Thursday, December 19, 2013

And Now This Word from Outer Space

Via FreeperFan, who finds all the obscure stuff I miss!

Secret Communist Daughter edition:
It was once not uncommon in 'captive' communist satellite nations (subjugated to the USSR) to give your child a Russian name, mostly to show support for the Soviet system and provide them a leg-up in the commie world. But how many (esp black) Americans do YOU know with a Russian first name?

How amusing it is then that the Obamas' last federal tax return revealed a fact not publicly known- that 'Sasha's actual legal name is 'Nastasha', which means 'birthday' in the language of the USSR. And something tells me it wasn't just because it sounded pretty.

Of course it's a family tradition with Obama- after all, his parents met in Russian language class at the University of Hawaii. And WHAT kind of people took Russian in America in 1961...? Outside of CIA spooks, Lee Harvey Oswald comes to mind...
Not even Freepers are buying it brought to you by Reaganite Republican

2 comments:

  1. testing, testing ...
    blah blah blah

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  2. Amazing. That last point is totally false, studying Russian was incredibly common in the 60s and 70s, just like Chinese is becoming popular today.

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