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2007-12-24 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Deacon Blues 2007-12-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I realize Putin wouldn't win any popularity contests around here, but I thought Times choice was a good one and refreshingly non-PC.

For my money, Putin was the most influential man (as a generic term for a person) in 2007.

Posted by phil_b 2007-12-24 00:09|| 2007-12-24 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Gore has a real problem with elections, doesn't he. Just like a spoiled liberal, don't like the results of an election? Why, just cry and stamp your little feet. Putz!

Posted by Skunky Elmomosh5044 2007-12-24 00:49|| 2007-12-24 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 One close advisor, requesting anonymity, claimed, "It would be interesting to sit down with those who voted and find out just how many have been subjected to Guantanamo-like coercion."

Extreme BDS.

Posted by www 2007-12-24 00:58|| 2007-12-24 00:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Lawyers for former Vice President Al Gore have filed numerous lawsuits against Time magazine

"Red on Red." A good news story.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-12-24 01:01|| 2007-12-24 01:01|| Front Page Top

#5 From the Time article:

Stalin's ghost appears to Putin in a dream, and Putin asks for his help running the country. Stalin says, "Round up and shoot all the democrats, and then paint the inside of the Kremlin blue." "Why blue?" Putin asks. "Ha!" says Stalin. "I knew you wouldn't ask me about the first part."

There is already a new Putin joke: Putin goes to a restaurant with Medvedev and orders a steak. The waiter asks, "And what about the vegetable?" Putin answers, "The vegetable will have steak too."

Putin and Bush are fishing on the Volga River. After half an hour Bush complains, "Vladimir, I'm getting bitten like crazy by mosquitoes, but I haven't seen a single one bothering you." Putin: "They know better than that."

Posted by KBK 2007-12-24 02:47|| 2007-12-24 02:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Sajak's pretty funny. A real, better choice would've been Petraeus, but Time doesn't deserve him

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-12-24 04:35|| 2007-12-24 04:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, lol...

Posted by Raj 2007-12-24 08:24|| 2007-12-24 08:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Some guy named Durante was seen voting numerous times.

Posted by ed 2007-12-24 09:27|| 2007-12-24 09:27|| Front Page Top

#9 All your awards are belong to me!

Posted by doc 2007-12-24 09:54|| 2007-12-24 09:54|| Front Page Top

#10 Putins award, I don't think he did anything special this year that he didnt' do last year or is likely to do next year. Patreius on the other hand may have reversed the situation in Iraq which could lead to enormous differences in the entire region and the world. Since the award is specific to 2007 I think the General deserves it, but doing so would mean recognizing that Iraq is not an unwinnable quagmire going into an election, something time is hesitant to do so Putin gets it.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-12-24 10:39|| 2007-12-24 10:39|| Front Page Top

#11 Some of the comments here are as funny as the article. The outraged ones, I mean, not the deliberate snarks. You guys do understand this is humor and not news, right?

Posted by SteveS 2007-12-24 12:13|| 2007-12-24 12:13|| Front Page Top

#12 yep

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-12-24 12:16|| 2007-12-24 12:16|| Front Page Top

#13 Rumors have surfaced that one employee, known only as Chad, has confirmed those rumors

Oh that is RICH! They made of person out of the Hanging Chads from Florida!

Posted by Charles 2007-12-24 14:32|| 2007-12-24 14:32|| Front Page Top

#14 "Putin was the most influential man"

In what way? He played absolutely no role in any major story of any importance with the US. The Iranian President played a bigger role. Putin did practically nothing ... at all ... anywhere.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-12-24 15:27|| 2007-12-24 15:27|| Front Page Top

#15 Putin did practically nothing ... at all ... anywhere.

Time to expand your reading horizon beyond the MSM.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-12-24 15:37|| 2007-12-24 15:37|| Front Page Top

#16 Jeeez, what a fowl up. I remember when Jimmy Durante played the red orchestra pretty much for all it was worth.

Posted by Miz Kalabash">Miz Kalabash 2007-12-24 16:45|| http://www.cybernations.net/]">[http://www.cybernations.net/] 2007-12-24 16:45|| Front Page Top

#17 What did Putin do?

He is progressively putting Russia back as a top tier player on the world stage, using energy and military hardware sales, amoungst other things. He also continues to pull Russia out of its post-communism death spiral.

A world in which Russia is led by a Yeltsin or Gorbachov type leader would be a very different place.

Posted by phil_b 2007-12-24 17:18|| 2007-12-24 17:18|| Front Page Top

#18 Putin is one of the wealthiest autocrats in history, largely through his control of several energy subsidiaries. Even after he leaves the stage he will be behind the curtain pulling the strings in Russia.

It could be argued that he belongs on the cover of Time because he has led important changes. Perhaps we should ask Anna Politkavskaya, Victor Yushchenko and Alexander Litvinenko if those changes are positive.

Posted by Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-12-24 20:33|| 2007-12-24 20:33|| Front Page Top

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