| 19th December 2007 10:37 AM |
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http://www.time.com/time/
" Person of the Year 2007 "
" Vladimir Putin : A Tsar Is Born "
" No one is born with a stare like Vladimir Putin's. The Russian President's pale blue eyes are so cool, so devoid of emotion that the stare must have begun as an affect, the gesture of someone who understood that power might be achieved by the suppression of ordinary needs, like blinking. The affect is now seamless, which makes talking to the Russian President not just exhausting but often chilling. It's a gaze that says, I'm in charge.
" This may explain why there is so little visible security at Putin's dacha, Novo-Ogarevo, the grand Russian presidential retreat set inside a birch- and fir-forested compound west of Moscow. To get there from the capital requires a 25-minute drive through the soul of modern Russia, past decrepit Soviet-era apartment blocks, the mashed-up French Tudor-villa McMansions of the new oligarchs and a shopping mall that boasts not just the routine spoils of affluence like Prada and Gucci but Lamborghinis and Ferraris too.
When you arrive at the dacha's faux-neoclassical gate, you have to leave your car and hop into one of the Kremlin's vehicles that slowly wind their way through a silent forest of snow-tipped firs. Aides warn you not to stray, lest you tempt the snipers positioned in the shadows around the compound. This is where Putin, 55, works. (He lives with his wife and two twentysomething daughters in another mansion deeper in the woods.) "
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/printout/0,29239,1690753_1690757_1690766,00.html#
The next Stalin or Peter the Great ?!
Developing ..........................
Shiver ..................
" Stones is Stones Ronnie !!!! "
Jacky !
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| 19th December 2007 10:50 AM |
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| gimmekeef |
What did that bald clown do? |
| 19th December 2007 10:52 AM |
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| Blowey |
quote:
Joey wrote:
http://www.time.com/time/
" Person of the Year 2007 "
" Vladimir Putin : A Tsar Is Born "
" No one is born with a stare like Vladimir Putin's. The Russian President's pale blue eyes are so cool, so devoid of emotion that the stare must have begun as an affect, the gesture of someone who understood that power might be achieved by the suppression of ordinary needs, like blinking. The affect is now seamless, which makes talking to the Russian President not just exhausting but often chilling. It's a gaze that says, I'm in charge.
" This may explain why there is so little visible security at Putin's dacha, Novo-Ogarevo, the grand Russian presidential retreat set inside a birch- and fir-forested compound west of Moscow. To get there from the capital requires a 25-minute drive through the soul of modern Russia, past decrepit Soviet-era apartment blocks, the mashed-up French Tudor-villa McMansions of the new oligarchs and a shopping mall that boasts not just the routine spoils of affluence like Prada and Gucci but Lamborghinis and Ferraris too.
When you arrive at the dacha's faux-neoclassical gate, you have to leave your car and hop into one of the Kremlin's vehicles that slowly wind their way through a silent forest of snow-tipped firs. Aides warn you not to stray, lest you tempt the snipers positioned in the shadows around the compound. This is where Putin, 55, works. (He lives with his wife and two twentysomething daughters in another mansion deeper in the woods.) "
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/printout/0,29239,1690753_1690757_1690766,00.html#
The next Stalin or Peter the Great ?!
Developing ..........................
Shiver ..................
" Stones is Stones Ronnie !!!! "
Jacky !
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[cc:ss]
[Edited by Joey]
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| 19th December 2007 11:01 AM |
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| GotToRollMe |
July 7, 2006 - 3:34PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin today said his decision to stop a small boy as he walked through the Kremlin and kiss his stomach was prompted by a desire to "touch him like a kitten".
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| 19th December 2007 11:57 AM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
The Russian people are OK with Putin for the most part. He stopped the oligarchs and their neocon allies in the west from grabbing all the wealth. |
| 19th December 2007 12:25 PM |
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| Joey |
<----- BEST PUTIN YET !!!!!!!!!! |
| 19th December 2007 01:08 PM |
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| the good |
quote:
Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
The Russian people are OK with Putin for the most part. He stopped the oligarchs and their neocon allies in the west from grabbing all the wealth.
The Russian people have been tools of their state for hundreds of years. They seem to enjoy it, like some masochistic perversion. |
| 19th December 2007 02:04 PM |
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| Some Guy |
Taco Bell for lunch so I'm a putin. |
| 19th December 2007 02:19 PM |
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| Joey |
" Taco Bell for lunch so I'm a putin. "
< ---- He’ll never be another Peter the Great. His reforms are relatively conservative, Peter’s were sweeping. The big difference is perception of sweeping reforms, I think, is that Russia is skipping several decades worth of technological evolution in many areas as it plunges from the 1950’s directly into the 21st century. I think he is prudent to trickle the current technology in to avoid shocking the country, but Peter started with was essentially nothing (rural agrarian fiefdom, no real socioeconomic/bureaucratic infrastructure) and forged a national identity with the help of Europe (esp. France) and private investors.
His Stalin-like option, unfortunately, remain available. I don’t think he will, though. Stalin is generally looked back upon as both a leader that made tough decisions in a difficult time (no help from Communism, frankly) and as a draconian madman that had millions murdered due to paranoid delusions (some speculate heavy metal poisoning).
Putin will carve out his own historical niche, I think. Ultra wealthy, ultra powerful, a new dangerous breed of neo-Russian. Watch out! (I think that’s exactly how he wants everyone to see him, too.)
Oh MY !!!! .... Lil' Buddy ( Lil' Fiji ) ..... You are on FIRE Today !
Tsar Joey ! ™
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| 19th December 2007 02:38 PM |
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| Mel Belli |
quote:
the good wrote:
The Russian people have been tools of their state for hundreds of years. They seem to enjoy it, like some masochistic perversion.
Just keep the bread and vodka flowing! |
| 19th December 2007 02:38 PM |
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| Riffhard |
quote:
Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
The Russian people are OK with Putin for the most part. He stopped the oligarchs and their neocon allies in the west from grabbing all the wealth.
LOL! Gawd damned you're a foolish foolish man!
You're right TTM! Fuck the free press. Fuck civil liberties. Fuck fair trade. Fuck legal elections. Fuck any kind of constitution that protects the Russian people. None of that shit is important provided you screw the evil neocon capitalists in the West!
What a clueless putz.
Capitalism works! Just ask Algore and John Edwards! They have both made hundreds of millions in hedge funds! Evil neocons that they are! LOL!!!
Riffy
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| 19th December 2007 02:49 PM |
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| gypsy |
quote:
Blowey wrote:
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| 19th December 2007 03:06 PM |
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| Blowey |
quote:
Joey wrote:
" Taco Bell for lunch so I'm a putin. "
< ---- He’ll never be another Peter the Great. His reforms are relatively conservative, Peter’s were sweeping. The big difference is perception of sweeping reforms, I think, is that Russia is skipping several decades worth of technological evolution in many areas as it plunges from the 1950’s directly into the 21st century. I think he is prudent to trickle the current technology in to avoid shocking the country, but Peter started with was essentially nothing (rural agrarian fiefdom, no real socioeconomic/bureaucratic infrastructure) and forged a national identity with the help of Europe (esp. France) and private investors.
His Stalin-like option, unfortunately, remain available. I don’t think he will, though. Stalin is generally looked back upon as both a leader that made tough decisions in a difficult time (no help from Communism, frankly) and as a draconian madman that had millions murdered due to paranoid delusions (some speculate heavy metal poisoning).
Putin will carve out his own historical niche, I think. Ultra wealthy, ultra powerful, a new dangerous breed of neo-Russian. Watch out! (I think that’s exactly how he wants everyone to see him, too.)
Oh MY !!!! .... Lil' Buddy ( Lil' Fiji ) ..... You are on FIRE Today !
Tsar Joey ! ™
I feel ya lil pal................
My poo hole just ..................... ! :
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| 19th December 2007 03:08 PM |
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| gypsy |
quote:
Blowey wrote:
I feel ya lil pal................
My poo hole just ..................... ! :
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LOTTA BONES® |
| 19th December 2007 03:14 PM |
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| Blowey |
quote:
gypsy wrote:
LOTTA BONES®
WORD, my Princess.
Lotta Bones© Gallons of Lube™ Tons of Fur®
That's my motto! |
| 19th December 2007 03:50 PM |
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| glencar |
quote:
Some Guy wrote:
Taco Bell for lunch so I'm a putin.
Best Someguy Post EVER! |
| 19th December 2007 03:51 PM |
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| glencar |
quote:
Riffhard wrote:
LOL! Gawd damned you're a foolish foolish man!
You're right TTM! Fuck the free press. Fuck civil liberties. Fuck fair trade. Fuck legal elections. Fuck any kind of constitution that protects the Russian people. None of that shit is important provided you screw the evil neocon capitalists in the West!
What a clueless putz.
Capitalism works! Just ask Algore and John Edwards! They have both made hundreds of millions in hedge funds! Evil neocons that they are! LOL!!!
Riffy
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The Breck Girl is now ahead in Iowa! |
| 19th December 2007 06:39 PM |
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| Joey |
quote:
glencar wrote:
The Breck Girl is now ahead in Iowa!
BRIGHT EYES LYRICS
"When The President Talks To God"
When the president talks to God
Are the conversations brief or long?
Does he ask to rape our women’s' rights
And send poor farm kids off to die?
Does God suggest an oil hike
When the president talks to God?
When the president talks to God
Are the consonants all hard or soft?
Is he resolute all down the line?
Is every issue black or white?
Does what God say ever change his mind
When the president talks to God?
When the president talks to God
Does he fake that drawl or merely nod?
Agree which convicts should be killed?
Where prisons should be built and filled?
Which voter fraud must be concealed
When the president talks to God?
When the president talks to God
I wonder which one plays the better cop
We should find some jobs. the ghetto's broke
No, they're lazy, George, I say we don't
Just give 'em more liquor stores and dirty coke
That's what God recommends
When the president talks to God
Do they drink near beer and go play golf
While they pick which countries to invade
Which Muslim souls still can be saved?
I guess god just calls a spade a spade
When the president talks to God
When the president talks to God
Does he ever think that maybe he's not?
That that voice is just inside his head
When he kneels next to the presidential bed
Does he ever smell his own bullshit
When the president talks to God?
I doubt it
I doubt it ....... fade to white ( like a friggin angel ) .
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| 19th December 2007 06:48 PM |
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| glencar |
Supposedly, the Breck Girl's mistress is now PREGNANT! See Drudge. |
| 19th December 2007 09:35 PM |
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| the good |
quote:
glencar wrote:
The Breck Girl is now ahead in Iowa!
If Edwards or Obama get the nomination, the republicans will sail to victory. I even think they can beat Hillary without too much difficulty. The only way they are sure to lose is if they nominate Schmuckabee. |
| 20th December 2007 12:24 AM |
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| glencar |
Agree with everything above. Huckabee can't win. Neither can the other 2. Hilly's got a tough row to hoe. BTW Why hasn't that "I (Heart) Huckabees" movie made a comeback??? |
| 20th December 2007 01:09 AM |
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| pdog |
i thought Hillary was polled the lowest against most the Republicans... |
| 20th December 2007 08:59 AM |
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| gimmekeef |
Dems are gonna find out too late that their best shot was Gore...I predict another squeaker with Romney edging Hillary 51-49..... |
| 20th December 2007 09:45 AM |
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| mojoman |
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gimmekeef wrote:
Dems are gonna find out too late that their best shot was Gore...I predict another squeaker with Romney edging Hillary 51-49.....
you just might be right |
| 20th December 2007 10:39 AM |
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| glencar |
It'll be tight either way. |
| 20th December 2007 10:43 AM |
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| Joey |
" It'll be tight either way. "
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| 20th December 2007 10:55 AM |
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| glencar |
quote:
pdog wrote:
i thought Hillary was polled the lowest against most the Republicans...
This won't help her cause...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12202007/news/nationalnews/hills_brother_a_deadbeat_514395.htm?page=1 |
| 20th December 2007 03:51 PM |
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| the good |
quote:
gimmekeef wrote:
Dems are gonna find out too late that their best shot was Gore...I predict another squeaker with Romney edging Hillary 51-49.....
Damn right. I guess he's just too busy accepting phony awards and trashing his country. |
| 20th December 2007 04:25 PM |
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| gimmekeef |
quote:
the good wrote:
Damn right. I guess he's just too busy accepting phony awards and trashing his country.
He's a politician ..what else do you expect?....they're all sleezeballs |
| 21st December 2007 03:03 PM |
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| Joey |
quote:
gimmekeef wrote:
He's a politician ..what else do you expect?....they're all sleezeballs
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