Snowden has left the airport....

[MADem]

69. You're playing the But But game.

But George Bush (who served one term; yeah, we love spooks as leaders...not)....but Bill Casey (who's dead and was NEVER the President of our country). That's ancient history. from a time when the Cold War wasn't regarded as over by some.

Pootie games the system and trades off the Presidency/Prime Minister jobs with a stoolie to retain power.

And you know, I find it very odd, after I pointed out how you get personally insulting when you try to make your points, and how that isn't the way to advance an argument--you DO IT AGAIN. Let's review your curious comments:

Perhaps you are not "jealous" of people not becoming American citizens, and choosing other countries, but you definitely have some emotion involved - "wounded pride" ? What did you feel when Bobby Fischer renounced his American citizenship ? Why do people at DU care that Ed Snowden might become Russian ?

Look, it doesn't bother me if Snowden wants to become Russian. or Venezuelan, or Icelandic. Mazeltov to him! Nice work if he can get it!

And Bobby Fischer? Perhaps you do not understand that he was an inveterate, hate-filled RACIST? Why in the WORLD would you think, for even a half-second, that I of all people would be "sad" to lose that nutter to Iceland? I wish Iceland would take ALL our hate-filled racists and keep them up there on that godforsaken island in the north Atlantic--it would certainly improve our society, to the grave detriment of theirs. You're clearly grasping at straws if he's your premiere example.

And again, I don't care what Jet Li chose to do. I don't line up to see his movies, I don't care about him. Live life and enjoy!

What is up with your repeated, personal accusations of "jealousy?" You don't see anything a bit "off" about your false and rather pathetic insistence along these lines? And you keep doubling down, with stupid examples, like you're playing out an "Ah HA!" moment when all you're doing is embarrassing yourself further.

You just don't have your facts in order.

People who don't have an argument do try to focus the discussion on the person with whom they are conversing, and that is what you are doing.

It's quite transparent, your effort.

As for your assertion that Gerard is "living" in Moscow, he isn't. He was FILMING A MOVIE there--as your very own citation states. He has moved to BELGIUM, where he is a resident.

Talk about prejudices--I used to have neighbors who were Syrian. Yes, they were Syrian...and they were RESIDENTS of the USA!!! They actually HELD a PASSPORT that didn't MATCH their country of residence.

Apparently this is a tough concept for you to grasp? As someone who lived in a number of countries down the years, I don't have a hard time understanding being a resident of a country other than America, and holding the passport of USA. I've done it for half my fairly long life.

Here, some light reading for you--Gerard has a 'business' in Belgium, you see--one he set up AFTER he got his Russian citizenship:

Gerard Depardieu sets up investment firm in Belgium
Actor Gerard Depardieu, accused by the French government of trying to dodge taxes, has set up an investment company in neighbouring Belgium where taxes on wealth are far lower than in his homeland.

Official documents filed on March 8 show that the star of the films Cyrano de Bergerac and Asterix had set up a company that will invest in other companies.
Holding 2712, a reference to his birthday on December 27, is based in the Belgian border town of Estaimpuis, just over a kilometre from Nechin, the village where he recently bought a house.
Nechin, a short drive from the French border, is home to some 2,800 French people including the Mulliez family, owners of the French hypermarket chain Auchan and Decathlon sports stores.
Mr Depardieu has had a public row with the French government over tax, accusing it of penalising success.
Belgian residents do not pay wealth tax, which in France is now levied on individuals with assets exceeding €1.3bn (£1.1bn), nor do they pay capital gains tax on the sale of shares.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/9926944/Gerard-Depardieu-sets-up-investment-firm-in-Belgium.html

Try to not be too disappointed that Russia is not Gerard's only love, now (see how it is when people get "personal?" Do you like being characterized? If not, you should stop doing it to others.)

The star announced in November he was moving abroad after President François Hollande's Socialist government sought to impose a 75 percent tax rate on incomes over one million euros.

He took up residency in Belgium and was granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin.

The decision sparked controversy, as has as his self-avowed friendships with Putin and Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Depardieu recently told a French newspaper he considered himself a "citizen of the world" and said he was applying for an Algerian passport and hoped eventually to have citizenship in seven countries.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20130729/court-fines-depardieu-4000-for-drunk-driving

And, in the event none of those citations are sufficiently dispositive, here's the coup de grace (to use a French phrase):

Belgian and French press reports Monday quoted officials in Belgium confirming the 64-year old performer has moved into a house he bought in the village of Néchin, just one mile from the French border. Speculation is rampant that the move has allowed Depardieu to shift his legal residence to Belgium to dodge the 75% tax on income over $1.27 million that Socialist President François Hollande will apply as of 2013 as part of his response to France’s debt crisis. The nation salutes your fiscal patriotism, Gégé.

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/12/10/cest-it-aint-so-gege-french-actor-depardieu-reportedly-seeks-tax-refuge-in-belgium/#ixzz2apYIy1xt

http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/gerard-depardieu-ducks-court-to-broker-deal-to-play-strauss-kahn-1-2725346

FRENCH film star Gérard Depardieu failed to show up in court to face drink-driving charges yesterday as he continued a controversial world tour that has seen him set up an alleged tax haven home in Belgium and pick up a passport in Russia.

The actor’s lawyer said he had missed the hearing in Paris because he was now in Montenegro, holding meetings over a film in which he will play disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

His non-appearance at court means the case will turn into a full trial – guaranteeing yet another day in the spotlight for Depardieu ....It could also lead to the 64-year-old star of Cyrano de Bergerac and Asterix and Obelix getting a tougher sentence if convicted – in theory up to two years in prison.

....Depardieu hit the headlines last month after he bought a house over the border in Belgium, spurring accusations he was trying to dodge a proposed new tax on millionaires.

French premier Jean-Marc Ayrault called the move “pathetic” and unpatriotic.

Last week, Depardieu accepted a Russian passport, provoking even fiercer charges that he had abandoned his homeland.

You should check your facts before you get condescending and personal with people. Google isn't a pay service. You were completely wrong about Monsieur Depardieu.

Have a nice day.