I heard, yet again, that ridiculous talking point about Alaska bordering "Russia". Let's get it right, Alaska does not border Russia, it border an autonomous part of the Russian Federation called "Chutkotka" which has little in common with Moscow. (Local time is 9 hours ahead of the Moscow time.)

http://www.chukotka.org/en/region/

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The Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (until 1980, the Chukotka National Okrug) was established on December 10, 1930. A status of the independent subject of the Russian Federation was given on June 17, 1992. In 1993 the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation approved the status by its decision...

On earth it borders with the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya), the Magadan Region and the Koryak Autonomous Okrug. The Bering Strait divides the Chukotka from the USA Alaska.



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Chukotka often goes down as much as 44-60 degrees Celsius below zero. Strong winds blow in the eastern parts and snow storms can sometimes last for many days. Summer is very short, rainy and cold, in certain places the snow stays on the ground unmelted. Permafrost lies in the upper layers of soil and can be found anywhere in the country.

Hey, I just got some Zanzibar brand clove cigarettes.

Guess I'm now an expert on Eastern Africa. Maybe I can get a job as National Security Advisor in a McCain administration.

Are you saying she doesn't even know foreign policy in her own backyard?



Maybe the windows on her house need cleaning so she can see "the Russia" more clearly.

Before she starts a fucking nuclear war, um, if she can see a foreign country from her house, and she lives in Juneau, um, remind her that it's Canadah, eh?

Not that they don't deserve a fucking rat-bastard pounding, just because of their ATTITUDE, eh?



Oh, and pre-emptive strike - those bloodthirsty fucking mounties are religious fanatics for the Church of England, eh?

And they got tons of oil and shit. DRILL BABY DRILL!

So Alaska doesn't border Canada either? Insead in borders the autonomous Yukon Territories and the autonomous provence of British Columbia ........ No?

It's part of the Russian Federation. For those who may be interested, here is a Military patch that is worn by the Russian Federation Navy, Chukotka Republic. 'Group of Troops and Armed Forces of SV(Land Forces) of Russian Federation'.

Note the use of the Polar Bear. I have seen Governor Palin wear Polar Bear lapel pins ..................

Maybe she's secretly allied with the Chukotka's .............. ?

Whoops ......... just started another Palin rumor .......... Sooo sorry ..............

She's openly allied with Republicans. That's even worse.

I'd like to see Val Plame kicking her porcelain caps down her throat.

If so, them ol' Yukonians are gonna be PISSED OFF!!

Take off you hoser.

What does bordering Canada have to do with anything?

What idiot runs on a platform that "I border Canada, therefore I have foreign policy experience"?

Seriously. Name one.

Hey, Delaware is on the Atlantic...and so is Canada so Joe Biden has "foreign policy experience" (forget that he chairs the FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE).

If Obama had tried to pull something similar, just imagined how he'd be pilloried as an "unqualified minority" (I'm expecting that meme from the fascists/rightwingers to start any day now.)

There is nothing more entertaining than watching conservatives defend the indefensible.

Alaska is the only state of the Union completely surrounded by foreign countries. While a case could also be made for Hawaii, I'd think it would be more accurate to state that Hawaii is surrounded more by an Ocean than Foreign states.

Now in an honest answer to this fact about Alaska being close to foreign nations equaling (or equating) to addition foreign policy experience, I don't think that Governor Palin has been in office long enough as Governor to have had much direct contact with the Russians.

Apparently there is some direct cooperation between Alaska and the Russian Federation over the protection of Artic species and emergency rescue. But I have found note of little else.