[InABunkerUnderSF]

Then there's the 59 striped-pants colossi of the Nixon-Ford-Reagan State Department who've sent a letter to the Senate calling on them to reject John Bolton's nomination as U.N. ambassador.

Condi Rice should appoint one of these clowns as head of the visa section at our new consulate in Sagastyr, in the Lena River Delta country of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation.

He could serve as an example for the others. Then again, Siberia is a vast land and her people have long been without consular representation from the US State Department. If a citizen of Siberia wants to take a winter vacation in, say Florida, he has to travel thousands of miles just to apply for a tourist visa.

Maybe we need a string of consulates across northern Siberia. This could be a win-win, Siberians get easier access to warm American tourist destinations and the US gets a means of rewarding State Department officials with postings worthy of their talents and the degree of loyalty they have demonstrated to the United States.

[maryz]

Maybe we need a string of consulates across northern Siberia. This could be a win-win,

You mean we don't have any?? Long overdue move! LOL!

[hosepipe]

[ Maybe we need a string of consulates across northern Siberia. This could be a win-win, Siberians get easier access to warm American tourist destinations and the US gets a means of rewarding State Department officials with postings worthy of their talents and the degree of loyalty they have demonstrated to the United States. ]

Damned good idea...