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Posted: 3/19/2009 5:38:40 AM EDT
'Undercover Putin In KGB Reagan Ruse' 6:10pm UK, Wednesday March 18, 2009 Julia Alasheyeva, Moscow A picture has emerged apparently showing Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in his former days as a KGB officer. Vladimir Putin as a tourist Does this picture show Putin pretending to be a tourist? (pic: Pete Souza) The 20-year old photo depicts two world leaders - US President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - in Moscow. But, according to the man who took the photo, it also captures Mr Putin disguised as a tourist. Pete Souza, now President Obama's official photographer, captured the moment when he worked for President Reagan during the political thaw that soon ended the Cold War. Mr Reagan took a stroll around Red Square accompanied by the Russian leader, who then introduced him to a group of tourists. In an interview, Mr Souza recounted being surprised at the "pointed" questions these supposed tourists asked the US leader. They included searching enquiries on the state of human rights in the US. The identity of the man on the left of the photo - complete with camera round his neck - was later revealed and "verified" to Mr Souza as none other than Mr Putin. The planting of KGB officers as bystanders was a common practice in Soviet times. During the tense stand-off of the Cold War, they would be used to challenge foreign leaders during visits to Russia. But, while acknowledging this practice, a Russian political analyst and author of books on Vladimir Putin dismissed Mr Souza's claims as "nonsense". "Vladimir Putin was a major serving in Dresden and he wasn't important enough at that time to be brought to Moscow", said Andrey Piontkovsky. Mr Putin served as a KGB officer in the East German city of Dresden. He was stationed there from 1985 until the fall of the Berlin Wall. He was later called back to Russia. Not a huge amount is known about his work there, but it is widely believed he was a middle-ranking agent on his first and only foreign posting. Keep your friends close, and your ENEMIES closer.   
....wait, wait, I forgot Bush "looked into his eyes" and liked what he saw????; nothing here to see, people 
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Posted: 3/19/2009 5:42:29 AM EDT
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The picture is kind of small. That dude kind of looks like Graham Chapman too.
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Posted: 3/19/2009 5:53:28 AM EDT
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Nobody in Russia that ever got that close to an American President was a tourist. That kid is a KGB hit man.
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:03:56 AM EDT
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Better an Intelligence Officer running your Country than a Community Organizer.
Who do you think would win in a battle of wits, Vlad or Obama? My money is on the Slav. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:08:48 AM EDT
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Clearly this thread is nothing more than a blatant attempt to get us to post various pictures from his life. I'll participate.
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:13:54 AM EDT
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Better an Intelligence Officer running your Country than a Community Organizer. Who do you think would win in a battle of wits, Vlad or Obama? My money is on the Slav. Sad, very sad....The "Leaders" in hiding need to come out and play. Puppets can't Lead...period. 
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:13:59 AM EDT
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Better an Intelligence Officer running your Country than a Community Organizer. Who do you think would win in a battle of wits, Vlad or Obama? My money is on the Slav. Putin is a bad motherfucker. I'd love to see a match in the octogon between Putin and Blowbama. I give the Kenyan all of 10 seconds. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:18:32 AM EDT
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The KGB are some tricky bastards.
There's a good book about the KGB called KGB The Inside Story, by a very high level defector named Gordievsky and a Cambridge historian who also wrote a pretty authoritative history of the British intelligence services. It's more than 700 pages long. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:18:38 AM EDT
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I saw this too, thinked through Drudge...glad I searched.
In a way it kind of got me thinking...in a sense, I kind of miss those cold war days. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:21:10 AM EDT
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I'm not gonna lie. Putin would probably be a VERY interesting guy to sit down and have a drink with. I'm sure he'd have some interesting stories to tell.
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:22:30 AM EDT
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Nose is wrong.
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:23:29 AM EDT
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I'll be honest and say if Putin was our guy, I'd rather him be our president than the Obamanation.
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:28:29 AM EDT
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I saw this too, thinked through Drudge...glad I searched. In a way it kind of got me thinking...in a sense, I kind of miss those cold war days. Though just as terrifying, but in different ways, the Cold War seemed much simpler and more understandable looking back. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:28:46 AM EDT
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Better an Intelligence Officer running your Country than a Community Organizer. Who do you think would win in a battle of wits, Vlad or Obama? My money is on the Slav. Putin is a bad motherfucker. I'd love to see a match in the octogon between Putin and Blowbama. I give the Kenyan all of 10 seconds. Even with his mad hoop skills?
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:33:59 AM EDT
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He's probably the most dangerous gay man on the planet.
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:35:39 AM EDT
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Better an Intelligence Officer running your Country than a Community Organizer. Who do you think would win in a battle of wits, Vlad or Obama? My money is on the Slav. Putin is a bad motherfucker. I'd love to see a match in the octogon between Putin and Blowbama. I give the Kenyan all of 10 seconds. yeah but he'd need a giant teleprompter to give him instructions on every move. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:37:17 AM EDT
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ARFCOM is slacking....
Count the mistakes. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:40:14 AM EDT
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Better an Intelligence Officer running your Country than a Community Organizer. Who do you think would win in a battle of wits, Vlad or Obama? My money is on the Slav. Putin is a bad motherfucker. I'd love to see a match in the octogon between Putin and Blowbama. I give the Kenyan all of 10 seconds. Even with his mad hoop skills? Don't forget the USMC T-Shirt. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:44:07 AM EDT
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Trigger discipline....fail Pistol pointing up as well. Massive fail. Hearing protection. fail |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:48:50 AM EDT
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Trigger discipline....fail Pistol pointing up as well. Massive fail. Hearing protection. fail Eye protection... fail. Apparent handling firearms w/ finger on trigger of hooded goons behind the hot line who muzzle-sweep the putz bending over... fail. Okay, now YOU tell'em to get off the range.  
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:48:50 AM EDT
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Quoted: Clearly this thread is nothing more than a blatant attempt to get us to post various pictures from his life. I'll participate. http://media.npr.org/news/specials/putin/images/putin1.jpg http://english.pravda.ru/img/idb/putin_young-1.jpg Any other photos when he was 20? |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:51:12 AM EDT
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Trigger discipline....fail Pistol pointing up as well. Massive fail. Hearing protection. fail Maybe (the part in red) or maybe he didn't want to mess up his hair *shrug* I wear my behind the head Peltors upside down when shooting a rifle to get a better cheek weld. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:54:41 AM EDT
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Are the Putin cheerleaders here yet?
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:56:22 AM EDT
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Better an Intelligence Officer running your Country than a Community Organizer. Who do you think would win in a battle of wits, Vlad or Obama? My money is on the Slav. Putin is a bad motherfucker. I'd love to see a match in the octogon between Putin and Blowbama. I give the Kenyan all of 10 seconds. Even with his mad hoop skills? Don't forget the USMC T-Shirt. Neatly tucked in of course. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:59:54 AM EDT
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Clearly this thread is nothing more than a blatant attempt to get us to post various pictures from his life. I'll participate. http://media.npr.org/news/specials/putin/images/putin1.jpg http://english.pravda.ru/img/idb/putin_young-1.jpg It's Macaulay Caulkin's lost twin! 
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:00:40 AM EDT
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Apparent handling firearms w/ finger on trigger of hooded goons behind the hot line who muzzle-sweep the putz bending over... fail. To be honest it looks like they are grabbing into a bag filled with tasty snacks like gummy worms
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:01:35 AM EDT
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 <==== Putin
Hmmm, which is the "Face of Evil"?????
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:04:05 AM EDT
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Okay, now YOU tell'em to get off the range.
He'd kick my ass just as quickly as he'd kick Obamas.
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:05:42 AM EDT
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Are the Putin cheerleaders here yet? Not a cheerleader but I do have respect for the guy. He truly is one bad motherfucker and a leader. Unlike the douchenozzle 52% of the useful idiots voted for in this country. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:09:15 AM EDT
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Are the Putin cheerleaders here yet? Not a cheerleader but I do have respect for the guy. He truly is one bad motherfucker and a leader. Unlike the douchenozzle 52% of the useful idiots voted for in this country. +1 The guy has the intelligence, temperment and life experience people should expect out of their national leaders. Not a brainless flake like we have now. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:10:24 AM EDT
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Maybe (the part in red) or maybe he didn't want to mess up his hair *shrug*
My thought, exactly! Kinda remind me of Jimmy Johnson- former Dallas Cowboy coach, and his hair. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 8:59:30 AM EDT
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Are the Putin cheerleaders here yet? Not a cheerleader but I do have respect for the guy. He truly is one bad motherfucker and a leader. Unlike the douchenozzle 52% of the useful idiots voted for in this country. +1 The guy has the intelligence, temperment and life experience people should expect out of their national leaders. Not a brainless flake like we have now. And if you cross him, he will slap your face until you cry. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 5:15:52 PM EDT
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Are the Putin cheerleaders here yet? Not a cheerleader but I do have respect for the guy. He truly is one bad motherfucker and a leader. Unlike the douchenozzle 52% of the useful idiots voted for in this country. +1 The guy has the intelligence, temperment and life experience people should expect out of their national leaders. Not a brainless flake like we have now. And if you cross him, he will slap your face until you cry. Probably. As a Colonel in the KGB, I'm sure he was trained in Interrogation Techniques. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:07:21 PM EDT
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Just to clarify, Vladimir Putin would have been 36 years old when President Reagan made that trip. At any rate, I believe these are some of the pictures you want. Here are your pinups:
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Clearly this thread is nothing more than a blatant attempt to get us to post various pictures from his life. I'll participate. Any other photos when he was 20? 
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:12:05 PM EDT
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Putin gets more range time than 99% of ARFcom.
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:17:42 PM EDT
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Wonder what his daughters look like now?
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Just to clarify, Vladimir Putin would have been 36 years old when President Reagan made that trip. At any rate, I believe these are some of the pictures you want. Here are your pinups:
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Clearly this thread is nothing more than a blatant attempt to get us to post various pictures from his life. I'll participate. Any other photos when he was 20? http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putinkgb.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1985.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1986.jpg |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:43:52 PM EDT
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It is considered a media taboo to print photos of the children, Katia and Masha, as adults. It is ok to reprint the ones from childhood.
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Wonder what his daughters look like now?
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Just to clarify, Vladimir Putin would have been 36 years old when President Reagan made that trip. At any rate, I believe these are some of the pictures you want. Here are your pinups:
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Clearly this thread is nothing more than a blatant attempt to get us to post various pictures from his life. I'll participate. Any other photos when he was 20? http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putinkgb.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1985.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1986.jpg |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 6:48:49 PM EDT
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I think Putin loves his country as much as any of us love ours. I respect that, although it does not mean that I think that Putin always
acts in a respectable manner. Poisoning political enemies is not particularly respectable in a civlilized society unless you're poisoning communists or socialists.  CJ |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:40:15 PM EDT
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I'll be honest and say if Putin was our guy, I'd rather him be our president than the Obamanation. No you wouldn't. Both are totaliarian, but only one is capable. If I have to have a totaliarian leader I want the fuckup. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:41:11 PM EDT
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Trigger discipline....fail Pistol pointing up as well. Massive fail. Hearing protection. fail Trigger discipline? Can't you see he is in full recoil. 
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:41:58 PM EDT
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Can't say i'd want him as our leader, but I certainly do respect him as a worthy adversary.
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:43:07 PM EDT
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I'm not a Putinphile but I like how he rolls. It would be nice if we had a bad ass, former secret agent for our president
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:48:56 PM EDT
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I'm not gonna lie. Putin would probably be a VERY interesting guy to sit down and have a drink with. I'm sure he'd have some interesting stories to tell. I agree with this. I am not a fan of Putin's, but I respect him. At least he also had the balls to admit publicly that Socialism does not work. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:56:25 PM EDT
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I'm not gonna lie. Putin would probably be a VERY interesting guy to sit down and have a drink with. I'm sure he'd have some interesting stories to tell. "This one time, Comrade..."
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:57:02 PM EDT
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It is considered a media taboo to print photos of the children, Katia and Masha, as adults. It is ok to reprint the ones from childhood.
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Wonder what his daughters look like now?
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Just to clarify, Vladimir Putin would have been 36 years old when President Reagan made that trip. At any rate, I believe these are some of the pictures you want. Here are your pinups:
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Clearly this thread is nothing more than a blatant attempt to get us to post various pictures from his life. I'll participate. Any other photos when he was 20? http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putinkgb.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1985.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1986.jpg 
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Posted: 3/19/2009 7:57:24 PM EDT
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Poisoning political enemies is not particularly respectable in a civlilized society unless you're poisoning communists or socialists.
I hope Vlad poisons George Soros. That would be cool. |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 8:35:41 PM EDT
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It is considered a media taboo to print photos of the children, Katia and Masha, as adults. It is ok to reprint the ones from childhood.
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Wonder what his daughters look like now?
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Just to clarify, Vladimir Putin would have been 36 years old when President Reagan made that trip. At any rate, I believe these are some of the pictures you want. Here are your pinups:
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Clearly this thread is nothing more than a blatant attempt to get us to post various pictures from his life. I'll participate. Any other photos when he was 20? http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putinkgb.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1985.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1986.jpg http://kristinaanna.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/putin_daughter1.jpg The one on the left is very doable. |
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Posted: 3/20/2009 4:38:30 AM EDT
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You have just proven the point.
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It is considered a media taboo to print photos of the children, Katia and Masha, as adults. It is ok to reprint the ones from childhood.
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Wonder what his daughters look like now?
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Just to clarify, Vladimir Putin would have been 36 years old when President Reagan made that trip. At any rate, I believe these are some of the pictures you want. Here are your pinups:
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Clearly this thread is nothing more than a blatant attempt to get us to post various pictures from his life. I'll participate. Any other photos when he was 20? http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putinkgb.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1985.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1986.jpg [stupid comment deleted] The comments are petty and demeaning. Although celebrity culture exists everywhere (and nowhere else to the ridiculous extent as in U.S. and U.K.) it is still an individual choice not to participate in it. The reasons for those comments spring from an innate urge to bring those higher than us down to a lower level, to reduce them to the lowest common denominator of modern life. Also, celebrity is most rapacious in the most developed societies. Focusing on a famous person's offspring is a way to gain some power simply by reducing someone else to less than the sum of their parts. |
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Posted: 3/20/2009 5:02:40 AM EDT
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You have just proven the point.
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It is considered a media taboo to print photos of the children, Katia and Masha, as adults. It is ok to reprint the ones from childhood.
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Wonder what his daughters look like now?
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Just to clarify, Vladimir Putin would have been 36 years old when President Reagan made that trip. At any rate, I believe these are some of the pictures you want. Here are your pinups:
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Clearly this thread is nothing more than a blatant attempt to get us to post various pictures from his life. I'll participate. Any other photos when he was 20? http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putinkgb.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1985.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/MarthaStewart67/putin1986.jpg [stupid comment deleted] The comments are petty and demeaning. Although celebrity culture exists everywhere (and nowhere else to the ridiculous extent as in U.S. and U.K.) it is still an individual choice not to participate in it. The reasons for those comments spring from an innate urge to bring those higher than us down to a lower level, to reduce them to the lowest common denominator of modern life. Also, celebrity is most rapacious in the most developed societies. Focusing on a famous person's offspring is a way to gain some power simply by reducing someone else to less than the sum of their parts. True. One of the things Putin has done which I like is he's established boundaries for what is proper and improper behavior from the Media. As opposed to the US where the Media blatantly manipulates information to serve an agenda (i.e. the election of Obama). |
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Posted: 3/20/2009 5:10:11 AM EDT
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Nice trigger discipline. Nice job of keeping the muzzle of the weapon pointed down range. I guess he did not want to mess up his hair so that's why he has the Ear Protection on like that. |
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Posted: 3/20/2009 5:12:09 AM EDT
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Vlad doesn't smile much. Even when he was a young lad.
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