This is funny- ha

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian newspaper has trumped the U.S. government with playing cards featuring top American figures – a parody of decks issued to U.S. troops during the Iraq (news - web sites) war depicting the most-wanted figures in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s ruling elite.

President Bush (news - web sites) is the jack of hearts in the new pack, which went on sale ahead of a meeting this week between Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites).

In the decks, which are selling out in Moscow, Bush’s father, former President George Bush, is the ace of hearts, while Federal Reserve (news - web sites) Chairman Alan Greenspan (news - web sites) is the ace of spades.

Many figures on the 36 cards, the standard pack for many Russian games, are depicted in traditional Russian medieval dress and headgear, some with staffs or spears.

Hearts in the pack are dubbed “the family,” spades are “the careerists,” diamonds are “the moderates” and clubs are “the neo-conservatives.” The aim is to remind Russians who is who in the White House.

“We want to show our readers the various faces of the current U.S. political elite,…that it is a complex, living organism with varied and vivid personalities,” said Azer Mursaliyev, foreign editor of the business daily Kommersant, which designed the cards.

The cards come complete with brief anecdotes about the figures, including “Laura Bush: Wife of President Bush Jr. She made her husband quit drinking.”

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/030924/170/5dfkm.html

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:rotfl: :k:

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Interesting that they put Greenspan there...

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ae lai :hehe:

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Russia isn’t the only one spoofing on the card deck issue. France is poking fun now :hehe:

“I found it completely indecent to present a manhunt as a game,” said Thierry Meyssan, the man behind the French deck. “We thought this card game would allow us to … explain why we consider the government of George Bush a threat to international security.”

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Fret Wizard: *
"I found it completely indecent to present a manhunt as a game," said Thierry Meyssan, the man behind the French deck....
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I find his ridiculous 'theories' regarding 9/11 indecent, insulting and disgusting. That this nut is making a bunch of money is nauseating.

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well there are some interesting facts given in the cards. check the website [http://www.reseauvoltaire.net/bushregimedeck.html] and read the cards. :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Seminole: *
I find his ridiculous 'theories' regarding 9/11 indecent, insulting and disgusting. That this nut is making a bunch of money is nauseating.
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so is your government where every nut is filling his/ her pockets with billions of dollars. on top of that, this same government is not willing to share any info with any government or with their own public labelling it as a threat to national security. what a load of bs :)

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I read them, interesting indeed :k:

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:)

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interesting ..