why sudden silence?

[Wayne Johnson]

So there I was, watching.  And there they were, Presidents Putin and Bushki,
smiling and hamming it up in the Crawford, Texas High School gymnasium.
Lots of shots of smiling, fresh and innocent faces.  Bushki leaning on the
pulpit, tanned, waving his arm at his new "friend".  I thought to myself,
why shouldn't he like Putin, afterall, Putin was the former head of the KGB,
so Bushki's gonna naturally warm up to this guy, given his old Dad's job
history.   Putin looked like any good CEO...poised, alert, ready for a quick
witted, clearly very smart.  Putin's eyes taking in everything, everything.
What a day for good relations!  What a day for wives!  The two Presidents of
the two (of three) most powerful nations in the world putting on this happy
little show.  Bob, I'll tell you, it made me feel so good.  All the right
buttons were pushed.  Glasnost and re-kindling of old allies...is this good
theater or what?

Oh, Russian oil production is equal to that of Saudi Arabia.  Seems OPEC is
a little miffed at Russia over the price of oil right now.

Surely.  Surely, there is NO relationship of any kind between the Russian
President's quick-to-call Bushki actions of 9/11/01 and the desire to
develop good oil relationships with the US.  No, that would be too cynical.
Putin is such a nice man, such a nice smile, such quick eyes.

W