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Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP
Opposition members march in Moscow on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Tens of thousands of Russians flooded Moscow's tree-lined boulevards Tuesday in the first massive protest against President Vladimir Putin's rule since his inauguration, as investigators sought to raise the heat on the opposition by summoning some of its leaders for questioning just an hour before the march.
Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters
A participant holds a T-shirt referring to Article 31 of the Russian constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly, during an anti-government protest in Moscow on June 12, 2012.
Reuters reports — Thousands of Russians chanted "Russia will be free" in a march through Moscow on Tuesday to protest against President Vladimir Putin, shrugging off his tough new tactics intended to quash any challenge to his rule.
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"Those who fought are beyond being scared," said Valery Zagovny, a 50-year-old who served for the Soviet army in Afghanistan and was wearing the medals to prove it. "Let those behind the red-toothed walls of the
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Opposition activists rally in Moscow on June 12, 2012.
Ria Novosti via Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an awards ceremony for achievements in culture and science in Moscow's Kremlin on June 12, 2012.
Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP
Riot police form a line as opposition members march in central Moscow on June 12, 2012.
Thousands of opposition supporters take to the streets of Moscow to protest Russian President Vladimir Putin's leadership. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.
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why vote period in america there just a puppet govnt to the real ones pulling the strings obama isnt even a us born citizen but the dummys voted him any way
Oh, brother - "Beneath the Planet of the Birthers", coming soon to a polling place near you....
Jimmie, just sit in the corner and play with your toys.
Wow, really sticking to the birther conspiracy despite legal proof huh? Since you're so afraid of foreigners, here's an interesting piece of information. A large chunk of Fox News' parent company News Corp is owned by a Saudi prince.
At least we can't have an idoit for longer than two terms.
Some of these leaders have been in power for decades - think about how much worse it would have been with Blank Stare Bush and Darth Cheney in power forever.
We may not be perfect but we at least have the ability to change.
p.s. Jimmie - Romney only has a "proof of live birth" also. I guess you'll be sitting this election out
Why vote in America...good question...not for the reason given...but because it doesn't make any difference who gets elected from the dem and repub parties...they both have their strings pulled by the same well endowed entities...America is run by the rich for the rich and the rest of us are just sitting on the sidelines waiting for scraps to fall off the table. We had one president who didn't belong to a political party because he said the parties would put their interests above the interests of the people...pretty smart guy this Washington fellow. It's perhaps time we Americans took to the streets like our Russian friends...we can learn something from them and get more of our democracy back...wake up we live in a police state too.
@Ron, I am surprised that this hasn't happened before now.
Jimmie Miller- StupidiTea never fails to amazed me. I guess you didn't get the memo that the US Supreme Court yesterday refuse to hear the birther case thus validating Obama's presidency..and it was a unanimous decision! Boy that's gotta rub you like a hemorrhoid on a long road trip. BTW, did anyone bitch about McCain being born in Panama when he ran against Obama?! Quit wasting taxpayer's money and move on sore losers!
I stand with Jimmy. I'm not a birther but I know how to read a birth certificate. On it you will find that his dad is a Kenyan citizen. The constitution requires that the office of president is occupied by a Natural Born Citizen. The definition for a Natural born citizen is "Both Parent born in the USA and born on the mainland". While there is a lot to dispute that BO was born somewhere other than the mainland, I will not dispute it, here. However there is proof positive that BO is Not natural born since senior BO is NOT a citizen. This is proof enough that BO is usurping the presidency of the united states and must not be allowed to run a second term.
Agree with you Citizen. However, the liberal media has given their golden boy a pass. So everything is just fine in America. Plus all the brains in Hollyweird have given Barry the thumbs up....so us ordinary people have to just shut our mouths and bow down to king Barry.
The definition for a natural born citizen is as follows:
"There are two different ways in which a natural born citizen can be created. By American law, all people born on American soil are considered natural born citizens. In addition, people who are born overseas to American parents are also classified as natural born citizens." (www. wisegeek. com/in-the-united-states-what-is-a-natural-born-citizen.htm)
Having been born in Hawaii, it does not matter if either or both of Obama's parents were citizens, or not.
Citizen, you are wrong (big surprise...). The US Constitution does not define the concept of natural born citizen. Congress defined a “natural born” citizen as a person who is entitled to U.S. citizenship either “by birth” or “at birth,” either by being born “in” the United States and under its jurisdiction, even those born to alien parents; OR by being born abroad to U.S. citizen-parents; OR by being born in other situations meeting legal requirements for U.S. citizenship “ No mention of the mainland anywhere. Are people in Hawai or Alaska second-class citizen to you?
Also, per your definition, nobody can possibly be a natural born citizen as every single US citizen's ancestors immigrated at some point (except probably for native Americans). When these people immigrated (and where foreigners), their children would not have been natural born citizen either (even if born here) since their parents were aliens. The same would apply to the next generations until now... See, by your own definition, YOU are not a natural born citizen. Hatred really makes people stupid.
Citizen and Truth Seeker, you are both wrong. Please see the bolded parts below.
All person's BORN in the United States ARE United States Citizens. It doesn't matter if both of Obama's parents were Kenyan. He was born in Hawaii, making him just as American as Bobby Jindal.
Secondly, IF he had been born abroad, his mother was an American and passes citizenship onto her offspring. Children of an American have until their 18th birthday to claim their citizenship and are not considered Naturalized.
My friend Stephen is "french" but an American Citizenship. His father was American, he was born in France to a French mother but at the age of 16, he went to the Embassy and claimed his citizenship. No immigration, no naturalization. Same with my friend's two young sons. They were born in Paris, but when she came home to the US, only her husband had to apply for a Visa. She only had to go to the Embassy and get SSNs and Passports for her sons because they are American's by birth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law#Birth_abroad_to_one_United_States_citizen
Actually SpyderGirl, I'm as right as you are (or rather Congress is right). There is a difference between citizen (citizenship can be acquired) and natural born citizen. To be "natural born", you have to be either 1) born in the US (which president Obama is, making the citizenship of his parents irrelevant), or 2) be born of at least one US citizen (which president Obama also is).
Didn't Russia just have their election and Putin won??? Kind of late to be complaining now.
How free of voter fraud do you think the election was? We have voter fraud here in the U.S.A all the time, dead people voting, illegals voting, people voting in multiple precincts, etc.
Image how bad it was in a country controlled by ex-KGB agents.
That's the issue, people are protesting because they believe he was fraudulently elected.
mikes....you are too dumb to post here, next please.
Harold, if voting fraud is a fact, then where are all the court cases to prove it? You would think that those who scream voter fraud would be prosecuting hundres (or thousands) of people that are committing this "voter fraud" if it was really happening.....if for no other reason that to prove thier point.
Throughout all America there have only been a small handfull (20 or so) in the last 20 years. So Micky Mouse is a registered voter......it is not illegal until someone votes under that name.
Do the math we have some 200 million registered voters in America. Assuming ALL illegals are registred to vote and ACTUALLY vote, that would be about 6% of the voter population. Assuming even distribution among all 50 states there would be 240,000 illegals per state that are tiping the rolls. Were are the thousands upon thousands of court cases to back up such claims.
Vladimir Putin is just Bashar al-Assad in a better tailored suit and a white version of Idi Amin.
Yeah because I'm so sure their elections are 'free and clear.'
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Joe, Phoenix AZ - you forget that the AG of Florida actually stopped the vote counting and declared Bush the President. Talk about voter fraud.
US citizens don't care enough to take to the streets and the Supreme Court never has enough integrity to stand up to the rest of the goverment even though they are supposed to be part of "the checks and balances" of our government.
We deserve what's coming down the pike!
Mike 277 they are "complaining" because the election was fixed. You should admire these people Russia is notorious for treating dissenters very badly, they know if there are hundreds of thousands of them and the world is watching he can do nothing. As far as I know, America is the only country that does not "complain" that's why we are in the state we are.
The Occupy Protestors did, and look how they were (are) treated. What's the point of exercising your rights and standing up against fraud, corruption, and greed when you're just going to be ignored or worse--ridiculed, beaten, pepper-sprayed, or have a rocket launched in your face?
The only people who deserve what's coming down the pike are those who aren't standing up against corruption in Wall Street & Congress.
I heard that Putin was going to run again, and that his "vice" president was going to be Tang. What a political posted that would make!!
PrecededByNone - the Occupiers turned themselves into a joke. I meant organized protest. The occupiers devolved into the great unwashed, freeloader campsite. They could have picked one topic and brought about change but they turned it into "Woodstock at City Hall" and no one took them seriously.
What's sad is those running our country do not think that the people will rise up against them because we are in the USA... Just remember that is how this nation was founded.... that is meant for everyone who has chosen a life as an elected official. Govern for the masses!
I believe that the people don't rise up because the politicians use a bait and switch tactics. They keep us focused on the two parties with ads, talk radio, Fox TV or the Internet, while behind the scene they keep doing their usual crap with no one noticing. It will take a lot more whistle blowers from within the devils keep to come out from behind the curtain before the American people rise up and stop this government from destroying us.
In practical terms, people don't revolt until they're miserable. Yeah, unemployment is high, but most people aren't miserable. I'm not saying the government is all wonderful, but as long as people still have their DSL, their iPhones, and their ATT&T U-Verse, there's not going to be much interest in fomenting open revolt.
Even when Bush was president (worst president ever by most objective measures), I was still pretty comfortable. I complained about Bush, sure, but I wasn't about to take up weapons. I was too busy catching up on old episodes of Six Feet Under.
Now when government thugs start barging into your house and breaking your fingers to keep you from blogging negative comments about state representatives, that's when you might start to see open revolt. However, I don't think we're in any danger of that any time soon. I know it's a big Tea Party fantasy, but it just ain't gonna happen, folks. If it ever does, well...I hear Canada is nice.
Next stop: Madison, WI
I think the people in WI were loud and clear last week...
Wisconsin was bought by out of state billionaires that want bring jobs to Wisconsin but pay the minimum wage that THEY will create, and their is no one to stand for American worker any more.
Congrats Wisconsin, ones you allow this to happen THERE WILL BE NO WAY BACK.
Amen Alina - the Koch brothers and their ilk were the ones who spoke "loud and clear" in Wisconsin, to the tune of $30 million (vs. $3 million by the opposition).
Since they're people now, is it considered an abortion if a person starts forming a corporation but then halts the process? Just sayin'.
///////SOCIALIST TRANSLATION///////
"..and there is no one to stand for the drunk that makes $78 per hour that takes 3 hour breaks and may work a full 6 hours but will get paid for 10 hours any more"
///////SOCIALIST TRANSLATION COMPLETE////////
I'm truly amazed how much people drag the Koch brothers into this. The PEOPLE voted to have Walker remain Governor. Evidently they WANT change. Unions were sucking the money out of the state. What is even more amusing is Walker campaigned to end the collective bargaining rights.
Why don't you waste your time digging up just exactly how those signatures were obtained to have a recall in the first place? A 60-40 win....those signatures sure sounding like fraud to me.
"Wisconsin was bought by out of state billionaires that want bring jobs to Wisconsin but pay the minimum wage that THEY will create" - This is not the case. People are sick and tired of paying pensions of people who have no incentive to perform. There is no competition when you're in a union so what incentive is there to do your job better?? People were sick of paying for other people's lengthy vacations, healthcare, etc when THEY didn't come close to having that for themselves.
"Congrats Wisconsin, ones you allow this to happen THERE WILL BE NO WAY BACK." - Clearly that is the way they want it. And I doubt anyone will look back.
Last I heard, private sector unions didn't see any changes in their bargaining rights in WI, so I doubt that the "fat cats" are going to profit much... if at all.
Viktor Spinotti
"to the tune of $30 million (vs. $3 million by the opposition)."
Go back and do a little research without the liberal spin, and find out what the unions really spent......
Beaner: Regardless, nowhere near $30 million.
Noryc: Use a little imagination; "divide-and-conquer" Scotty isn't done with his union-busting just yet. Right to work (i.e. forget about having a united voice come contract-negotiation time) will be next on the agenda.
Wisconsin didn't prove anything. Many liberals who support unions in the private sector don't for public sector jobs. Allowing someone to spend public money to win votes is never a good idea. Most public servants are fairly paid but a lot are allowed pensions and benefits way beyond anything in the private sector.
If only the unions had been allowed to take some dollars into Wisconsin everything would have turned out differently. Apparently there were guards at the gates on the interstate stopping cars and searching for all the union and Democrat dollars and confiscating them. There's no way people in Wisconsin would have voted like that...all the real ballot boxes were swapped out for the fake Republican/Tea Party boxes. Fox News took over the airwaves and blocked all the transmissions from Radio Free Wisconsin and kept them from reporting the real truth. What has happened to freedom up there?
Viktor, again you MSNBC types swallow their leftist spin without questioning it. The REAL numbers for money's spent in the Wisconsin recall:
30 Million for Walker
4 million by the Democrat Party
31 million by the UNIONS
See as most of you think 2 + 2 = 5, Obama math that the private sector is doing so good, I'll help you out. Democrats OUTSPENT the Republican's by 5 million dollars and they still lost.
Election exit polls recorded that over 38% of union members voted for Walker.
I find it interesting that in the last Presidential election all you liberal sheeple had no problem with the Obama freight train of money nearly doubled that of McCain and the Republicans, but when you lose "oh the votes were bought". What a bunch of hypocrites.
"With more than a year’s head start, the campaign for successful incumbent Gov. Scott Walker spent more than $47 million, according to McCabe. The losing Democratic challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, spent $19 million." (www. twincities. com/politics/ci_20805675/wisconsin-recall-spending-could-top-125-million)
Cite *your* sources, please.
oh...man you libs are funny. Wisconsin was the bellweather for presidential election, but you guys just can't stand the thought of it.
VOTERS kept WI's governor in office, not ad budgets. but you folks gotta blame someone...how about all the overspenders?
I've seen allot of negative campaign ads, and not one ever changed how I was going to vote.
AmCit: Yes, I doubt *anything* would ever change your mindset, when you insist on opening your comments with "you libs" as a dispargement.
Thousands, looks more like a hundred thousand people protesting.
Yea thats way more than a few thousand...
jimmie miller. What?
Obama/Biden 2012.
Mike277. They are saying the voting was fixed. Imagine that.
Please dont vote for Obama. Id rather vote for a trash can than Obama...
That Guy: By all means, you and all who vote for your posting are welcome to write-in your trash can in November. Voting for Romney would be like voting for the container's contents, anyway.
You would rather vote for a guy whom is so rich he has no idea what its even like to be an average American??
Exactly. Anyone who believes a venture capitalist with $500M is going to work to help them is either very wealthy or easily fooled.
As for the people protesting in Russia...politicians need to be careful when a significant portion of the population has nothing to lose.
thatguydownsouth
I presume you'll be voting for a close relative then? Nepotism isn't exactly democratic. (See post #6.1)
Gee its so funny cause Obama is so poor just like us Americans, oh wait he ISNT! Did you go to Columbia? Did you go to Harvard Law? Were you Senator? Were you President? Do you get a Congressman's or a President's pension for the rest of your life? Oh thats right you DIDNT.
And it seems more people like my comment than the summation of you guys' comments. Since you must be collecting welfare checks and food stamps to be such avid Obama fans....
That Guy: Did you lift yourself up and make something of your life, or are you still sitting on your fat lazy cracker azz, living in that same old trailer park with your parents, cousins and all the in-laws?
Obama wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth, like Romney was.
Really Viktor? Then who sent him to Columbia and Harvard? Nice job calling me a cracker. You cant actually use your intelligence so you just resort to racist remarks. Way to show your colors.
That Guy: Aw, you're breaking my poor caucasian heart.
How big's your government paycheck?
$0; and once you're out of daughters to sell, whatever will *you* do?
I'm done with you; adios amoeba.
I stand with Jimmy. I'm not a birther but I know how to read a birth certificate. On it you will find that his dad is a Kenyan citizen. The constitution requires that the office of president is occupied by a Natural Born Citizen. The definition for a Natural born citizen is "Both Parent born in the USA and born on the mainland". While there is a lot to dispute that BO was born somewhere other than the mainland, I will not dispute it, here. However there is proof positive that BO is Not natural born since senior BO is NOT a citizen. This is proof enough that BO is usurping the presidency of the united states and must not be allowed to run a second term.
Stand by Jimmie all you want; then you'll both be wrong.
The definition for a natural born citizen is as follows:
"There are two different ways in which a natural born citizen can be created. By American law, all people born on American soil are considered natural born citizens. In addition, people who are born overseas to American parents are also classified as natural born citizens." (www. wisegeek. com/in-the-united-states-what-is-a-natural-born-citizen.htm)
Having been born in Hawaii, it does not matter if either or both of Obama's parents were citizens, or not.
Watch what happens next...Putin will begin to mow them down like Syria.
Putin isn't this stupid. Unlike Syria, Russia is a major player in the international political scene. The citizens of Russia would never put up with Putin killing civilians.
Infin1ty .....You are correct . That would never happen. Russians are a proud people who take care of their own. They would never allow their citizens to be slaughtered. Violence on the part of the Govt. would escalate the situation dramatically.
and the People Will Rise.
Russian people will never be happy without an emperor.
What will Obama do when the people march on Washington and demand his resignation. The economy has been destroyed under Obama. The poor and the middle class have been hurt the most. And Obama blames Bush! What the frick! Obama had a super majority for two years and made things worse. He should be run out of office with his tail between his legs. The monkey caricature is just too accurate.
LOLOL read and comprehend OBAMA did not ruin the ECONOMY, BUSH successive governments that gave free reign to banks and the stock market, and yes the American public ruined the economy. its used to be MADE IN AMERICA was the key phrase. Somehow we decided that cheap overseas goods was he way. The hell with AMERICAN jobs as long as we can buy jeans for a buck less
LOL Read and comprehend the FACTs! It Was Bill Clinton that repealed Glass Stegall, not BUSH. It was Treasury Secretary Larry Summers who pushed it and defended de-regulating derivatives because they "would make the markets safer and and stabler".
So why has obamnomics failed? Because his Chief Advisers are Larry Summers and Franklin Raines, the former CEO of Fannie Mae. You just can't fix stupid.
The only people that have been marching in the streets of the US lately have been Occupy protesters who generally agree with Obama.
ProudAmericanVeteran- that's a joke! The repealled of the Glass-Steagall was signed by Clinton but the authors were all republicans. Look at the name of the bill that made the repealled possible..it's called the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act...sponsored by 3 GOP members. Phil Gramm was the lead advocate. He was the one that was responsible for the Commodity Modernization Act of 2000 that made CDO (credit swaps) and deriviatives possible and we know it was the one of the main reason beside W Bush's Dream Act that created the housing crisis.
Get your facts straight! The Wall Street bailout is not the first time, we had another one called the Savings and Loan bailout under Reagan! We had 12 years Reaganomics and we tried it again under W Bush. Trickle Down Economics only works in theory..if it did...where are all the jobs after repeated tax cuts for the rich...all we got under W Bush was the worst job creation on history since the Great Depression..which BTW occured under another republican..Herbert Hoover.
wow indeed Jimmee just when i thought that morons had finally died out, you surfaced. TYVM for your well thought out response to a really good human interest story. Imagine Sir. If you were the sitting President. The entire world could laugh at YOU
I stand with Jimmy. I'm not a birther but I know how to read a birth certificate. On it you will find that his dad is a Kenyan citizen. The constitution requires that the office of president is occupied by a Natural Born Citizen. The definition for a Natural born citizen is "Both Parent born in the USA and born on the mainland". While there is a lot to dispute that BO was born somewhere other than the mainland, I will not dispute it, here. However there is proof positive that BO is Not natural born since senior BO is NOT a citizen. This is proof enough that BO is usurping the presidency of the united states and must not be allowed to run a second term.
You're a slow learner, eh Citizen:
Stand by Jimmie all you want; then you'll both be wrong.
The definition for a natural born citizen is as follows:
"There are two different ways in which a natural born citizen can be created. By American law, all people born on American soil are considered natural born citizens. In addition, people who are born overseas to American parents are also classified as natural born citizens." (www. wisegeek. com/in-the-united-states-what-is-a-natural-born-citizen.htm)
Having been born in Hawaii, it does not matter if either or both of Obama's parents were citizens, or not.
Vote for a Mormon. We need a Conscientious Objector Commander in Chief now. For those that don't know what a CO is. Well, it is a non-combatant. Refuses to carry arms and fight the enemy or people the DOD considers unfriendly.
Draft Chuck Hagel ex-Senator from Nebraska
Rather vote for the Mormon than re-elect a Moron.
proudamerican veteran. In other words, you know the Mormon isnot fit to be president, but you think he is better, why? Because he is rich and you think he will make you rich. lol. Plus he is a coward and his sons are cowards. But they are rich, they do not have fight for anyone's freedom. They can buy a little place all of their own. I really wish they would.
Class..please observe the socialist mentality.....
It is "BAD" to be successful. It is "EVIL" to make something out of yourself. It is "WRONG" to have money and not to give it away from those not willing to earn it themselves...
It is better to elect a failure in business and a failure in running organizations.
Thats what America needs!
Thats what America has!!!
...................and questions class?
"It is better to elect a failure in business and a failure in running organizations."
Oh - talking about W again?
ProudAmericanVeteran
The man has a long resume. Much longer than your fav GW who held hands with Saudi Princes and kissed all over Putin on the ranch. Republicans just don't take kindly to honest men.
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Gfau. I think our country leaders know exactly what may happen. The Tea Party has threatened it for three years now.
Jimmie miller. And the idiots just keep rollin' along.
mike277. We all know about fixed elections, don't we.
Exactly. Can anyone say Katherine Harris.
Katherine Harris.
Beaner - Matt asked if you can *say* it, not *type* it.
I do not like nor have I ever liked Putin. I think he is a power hungry narcissistic controlling and very very very untrustworthy little man. He was to be tolerated while Russia made the transition from communism but does not need to be tolerated any longer. He is all about himself and little about his country. He is part of the reason Russia is struggling and I do think he needs to go. I hope the people of Russia continue the protests- they deserve so much better than this petty little man.
"He is all about himself and little about his country"
That sentence pretty much describes EVERY politician on the planet.
p.josh- Did you even bother to read my post? Or do you just like to post meaningless nothing? I said "He is part of the reason Russia is struggling". Where did I say they were not struggling? Unbelievable how idiotic some people are. Do you read at all?
Deemo- True- but Putin's ego far outpaces any politician I have seen.
This is what democracy looks like.
Thank God our fore fathers gave us a republic. Now if we can only keep it.
We are forking over our most precious liberty. Our right to privacy for a false sense of security.
3rdpartyadvocate, nice paraphrased quote, one of my favorites from Ben Franklin. And so true: Our Founding Fathers saw that allowing THAT much freedom would also open the door to individual greed, which has now taken over in both business and politics. So there's no point in working for the betterment of all as well as ourselves, and the future of our nation no longer seems to matter -- Hey, that'll be someone else's problem, I want all I can get NOW! Ben Franklin also said something to the effect that if we don't hang together, we will surely hang separately. If only! in the case of our deeply venal governing and business institutions.
Putin is trying to turn back the clock in Russia.....problem is..... those people who were so oppressed are still alive. Communism doesn't work and they have passed that knowledge on to their children. It was not that long ago. Russians will not go back to that having tasted what freedom is. It is no longer about blue jeans and color tv screens.
Good luck to the Russian people. They deserve to be free of what appears to be a massive power-grab by a small group of political allies. This grab appears to fly in the face of what the Russian people feel is desirable and fair. They only want to be fairly governed and to have a say in who does it.
Mic, unlike the United States where the very rich are buying the elections this year. After the very rich have their people in office, then what. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs at what, $3.00 an hour and no minimum wage for children or anyone.
Never understood how women can vote against themselves.
I agree totally! Because we all know that democrats and their Muslim allies will make sure that women (and gays) will be treated equally and fairly..
any other intelligent comments?
The old Soviet Union hard-liners are laughing and saying: "I told you so!"
Watch on You Tube..... Russia and the gathering of nations to Armageddon.
It is not too Late
that devilish religious nonsense can not happen, but putin must be removed from power by the people.
Wht is it I can't find anything about Eric Holder testifying in congress. MSNBC do you ever wonder why the home shopping network has better ratings. Nobody trusts you. Being the Obama propaganda outlet will get you nowhere. He is done. You will always have the few mindless robots
Citizens of Russia....Unless you are willing to go underground, arm yourselves, fight for many years, etc. you dont have a chance at anything better. If you protest too much, you will become an enemy of the state, lose your job, disappear and eventually turn up dead after being sent to Siberia where they will treat you worse than an animal and freeze and starve you. That is the 100yr history of Russia. Millions have suffered that fate...and yet so many of our citizens have no appreciation for freedom and democracy in the US. Gorbachev and Yeltzin were the exceptions, but we blew our chance for real change in Russia. After those two, the old party people got their strangle hold on their country again....
your views is too defeatist. we must stand strong and bold until the dictors all around the Universe are all fallen for real freeing governance with fairness. putin is the one that will be sent to Serberia this time and be returned in body bag. we the people are the government and nothing else. we support good people and we have the power to oust wicked and evil people. you will live to see putin defeated fair and square.
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
This is a HUGE story and should be getting a lot more news coverage than I currently see. These people are risking everything to try to bring personal freedom to Russia. Putin is a classic Stalinist holdover, and they don't want him taking them back into the cruel, coldly impersonal Communist system. Their courage and actions are especially significant given the history of Russians as a subjugated people. Now, please don't reply with all that stuff about how WE don't have true freedom, either, yada yada yada. It's all about people, in all their marvelous and, yes, sometimes unfortunate diversity. We're not perfect, these people in Russia aren't perfect. But they're TRYING, and again, at great personal risk to themselves. I celebrate that, and so should you.
Diana...Our media dislikes our government much more than they dislike the Russian harsh communist system... They will attack our system daily(they are trained to do that)....They put no real importance on exposing their(hard line Russian) problems.
putin must leave Russia grow and take Her place peacefully on the Global stage. ( I stated the same view that it is either putin or Russia. Thanks goodness the people are keeping their strength to oust him peacefully for Russia and Her people to be free). putin is one of the biggest political fraud; he has had eight years( when mysterous inhumane issues not only in Russia, but all around the Globe happened). he is a very bad person even in appearance alone, but the main issue is, it is illiberal and undemocratic for one person to hold the most scarce public office for more than two terms(however best your services and leadership is superb). Let the most Powerful who slumbers not and or sleeps deliver the people of Russia and the entire Universe from the hands of bloody putin by taking putin out.
Putin is responsible for taking people choice of freedom of religion away, Namely Bible and bible based
literature stating it it's a threat to the state and not allowing a religious meeting and convention to assemble.
They had the Police close it down, we're talking about the year 2010. They were not bothering anyone. The
Court of Human rights judged in favor of the religious organization and now Putin is back you can imagine there
right to worship and belie will beliefs will be challenged. Again, this organization is neutral and non combative.
Russia going back to old times. I'll pray for my fellow believers there. Not good for them.
I hear you brother.... I fear the same will happen as well. The govt of Russia has no intention of listening to the Court of Human Rights. Only God can step in and stop this treatment of his people.