Author: BillBill
Date: Aug 19, 2008 22:42
That picture of Peter the Great in Mr. Putin's office
has got me wondering if it is possible that Russians
are turning "White" nowadays. Â Maybe those
brilliant Russian scientists have invented a sort
of "lightener cream" for the mind, one that can turn a
Red mind White, or at least "white" enough so the user
can "pass" in a world where being a Red dinosaur
is totally out of fashion. Â Â I realize that for many
decades after the Revolution, White Russians
where considered anathema in the Russia where
the prole was king. Â Â Actually, your typical White
Russian was far more pleasant and better educated
than an unshaven, unwashed, vodka swilling Red-nosed
prole. Â So now, when the ruler of the country has a
picture of of Peter the Great hanging in his officeÂ
instead of a picture of Stalin, one might wonder if
Russia is not trying to be White again, while the last
vestiges of Red Russia -- those faded tips of the
Communist tail -- fade away and fall off. Â Of course,
really it is a moot issue. Â Â Most of the Czars were ...
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