Chauncey Roberts's Blog: Talking to the Russians and Finding Netanyahu Work with Putin - Posts Tagged "crimea"

A sad point raised in Gregory's article is that a large percentage of Russian citizens themselves do not experience the liberties they see in the West. Could this be yet another to reason to want Crimea for Russia? "I suffer but at least I can go to Crimea..."

It is for this reason I feel Americans should be speaking directly with Russian people, because Americans are suffering also. Large companies hire part-time workers so as to avoid paying benefits, and it's impossible to see how average people survive. (My sister went to a hospital to speak with a psychiatrist about a very serious operation. Her bill was over $500 for the doc to relay the same info which he probably shares with patients a few times a week.)

Know this: Although I go to the forest occasionally virtually none of the neighbors have ever been there. It is considered too dangerous in small-town America to go to a forest and be among the trees and birds. At least this is true for this town in North Carolina.