http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/ and some people here say that hes an idiot and doesnt do anything good for his country?
Hahahh - yep, he's in good company. Adolph Hitler, Time Magazine Man of the Year, 1939. From Time Magazine itself: Congrats!
nah, Im into yahooooo, it was on yahoo's main page northpointaiki , jealous thats ok, at least he's approved in his own country after 8 years of presidency. Thats the 1st time in Russia. "Your World Order" falls ?
Hahahah - as on the other thread, yep, jealous. Hitler had a 100% approval rating, if I'm not mistaken. And, god, I think the guy won a landslide whenever folks voted. Amazing!
You are making no sense. You create a post asking us all to bow to the honor of Putin being named Time Magazine's Man of the Year. Time itself says this isn't an honor, but a recognition of people who, for good or ill, are people of action. Time also named Hitler Man of the Year, and as I consider Putin a thug, it's an obvious thing to point out. You may not like the truth of it, but if you create a post, you should expect a response.
You digged the history, lets see then: 1988 Endangered Earth 1989 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev 1990 The Two George Bushes 1991 Ted Turner 1992 Bill Clinton 1993 The Peacemakers 1994 Pope John Paul II 1995 Newt Gingrich 1996 Dr. David Ho 1997 Andy Grove 1998 Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr 1999 Jeff Bezos 2000 George W. Bush 2001 Rudolph Giuliani 2002 The Whistleblowers 2003 The American Soldier 2004 George W. Bush 2005 Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, & Bono Based on your theory, I can say all of them are thugs?(politicians) Whoahh, you had far more Hitlers then! And one is still in control
Or, "based on my theory," it could be what I said from the beginning, which is what Time says it is - a chronicle of people who, for good or ill, most affect the news for the year. Stalin also won. Twice. Big fan, are you? N_F_S, if it floats your boat that Putin's mug is on the cover, more power to you. I merely disabused you of an apparent notion this was considered a high honor, or accolade for great statemanship, etc.
am not, but grateful that he stopped nazis. So you are the one who decides if that person the good or the ill? You take the red pill, I take the blue pill, so whats the problem? Was I saying that the list holds only "good" once? no. Russia become stronger & reacher with Putin, what else do people need? Did he start a war or robbed some country? Is that what you wish to happen or perhaps emphasised on?))
N_F_S, we will have to leave it at this. Given the nature of the Time Magazine distinction, I remain somewhat confused as to the purpose for your thread, but it's your thread, and I have said my peace. Best.
no, that means I lived for a long time in UK and studied, now Im back in Russia, but occasionally visit UK, my sister lives there. I was born in Russia.
vladimir putin Wow we can say now we seen it all.. Nobody disagree on this as you find your self getting very sick or just disappear. BAD CHOICE .. Thats like selecting Bush.. YIKESSSS
How do you know that he is approved in Russia? Its not like their is an independent media to challenge him.
I don't know of a single good thing he did for Russia. I'd gladly move back, seeing how the US is slipping into totalitarianism, but there isn't much to do there, Russia is in a subtle form of Stalinism. How is it that Putin's enemies frequently die in suspicious circumstances?
Mossadegh of iran was a great leader and time magazines man of the year until our government and the british government decided to take him out because he didnt want to sell oil for pennies on the dollar, and yea what exactly has stalin, err opps i meant putin done for his country.