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August 16, 2008
First Georgia, now Stallone?
There's been talk lately that Russia has its eyes on the Ukraine, and I think I've discovered their first move: Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone, mighty destroyer of Soviet opponents in the "Rambo" and "Rocky" movies, now plans to advertise Russian vodka. Big deal, right? I mean, a Hollywood star taking a million dollars to hawk a product? It happens all the time. But there's something just a little sinister happening here. Just you wait for it: Stallone -- whose film character John Rambo killed Soviet troops by the dozen in Afghanistan and whose Rocky Balboa humiliated Soviet boxer Ivan Drago -- will advertise the product under the slogan: "There is a bit of Russian in all of us." Not me. And I have serious doubts whether there's any Russian in the Italian Stallion, either. But let's hear them out: "The advertising campaign concept was based on the fact that the actor has Russian roots," Synergy said in a statement, referring to Stallone's great-grandmother, Rosa Rabinovich, from the Ukrainian town of Odessa. Aha! If Stallone's great-grandmother from Ukraine was Russian, then that means Ukraine is Russian. Do you think I'm paranoid now? Either that or starved for material. MORE: Can it be any coincidence that the company is called Synergy, and that Russia has designs on reintegrating former Soviet republics? Synergy is just another way of saying "Workers of the world, unite!" posted by Dennis on 08.16.08 at 10:21 AM
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``You have nothing to lose but your chairs.'' Ron Hardin · August 16, 2008 10:04 PM I could be wrong, but the name Rosa Rabinovich seems to suggest Ukrainian Jew, as well, doesn't it? (At least on her father's side.)
Citizen Grim · August 17, 2008 11:38 AM |
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He should be advertising Mogen David Wine with the slogan "There is a bit of Jew in all of us". Heh.
Of course there is more than a bit in me. I'm all Jewish and my grandparents on my fathers side came from Russia. I'm glad they got on the boat.
OTOH on my mother's side I'm Romanian.
BTW click on "next entry" to see a bit about other Russian exports.