialist Russia capitalising on a probably isolationist United States, Gitmo strikes me as about of as much consequence as a mimed fart. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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