Well, ultimately whatever the reason for the current state, it is just another cycle in historical migration patterns. Over here in North America, where the worlds greatest migrations have taken place since the sixteenth century , we constantly see waves of immigrants from all over looking to start a new life, funny thing is they rarely come alone.
They always come with a family in hand. Very few single people have the resources, courage and strength to start a new life in a different hemisphere, so this MUST lend to a population 'Left Behind', as well as other reasons.
I know the same takes place in Europe, I was living in Southern Italy in the early nineties, just as peace in Yugoslavia crumbled. Overnight the streets filled with refugees who crossed the Adriatic on anything that floated.
In London, there is a huge Mid-East populatin from what I saw, obviously attracted to the standeards of living and education for those who could afford it, but again, leaving those who cannot behind.
Anyhoo, we are just cogs in the process. But what a wonderful reward at the end of it.
Big T.
P.S. Santa, my neighbour, wants me to tell you all to stop. All this reshuffling of residences and he can't keep the gift list straight!
He has a strange habit at night of putting a candy bar in his enpty gift sack and asking shildren to look inside..... hmmmmmmm. But I'm a trusting soul....
That place name doesn't really exist Tony :o))
George Bush and the US press made the name up :o)
I think they sucked that one out of a thumb too, like the claims and so called "proof" of weapons Saddam was supposed to have !! :o)
Imagine it:
You are sitting in the dessert minding your own business, watching you camels graze, and avoiding getting oil on your clothes !! When suddenly you get half the planet sending missiles at you !! When all you have are a few old Russian assault weapons that wouldn't put a dent in a Volga door and a pea shooter but no peas !!
:o)
The correct term is "The Arab States"
But I guess that sounded too much like "The United States" for Mr Bush`s liking.
Truth is they are probably more "United" than any other area of this planet and unfortunately they didnt choose to have to be so, and its not for good purpose !!
Personally, I believe the Santa Claus story should not be taught to children. Why is it allowed that on this one day of the year that a strange man enters your home without a key, often entering your premises though an open orifice and then precedes to empty his sack in your kiddies bedroom? Any other day of the year a man with the same motive would be arrested. :)
I spent a little time (you sad bugger) looking at the origins behind xmas and various nursery rhymes etc - interesting stuff - that many fail to appreciate what at first just seem a bunch of words strung together. It's so easy these days to just say or do something without knowing what it is we're actually saying/doing or what it means.
I agree with yu dma, those who use phrases they don't understand are horrid, horrid people. shame on them for falling into a speech pattern for those with a higher intellect. That, in my estimates, is like embelishing on your resume. Or lying to a woman about the size of your manhood. I mean who would do such a thing? If my Lord allows those without these sins to cast the first stone... well I'd have to take a walk to the pub for something to help swallow my pride.
I don't think it's possible to continue a lie to a woman about your manhood, one way or another she will find out! ;)
I think like a woman anyway (sometimes), manhood is just a male ego trip! You have what you have so be happy with and make the most of it whilst you can and don't have an operation!
I rarely lie and only really do it when I think it's the best thing for the other person whereas most people tend to lie to protect themselves, making them horrible horrible horrible people. I should introduce you to my ex, a classic b**sh*tter, quickly dumped. I can deal with difficult news or something I don't like (so long as it's not extreme, at which point I will kick off) but don't enjoy the feeling of suspicion when you intuitively know something to be untrue and to find it untrue, is just deceitful. I enjoy a relationship where you can be relaxed, yourself, open and not play foul to the temptation of jealousy, lies and all that goes with it. They're nothing but distructive traits that when you encounter, you should do a u-turn at and run as fast as possible.
I've come to learn that personal evaluation questions that start with 'Do you think.." Or "How does this..." All these question all have only one response.
"How Do I look?" -- Wonderful
"Do you think this purse goes with this...?" -- It looks wonderful
"How do you like the dinner (implication: that I slaved over for the last 4 hours while you played golf..) I made for you? -- It is wonderful, (maybe the addition of a cute name for her like dear, or sugar plum)
Anything else and you flirt with disaster.
Ok, these e-mails and first intros and first meeting everything is A-OK, wonderful woman, you're a great guy, you match, maybe you get married... Rmember one thing, these women are lovely to look at, but I think the russian spirit can be dominating. I recognize many traits these women share with Sicilian or Calabraise women, whom I think are wonderfully zesty... I think it was Olga who wrote earlier.. 'Men are the head of the family, but russian (FSU) women think they are the neck'... Wonderful.
"I don't think it's possible to continue a lie to a woman about your manhood, one way or another she will find out! ;) "
If you are lucky enough to get that far of course :o)
NB: Anyone who says size doesnt matter has a small one !!!
Size bloody well matters to me !! ;o))
The truth can always be dealt with because it is the truth, as soon as lies creep in you have no idea what you are really dealing with !!! At least the truth is a constant !!
Wise words Tony,
when you marry your FSU lady you will be head of the house, but you will have your wifes permission to say so !! Dont be scared though, its not any where near as bad as it might sound, and trust me, you Will be rewarded, and in spades !!!
Last bit for this thread.
2 Arab women walking down the street, one turns to the other and asks "Does my bomb look big in this?" ;o))
Absolutely Glad - and that may explain the change in my Lithuanian exgirlfriend over three years.
She is incredibly beautiful by western standards - and has a figure that you would swear could ONLY have been the result of implants. (But they are natural).
By Russian standards however she could best be described as "medium" beautiful. (Doesn't quite have a perfect face.)
When I met her just months after her arrival to the US, she answered my ad on Yahoo's Personals. She lacked English skills and confidence and thought I was doing her a favor by going out with her?!?! (if only....)
Today she has better English skills and an even more improved (hyper inflated) ego. She is into everything New Age imaginable, and though she has looked for a man regularly - she runs the other way when she finds one. (Perhaps she swings a different way - or perhaps no guy is as perfect as she imagines herself to be.)
i don't know what my point was here. I guess it was just a rant.