Remember when Boris Yeltsin got so upset about a Bill?

Clinton, that is... I seemta recall Yeltsin had a certain amount
of angst when our former President remarked that Russia wuz not a "true" Democracy...

Well, I dunno 'bout THEN, but as fer NOW... what kind of
CAPITALIST = "TRUE' Democracy would ever arrest and jail it's own billionaires???


http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3312313,00.html

MOSCOW (AP) - The dramatic arrest and jailing of the head of
Russia's largest oil company could seriously impede the sprawling country's efforts to restore its economy, the U.S. ambassador and
a prominent economist said Sunday.

The comments came a day after Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the
billionaire head of the Yukos oil company, was seized by special
forces at a Siberian airport, sent back to Moscow, charged with
crimes including forgery, fraud and tax evasion and jailed in one
of Russia's notoriously overcrowded pre-trial detention units.

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So, those Ruskies can do what they want, but I'm pretty certain
that Dubbya and his cronies would think jailin' OIL tycoons is
not a very... SLICK... idea...

And now, folks, I may be gone fer a little while... maybe even LONGER than a little while... I got so many 'gators ta attend ta in my back alley, that I'm really swamped... and I hope ya don't think that's a... CROCK!!!

(I'll keep readin' yer posts, and I DO intend ta git back ta ya sooner or later... )