Preface:You know their is nothing that irks me more than a blog talking about politics. You get all these people who just post their opinions and the next thing you know they are on CNN. People with no degrees and barley any grasp on government as it is. That being said, here is a political post...

"The gas cutoff unleashed a political crisis in Ukraine
and threatened to turn into a major misstep by Russian
President Vladimir V. Putin, who was expected to shoulder
much of the international blame if energy supplies to Europe
were interrupted this winter over his nation's price dispute
with Ukraine."

Russia just cannot seem to get it. You don't do things like cutting off supply or other old means. That's so USSR. The world is too different to pull this. You now have to play by the new rules of economy and commerce. But I can see why Russia is so bitter. After the Orange Revolution and all that Russia did to stop it, they were left with a bad taste in their collective mouths. Now at least they aren't trying to poison the Ukranian water supply. You can thank NPR for this stupid post.

Fin.