[Stavka2]

Yup, I was impressed. I love pointing out the obvious to these nuts. Oh, we are doomed, we are doomed, we can only blow up the world 6 times and those bastards can do it 8 times. What shall we do? Know what I mean?

[MarMema]

Americans don't get out enough. A german once told me on a Lufthansa flight something similar. He said our biggest downfall here in America is limited access to other cultures, few borders with other countries (Canada hardly counts as a separate culture), and we don't bother to learn a second or third language.

In Russia the 2nd graders speak near-perfect English and are working on their third language.

For vacations Americans go to Boston and think they have seen something really old.

[MarMema]

It must be frustrating for you. You move to America, the Soviet Union collapses, and then you find you are back in the Soviet Union, with all the propoganda, fears, and mistrust you thought were left behind.