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Posted by daNd124 on Tue Jun 18 14:59:50 2013 http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/kraft_putin_stole_bowl_ring_qtB16b5PI0jipYT6tQxUGONew England Patriots owner Robert Kraft revealed the real story behind a 2005 meeting with Vladimir Putin, during which the Russian president pocketed his Super Bowl ring, worth more than $25,000. Kraft, at the time, claimed the diamond-encrusted bauble was a gift, but he now admits Putin stole it, and the White House intervened when he demanded it back. Kraft explained the incident happened while Sandy Weill and other business execs were in St. Petersburg. “I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, ‘I can kill someone with this ring,’ ” Kraft told the crowd at Carnegie Hall’s Medal of Excellence gala at the Waldorf-Astoria.“I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out.” Kraft released a statement at the time, “President Putin, a great and knowledgable sports fan, was clearly taken with its uniqueness. I decided to give him the ring as a symbol of the respect and admiration that I have for the Russian people and [his] leadership. But Kraft really wanted the 4.94-carat bauble back, he said Thursday, admitting he’d gotten a call from the George W. Bush-run White House, saying, “‘It would really be in the best interest of US-Soviet relations if you meant to give the ring as a present.” (In fact the Soviet Union had collapsed 14 years earlier.) But, Kraft said, “I really didn’t [want to]. I had an emotional tie to the ring, it has my name on it. I don’t want to see it on eBay. There was a pause on the other end of the line, and the voice repeated, ‘It would really be in the best interest if you meant to give the ring as a present.’ ” The ring is now reportedly kept in the Kremlin library. Also attending the event were Andre Tippett, Vince Wilfork, Jerod Mayo and Tom Brady, who told us of Tim Tebow joining the Patriots, “I think the more great players we have the better it’s going to be for our team. I hope it turns out well because I’ve had a quite a lot of new guys . . . we’ll see.” |
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Posted by SMAZ on Tue Jun 18 15:04:01 2013, in response to Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by daNd124 on Tue Jun 18 14:59:50 2013. I saw that article too.It's unclear if those are Dumbya's exact words or just Kraft paraphrasing them and Kraft being the one still calling it the Soviet Union. |
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Posted by AlM on Tue Jun 18 15:14:08 2013, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by SMAZ on Tue Jun 18 15:04:01 2013. Or from someone else at the White House.Same category as "57 states" in any case. |
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Posted by bingbong on Tue Jun 18 15:14:55 2013, in response to Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by daNd124 on Tue Jun 18 14:59:50 2013. Is anyone surprised? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Jun 18 15:50:18 2013, in response to Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by daNd124 on Tue Jun 18 14:59:50 2013. Condi Rice ... expert on all things "Soviet" and little else. No surprise at all. She probably briefed him on them commies that morning. :) |
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Posted by the Silence on Tue Jun 18 19:35:09 2013, in response to Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by daNd124 on Tue Jun 18 14:59:50 2013. old people do stuff like that all the time. A close family friend just sent my mother a check made out to my mom under her madien name. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Tue Jun 18 20:37:14 2013, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by AlM on Tue Jun 18 15:14:08 2013. IAWTP |
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Posted by DAnD124 on Mon Mar 3 23:08:19 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by the Silence on Tue Jun 18 19:35:09 2013. people running the country should know better |
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Posted by Train Dude on Mon Mar 3 23:24:03 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by DAnD124 on Mon Mar 3 23:08:19 2014. Hey, great response and it only took a bit less than 9 months to come up with it. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 3 23:50:06 2014, in response to Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by daNd124 on Tue Jun 18 14:59:50 2013. What did Putin say back in 2005? Oh yes: this.Also, commies attack liberals they don't like and try to make them look like "conservatives" somehow. LOL! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Mar 4 00:03:42 2014, in response to Re: dand124 is a communist, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 3 23:50:06 2014. So then Obama was appointed by God? I mean that *is* your rap. So blasphemage, I declare! :) |
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Posted by The Silence on Tue Mar 4 09:41:02 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by DAnD124 on Mon Mar 3 23:08:19 2014. I took you that long to think up a comeback.People who run countries get into habits, just like everyone else. they sometimes make slips of the tongue. Want to explain to Obama there's no such thing as a "Jedi Mind Meld"? There's no proof that Bush ever did this more than that one time. Give you another example. I'm 1/4 Slovenian. I still sometimes refer to myself as "Yugoslavian" even though there hasn't been a Yugoslavia for nearly as long as there hasn't been a soviet union, mostly because not a lot of older people are going to know where or what Slovenia is. |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Mar 4 09:54:44 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by The Silence on Tue Mar 4 09:41:02 2014. I never understood the weight put into those slips of the tongue that every one of us makes. They don't provide a window into the person's intellect and are worth little more than comic value.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Mar 4 10:06:55 2014, in response to Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by daNd124 on Tue Jun 18 14:59:50 2013. No different than Obama's 57 States slip. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Mar 4 10:08:00 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by bingbong on Tue Jun 18 15:14:55 2013. ????The surprise that people think it's different than Obama's 57 states. But of course coming from you it's not surprising in the least. |
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Posted by AlM on Tue Mar 4 10:09:40 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Mar 4 10:06:55 2014. Great minds think alike. :) |
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Posted by DAnD124 on Tue Mar 4 10:13:12 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Mar 4 10:06:55 2014. would you think the same way if obama kept calling iran persia? |
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Posted by DAnD124 on Tue Mar 4 10:15:12 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Mar 4 10:06:55 2014. and what if he called Cambodia Democratic Kampuchea? |
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Posted by Train Dude on Tue Mar 4 10:23:19 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by DAnD124 on Tue Mar 4 10:13:12 2014. Idiotic comparison. How long has Iran been known as Iran? What if Cuome referred to New York as New Amsterdam? How ridiculous do you want to get? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Mar 4 10:26:32 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by Train Dude on Tue Mar 4 10:23:19 2014. The guy does a lot of "ridiculous".FTR, the country's name changed from Persia (Paras) to Iran in 1935. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Mar 4 10:38:53 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Mar 4 10:06:55 2014. pwn3d. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Tue Mar 4 10:46:54 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Mar 4 10:26:32 2014. Exactly! For almost everyone on this board, its been Iran for their entire lives so calling Iran "Persia" would be idiotic. |
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Posted by AlM on Tue Mar 4 10:47:16 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Mar 4 10:38:53 2014. Thank you for complimenting one of my posts. |
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Posted by DAnD124 on Tue Mar 4 10:49:48 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by Train Dude on Tue Mar 4 10:23:19 2014. i'd like a President who is aware of worlds event the have happened since 1980. someone who talks about the Soviet union in the present tense is old and clueless. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Tue Mar 4 10:55:10 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by DAnD124 on Tue Mar 4 10:49:48 2014. For most of my life, it's been the Soviet Union. My youngest grand daughter is studying China in school. While helping her with her Social Studies homework, about 2 weeks ago, I accidentally mentioned the political alliance between China and The Soviet Union. She had never heard of the Soviet Union but I slipped up. I guess I'll never be qualified to be President. |
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Posted by DAnD124 on Tue Mar 4 10:56:27 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by Train Dude on Tue Mar 4 10:55:10 2014. you were talking in the past tense. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Tue Mar 4 11:02:17 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by DAnD124 on Tue Mar 4 10:56:27 2014. No, I was speaking in the present about the 2 Communist super-powers. |
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Posted by DAnD124 on Tue Mar 4 11:03:39 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by Train Dude on Tue Mar 4 11:02:17 2014. ??? Russia isn't communist |
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Posted by Train Dude on Tue Mar 4 11:19:31 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by DAnD124 on Tue Mar 4 11:03:39 2014. I guess if you want to parse words - They appear to be a Republic while the populace is kept in line by old guard KGB as compared to our government under Barack Obama where we too are a Republic and the opposition is kept in line by the IRS & the FCC. Hmmmmm - I now see your point. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Mar 4 16:06:53 2014, in response to Re: Shrub thought the Soviet Union still existed in 2005, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Mar 4 10:26:32 2014. And over there, they still refer to it as Persia and want to put it back together. Bush handing Iraq back to them made them giddy. |
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