Okay. Now I'm confused. Putin is bad. Except when he supports President Bush. Then he's good. But, the election's over and now he's bad again? My head hurts!

But, reading further down, I wonder if maybe there is more than one Putin. He hasn't been to the University of Pittsburgh lately, has he?

I'm pretty sure Putin is evil... but sometimes useful.

Ah, I see now. Thanks for clearing that up.

Just like any other tool, Putin is to be used when and where appropriate. And the Ukraine election showed: Putin is a real tool.

It all makes sense now. Thanks.

Are we stopping at the O' for fries before or after the mob activities?

Vlad (or like he calls himself, Czar Vladimir) is definitely evil. Look at his evil wampire grin when he wears a poncho. But there's still the rule where one keeps their enemies close as much as safely possible, you know. And if that's while taking one or two non-poisoned gifts, the better.

Yes, politics are on a great deal heartless.

Putin comes from the KGB, so he's tainted and whether he can be trusted is up in the air. He'll use us when he can, without giving much back.

At least he recently returned lands to the Russian Orthodox Church that were confiscated by the communists.

BTW Ukraine does not have the word 'the' in front of it any more than Texas does.

Is it okay to use a tiki torch instead of a regular torch for the mob scene?
I have plenty of tiki torches but no gasoline soaked rags to tie around a stick.

> McWert Deglieb at December 7, 2004 07:22 AM
> BTW Ukraine does not have the word 'the' in front of it any more than Texas does.

Dude, I know you ain't talkin' to me. But, I don't see where "the" and "Ukraine" appear together in this posting or thread other than my use.

The "the" in my sentence refers to "election" and "Ukraine" modifies the word "election" to specify which election. Like saying "the Texas primary." In that usage, it's "the primary" and "Texas" tells which primary, to tell the difference between it and the Georgia primary.

I said "the Ukraine election," as in "the election," with "Ukraine" telling which election.

So, I know you ain't talkin' to me.

And, if you were simply passing along information and I took it wrong... uh, hmmm, uhhh, ... never mind.

DUH? I'm confused. Putin is a tool to be used at will and he is a tool? What happened to that band Tool? Did the Russian tool Putin like have them killed to claim the name tool for himself? That greddy Russian son of a... I liked that band!

DUH? I'm confused. Putin is a tool to be used at will and he is a tool? What happened to that band Tool? Did the Russian tool Putin like have them killed to claim the name tool for himself? That greddy Russian son of a... I liked that band!

> mulch
> What happened to that band Tool?

These guys? http://www.toolband.com/

Never heard of them. Maybe they had "a lot of nothing to say."

you know, it should be ColdWarII: electric boogaloo. duh.

Isn't the Cathedral of Learning a dark temple to the left? Therefore it must be smashed!

But if Putin is on the wrong side, that means that you are endorsing the Soros side?

How is George Soros less bad than Putin? Putin didn't do everything he could to defeat the President. Soros tried to defeat this country once already, I'm leary his candidate will reflect his funder.

>so stop at Ace Hardware and pick up a pitchfork or a torch.

Frank, I'm not sure I'm going to have time to hit the hardware store before we go. Can I order them online? Do you have a link?

Stuck in a sea of apathy,
~N

It's a good thing those environmentalists burned down those homes. Now the developers can claim it on their insurance and buy more wood, causing timber companies to cut down more trees. Not to mention all that smoke from the fire that disrupted the hibernation of the rare Maryland park squirrell.

* A Yemeni sheik said that Allah will bring great storms to America because of his arrest. A little late there, buddy. If you said that before the Florida hurricane season, though, you might have actually converted me.

From the article:

The statement — spoken in English to agents bringing al-Moayad from Frankfurt to New York on Nov. 16, 2003 — counter defense claims that he has no command of the language, prosecutors said.

Apparently he did say that before the hurricane season.

that is ominous looking

'Bud Qaeda'?

I thought it was 'Tipper Qaeda'.

Frank, you graduated from Carnegie Mellon? Were you by any chance in the KGB club they have there?

For those of you unaware, it is not in any way related to the Russians, just uses the name. I know about it because someone I know there is a member of the club.

Actually, what Tommy warned us about was all of the food imported from the Middle East. So, ... just stop eating figs.

haha, Frank you're a freak! I like that.

Okay Frank. I went to Pitt. (And yeah, I always the the Cathedral of Learning was ominous looking). But I just went to Pitt because I couldn't afford CMU (I was a compsci major... I REALLY wanted to go to CMU).

I took German in one of those first floor classrooms in the cathedral. It was set up to look like Parliament (all these uncomfortable wooden chairs facing sideways into the room). But DANG my German teacher was a hottie! Zehr nett!

Frank:

Didn't the CMU students have an unflattering name for Pitt's Cathedral of Learning? My dad is a 1953 graduate of your school's original version (before it was Mellonized in the mid-1960's), known and loved as Carnegie Tech. He and his fellow architecture students referred to that building as the "Tower of Ignorance just up the hill".

Notwithstanding my handle, I have not lived in Pittsburgh for over 40 years, but I still bleed Pirates and Steelers black and gold when I cut myself.

I didn't read the other comments, but has anyone suggested for the second cold war "Cold War II: Nuclear Freeze" if we win again, or "Cold War II: Nuclear Winter" if we don't?