why sudden silence?

[meadow]

until we see the world as one entity, with the different religions, languages,
cultures tolerated — no, treasured — parts of that whole, we are condemned to a
politic of self-interest.
d

Wayne Johnson wrote:

> 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