The wife wants to return to Russia

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

For sure. You're a guest when you're in another country, and you should act appropriately. I can't feel sorry for someone when they pay the consequences for rude behavior.

It's nice to see you advocate bribery and police corruption.

[TBoneTX 44,679]

"musor"=trash

"ment" doesn't have any other meaning, but it's an not-nice word for police... most common one you'll hear.

People will say "svinya," for "pig," too.

In Spanish, this would be "puerco" (or "puerca" for a sow), si man. Those terms are used in Texas, too.

If you ask me they ought to give these goons .22 pistols and pay them $10 for every feral dog they shoot and bring to the dump.

Or, equally good, we could give the goons .22 pistols, ship them to Ecuador, and pay them $10 for every rooster that they shoot, si man. Then, maybe Gringo visitors can get some sleep there, zzz man. Edited July 13, 2011 by TBoneTX

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

In Spanish, this would be "puerco" (or "puerca" for a sow), si man. Those terms are used in Texas, too.

Or, equally good, we could give the goons .22 pistols, ship them to Ecuador, and pay them $10 for every rooster that they shoot, si man. Then, maybe Gringo visitors can get some sleep there, zzz man.

Feral roosters! There are problems everywhere.

[slim 1,514]

Feral roosters! There are problems everywhere.

There would never be feral roosters in RUB countries. People would catch them and eat them.

[SMR 368]

It's nice to see you advocate bribery and police corruption.

Sometimes bribery and police corruption are a feature, not a bug. Did you really want to sit in jail for a couple weeks to have your day in court, pay your fine, and then be disbarred from receiving a visa ever again?

Edited July 13, 2011 by SMR

[Captain Hammer 113]

It's nice to see you advocate bribery and police corruption.

Change in Russia will come from Russians, not tourists. By getting yourself arrested, the only point you're making is that foreigners are trouble-makers, and possibly easy marks.

Edited July 13, 2011 by Captain Hammer

[eekee 182]

Yes, I do not recommend going to Russia and punching people. If you punched someone in a bar in the States, you'd get to spend the night in prison, from what I have seen on tv. And in Russia you paid a bribe.

[TBoneTX 44,679]

There would never be feral roosters in RUB countries. People would catch them and eat them.

This happens in Ecuador, too, especially with those that lose at the cockfights (which are BIG entertainment & gambling business down there, with printed flyers & everything), si man.

In order, the largest population groups in Ecu are:

1. Roosters*

2. Mosquitoes**

3. Dogs***

4. People****

*99.44% of which park outside T-B.'s window in any city or town and vocalize in predetermined consecutive order, beginning at approximately 12:30 a.m.

**100% of which smell T-B. half a block away & shout to their buddies, "All-day buffet!"

***None of which have ever been neutered, spayed, or bathed, or sometimes fed

****All of whom, whenever T-B. attempts to say anything in Spanish, look greatly alarmed and urgently point T-B. to the nearest restroom

Edited July 13, 2011 by TBoneTX

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Sometimes bribery and police corruption are a feature, not a bug. Did you really want to sit in jail for a couple weeks to have your day in court, pay your fine, and then be disbarred from receiving a visa ever again?

I have nothing against bribery as long as it's within a reasonable amount. Not everything I have in my wallet and then a trip to the ATM to grease those fks even more. If the cop was clean, I would have been run in and then sent back...but I made it back to Belarus. so alls well that ends well.

Change in Russia will come from Russians, not tourists. By getting yourself arrested, the only point you're making is that foreigners are trouble-makers, and possibly easy marks.

"Change will come from Russians" ha ha. Nothing is going to change there anytime soon. Corruption is off the hook there, it starts from the top and runs downhill. Even Tsar Putin is worth billions. He fires a few peeps on TV, or yells at them...the government owned and controlled media puts it on the air and the brainwashed peasants there eat it up. Even the ex mayor of Moscow...Luzkhov or whatever his name is was Tsar Putin's man until the bribe money stopped coming in. That country is corrupt, it's always been corrupt, and chances are it will remain corrupt. It's the culture. Russians can talk about this, and talk about that...but in reality and not through rainbow covered glasses...it's going to remain a corrupt country who will never even come close to reaching it's full potential. The closest Russia ever came to that was with Stalin and only after millions of people died working in his labor camps whether it was on dams, railways, buildings, whatever. It's the Russian way of life.

You can talk about the mafia here in the US, Wall Street, whatever, but it doesn't make a hair on an elephant's ####### compared to what goes on over there on a daily basis.

Edited July 13, 2011 by Why_Me

[Captain Hammer 113]

"Change will come from Russians" ha ha. Nothing is going to change there anytime soon. Corruption is off the hook there, it starts from the top and runs downhill. Even Tsar Putin is worth billions. He fires a few peeps on TV, or yells at them...the government owned and controlled media puts it on the air and the brainwashed peasants there eat it up. Even the ex mayor of Moscow...Luzkhov or whatever his name is was Tsar Putin's man until the bribe money stopped coming in. That country is corrupt, it's always been corrupt, and chances are it will remain corrupt. It's the culture. Russians can talk about this, and talk about that...but in reality and not through rainbow covered glasses...it's going to remain a corrupt country who will never even come close to reaching it's full potential. The closest Russia ever came to that was with Stalin and only after millions of people died working in his labor camps whether it was on dams, railways, buildings, whatever. It's the Russian way of life.

You can talk about the mafia here in the US, Wall Street, whatever, but it doesn't make a hair on an elephant's ####### compared to what goes on over there on a daily basis.

Let me rephrase: Change, if it happens at all, will come from Russians. It will never come from tourists or any other outsiders, especially Americans. But yes I agree, corruption is pervasive and debilitating for Russia and all of Eastern Europe. There seems to be no end in sight; as my wife has said, Russia has it's own boot on it's own neck.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Let me rephrase: Change, if it happens at all, will come from Russians. It will never come from tourists or any other outsiders, especially Americans. But yes I agree, corruption is pervasive and debilitating for Russia and all of Eastern Europe. There seems to be no end in sight; as my wife has said, Russia has it's own boot on it's own neck.

Not all of Eastern Europe...Romania yes, the RUB country's yes, but not the Baltics. It's all about culture. RUB country's along with Romania and Moldovia are in a league of their own...along with the Albanians. Hungary, Poland, Czek Republic, even Slovakia doesn't even come close to those country's named up above in the corruption dept.

[ONA 133]

the government owned and controlled media puts it on the air and the brainwashed peasants there eat it up.

You see Russians through an American's eyes.

People in the US might believe in what they see on TV, but that's not the case with Russians. That's why we call it "zomboyaschik" ("zombiebox").

Edited July 13, 2011 by ONA

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

You see Russians through an American's eyes.

People in the US might believe in what they see on TV, but that's not the case with Russians. That's why we call it "zomboyaschik" ("zombiebox").

I don't watch news here unless it's local news. BBC and Reuters online ftw. US news has turned into complete bs. No news on Iraq or that other war unless it's some stupid ####### human rights story about amputee's getting new arms and legs....usually peeps bombed from US war planes and not the Taliban. It's enough to make me want to puke.

[Captain Hammer 113]

On the subject of corruption:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/13/russia-boat-tragedies-idUSLDE76B0QC20110713

It would be one thing if corruption only led to economic problems. But thousands of Russians die every year because of it, and that's the real tragedy. Hopefully Russians will collectively tire of it someday and affect real change. Nobody else can fix the problem but Russia.

[ONA 133]

I don't watch news here unless it's local news. BBC and Reuters online ftw. US news has turned into complete bs. No news on Iraq or that other war unless it's some stupid ####### human rights story about amputee's getting new arms and legs....usually peeps bombed from US war planes and not the Taliban. It's enough to make me want to puke.

I like Euronews.

I'm never watching BBC again, cause I had to watch it for Current Affairs class for 2 years...