Vladimir Putin - MAN Of ACTION- 34 photos of.... AWESOME

[underpants]

Whale harpooner, horse whiperer, bare chested rifleman :rofl:
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/09/vladimir-putin-action-man/100147/

[cherokeeprogressive]

1. He rides a TRIKE?

[polly7]

23. Those trikes are fun!! but can be dangerous, especially when chasing horses

who can run fast. Really fast. And you try to keep up. Over hills and ruts. And they tip over ........ never mind ....... I drifted off.

[graywarrior]

2. He almost seems to good to be true!

[patrick t. cakes]

27. Russia's very own Chuck Norris

[Brother Buzz]

3. Yeah, but can he shoot 38 under par on a regulation 18-hole golf course...

including 5 holes in one?

[underpants]

8. How would you like to be Kim Jong-Il's scorekeeper?

"Put me down for a 1"

"But Dear Leader ...oh uh, never mind"

[Posteritatis]

22. Gotta admit, it'd be an easy job. "Well damn, sir! Infinity under par again!" (nt)

[monmouth]

4. Awww, I like how he relates to animals. He's a very well-rounded man

and I honestly think he's channeling Jason Statham. Perhaps wants to be in an action movie or something. Great pics....

[Hawkowl]

17. I thought that too!

He looks extraordinarily happy holding that puppy! I remember how disgusted he used to look whenever he was with Shrub.

[InvisibleTouch]

29. He has taken an interest in Siberian tiger conservation.

Gotta applaud that!

[GoCubsGo]

39. The first time I saw that photo, I thought he had killed it.

I thought the same when I read the part about him harpooning the whale. In both cases, I was quite happy to be wrong. Good on him! I'm really jealous of him and his bathysphere trip in Lake Baikal.

[BootinUp]

5. lol. nt

[avaistheone1]

6. I can't imagine Bush or Obama being able to do any of this stuff.

Frankly I don't think there is anyone in our Congress who can.

Politics aside, Putin is a remarkably fit and talented man. Got to admit that.

The pictures are awesome.

[treestar]

7. Vladmir for President!

Forget the natural born citizen shit! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

What a guy! Being PM seems to be the public service end of things, as opposed to the political?

The one where he's holding the dog is cute!

[GReedDiamond]

9. Is there a "The Man of Russia" calender?

Not the MEN, just the MAN - All Vladimir P, every month.

He is the World Champ Man's Man of Manly Men Photo Opportunists!

[Bryn]

10. Wow! I wanna him to rear his head over Arkansas Air Space.

Love the photos! Awesome, indeed!

[polly7]

30. LOL I still remember that John McCain / Sarah Palin thread where someone

photo-shopped a picture of his head overlooking Alaska. That was one of the best.

[underpants]

46. ;-)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SqhhJb_P3Kk/SN1Jz5TYVUI/AAAAAAAACL0/8PSfaxmFFyQ/s400/putin+rears+his+head.jpg

[Rex]

11. I see he is staying in 'killer' shape.

Unlike his nemesis - Poppy Sr. One can still kill like a good KGB droid, the other is wishing he'd never had GWB! My how things turn out.

[otohara]

12. The Most Intresting Man in the World

I bet he drinks dos equis.

[corpseratemedia]

14. !!

they should use him!

[seabeyond]

13. lol the ego. lordy. ah ha.

still snickering.

[polly7]

15. Very nice pictures. I think it's great when any leader leaves a history that

includes such a variety of photos. I don't get all the animosity towards Putin.

[Hawkowl]

19. He jailed some Big Oil oligarchs!

Can't have that in the USA Inc!

[polly7]

21. Granted, I don't know as much about the guy as I should, but freaking A!

I wish most of them were jailed.

[RZM]

41. LOL. Do you know why they've been jailed?

It ain't for being oligarchical, that's for damn sure. Khodarkovsky and others are mostly in jail for 'fraud,' aka supporting political parties other than United Russia. I'm sure they have committed fraud too, but all of those other wealthy businessmen who support United Russia seem to have gotten passes.

[polly7]

44. Really, that's for damned sure?

I just did a quick google and found out some interesting articles.

Here's just one of them.

http://www.zimbio.com/Mikhail+Khodorkovsky/articles/hYUwrtLJ3Ct/Europe+hate+Putin

After the destruction of the USSR, the break up of the Russian Federation was inevitable. Europe wanted it, America had worked for it, and the Oligarchs were ensuring that this would happen. The only impediment in their way was the Ex-KGB boss Putin. He took back Russia from a Russian Prime Minister (Boris Berezovsky) who as it turned out had Israeli nationality. There was a huge scandal about it, and Boris had to give up his Israeli passport. According to media reports “Berezovsky boasts that he caused the war in Chechnya, in which tens of thousands have been killed and a whole country devastated”.

A few years back Uri Avnery a Jew from Israel wrote about the Oligarchs. It is worth reading. http://www.countercurrents.org/avnery020804.htm

Hey - I'm learning, but so far, the dreaded, demon, evil Putin doesn't seem any worse than many other leaders.

"Today the Rupert Murdoch organization and even neutral news outlets like the VOA, and the BBC are busy spewing vitriol about Putin and Russia. To understand what is going on we have to look at the historical perspective as described by Uri. Various statements about Putin have to be taken into context. If one is to read Uri Avnery the same thing happened in the US a hundred years ago when the Robber Barons took over the country. Uri can say that, if we said it, we would be part of the lunaitic fringe that believed in Conspiracy theories."

But, you know for damned sure, so I'll keep your post in mind.

[tularetom]

16. When you are prime minister you get a lot of neat toys to play with

[Poll_Blind]

18. He got me pregnant just LOOKIN' at those pictures!

Wait, I'm a man...

Lordy, that must mean....the crab tostadas last night!

Gotta run!

PB

[denem]

20. THIS ONE IS THE BEST

Let's make beautiful music together.

[RZM]

42. Pesented without comment . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4IjHz2yIo

[myrna minx]

24. Prime Minister Mitty!

My god.
:rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. hmm I have seen pictures like that before

just don't remember where...

Ah the smell of nice propaganda in the morning.

[polly7]

26. Explain, please? nt.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. some photos

Each country does it differently, but they are always lovely.

[polly7]

33. I don't equate Putin with Hitler. Nothing alike at all,

except of course they each have pictures.

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. Nope I did not... I just compared them at the propaganda level

Hell I could have used a certain famous photo of bush with a halo...

Oh yeah here



At a deep level the photos are propaganda... and it has little do do with ideology.

I just said I have seen the propaganda before.

[polly7]

38. ok. nt,

[MissB]

28. This is what happens when you stay at a Holiday Inn Express each night.

[OneGrassRoot]

43. LOL! n/t

[Uncle Joe]

31. He's not all vinegar and sandpaper, he likes puppies.

Thanks for the thread, underpants.:)

[polly7]

34. That looks like a St. Bernard puppy just like my Dad's. Probably about 3 months old. So cute. nt.

[Uncle Joe]

35. That's what I thought when I first saw it, but the caption says it's a "Bulgarian Shepherd Dog"

"Vladimir Putin hugs a Bulgarian shepherd dog, after receiving it as a present from Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov in Sofia, on November 13, 2010. (Reuters/Oleg Popov) #"

[polly7]

36. Oh wow. I should have read better. They do look an awful lot alike! nt.

[chrisa]

40. Beware of total bullshit

Underneath the superficial charm is something very unpleasant.

[Raschel]

50. Agree. He certainly seems to have little fear though. Looks like James Bond in the boat pic.

[MrSlayer]

45. Nice life, if you can get it.

It must be nice to be able to do all of that. He's a pretty cool customer.

[Safetykitten]

47. He's dreamy! Work it Pooty-poot!

[City of Mills]

48. And when he drinks, he prefers Dos Equis n/t

[Safetykitten]

49. No pasty-genderless balloon animal Wall Street types telling him what to do!

Thanks to Conan for "genderless balloon animal"

[Blue_In_AK]

51. Great photos.

His photographer has good taste in equipment. :) The cameras, I meant. :blush:

[Tatiana]

52. Still has KGB origins. Gotta give it to him, though... he's DAMN FIT.

He is also a very good politician and carefully cultivates his image as a man of the people.

In some ways, I suppose he is. I can't think of any other current national leader like him.