Hey! How would y'all like to be "foreign policy experts"?

[Canuckistanian]

Just stare REAL HARD at this picture.

It's the ONLY view of Russia that can be seen from Alaska.

[AlCzervik]

1. i've been to europe twice, i'm overqualified.

and did i metion how much i love Canada? If i had the $$$ i'd move on up to Banff.

[magellan]

5. I lived in Europe and came back

That qualifies me as stupid enough for the job, but too experienced.

:P

[Canuckistanian]

7. I have a cousin who lives in Banff

He's quite a character.

Once called "The Rolling Stones No. #1 fan" - by their manager.

[AlCzervik]

10. i loved it there, we went about 15 years ago and stayed near Lake Louise, someday

i would love to go back and now i'm a lot closer so the plane ride will be much shorter.

[AspenRose]

20. Hey, I was born in Europe

And have relatives in India. I'm definitely overqualified :rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. I've been to Europe, India AND Canada.

:P

[anigbrowl]

32. I'm FROM Europe. I want Bolton's old job.

[CAG]

2. Oooh, I think I see POOTIN in them there hills, Sarah...

[ddeclue]

3. Hey I actually LIVED in Georgia for 12 years...

Does the one with Atlanta in it count?

Sound off if you're from:

Rome Georgia
Athens Georgia
Athens Tennessee
Cuba Missouri
Berlin New Hampshire
Moscow Idaho
Arab Alabama
Amsterdam New York
New Mexico
Georgia
Frankfort Kentucky
Venice Beach, California

:rofl:

Hey in the McBush administration, you're qualified to be Secretary of State, Ambassador or Vice President..


Doug D.
Orlando, FL

[Barack_America]

4. Damn. I thought you had found one of those easy "Do it at home" certification classes.

We could have forwarded it to the McCain campaign.

:evilgrin:

[beac]

27. Good News! If you can draw Tippy the Turtle

you can be Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts under McCain.

[Historic NY]

6. I stayed at the Holiday Inn......lots of times.

[rwheeler31]

8. How many peaks on that thingy?

[VP505]

9. I have eaten at the

International House of Pancakes a few times, does that count?

[ddeclue]

13. THAT qualifies you to be ambassador to the United Nations!

:rofl:

[Sabriel]

11. My grandmother was from Tbilisi

I guess I'm in line for that Secretary of State opening.

Oh, and my other ancestors were from Germany and England. I've got Europe covered.

I've eaten poutine, rolled up the rim, and had a Second Cup. Ambassador to Canada!

What's most scary to me is that I have very little foreign policy experience, yet I'm fairly sure I'd be a much better person to be VP than Palin.

Yikes.

[Taylor4change]

12. I like to eat Chinese food

but they didn't let me run the Olympics - how unfair is THAT??

[BadgerKid]

14. Diomede Islands?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomede_Islands

2.4 miles apart!

[Canuckistanian]

19. Yup. It's from Panoramio

I think there's a link here for Google Earth.

"View of Big Diomede, Russia from Little Diomede, Alaska"
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/407734

[ColbertWatcher]

15. I feel diplomatic already! n/t

[rockymountaindem]

16. Suddenly I feel like I know more about energy than anybody in America

In your face Bill Richardson!

[Octafish]

17. What Palin needs to know is Rev Moon has prepared for her a special place in Paraguay.

Your magnificent photo makes us ALL qualified to go to Paraguay and the Naval Observatory, Canuckistanian.

BTW: That island? It looks as cold as KKKaribou Barbie's heart.

[ClayZ]

18. LOL K and R

:kick:

[FlyingSquirrel]

22. Looks scary.

Let's bomb it!

[orleans]

33. scary? i thought it looked beautiful. n/t

[FlyingSquirrel]

38. All the more reason to blow it up.

Rubble, rubble we love rubble here in Amerika

[orleans]

43. yeah, i guess. it's the amerikan way. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Lemme see, here is my CV

been to Canada... not just on refueling either

Grew up in Mexico

Been to Europe three times

Been to Israel once

Oh and worked for an NGO for ten years.

Oh and fluently speak one foreign language and if pressed could get back into the second one

Should I send my CV?

[ddeclue]

24. You, like I are vastly overqualified for the McBush administration..

I was:

Born in Germany
Lived in Germany 7-1/2 years
Traveled most of Western Europe
Traveled to Argentina on Business
Spent 3 months working South Korea.

Been to or lived in:

Germany
USA
France
England
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Spain
Portugal
Morocco
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
Vatican City
Canada
The Bahamas
South Korea
Japan

oh and my new job will take me back to England and will add China (PRC) to the list...

I've been to 5 continents.. still haven't been to Austrailia and don't quite know how I'd make it to Antarctica (I applied once to work at McMurdo station but they ignored me.. :)

Doug D.
Orlando, FL

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. WOW, you are even more qualified than I

Hey, as I told my brother in law... I could point South Ossettia in a map!

;-)

And know that Georgia ain't a member of NATO

Scares me shitless what the reaction at the Kremlin will be to her little words

[cherokeeprogressive]

35. As a former Sailor, I've been absolutely schnockered on four continents.

I think I might run against ya.

[beac]

26. Dasvidanya America! I'm off to Moscow to take that little creep Putin DOWN!

I may stop over in Czechoslovakia, which I hear is lovely this time of year.

[Canuckistanian]

29. Don't forget East Germany

And Prussia is lovely this time of year.

[roguevalley]

39. Its Slovakia and the Czech Republic now. You're fired.

:evilgrin:

[nadinbrzezinski]

41. Oh pleezzeee same mistake McCain made

:evil:

[beac]

45. Drat! Then I guess I'll have to try and find some fun place to visit

on the Iraq/Pakistan border. ;)

[Bigleaf]

28. Well, I saved a bunch of money by switching my car insurance to GEICO, now an expert on the economy.

[kcass1954]

30. I've lived in Florida for 38 years - I'm must be practically an expert on Cuba. n/t

[ddeclue]

31. Do you live in Little Havana?

:rofl:

[kcass1954]

46. No, but I should get extra-credit because I've actually been to Little Havana.

I also eat black beans and rice on a regular basis. I don't speak Spanish, though - unless you count the dirty words they taught me when I worked in Hialeah.

[cherokeeprogressive]

34. Dontcha see those missiles behind the far left peak? n/t

[Kool Kitty]

36. We eat at the same Portuguese restaurant every week

And I cook on a gas stove. Can I be the Ambassador to Portugal AND Energy Secretary?

[Captiosus]

37. McCain/(Michael) Palin 08!

Looks like Michael Palin beat Sarah Palin to the "Foreign Policy experience" by about 11 years.

:rofl:



Photo from the BBC - Palin's Travels show, Full Circle series, 1995.
Location: Little Diomede Island, Bering Strait

[roguevalley]

40. I remember waaaay back in the day, some guy kept walking

across the sea ice to Russia and back. That was just before they opened the doors and let everyone come over. Native people used to do that all the time even though Russia and Amerikka have had differences, so they could visit family and such.

[notadmblnd]

42. My ancesters were from Europe, and I can see a foreign country from Detroit

plus I took two political science classes in college. I'm quite sure that makes me over qualified.

[polly7]

44. I just got back from

ziplining in Juneau. Does that qualify me for anything?