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Maria Sharapova: Poster Child for Russia
American Thinker ^ | 09/02/2013 | Kim Zigfeld

Posted on 09/03/2013 6:03:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Maria Sharapova left Russia for the elite tennis training to be found in the USA, where she ultimately learned her game and decided to remain. Not satisfied with being one of the highest-paid female athletes in the world, Sharapova has started a candy business called "Sugarpova" which has her hawking artificially flavored and colored, super-expensive sticky kid's stuff in hopes of scoring a big payday. Items such as pastel-hued tennis-ball-shaped gumballs cost more than $1 per ounce.
2 posted on 09/03/2013 6:05:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Vladimir Putin is provoking a new cold war

I don't see it that way. I see Obama doing his very best to alienate all of our allies and sharpen discord with our enemies, and push any fence-sitters (such as Russia) into an anti-American point of view.

Putin is a patriot and a nationalist who is trying to do the best he can for Russia.
Obama is pushing the world toward war and destruction.

3 posted on 09/03/2013 6:06:54 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: SeekAndFind
While Vladimir Putin is provoking a new cold war over Snowden and Syria

Well that shoots the hell out of the credibility of the rest of the article.
4 posted on 09/03/2013 6:08:32 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Was this written by a 7th grader? Really...was it?

Unfortunately par for the course considering some of the real crap I've seen at this "conservative" web site (some good stuff too, occasionally, but not much).

5 posted on 09/03/2013 6:11:25 AM PDT by safeasthebanks ("The most rewarding part, was when he gave me my money!" - Dr. Nick)
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To: SeekAndFind

The article strikes of the average girl who’s catty and jealous of the attractive, successful blonde.


6 posted on 09/03/2013 6:13:00 AM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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You can't draw parallels to a whole nation. The eastern European tennis playing chicks have been living in a special, sheltered, and isolated world since they were 4-5 years old..harsh training..they have NO sense of what's real. At least Sharapova is trying capitalism..and sometimes you fail...

At least she can play the game.. One of the biggest "busts" from Russia has been Anna Kounikova. Absolutely gorgeous..killer body..but ZERO game. And remember at Wimbledon, at few years ago, she endorsed a sports bra, and they erected huge billboards showing her rather spectacular bosom, encase in the sports bar...with the caption, "These balls don't bounce!"

Note: I searched for the pic of the billboard..couldn't find it..maybe someone else can and post it..thanks.

7 posted on 09/03/2013 6:15:51 AM PDT by ken5050 (2014 Tea Party Trifecta! Retire Mitch, Lamar, and Lindsey)
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To: cripplecreek

Agree. That sentence was patently absurd. To the contrary, Putin’s image right now is one of being somewhat statesman-like. Its Obama who is banging the war drums.


8 posted on 09/03/2013 6:16:20 AM PDT by Starboard
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While Vladimir Putin is provoking a new cold war over Snowden and Syria

Well that shoots the hell out of the credibility of the rest of the article.


It did for me too. Obama is doing far more to provoke a cold war and maybe even a hot war.

There was clear and horrible bias in that one line.


9 posted on 09/03/2013 6:21:16 AM PDT by boycott
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To: SeekAndFind

The title has little or nothing to do with the article. Its more a teenage style snarky hit piece on Sharapova.


11 posted on 09/03/2013 6:24:20 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Obama being re-elected is the political equivalent of OJ being found not guilty.)
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Its not so much that Putin has become such a great guy as the fact that we’ve (our government) become so much worse.


12 posted on 09/03/2013 6:24:44 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Maria Sharapova is an attention ho, always has been. That’s what the shrieking, and walk backs before points is all about. There is no way all that horrific noise has anything to do with rhythm. Sharapova is the most disliked woman on tour, by the other players and is extremely overrated in her abilities of the game, specifically the mental aspects. She is the wealthiest female athlete in the world and the only reason is, are the men who go nuts over her for her looks.


13 posted on 09/03/2013 6:26:29 AM PDT by Toespi
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“but if you look beneath the surface you find some very unpleasant surprises and a great deal of sleight of hand. She is entirely self-absorbed, caring little about universal values, and she shows no sign of wanting to improve.”

Wait a minute.

Was this written about Sharapova, Obama, or Billary Clintton?

Applies to all three, although there is only one of them with ANY talent.


14 posted on 09/03/2013 6:28:13 AM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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Its right here - I can't post images from my mobile

LINK

15 posted on 09/03/2013 6:33:27 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: safeasthebanks
Was this written by a 7th grader? Really...was it?

my thoughts, too! in fact, i kept thinking that somehow this was perhaps, very subtle, not-so-clever semi-satire...

16 posted on 09/03/2013 6:47:08 AM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks good in a bikini? Well, I guess that makes everything okay... face it, this is MARKETING. She’s a second-rate talent, that gets bouyed up by the media because she’s cute. If she looked like Martina, do you think for a second we’d even know her name? Kardashian Culture Effect.


17 posted on 09/03/2013 6:47:19 AM PDT by PauldArco
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Let’s see a photo of Kim Zigfeld and then we can evaluate her motive for writing this dreadful piece.


18 posted on 09/03/2013 6:48:12 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: ClearCase_guy

The US is the one who provoked the new Cold War ever since Kosovo.


19 posted on 09/03/2013 6:48:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PauldArco

Second rate talent?

29 WTA wins, 4 grand slam titles, #3 world rank?


20 posted on 09/03/2013 6:50:21 AM PDT by nascarnation (Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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