“Surprisingly, there aren’t that many museums or monuments to Stalin anymore.” 
From Carpetblogger comes a report on a visit to Stalin’s hometown and the local museum, the highlight of which from her account appears to be the ticket stamps. 
“Built just after his death in 1953, it’s a typical Soviet-style museum, in which a bunch of uncurated, unanalyzed crap — newspaper articles and photos and random memorabilia — is thrown up on the wall (“unanalyzed” is probably the kindest criticism of this museum. It’s a lot like the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California in that sense).”
Our gal is a serial offender on Uncle Joe, having previously filed on the memorialization of Stalin’s sojourn in Batumi.
“Hottie“? 
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The Road Ahead 
It’s not quite the Reagan Legacy Project, but George W. Bush finally has something named for himself.
The George Bush Motorway will run proudly through Ghana, West Africa. Perhaps coincidentally, our President was visiting their President, and the road will be paid for by the United States.
And then it was on to Liberia. 
Shape Shifter 
The Philippines continues it’s development into a Bizarro World version of America.
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has gone from discussions of her “doing a Ford” and pardoning her predecessor [she did] to her current crisis, where she is urged to “Do A Nixon” 
and resign over corruption charges.
No word on if she’ll do a Mukasey and claim no crime can have been committed. 
New Found Land 
America’s tradition of welcoming clapped out and out of power leaders remains strong.
Australia’s recently bounced Prime Minister John Howard is the latest beneficiary of our open door to the defeated, “welcomed into the conservatives’ mosh pit like an ageing rock star”according to the Sidney Morning Herald.
His tour is sponsored by major Bush donor Mel Sembler, and includes a trip to the Bush Library in College Station.
Howard also gives the “Irving Kristol address” to an American Enterprise Institute dinner in Washington. The event is perhaps America’s most distinguished award named for a former Trotskyite, and a goal for Christopher Hitchens to shoot for. The Herald describes this as a “nationally televised event,” true if you count CSPAN.
The saucy Aussie will join the long line of homeless former Bush allies in our political rest home. 
Former Spanish Prime Minster Aznar joined Rupert Murdoch’s board, and is installed at Georgetown University. There he teaches alongside former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, another bounced Bush buddy. 
The tanned former Stalinist was especially close to President Bush. 
The Long Courtship 
Ike’s Republican granddaughter has endorsed Barack Obama.
Susan Eisenhower got placed on the Washington Post op-ed page on a Saturday, and one suspects it will be portrayed as lacking the torchlight passing magic of the Caroline n’ Ted event last week.
Unmentioned is her husband Roald Sagdeev, Russian scientist and 
Hero of Socialist Labor.
