Obama Vs. Putin Who Is The Bigger Tyrant?

JoeClarke.Net ^ | 02/22/2014 | JoeClarke.Net

[joeclarke]

I have been watching the Ukraine protests, but as of this minute there seems to be a truce between Russian and the Ukraine, which has been staging protests not unlike America's inner cities - when they did not get their way.

However, there has been less bloodshed in the Ukraine. How did the American Federal Government react when the South rebelled? Not too kindly.A number of states, including California, have devised plans to secede/separate from their respective states. We can pretty much assume that, just as in the American Civil War, the Fed will violently oppose any thought of the separation of states or portions of states.

 I do not understand the motive or cause of the "girl" punk rock group Pussy Riot. They plan to get beaten and arrested, alert the media, and then follow through with getting beaten and arrested to prove -that they can be beaten and arrested?

[Sacajaweau]

you fit your name dude...thanks for the chuckle

[Texas resident]

Putin DOES take care of his countries interests and other countries respect him for that. They may not agree with his actions or tactics, Putin does command respect.

barry is an punk. The world knows it and is acting accordingly.

[1_Rain_Drop]

Putin, we know what he’s about. No surprises with what he does. It’s a given.

I find obama to be the worst tyrant. Americans allow him to be. They caved at the dumbest reason, the race card. Americans have no spine. They’ve had it too good and for too long thus don’t know the true meaning of hard times. If Americans had a spine and became physically active, obama would not have been allowed to do one eighth of what he has done. There’s no reason why our Country should be in the mess it is in.

[cunning_fish]

In Russia you can see cartoon teddy bears and squirrels on kiddie channels explaining kids the branches of government, futures, hedges and interest rates. Said bears and squirrels are also explaining them the way welfare state, entitlement and minority rights affects societies.

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I do not understand the motive or cause of the "girl" punk rock group Pussy Riot. They plan to get beaten and arrested, alert the media, and then follow through with getting beaten and arrested to prove -that they can be beaten and arrested?

What's the problem? Standard tactic of non-violent civil disobedience. Pussy Riot may not have much of a grievance, but their tactics aren't something new or unfamiliar. Whether it was the serious protestors you read about in textbooks or the wannabes on college campuses today, getting beaten and arrested to arouse sympathy is part of the program.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

They are both fine tyrants in their own way.

[onedoug]

“I know. Let’s have a spelling contest.”

[Mrs. Don-o]

From Wikipedia--- but I warn you beforehand this is nonsense:

"According to Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot is "part of the global anti-capitalist movement, which consists of anarchists, Trotskyists, feminists and autonomists."[30] They use Situationist-style guerrilla performances.[31] Tolokonnikova stated:

"Pussy Riot's performances can either be called dissident art or political action that engages art forms. Either way, our performances are a kind of civic activity amidst the repressions of a corporate political system that directs its power against basic human rights and civil and political liberties.[32]"

This is nonsense. This little group of "7, up to 11" members doesn't seize worldwide publicity, no matter how entertainingly impudent they are.

IMHO, they are unknowing, expendable pawns to be used and sacrificed in a much, much bigger game.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“They are both fine tyrants in their own way.”

True. One difference is that Putin was a communist, but wasn't so ideologically blinded that he couldn't see reality and the need for change. Obama is a communist who IS so ideologically fervent and blinded that he can't see the truth.

[joeclarke]

Oh, and I did not mention Obama clamping further down on the economy by forcing up minimum wage in order to “rectify” Income Inequality.

And, how about O’s Department of Education Camp - making Public Schools even more irrelevant in the world?

[Viennacon]

Both have tyrannical elements, but you have to judge them in the context of the countries they rule. By Russian standards, Putin is actually pretty mild. By American standards, Obama is Mussolini on steroids.

[Delta 21]

Are you kidding me!??!

Pussy Riot was the only part of the Sochi Olympics that I actually watched.

I thought they were great! I love it when they are all full of protesters rage and performance energy, bouncing around proving their point to the world thru the tears of pepper spray! But after the black jack of AHTHORITI smacked 'em in the ribs, then the bouncing stops, one looks at the other with Im sure, an "Oh $hit, that friggen hurt" in her eyes as everyone involved gets schooled!

I will definatly become a groupie if they promise to get whipped into submission an escorted away where ever they go.

[Defiant]

That montage is great, but the site it’s posted at is looney tunes.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Or the Zero can see the truth but has a passive aggressive way of confronting it.

[jespasinthru]

Putin, of course. It’s no contest. Russia has a large, heavily armed military and an unarmed populace. America has a large, heavily armed populace and a military that doesn’t even like Obama.
Vladmir Lenin once said: “One man with a gun can control 100 unarmed people.”
Think about it.