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Ten Things that you can do in Russia but Can t do so in the United States.
vannrox | 4-27-02 | VANNROX

Posted on 04/28/2002 2:25:59 PM PDT by vannrox

Ten Things that you can do in Russia


but Can’t do so in the United States



Own an Automatic Rifle without a Permit.

Smoke in any Restaurant you visit.

Drive without a seatbelt.

Buy chemicals for your chemistry set.

Put up a “Girly Picture” on your Wall at work.

Drink a beer at your desk at work on Friday.

Buy Codeine-Enhanced Aspirin over the counter.

Pay only 15% in total taxes instead of 60%.

Smoke a fine cigar at a work meeting (Ash trays in all the rooms).

Be a Male Chauvinist.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: communist; democrat; dnc; freedom; loss; russia
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I just want to make a point.
1 posted on 04/28/2002 2:26:00 PM PDT by vannrox
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You can probably cash a $3000 travelers check without having it reported to the government.
2 posted on 04/28/2002 2:28:28 PM PDT by AK2KX
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To: vannrox
good points, but this is still the country of choice for me.
3 posted on 04/28/2002 2:29:21 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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This needs to be posted in the next "Need Freeper Advice on Where to Move" thread!!
4 posted on 04/28/2002 2:29:52 PM PDT by johniegrad
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Barbarians! LOL!
6 posted on 04/28/2002 2:32:51 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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This needs to be posted in the next "Need Freeper Advice on Where to Move" thread!!

How come things like not only learning a new language but a whole new alphabet, having electric blackouts, and the phone never working are never mentioned on threads like these.

7 posted on 04/28/2002 2:33:05 PM PDT by Dane
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11. Calculate your taxes without having an advanced math degree because of the flat tax.
8 posted on 04/28/2002 2:34:19 PM PDT by Brett66
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Yep, I work in a casino, and we have a new position just filled for a "Title 31 specialist". Not knowing what that was, I looked it up. It's the enhanced version of the currency transaction reporting requirements that used to stipulate reporting cash transactions over $10,000.

Now, the trigger point is $3000, and you just don't give a name and SS# anymore. Your address, DOB, race, eye and hair color, height, weight, build, etc. etc. are listed on a form, which is presumably given to the IRS/DEA/FBI/INS, et al.

9 posted on 04/28/2002 2:34:29 PM PDT by AK2KX
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And they can legally own and set-off fireworks to celebrate the 4th of July ... Maryland sux.
10 posted on 04/28/2002 2:35:13 PM PDT by Gumption
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You can probably cash a $3000 travelers check without having it reported to the government.

Yeah but you cant take more than $500 out of the country, even if you are going to be away for two weeks.

11 posted on 04/28/2002 2:36:24 PM PDT by Dave S
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I already do some of those things here in America. Am I in trouble?
12 posted on 04/28/2002 2:38:39 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Gumption
America: A 21st-Century Soviet Union?

13 posted on 04/28/2002 2:38:42 PM PDT by vannrox
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12. Buy a ticket to fly to the International Space Station. (If you have 20 million dollars)
14 posted on 04/28/2002 2:43:14 PM PDT by ao98
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Bump
15 posted on 04/28/2002 2:44:02 PM PDT by Centurion2000
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To: SamAdams76
I already do some of those things here in America. Am I in trouble?

Your confession has been duly noted, Comrade. Now please turn off your computer and wait for the knock on the door.

16 posted on 04/28/2002 2:45:32 PM PDT by AK2KX
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Could this possibly mean that they sent all their pin-headed control weenies over here, and that they're finally rid of them? If so, how do we go about sending them packing yet again?
18 posted on 04/28/2002 2:48:55 PM PDT by MarineDad
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"How come things like not only learning a new language but a whole new alphabet, having electric blackouts, and the phone never working are never mentioned on threads like these."

We have all of this and much more in California (the Land of Fruits and Nuts).

20 posted on 04/28/2002 2:51:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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