Comments on: World Bank: Russia needs a bailout, too

By: There's My Two Cents

There's My Two Cents — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:05:55 +0000

Bailout Update…

The madness continues unabated.

I seriously wonder what kind of brain damage our leaders have. It seems that bailout fever is short-circuiting otherwise intelligent brains and causing a complete loss of higher functions like logic….

By: sheebe

sheebe — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:12:12 +0000

We best not bail out Russia. Russia can kiss my a**! That would be the worse mistake we could ever do. Is kiss up to Russia. Let them go down!

By: andycanuck

andycanuck — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:47:49 +0000

I'm in favour of the bailout... just let Georgians, Ukrainians and Belarussians administer it. BTW, the ~~Soviets~~ Russians just gave ten MiG29 fighter jets to Lebanon for free; and are starting up an ICBM replacement programme, so they need the money.

By: hanzblinx

hanzblinx — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:44:34 +0000

Let’s hope Bush leaves office before he gets the chance to bail them out too. At least the senate has some balls.

By: ernesto

ernesto — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:22:22 +0000

HA!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Destroying oil demand once and for all is looking more like the magic “hurt all your enemies in a real big way” bullet we’ve been looking for. Where are those damned electric cars and maglev trains already??

By: snaggletoothie

snaggletoothie — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:07:19 +0000

Obama is probably dying to help Russia. Who knows what dirt Putin might have on Obama that the dinosaur media didn't feel like looking for.

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:50:58 +0000

btw, the WSJ is reporting today that China is busy building a gas pipeline from China to Turkmenistan, which has one of the world’s largest natural gas fields. For the first time, I believe, Caspian area energy resources will flow EAST instead of WEST. This will leave Russia in a better position vis a vis Europe. Today, Russia again threatened to shut off gas to Ukraine, as they claim Ukraine has fallen behind in their dollar denominated gas bill, due to the rapid devaluation of the Ukrainian currency relative to the dollar. Russia and China are still playing for keeps while we have our energy thumbs up our a**es.

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:41:02 +0000

If I was running China, I’d buy Russia,in one way or another. It has no people and lots of energy. (It’s our Canada, and to a lesser extent, Mexico.) China has only people and no energy. I think China could strike a great deal now. Let’s see how good they’ve become at captitalism. Seems like a no-brainer. The two together would be very powerful and a formidable opponent.

By: the_nile

the_nile — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:26:51 +0000

If i remember it correctly , the Berlin wall fell because of the bankruptcy of Soviet union , no bailout there right?
Why not take that lesson from history .

And please drill.

By: Done That

Done That — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:16:21 +0000

The victorious motherland could save a lot of cash by staying out of the Americas. Right now they are in Havana Harbor. Guess they heard O is the new Kennedy. Here we go again.

By: Harpoon

Harpoon — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:11:53 +0000

Seeing plummeting demand and prices cause Russia, Iran and Venezuela to squirm is almost enough to get me out of my car and onto the bus.

innominatus on December 19, 2008 at 3:13 PM

This is the main reason why I would love to see cheap alternative fuel. But since it is not viable…. DRILL, BABY, DRILL!

By: Akzed

Akzed — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:01:54 +0000

I gotcha bailout right heya, Pootie-poot.

By: johnnyU

johnnyU — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:50:56 +0000

Guess he shouldn’t have ‘given’ those free Migs away to Lebanon now should he? Tough beans Pooty. Maybe sell more trips to our Space Station we’re busting our ass for and risking ourselves to finish.

I am also canceling my Petro Oil service because they are allegedly tied to Chavez.

Eat crap and die Pooty ole Poot Poot.

By: locomotivebreath1901

locomotivebreath1901 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:32:47 +0000

K.G.B. nostalgia.

By: MrScribbler

MrScribbler — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:31:07 +0000

Can we all agree to keep quiet on this? If Dubya finds out, he won’t be able to resist bailing out Vlad.

Mark30339 on December 19, 2008 at 2:45 PM

I predict a race to see if Dubya can bail out his ol’ buddyroo, “Poot,” before Osama Obama does.

Why stop now? The Norks could surely use a few hundred billion, too.

Of course the thousands of Russian millionaires won’t be asked to kick in…they don’t own all the Maybachs and tasteless bling in the world yet.

By: AZCoyote

AZCoyote — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:19:56 +0000

Now the World Bank wants its members to prepare to assist Russia after watching how Putin spent the cash.

I’m sure Citizen of the World Bambi will think that’s a swell idea. As he lectured us during the campaign, America’s biggest moral failing is our failure to do more to help our fellow world citizens in time of trouble. No doubt he’ll want to remedy that particular failing ASAP.

By: innominatus

innominatus — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:13:43 +0000

Seeing plummeting demand and prices cause Russia, Iran and Venezuela to squirm is almost enough to get me out of my car and onto the bus.

By: ThackerAgency

ThackerAgency — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:13:11 +0000

“30 a barrel a disaster for the world economy”…yeah the “world” suffers from cheap plentiful energy….er wait a sec…

sven10077 on December 19, 2008 at 2:38 PM

When oil was at 10 bucks 10 years ago the Arab countries and Texas and oil states were begging for help. Arab countries could not feed their people. We are going back there.

Expect an oil bailout by the next election cycle in 2010. I’m going to laugh.

By: kanda

kanda — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:11:46 +0000

Well…it anyone would know its the world bank. I din’t know Russia was on its last legs. They have Navy ships in Cuber….

By: jukin

jukin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:11:25 +0000

“If oil prices in 2009 and 2010 average $30 a barrel, that would be a nightmare scenario for a global economy,”

WTF?????????????

If it had never gotten past $30/bbl we would not be in the financial crisis we are in now

By: jukin

jukin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:09:32 +0000

Couldn’t happen to a nicer country.

By: ronsfi

ronsfi — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:09:27 +0000

Umm…the heads not the boats.

By: ronsfi

ronsfi — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:08:42 +0000

Time to subsidize some good ol’ Kremlin scull crackin’!

By: notagool

notagool — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:05:54 +0000

Bush knows Putin and having looked into his eyes and shared fried okra with him, Bush has deemed the Impaler as trustworthy.

Ergo, Russia gets on the Bailout list.

By: amerpundit

amerpundit — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:59:05 +0000

It warms my little neocon fascist heart to see such upstanding members of the world society like Russia, Venezuela, and Iran suffering.