Posted on 09/01/2008 1:56:28 PM PDT by gondramB
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was feted by Russian media on Sunday for saving a television crew from an attack by a Siberian tiger in the wilds of the Far East.
Putin, taking a break from lambasting the West over Georgia, apparently saved the crew while on a trip to a national park to see how researchers monitor the tigers in the wild...
The 55-year-old former KGB spy, who cultivated a macho image during his eight years as the Kremlin chief, was shown striding through the taiga in camouflage and desert boots before grappling with the feline foe.
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Now all they need is some hack poet to wax eloquently about the glory of Putin and the Russian people’s love for their brave leader. They had plenty of those types back during the Stalin era, but they may have forgotten the finer points of personality cultism now. In that case, there are true experts of the craft in North Korea that could probably teach them how to truly grovel before their Dear Leader. Kim Jong Il wouldn’t have needed some wimpy tranquilizer gun after all. He would have done it with his bare hands.
>>Now all they need is some hack poet to wax eloquently about the glory of Putin and the Russian people’s love for their brave leader<<
And statues... such a magnificent and yet humble leader should have statues.
If ya believe this b.s. then I’m tall dark and handsome.
but they may have forgotten the finer points of personality cultism now.
Well, perhaps Obama’s advisors can apply for positions after he loses the election.
It's too bad we can't skip all the statues and banners and go straight to the embalmed body in the mausoleum.
Would the Kremlin say it if it was true?
Next you’ll be claiming that the stars didn’t herald the birth of the North Korean President... sheesh
Seriously I posted this as a sign of Russia going back to the cult of personality of the Stalin days. Its funny but its damn serious too.
I understand the beloved leader fought off two grizzly bears by hand, and then whent on to shot two holes in one on his first visit to a golf course.
There were several witnesses!
Beloved leader would only have stunned the creature so he could have been released back into the wild.
Beloved leader would only have stunned the creature so he could have been released back into the wild.
This was sooooo scripted.
Twice = 1 round trip. He had to, though.
It was the only way he could recover his lucky ruble that he threw across the river.
Beloved Leader bowled 301 against Obama.
“...which can weigh up to 450 kg (1,000 lb) and measure around ten feet (three metres) from nose to the tip of the tail.”
Didn’t pass my smell test. So I discovered that “Weights of up to 318 kg (700 lb) have been recorded and exceptionally large males weighing up to 384 kg (847 lb) are mentioned in the literature but, according to Mazak, none of these cases can be confirmed via reliable sources..” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur_Tiger
I guess Reuters just took Putin’s word for it. But hey, what’s 290 pounds between friends?
Always am carrying tranquilizer gun, against such unforeseen emergency.
Of course Reuters took Putin’s word for it, he’s a hero, dontcha know?
He didn’t just rescue people from a tiger - it was the biggest tiger in history!
posted again here
This is Dear Leader stuff for domestic consumption. Only the DPRK outdoes Putin now in this stuff.
If memory serves, Stalin had some propaganda efforts at depicting himself as more-than-human? I cannot recall now who this reminds me of.
I personally am fond of dear leader memorizing every name/number in dprk, and hitting xx consecutive holes-in-one in golf, first try
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