[Reaganite Republican]

***ping***

[Lee'sGhost]

I thought this was about Obama.

[Dr. Sivana]

their backwards, inefficient economy still doesn't produce anything that anybody outside of Mother Russia is willing to spend money on- except perhaps mediocre vodka...

Not true! There is still a market for Russian arms, caviar and minks. Real proletariat stuff.

[ken5050]

And let’s not forget concern and compassion for the Saudis..

[southernmann]

I always thought God was incapable of hate?

[RayChuang88]

In short, Putin realizes that future petroleum sales will most likely going to China. China would especially welcome a steady source of natural gas so they can phase out their highly-polluting coal-fired power plants.

[GladesGuru]

Russia does produce guns and ammo for which there is a demand world wide.

Here is America, Russian arms such as the Saiga-12 shotgun, and ammo of several brands are in high demand.

[TexasGunLover]

It will also be a disaster for us. We’ll start reducing shale rigs shortly, no choice, as it’s cheaper to buy overseas than it is to pull it out of the shale here.

[Grampa Dave]

One of the best kept secrets with the crisis in Iraq/Syria/? and other oil producing countries, is how the price of gasoline and oil in America keeps coming down.

Increased U.S. production is helping to create an oil surplus on world markets, driving down prices despite a myriad of threats to oil supplies, and doing more to crush Russia’s economy than the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and European Union, said Chris Faulkner, chief executive of Breitling Energy.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/8/us-oil-surplus-eases-prices-in-global-crises/?page=all

This is also preventing the Opecker Princes from doubling their price on oil to again cause another major economic recession around the world as well delivering severe kicks to Putin below his economic belt.

[Grampa Dave]

One of the best kept secrets with the crisis in Iraq/Syria/? and other oil producing countries, is how the price of gasoline and oil in America keeps coming down.

Increased U.S. production is helping to create an oil surplus on world markets, driving down prices despite a myriad of threats to oil supplies, and doing more to crush Russia’s economy than the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and European Union, said Chris Faulkner, chief executive of Breitling Energy.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/8/us-oil-surplus-eases-prices-in-global-crises/?page=all

This is also preventing the Opecker Princes from doubling their price on oil to again cause another major economic recession around the world as well delivering severe kicks to Putin below his economic belt.

[Captainpaintball]

Is it not also a precursor to a financial collapse like in 2008?