tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post8500699777274098042..comments2023-09-17T10:57:35.535+03:00Comments on Ukrainiana: $100,000 for a Meeting With a Babushka Lover-SingerTarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-16073401926474422282009-01-01T14:09:00.000+02:002009-01-01T14:09:00.000+02:00You're asking rhetorical questions, Elmer!You're asking rhetorical questions, Elmer!Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-38026883127926262382008-12-30T16:57:00.000+02:002008-12-30T16:57:00.000+02:00So why is it that if these "businessmen" pay big b...So why is it that if these "businessmen" pay big bucks to Chernovetsky so he can give a few bucks to selected little old ladies, they get "special" treatment?<BR/><BR/>How is it that a mayor can simply create 2 classes of citizens - those who bribe the mayor and his officials in return for "fixing" the problems of donors - and everyone else?<BR/><BR/>What kinds of "problems" is the mayor "fixing" for these "businessmen" donors?<BR/><BR/>And wouldn't it be cheaper for a "businessman" to simply bypass Chernovetsky and hand out the money to selected little old ladies himself?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-35047479579142753172008-12-30T13:59:00.000+02:002008-12-30T13:59:00.000+02:00Elmer, In the West, such fundraising initiatives w...Elmer, <BR/><BR/>In the West, such fundraising initiatives would automatically result in a full-scale probe by law enforcement. In Ukraine, they merely generate publicity. <BR/><BR/>That’s why we’re Europe’s next-to-last poorest country.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Gracias Ljudmila!<BR/><BR/>So you're a Ukrainian Argentinian? <BR/><BR/>Feliz Año Nuevo to you and to all Ukrainian Argentinians!Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-38177911750308326622008-12-30T13:08:00.000+02:002008-12-30T13:08:00.000+02:00Just arrived from Seis de Enero. Glad I discovered...Just arrived from Seis de Enero. Glad I discovered it! Happy 2009 for you and all your readers.Ludmila Hribarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765866771902089370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-36984434020825393072008-12-29T17:12:00.000+02:002008-12-29T17:12:00.000+02:00Ah, yes, government by bribery.So, let's see - the...Ah, yes, government by bribery.<BR/><BR/>So, let's see - the people of a city elect a mayor in order to bribe businessmen, so that the mayor can then pick a few select old ladies to purportedly receive some of the largesse.<BR/><BR/>And these are not just any old ladies, but "beloved" old ladies somehow selected by this particular idiot, Chernovetsky, himself!<BR/><BR/>In other countries, charities are established privately if one wants to help "beloved" old ladies.<BR/><BR/>Not in the world of the Space Cadet/Kosmonaut.<BR/><BR/>In other cities, the mayor is elected to do a job - without the necessity of accepting bribes from businessmen men, whether designated for selected little old ladies or not.<BR/><BR/>And the job includes a number of functions - without the necessity of bribes destined for selected little old ladies.<BR/><BR/>He needs to go to Mars where he belongs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com