Thursday, January 15, 2009

Why the US and Russia will never get along

I had my eyes opened on my trip.  Russia is a great place.  The people are friendly and nice.  I will go again in march, and have nothing but positive things to say from my trip.

But

There are some things, that stand out.  I know understand why the 2 greatest nations will never be friends.

  1. Fur Coats, 80% of the female population in Russia are wearing fur coats.  In the US, 50% of the female population are through paint on fur coats.
  2. Waiting in line, they don't, we do.  There cutting in line is just done with shopping cart if necessary.  Here not so much...
  3. Language, so they don't teach English any more than we teach Spanish in our schools.  We both pretend but it really doesn't happen.  You can't be friends if you can't have a chat.
  4. Cold, I'm from Minnesota so the weather there was fine.  Also some of the customs and ideas the flow from a cold climate make sense to me.  If you are from Florida, they will not.  To much of the US is warm.
  5. History, they have it, we want it.
  6. Similarity's, there is so much that is the same it is uncanny.  People are just people after all.  But when you are told a group is evil and you learn they are just like you, then you ether admit it is all a lie, or you ignore the obvious.  Clearly more people ignore.
  7. Did I mention Fur coats?
  8. Also, many Fur hats.  The hats the have there are warm comfortable and soft.  But they are also a dead critter, and again we run into the PETA nightmare that is Russia.

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