tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4888002516382893180..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: When Boris Yeltsin Went Grocery Shopping in Clear Lake, TexasRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74221790035763524162015-10-16T11:38:23.409-04:002015-10-16T11:38:23.409-04:00In the early 80's I made it a point to tour gu...In the early 80's I made it a point to tour guide for co workers from our office in Rome while they were attending meetings in LA. All the young women wanted to visit the supermarket first thing. Most of them brought an extra suitcase to bring stuff home with them. I thought they were crazy til I started working in the Rome office.Justmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15167953801837514604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10473034662542422142015-10-16T10:41:55.507-04:002015-10-16T10:41:55.507-04:00“At the end of that tour, the Whelans hosted a far...“At the end of that tour, the Whelans hosted a farewell reception for Gorbachev at their Amherstburg home on the evening of 19 May 1983, but Whelan himself was delayed in arriving. In what has since been called "the walk that changed the world", Yakovlev and Gorbachev took a walk in a nearby orchard, strolled among saplings and then past fields of corn, soy and wheat, had an earnest Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91136037474353997652015-10-16T10:35:06.781-04:002015-10-16T10:35:06.781-04:00'He [Gorby] came to Windsor and introduced him...'He [Gorby] came to Windsor and introduced him to the life of a Canadian,' Chretien said. 'He was amazed at the food processing in Canada, to have all the food available so quickly. Later on, they were driving and he was marvelling to see two cars in front of every house.'<br /><br />The group stopped in front of one blue-collar home.<br /><br />'Gorbachev said, "Do you Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29524230476095988352015-10-16T10:17:56.074-04:002015-10-16T10:17:56.074-04:00I used to cross the Detroit River in the 80s and 9...I used to cross the Detroit River in the 80s and 90s all the time to ride my ten speed on the empty Canadian farm roads that are between 8 and 40 miles from Detroit. When he was ag minister in the USSR in 1983, Gorby came to Leamington, Ontario to learn about Canadian farming. I bet he was as impressed as Yeltsin. Seriously. I learned about this because it was in a travel brochure for the town Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.com