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Friday Photo Fun (Russians at Red Square
google photo | 5.9.08

Posted on 05/09/2008 11:45:14 AM PDT by meandog

Caption photos of soldiers at Kremlin's Red Square.


TOPICS: Russia
KEYWORDS: military; russia; soldiers
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Soldier in middle to soldier on left..."Stop that Ivan, plenty of time for that later when we get to Dimitri's house!" Soldier at end of line: "Damn "Don't Ask, Don't Tell!"

1 posted on 05/09/2008 11:45:14 AM PDT by meandog
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To: meandog

“We are finally getting fed again!”


2 posted on 05/09/2008 11:46:11 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: meandog

“i found out today that putin is really a woman”


3 posted on 05/09/2008 11:47:28 AM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: meandog

I hope we are not assigned to a submarine unless it is American.


4 posted on 05/09/2008 11:47:56 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: meandog

My hat’s bigger than your hat.


5 posted on 05/09/2008 11:47:59 AM PDT by donna (We live in this fog of political correctness, where everything is perpetual deception.-John Hagee)
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To: meandog

“And then our new President appointed Putin as Russia’s Prime Minister. Really, can you believe it?”


6 posted on 05/09/2008 11:50:15 AM PDT by vox_freedom
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To: meandog

OOh, just got a tingle up my leg!


7 posted on 05/09/2008 11:50:25 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: meandog
who cut the сыр?
8 posted on 05/09/2008 11:50:50 AM PDT by Blogger
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To: meandog

"Pass it on.... Putin wears Victoria's Secret panties - Red ones!"

9 posted on 05/09/2008 11:51:28 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Politicians cannot buy votes that are not for sale.)
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Guess which one had cabbage and beans for lunch.


10 posted on 05/09/2008 11:52:27 AM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: meandog; monkapotamus; dead; Tailgunner Joe; tomkow6; All

OMG this classic Tomkow, monk dead get in here NOWWW


11 posted on 05/09/2008 11:53:16 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: 2banana

“Look - up in the sky - it’s Matthias Rust!”


12 posted on 05/09/2008 11:53:38 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Friends with umbrellas are outstanding in the rain.)
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To: meandog

Numbers 5 & 6 from the left are...clones?


13 posted on 05/09/2008 11:54:30 AM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (There was once consensus that the world was flat.)
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To: meandog

“Vladimar, although an identical triplet, never did seem to fit in with his two brothers.” Is it just the uniform? But giggles sure looks like a spittin image of the two guys to his left! Who to me are almost carbon-copies!


14 posted on 05/09/2008 11:55:50 AM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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To: D-fendr
Guess which one had cabbage and beans for lunch.

I'd bet some had both, some had one and many had zilch.

What a joke and a sad recollection of the "old cold days".

15 posted on 05/09/2008 11:55:55 AM PDT by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: Fundamentally Fair

Photoshopped to make the Red Army look bigger than it actually is?


16 posted on 05/09/2008 11:56:27 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: Fundamentally Fair
Numbers 5 & 6 from the left are...clones?

I thought EXACTLY the same thing !

17 posted on 05/09/2008 11:57:10 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Fundamentally Fair

I spent too much time posting! It almost looks like those KGB guys were up to their photo-manipulation stuff and they messed up on this one.

“No you idiot, change the guy on HIS right! The goofball with the silly grin.”


18 posted on 05/09/2008 11:58:54 AM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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To: meandog

“Anybody else got a crick in their neck?”


19 posted on 05/09/2008 12:01:25 PM PDT by babyfreep
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To: 21twelve

This photo, showing a smiling Vladimar Sirinikov, was found in an old box of original photos. The official photograph printed in the May Day program shows a stern-faced Vladimar. This is the last known photo of him.


20 posted on 05/09/2008 12:03:14 PM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

"The Stoli minibottle is in my left pocket, Vitali...that's it, deeper; Ohhh-h-h! You got it!
21 posted on 05/09/2008 12:03:43 PM PDT by meandog ((please pray for future President McCain, day minus 256 and counting))
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To: D-fendr
Guess which one had cabbage and beans for lunch.

LOL...winner!

22 posted on 05/09/2008 12:05:36 PM PDT by meandog ((please pray for future President McCain, day minus 256 and counting))
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To: meandog; All

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2005: Russian leader/Prime minister Vladimir Putin on the collapse of the Soviet Union...
"World democratic opinion has yet to realize the alarming implications of President Vladimir Putin's State of the Union speech on April 25, 2005, in which he said that the collapse of the Soviet Union represented the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.'
http://www.hooverdigest.org/053/beichman.html

From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order." http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html

From "45 Communist Goals":
Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963:

1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.

'Goals' 4-45 can be found here or at many other sites through a web search for "45 goals":
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm

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Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

February 29, 2008 :: News
MissileThreat.com

A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:

Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.

First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[i.e. not win it]

Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

I will slow our development of future combat systems.

And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.

Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.

You know where I stand. I've fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don't switch positions or make promises that can't be kept. I don't posture on defense policy and I don't take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.

Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:
http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp

"MissileThreat.com is a project of The Claremont Institute devoted to understanding and promoting the requirements for the strategic defense of the United States."

From the Russian News and Information Agency:
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html

From National Public Radio (NPR):
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been visiting countries such as China, Iran and Russia as part of an effort to build a 'strategic alliance' of interests not beholden to the United States. He considers the United States his arch enemy.":
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5729764

Russia, China flex muscles in joint war games
Reuters: Aug 17, 2007

CHEBARKUL, Russia (Reuters) - Russia and China staged their biggest joint exercises on Friday but denied this show of military prowess could lead to the formation of a counterweight to NATO.

"Today's exercises are another step towards strengthening the relations between our countries, a step towards strengthening international peace and security, and first and foremost, the security of our peoples," Putin said.

Fighter jets swooped overhead, commandos jumped from helicopters on to rooftops and the boom of artillery shells shook the firing range in Russia's Ural mountains as two of the largest armies in the world were put through their paces.

The exercises take place against a backdrop of mounting rivalry between the West, and Russia and China for influence over Central Asia, a strategic region that has huge oil, gas and mineral resources.

Russia's growing assertiveness is also causing jitters in the West. Putin announced at the firing range that Russia was resuming Soviet-era sorties by its strategic bomber aircraft near NATO airspace.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-29030120070817?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

U.S. Navy Intercepts Russian Bombers Flying Near Ships
Monday, February 11, 2008
WASHINGTON (Associated Press) U.S. fighter planes intercepted two Russian bombers flying unusually close to an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific during the weekend, The Associated Press has learned.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330362,00.html

Obama Promises to Dismantle Our Armed Forces
by Robert Maginnis
Posted 04/10/2008 ET


(Mr. Maginnis is a retired Army lieutenant colonel, a national security and foreign affairs analyst for radio and television and a senior strategist with the U.S. Army)

YouTube has an undated 52-second clip of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barrack Obama outlining his plans for America’s national defense. Obama’s presentation demonstrates either total naivete about important national security programs or he is just pandering for votes among the extreme left.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=25942

Note: Although I sent Human Events the ORIGINAL youtube video several weeks ago (original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o84PE871BE ) and asked that they replace the copy they refer to (copy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs ), they still have not yet done so. The original comes directly from the Obama camp itself and so is a lot more credible. In any case, Col Maginnis does an excellent in-depth must read analysis of Obama's proposed defense policies (see: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=25942).-Eye On The Left

23 posted on 05/09/2008 12:06:33 PM PDT by Eye On The Left
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To: 21twelve

"The USSR?!!! I thought we were done with that thingk!!!"

24 posted on 05/09/2008 12:08:47 PM PDT by weegee ("I didn't kill innocent people." - Bill Ayers, Weatherman. Terrorist. Obama's comrade.)
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To: meandog

Artie Johnson moved to Russia?

25 posted on 05/09/2008 12:09:46 PM PDT by weegee ("I didn't kill innocent people." - Bill Ayers, Weatherman. Terrorist. Obama's comrade.)
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To: meandog
More here:

Caption This: Obama, Clinton, McCain and more (It's Friday)

26 posted on 05/09/2008 12:11:25 PM PDT by weegee ("I didn't kill innocent people." - Bill Ayers, Weatherman. Terrorist. Obama's comrade.)
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To: Blogger

LOL


27 posted on 05/09/2008 12:13:04 PM PDT by Siberian-psycho (An oppressed class which did not try to possess arms, would deserve to be treated as slaves." Lenin)
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To: meandog

Makes me wonder if all of the activists who made Obama who is today aren't tributed in some sort of nesting doll somewhere...

28 posted on 05/09/2008 12:14:19 PM PDT by weegee ("I didn't kill innocent people." - Bill Ayers, Weatherman. Terrorist. Obama's comrade.)
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To: weegee


29 posted on 05/09/2008 12:16:44 PM PDT by weegee ("I didn't kill innocent people." - Bill Ayers, Weatherman. Terrorist. Obama's comrade.)
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To: meandog
Putin looks like such a peckerhead
30 posted on 05/09/2008 12:17:55 PM PDT by Siberian-psycho (An oppressed class which did not try to possess arms, would deserve to be treated as slaves." Lenin)
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To: weegee

Those are cool egg shapes LOL!

Tell you one thing about Russians they are good artists that only cool thing also creator of greatest booze
VODKA

Good artists
Good vodka makers


31 posted on 05/09/2008 12:20:44 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: meandog

“Andz then Hannahs Montanas put on a bedsheets, and mushed her hair all the way up, and then lady took photograf, can you believe?”


32 posted on 05/09/2008 12:24:08 PM PDT by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
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To: weegee
Nice photos of these old Russian soldiers. I have mixed feelings. They went through a lot in WWII and were our allies. Plus, the conditions they were put through were awful. Charging at the Germans and waiting for an armed comrade to fall so they could grab the weapon, starvation, Stalingrad, etc. I imagine that while they fought for Mother Russia (a good thing) they soon found out what Stalin was really about.

On the other hand, I'm sometimes of like mind as my old man at the time - we should have just swung north after Germany fell and finished them off then. I think that would have been pretty tough, both politically and militarily.

33 posted on 05/09/2008 12:25:08 PM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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To: meandog
Noting, no doubt, the Women's Army Corp passing in parade:


34 posted on 05/09/2008 12:25:42 PM PDT by TonyInOhio ( Dedicated to the preservation of American Exceptionalism)
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To: TonyInOhio

“PRESENT Legs!” (Oh - I mean ARMS!)


35 posted on 05/09/2008 12:28:41 PM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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To: TonyInOhio

Not guilty! None of them.


36 posted on 05/09/2008 12:35:05 PM PDT by CSM (Kakistocracy: Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.)
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To: meandog

Alright you Russophiles out there, someone plz to be translating the below insanity for me. 0_o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rAHrHd2lcw


37 posted on 05/09/2008 12:36:49 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: 2banana
"I can has cheezburger!"
38 posted on 05/09/2008 12:39:02 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: 21twelve

Yes, I can’t be too hard on these WWII veterans although I don’t know to what end they served the USSR afterwards or if they had any regrets. The portrait of the man with a Stalin painting should be jarring.

There are a number of photos online here:

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Russian-President-Dmitry-Medvedev-World-War-II-St-Petersburg-Red-Square-Dmitry-Medvedev/ss/events/wl/050708dmitrymedvedev/im:/080509/ids_photos_wl/r364968286.jpg#photoViewer=/080509/ids_photos_wl/r2121326315.jpg


39 posted on 05/09/2008 12:39:29 PM PDT by weegee ("I didn't kill innocent people." - Bill Ayers, Weatherman. Terrorist. Obama's comrade.)
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To: weegee
Very interesting, but stupid. ;)
40 posted on 05/09/2008 12:44:56 PM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (There was once consensus that the world was flat.)
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To: TonyInOhio

41 posted on 05/09/2008 12:45:31 PM PDT by meandog ((please pray for future President McCain, day minus 256 and counting))
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To: ironangel

How'd you like to share a hooch with her?
42 posted on 05/09/2008 12:47:57 PM PDT by meandog ((please pray for future President McCain, day minus 256 and counting))
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To: Frank_Discussion
"I can has cheezeburger" with Russian twist :)


43 posted on 05/09/2008 12:54:34 PM PDT by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: TonyInOhio

44 posted on 05/09/2008 12:57:49 PM PDT by klpt
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To: klpt; TonyInOhio
click here to join the Russian army and see the babes.
45 posted on 05/09/2008 1:16:07 PM PDT by meandog ((please pray for future President McCain, day minus 256 and counting))
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To: TonyInOhio

Now you’re talking comrade!!!
I take it those are Putins body guards reporting for duty.


46 posted on 05/09/2008 1:22:00 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: meandog

Fourth soldier from left: “It was the beans, I tell you...”


47 posted on 05/09/2008 1:44:47 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: meandog
"WHEN YOU LOOK AWAY FROM YOUR WEAPON, REMOVE YOUR FINGER FROM THE TRIGGER GUARD!!"

She may be cute, but I would have raised my voice.

/johnny

48 posted on 05/09/2008 2:30:09 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Bless us all, each, and every one.)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace
I looked for the lyrics on the web, but couldn't find them. I couldn't do the whole song, so here is the refrain. The translation is the best I can do, and it's probably not perfect by any stretch.

The singer's name is Aleksandr Buynov.

Airborne - Hello from the sky
Angled on the head ultramarine beret
Dark teeshirts and many epaulets
Forever from the sky the airborne is fated to be

Airborne - how many victories?
And from the parachutes white bouquets
Rainbow of the world answers to order
Glory to the airborne
Honor and Praise

49 posted on 05/09/2008 3:42:43 PM PDT by Cheburashka (Liberalism: a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.)
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To: meandog
The Halftime Entertainment.
50 posted on 05/09/2008 3:56:09 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Play that Funky Music Typical White Boy!)
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