In 1989 Russian President Boris Yeltsin, 58, visited the Johnson Space Center in Houston/TX and made an impromptu visit to a grocery store in the area with his staff.

According to the Houston Chronicle newspaper, Yeltsin "roamed the aisles nodding his head in amazement", especially excited about frozen pudding pops and free cheese samples. In his own biography,

Yeltsin wrote: "When I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the Soviet people."

Our democratic party is insane.

Sidebar to the story.

I visited Russia in 2012 going from Moscow to Saint Petersburg.

One of our tour guides in Moscow told us that he too had gone to America once and went into a grocery store and started crying because he had never seen so much food in one place. He had never seen the ability to choose more than one type of milk or bread or butter.

We live in the greatest nation in the world and the Democrats can't understand that, can't appreciate it and are trying to ruin it. It's despicable.

sleepybeagle said:

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That was probably the Safeway in Nassau Bay.

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Randall's at Hwy 3 and El Dorado. I don't know what it is now.

Bring back pudding pops

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sleepybeagle said:

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That was probably the Safeway in Nassau Bay.

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GTdad said:

Randall's at Hwy 3 and El Dorado. I don't know what it is now.

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Correct. Taken on his tour by a wonderful gentleman (store manager) named Paul Yirga. He (Paul) told me several years later that is was a surreal but interesting experience.

For those of you that are not old...

The grocery selection in the 80s and 90s pales in comparison to what is available now in US grocery stores.

If you were even able to find certain items you had to go to specialty markets to get them. While that is still the case especially with international foods there was very little selection back then.

JBAggie00 said:

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Bring back pudding pops

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Well according to Bernie Sanders one of our biggest problems is that we have too many things to choose from. Like too many types of deodorant.

sleepybeagle said:

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That was probably the Safeway in Nassau Bay.

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Coupon signs in the photo say Randalls....

Whereas the real answer is we would be better off exchanging almost all the national Democrats bar a few in the government for a Russian, even one in the Russian government.

annie88 said:

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Sidebar to the story.

I visited Russia in 2012 going from Moscow to Saint Petersburg.

One of our tour guides in Moscow told us that he too had gone to America once and went into a grocery store and started crying because he had never seen so much food in one place. He had never seen the ability to choose more than one type of milk or bread or butter.

We live in the greatest nation in the world and the Democrats can't understand that, can't appreciate it and are trying to ruin it. It's despicable.

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When the Bolshoi Ballet came to Rudder, I probably worked 50-60 hours a week for those 2-3 weeks.

The dancers and touring crew were paid weekly.

Every week they took a Thursday afternoon to go shopping for stuff to take or send home.

One of the Nutcracker Princes had a wife who was expecting, so he sent everything home he could. Prenatal vitamins, clothing, baby medicine, toys, a crib, and blankets

Most of the cast bought a ton of coffee, makeup, perfume, medicine, and snack foods to send home to family.

The second year, those who had been there the first, made sure they had enough to send home Texas products. Hats, boots, hot sauce.

Loved working wardrobe for shows.

bam02 said:

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Well according to Bernie Sanders one of our biggest problems is that we have too many things to choose from. Like too many types of deodorant.

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While I abhor the economics of Bernie, selling appliances for 7 years makes me think the same thing, and for some reason I can see why Mao was like "OK everyone's gotta wear the same clothes now."

I dont agree wholeheartedly, but I'm starting to understand the sentiment of too many choices makes people seek authority for best decision making which ends up with a whole nother mother of a problem.

TChaney said:

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For those of you that are not old...

The grocery selection in the 80s and 90s pales in comparison to what is available now in US grocery stores.

If you were even able to find certain items you had to go to specialty markets to get them. While that is still the case especially with international foods there was very little selection back then.

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Have you seen the video where the Cuban immigrant goes to an Aldi for the first time? There are others where he goes to a bigger grocery store, a Walmart, and Home Depot

He tears up at times

Most of our leftists have never been anywhere else so they have no appreciation for it. They take it for granted . They are truly ignorant in the literal sense.

annie88 said:

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Sidebar to the story.

I visited Russia in 2012 going from Moscow to Saint Petersburg.

One of our tour guides in Moscow told us that he too had gone to America once and went into a grocery store and started crying because he had never seen so much food in one place. He had never seen the ability to choose more than one type of milk or bread or butter.

We live in the greatest nation in the world and the Democrats can't understand that, can't appreciate it and are trying to ruin it. It's despicable.

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I used to work with someone in the Houston area who grew up in Cuba where his father had been a medical doctor. Their family was originally from Spain.

I think that it was in 1981 that his mother came from Cuba to Houston to visit him. I met her when he brought her by the office so that she could see where he worked. While in Houston, they visited a grocery store. He said that the grocery store overwhelmed her far more than anything else while she was here.

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annie88 said:

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Sidebar to the story.

I visited Russia in 2012 going from Moscow to Saint Petersburg.

One of our tour guides in Moscow told us that he too had gone to America once and went into a grocery store and started crying because he had never seen so much food in one place. He had never seen the ability to choose more than one type of milk or bread or butter.

We live in the greatest nation in the world and the Democrats can't understand that, can't appreciate it and are trying to ruin it. It's despicable.

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eric76 said:

I used to work with someone in the Houston area who grew up in Cuba where his father had been a medical doctor. Their family was originally from Spain.

I think that it was in 1981 that his mother came from Cuba to Houston to visit him. I met her when he brought her by the office so that she could see where he worked. While in Houston, they visited a grocery store. He said that the grocery store overwhelmed her far more than anything else while she was here.

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Shameful you don't call out and practically support what the left is doing. You know the difference.

I can almost hit my driver to that store.

Now a food town. Shame.

JBAggie00 said:

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Bring back pudding pops

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something tells me Yeltsin was more of a jello shots guy

JBAggie00 said:

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Bring back pudding pops

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They were not profitable for them

Easy to make though

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sleepybeagle said:

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That was probably the Safeway in Nassau Bay.

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GTdad said:

Randall's at Hwy 3 and El Dorado. I don't know what it is now.

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Clear lake has gone to ***** Used to be the smartest place on the planet and now showing its age as well as the destruction of Nasas objective leads to certain people moving in

There's a good video of a Cuban guy who either a mechanic or in construction (can't remember which) visiting a Home Depot for the first time. Has the look of pure amazement on his face the whole time.

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Yeltsin wrote: "When I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the Soviet people."

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So what are to make of the cultural wreckers that dominate the Democratic Party and Media and want to impose any variety of what Yeltsin had to put with, and which Venezuela presently suffers? (And Cuba seeks to escape)

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Sidebar to the story.

I visited Russia in 2012 going from Moscow to Saint Petersburg.

One of our tour guides in Moscow told us that he too had gone to America once and went into a grocery store and started crying because he had never seen so much food in one place. He had never seen the ability to choose more than one type of milk or bread or butter.

We live in the greatest nation in the world and the Democrats can't understand that, can't appreciate it and are trying to ruin it. It's despicable.

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eric76 said:

I used to work with someone in the Houston area who grew up in Cuba where his father had been a medical doctor. Their family was originally from Spain.

I think that it was in 1981 that his mother came from Cuba to Houston to visit him. I met her when he brought her by the office so that she could see where he worked. While in Houston, they visited a grocery store. He said that the grocery store overwhelmed her far more than anything else while she was here.

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e=mc2 said:

Shameful you don't call out and practically support what the left is doing. You know the difference.

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What a load of rubbish. I do not support the left at all. Never have and never will.

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In 1989 Russian President Boris Yeltsin, 58, visited the Johnson Space Center in Houston/TX and made an impromptu visit to a grocery store in the area with his staff.

According to the Houston Chronicle newspaper, Yeltsin "roamed the aisles nodding his head in amazement", especially excited about frozen pudding pops and free cheese samples. In his own biography,

Yeltsin wrote: "When I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the Soviet people."

Our democratic party is insane.

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There is so much more that follows this story. This moment for Yeltsin changed him tremendously. From this point forward, he was in favor of massive reform to the USSR, he was a leader among reformists, and the USSR ended a couple years later. There were many events that brought about the end, but Yeltsin was a very public, very high ranking soviet official who no longer supported the soviet style of governance and openly spoke out in favor of reforms.

It would not be an exaggeration to suggest that that trip to the grocery store was a major contributor to end the USSR. Recognizing that Yeltsin was very outspoken, was very much a man for the people, was a leader of the reformist movements from that point on, and was the first premiere of Russia following the collapse of the USSR.

It's important to realize that he truly believed in the Marxist vision to that point. He truly believed that their socioeconomic system was the best for the people. One trip to an average grocery store in the US made him realize just how bad things were. The common folk in the US had more food, more choices, and better food than not only the common folk in the USSR, but also the highest ranking party officials.

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annie88 said:

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Sidebar to the story.

I visited Russia in 2012 going from Moscow to Saint Petersburg.

One of our tour guides in Moscow told us that he too had gone to America once and went into a grocery store and started crying because he had never seen so much food in one place. He had never seen the ability to choose more than one type of milk or bread or butter.

We live in the greatest nation in the world and the Democrats can't understand that, can't appreciate it and are trying to ruin it. It's despicable.

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eric76 said:

I used to work with someone in the Houston area who grew up in Cuba where his father had been a medical doctor. Their family was originally from Spain.

I think that it was in 1981 that his mother came from Cuba to Houston to visit him. I met her when he brought her by the office so that she could see where he worked. While in Houston, they visited a grocery store. He said that the grocery store overwhelmed her far more than anything else while she was here.

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e=mc2 said:

Shameful you don't call out and practically support what the left is doing. You know the difference.

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This is out of line. eric76 isn't a leftist at all, he's more of a libertarian. Trump broke his brain, and he suffers from severe TDS, but he's on the liberty/right side of the spectrum, not the leftist side.