Ronald Wilson Reagan=Scumball

[Trainer Monkey]

Ever heard of the Ural mountains? There is plenty of resources in the Urals: coal, iron, nickel, silver, gold, platinium, chromite, zircon, topaz, need I go on? Plenty of Russia is "fertile land", how else would they have been able to support a feudal-style peasant ecomonic and social system until 1917 if there was no fertile land?
You're making yourself look like a fool.

Actually you are,there wasnt plenty
The whole thing was too stretched out to be supported,just like is happening to us right now
Empire is impossable to sustain
No most of the USSR isnt fertile land,again explain the grain embargo otherwise
Go on this should be funny
And when Im done letting you dangle on the line,Ill take a picture of some of those history books I didnt read,they shouldnt be hard to find,theyre over in my library
And theyre all very well thumbed through
Hint,hint,not only did I live through the period your trying to redefine,Im an avid fan of studying history
"Those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past,are condemned to repeat them"-George Santyana
Wanna see my leather bound copy of "The Genteel Tradition At Bay"?
Never assume sahib

[Trainer Monkey]

Heres some of the History Books I dont own

Lets see,there isnt The History Of The Goths
Mother Jones The Most Dangerous Woman In America certainly isnt there
The 1925 Geological Survey of Mercer Monroe And Sumner Counties is definitly a figment of the cameras imagination
Want me to dig up some quotes randomly from my non-existant copy of Rosseau's "Discourse On Inequality"?

[CFH]

Heres some of the History Books I dont own

Lets see,there isnt The History Of The Goths
Mother Jones The Most Dangerous Woman In America certainly isnt there
The 1925 Geological Survey of Mercer Monroe And Sumner Counties is definitly a figment of the cameras imagination
Want me to dig up some quotes randomly from my non-existant copy of Rosseau's "Discourse On Inequality"?

Wow, seven books, none of which are related to the subject at hand. Seriously though, why don't we just drop this, there's no sense in continuing. Neither of us is going to convince the other of anything. I was just having some fun with you and got a bit carried away.

[Trainer Monkey]

Wow, seven books, none of which are related to the subject at hand. Seriously though, why don't we just drop this, there's no sense in continuing. Neither of us is going to convince the other of anything. I was just having some fun with you and got a bit carried away.

Awwww cmon,I could have tossed up Laughing Through The Eighties,or Bushisms(the elder not the younger)or Jim Hightower,or Molly Ivins,or The Devils Horsemen,and yes I think "The History Of Western Civilization" is indeed relevant,but I only had so much chair to work with,and so much camera range to work with,I totally missed the title of that one with the camera angle.
Care to see my collection of Russian literature,Im betting it beats 7 kinds of hell out of yours.
He swings,he misses again
You made alot of assumptions,and now you have to deal with the ass part
And yes Dissenter In A Great Society is totally relevant to the discussion
Actually now that I think about it so is the Geological survey,it shows our vastly superior wealth,oddly enough,that isnt a book,of course you wouldnt know that,its a collection of geological maps that give an overlay of the composition of the area

[CFH]

Awwww cmon,I could have tossed up Laughing Through The Eighties,or Bushisms(the elder not the younger)or Jim Hightower,or Molly Ivins,or The Devils Horsemen,and yes I think "The History Of Western Civilization" is indeed relevant,but I only had so much chair to work with,and so much camera range to work with,I totally missed the title of that one with the camera angle.
Care to see my collection of Russian literature,Im betting it beats 7 kinds of hell out of yours.
He swings,he misses again
You made alot of assumptions,and now you have to deal with the ass part
And yes Dissenter In A Great Society is totally relevant to the discussion
Actually now that I think about it so is the Geological survey,it shows our vastly superior wealth,oddly enough,that isnt a book,of course you wouldnt know that,its a collection of geological maps that give an overlay of the composition of the area

In general, I despise Russian literature, so I don't own any of it, my girlfriend loves it and I have not been able to enjoy to books she has lent me.
Just because you own some books (I didn't seriously doubt your ability to read, just your ability to think) doesn't mean you aren't an idiot.

[Trainer Monkey]

In general, I despise Russian literature, so I don't own any of it, my girlfriend loves it and I have not been able to enjoy to books she has lent me.
Just because you own some books (I didn't seriously doubt your ability to read, just your ability to think) doesn't mean you aren't an idiot.

And just because you have the ability to pass a course doesnt mean you arent an idiot either
Rote recitation,does not make up for life experience,Parrots will eventually repeat after you as well,if you take the time
And with russian literature,its usually the translation,not the author.

[Trainer Monkey]

Face it,the desire for Western goods,combined with the crumbling of the Iron Curtain goverments in the form of Tito dying,and the Solidarnosc(Solidarity) movement had more to do with the Soviet Union going under then the Comanche(doesnt work,tends to crash)Helicopter system,or the SDI(also doesnt work)system.
Saying bankrupting America,creating weapon systems that in point of fact didnt work,is what brought down the Soviet empire,is a lack of historical knowledge
Not to mention,the ground work for perestroika was laid under Brezhnev,when the Soviets started partnering with Western Buisnesses