Putin...Person of the year?!?!?

redneck · Post by **redneck** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:11 am

Time magazine on Wednesday named Russian President Vladimir Putin its 2007 "Person of the Year."

The nod went to the Russian leader because of Putin's "extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability," said Richard Stengel, Time's managing editor.

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/time-names ... 01#cmntbgn

Wtf is wrong with Time...

and look at the other 5 finalists.

Al Gore - LOL
Hu Jintao doesnt ring a bell
David Patraeus - no clue who he is.
Vladimir Putin - commy..
J.K. Rowling - how the hell did this bitch end up there?

Look it how liberal our media is nowadays.

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:13 am

redneck wrote:Time magazine on Wednesday named Russian President Vladimir Putin its 2007 "Person of the Year."

The nod went to the Russian leader because of Putin's "extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability," said Richard Stengel, Time's managing editor.

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/time-names ... 01#cmntbgn

Wtf is wrong with Time...

and look at the other 5 finalists.

Al Gore - LOL
Hu Jintao doesnt ring a bell
David Patraeus - no clue who he is.
Vladimir Putin - commy..
J.K. Rowling - how the hell did this bitch end up there?

Look it how liberal our media is nowadays.

LMFAO

because she made Dumbledore gay.

redneck · Post by **redneck** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:17 am

CrimsonNuker wrote:
redneck wrote:Time magazine on Wednesday named Russian President Vladimir Putin its 2007 "Person of the Year."

The nod went to the Russian leader because of Putin's "extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability," said Richard Stengel, Time's managing editor.

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/time-names ... 01#cmntbgn

Wtf is wrong with Time...

and look at the other 5 finalists.

Al Gore - LOL
Hu Jintao doesnt ring a bell
David Patraeus - no clue who he is.
Vladimir Putin - commy..
J.K. Rowling - how the hell did this bitch end up there?

Look it how liberal our media is nowadays.

LMFAO

because she made Dumbledore gay.

redneck wrote:Look it how liberal our media is nowadays.

I'm adding that woman to the top 10 bitches I hate shes right behind Hillary.

†erminal · Post by **†erminal** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:23 am

All the little kids are gonna grow up thinking gay is ok now that their hero Dumbledore was,
this is UNACCEPTABLE.

redneck · Post by **redneck** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:25 am

edit

Lol wtf? was typing on aim and it popped up in here?

Trice · Post by **Trice** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:06 am

putin is awesome, you seen the pics of him looking all strong and manly so all of russia loves him? hilarious lol. would gordon brown catching a fish with his bear hands topless make him as popular as putin?

no it would not xD

†erminal · Post by **†erminal** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:11 am

Trice makes me lul

darkmaster21 · Post by **darkmaster21** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:18 am

What did Putin ever do?

Jstar1 · Post by **Jstar1** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:24 am

†erminal wrote:All the little kids are gonna grow up thinking gay is ok now that their hero Dumbledore was,
this is UNACCEPTABLE.

I hated harry potter anyways

Nuklear · Post by **Nuklear** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:05 am

Maybe you should go to the time's website and see why they did that instead of rushing to conclusions via aol(LOLOLOL).

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/ ... 50,00.html

TIME's Person of the Year is not and never has been an honor. It is not an endorsement. It is not a popularity contest. At its best, it is a clear-eyed recognition of the world as it is and of the most powerful individuals and forces shaping that world—for better or for worse.

Thread over.

Reise · Post by **Reise** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:11 am

Putin is like the opposite of commie.

XemnasXD · Post by **XemnasXD** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:54 am

like Nuklear said Thread Over

i love it when people overreact without knowing what they're reacting to...its become an American tradition :roll:

redneck=fail

JacksColon · Post by **JacksColon** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:54 pm

XemnasXD wrote:like Nuklear said Thread Over

i love it when people overreact without knowing what they're reacting to...its become an American tradition

redneck=fail

Exactly! To quote TIME:
"TIME's Person of the Year is not and never has been an honor. It is not an endorsement. It is not a popularity contest. At its best, it is a clear-eyed recognition of the world as it is and of the most powerful individuals and forces shaping that world—for better or for worse. It is ultimately about leadership—bold, earth-changing leadership. Putin is not a boy scout. He is not a democrat in any way that the West would define it. He is not a paragon of free speech. He stands, above all, for stability—stability before freedom, stability before choice, stability in a country that has hardly seen it for a hundred years. Whether he becomes more like the man for whom his grandfather prepared blinis—who himself was twice TIME's Person of the Year—or like Peter the Great, the historical figure he most admires; whether he proves to be a reformer or an autocrat who takes Russia back to an era of repression—this we will know only over the next decade. At significant cost to the principles and ideas that free nations prize, he has performed an extraordinary feat of leadership in imposing stability on a nation that has rarely known it and brought Russia back to the table of world power. For that reason, Vladimir Putin is TIME's 2007 Person of the Year. "

Also, Hitler was TIME's Person of the Year in 1939 FFS

http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/mar ... erTime.jpg

Sol · Post by **Sol** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:02 pm

tbh i don't know why people get so mad about it, putin would be a better prime minister than bloody gordon brown and probably is probably alot smarter than bush.... quote " I believe *giant bush pause* that the american people *bigger pause* ... etc etc"

JacksColon · Post by **JacksColon** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:04 pm

Sol wrote:tbh i don't know why people get so mad about it, putin would be a better prime minister than bloody gordon brown and probably is probably alot smarter than bush.... quote " I believe *giant bush pause* that the american people *bigger pause* ... etc etc"

I wouldn't say BETTER than Bush...smarter, yes. I think that you're polishing a turd here

XemnasXD · Post by **XemnasXD** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:26 pm

JacksColon wrote:
Sol wrote:tbh i don't know why people get so mad about it, putin would be a better prime minister than bloody gordon brown and probably is probably alot smarter than bush.... quote " I believe *giant bush pause* that the american people *bigger pause* ... etc etc"

I wouldn't say BETTER than Bush...smarter, yes. I think that you're polishing a turd here

he didn't say better than bush, he did say smarter than...you read it wrong...

JacksColon · Post by **JacksColon** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:30 pm

XemnasXD wrote:
JacksColon wrote:
Sol wrote:tbh i don't know why people get so mad about it, putin would be a better prime minister than bloody gordon brown and probably is probably alot smarter than bush.... quote " I believe *giant bush pause* that the american people *bigger pause* ... etc etc"

I wouldn't say BETTER than Bush...smarter, yes. I think that you're polishing a turd here

he didn't say better than bush, he did say smarter than...you read it wrong...

True, but, I don't think he's better than gordon brown either

Truth is, this guy is a former KGB guy, who hires only former KGB guys and is slowly regressing Russia back into a totalitarian regime..notice how I didn't use the word "communist"

heroo · Post by **heroo** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:12 pm

rofl.

i think ermmmm.... like.... erm.... head of joyMax person of the year. yahhh

Priam · Post by **Priam** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:26 pm

To actually get on topic.. Cause this might be an interesting discussion without lame random reactions from "postcount whores" with nothing actually contributing to add.

Putin is not a strange option for the reward. It doesn't take a professor to see that he actually plays the political game very well on several fronts, national and international in some cases. Though not fully according to democratic values, this man knows exactly what he's doing, and he's doing it with 100% succes. Even when he steps down, he'll be in charge, he makes sure he is. Which might not be pretty, but damn smart of his side. He get's away with it.

It might seem he'd get rewarded for doing bad things, but look at it from another point of view, which is always healthy.

J.K. rowling is a solid addition to the list for her life story. But even more for the last chapter of HP. She implemented certain events, most writers wouldn't even dare to think about in SUCH a succesfull range of books. And she did it succesfully.

Taking these 2 in consideration, the rest of the list, i agree is kinda lame.

JacksColon · Post by **JacksColon** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:57 pm

Priam wrote:To actually get on topic.. Cause this might be an interesting discussion without lame random reactions from "postcount whores" with nothing actually contributing to add.

Putin is not a strange option for the reward. It doesn't take a professor to see that he actually plays the political game very well on several fronts, national and international in some cases. Though not fully according to democratic values, this man knows exactly what he's doing, and he's doing it with 100% succes. Even when he steps down, he'll be in charge, he makes sure he is. Which might not be pretty, but damn smart of his side. He get's away with it.

It might seem he'd get rewarded for doing bad things, but look at it from another point of view, which is always healthy.

J.K. rowling is a solid addition to the list for her life story. But even more for the last chapter of HP. She implemented certain events, most writers wouldn't even dare to think about in SUCH a succesfull range of books. And she did it succesfully.

Taking these 2 in consideration, the rest of the list, i agree is kinda lame.

The thing is, which people keep missing, is that he is not getting "rewarded". He is merely being recognized for the influencial and important role he is playing within Russia, but also on the international stage. Yes, I think he is a terrible person. But, that's not the point. I think you could make an argument for Hu Jintao as well. But, definitely Putin makes sense. He's not only transforming Russia (I argue for the worse) but he is greatly influencing trade in the region and negotiations relating to many things, from Iran to N. Korea.

Priam · Post by **Priam** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:37 pm

JacksColon wrote:
Priam wrote:To actually get on topic.. Cause this might be an interesting discussion without lame random reactions from "postcount whores" with nothing actually contributing to add.

Putin is not a strange option for the reward. It doesn't take a professor to see that he actually plays the political game very well on several fronts, national and international in some cases. Though not fully according to democratic values, this man knows exactly what he's doing, and he's doing it with 100% succes. Even when he steps down, he'll be in charge, he makes sure he is. Which might not be pretty, but damn smart of his side. He get's away with it.

It might seem he'd get rewarded for doing bad things, but look at it from another point of view, which is always healthy.

J.K. rowling is a solid addition to the list for her life story. But even more for the last chapter of HP. She implemented certain events, most writers wouldn't even dare to think about in SUCH a succesfull range of books. And she did it succesfully.

Taking these 2 in consideration, the rest of the list, i agree is kinda lame.

The thing is, which people keep missing, is that he is not getting "rewarded". He is merely being recognized for the influencial and important role he is playing within Russia, but also on the international stage. Yes, I think he is a terrible person. But, that's not the point. I think you could make an argument for Hu Jintao as well. But, definitely Putin makes sense. He's not only transforming Russia (I argue for the worse) but he is greatly influencing trade in the region and negotiations relating to many things, from Iran to N. Korea.

I was merely pointing at the fact that most people reading this in newspapers see it as a reward. Which i agree, it is not.

Thanks for bringing the trade thing up, i hadn't even thought of that.

Reise · Post by **Reise** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:55 pm

JK Rowling could take a dump on a piece of paper, write Harry Potter on it and sell millions.

Nuklear · Post by **Nuklear** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:09 pm

Hmm, I thought HP and a piece of shit were the same things.

XemnasXD · Post by **XemnasXD** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:37 pm

jeez did you people even read the HP books they were actually pretty entertaining....it wasn't just 13 year olds who were buying them i started reading them in 6th grade(like alot of people) and they kept my interest since....thats impressive for a book series to have that much appeal...

TOloseGT · Post by **TOloseGT** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:54 pm

i like how ppl think it's cool to bash harry potter :roll:

JacksColon · Post by **JacksColon** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:54 pm

I hate HP. But, I thought Daniel Radcliffe's cameo on "Extras" was friggin' brilliant.

Priam · Post by **Priam** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:57 pm

Nuklear wrote:Hmm, I thought HP and a piece of shit were the same things.

imo you and reise are shit. wth do we need such comments for.

It takes more then a 'dump' to write a story that grasps the entire world. She obviously very talented in such manor, and i respect that.

good additions to the topic boys...

Nuklear · Post by **Nuklear** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:48 pm

My comment was a joke. I have never read the books, and only a few movies, so that wasn't my informed opinion.
Nice to see who likes HP though.

Reise · Post by **Reise** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:51 pm

Priam wrote:imo you and reise are shit. wth do we need such comments for.

It takes more then a 'dump' to write a story that grasps the entire world. She obviously very talented in such manor, and i respect that.

good additions to the topic boys...

Quit backseat moderating dickbag.

Nuklear · Post by **Nuklear** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:59 pm

Quit making me laugh. I have cold you inconsiderate bastard.

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