Wednesday, August 5, 2009

PUTIN: STRIPPED, LOCKED AND LOADED...

THE MYTH OF THE RUSSIAN "FRONTIERSMAN" IS AS POWERFUL IN RUSSIA AS THE MYTH OF THE COWBOY AND MOUNTAIN MAN IN AMERICA...

RUSSIANS LOVE TO CAMP OUT AND HUNT...AND WORK IN THEIR "DACHA GARDENS"...

BEING OUT ON THE LAND SEEMS TO BE PART OF THE RUSSIAN SOUL...

WHICH MAKES IT SEEM VERY ODD THAT SOVIET SLAVS CAN BE HAPPY LIVING IN THOSE DISMALLY MASSIVE APARTMENT BLOCS....THAT YOU SEE IN EVERY SOVIET CITY...

PERHAPS PUTIN IS TRYING TO TOUCH THAT "RURAL NERVE" IN THE COLLECTIVE CZARIST UNCONSCIOUS OF THE RUSSIAN APARTMENT DWELLER...WHO IS STUCK IN HIS 15TH FLOOR APARTMENT MASSIVE , EACH WITH ITS OWN TINY RUN DOWN "BALCONY"...

OUT THERE IN THE BARREN SUBURBS OF A CITY WITH A LOT OF "GREEN SPACE" ...BUT WHERE THE GRASS IS HARDLY EVER CUT ... AND "COMMUNITY DOG PACKS" RUN WILD...

...NEXT TO HIS "HIGHLY EFFICIENT AND CHEAP" METRO STATION...