:: Putin on the fritz ::

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

The slow atrophy of Russian democracy scares me. Vlad's imprisoned a chief critic, a potential opponent simply vanished, at a missle test last week the state-controlled news media reverted to good ol-fashioned Soviet insta-revisionist coverage, and now he's dismissed the entire government to eliminate one holdover official from the Yeltsin years.

And his approval rating, if it can be trusted, is above 70%.

Posted by morland @ 08:42 PM

:: Comments ::

i'd take a return to the cold war than the situation were in now. At least then, we knew who we were fighting and we felt certain that no nukes were gonna end up in Times Square.

hey comrades?

Posted by: rob on February 25, 2004 08:05 AM

It's "we're."

Posted by: alex on February 25, 2004 01:52 PM

Oh, Alex! You were always good with the were/we're, your/you're, two/too/to stuff. That's your whitebread education peeking out and Rob's trailer park education showing. Oh, wait. Rob went to Harvard. Yes, shame on you, Rob!

Posted by: The guy who lives in vail on February 25, 2004 05:37 PM

It's "white-bread."

Posted by: barrett on February 25, 2004 06:31 PM

White-bread? Well, it takes one to know how to spell its' stereotypical classification.

Posted by: The guy who lives in vail on February 26, 2004 03:32 AM

well, guy whil lives in Vail. We all know that you don't live in Vail, anyway, so why rag on me? How about the guy that lives in the affordable housing community near Vail (i.e Avon or is Eagle?).

Posted by: rob on February 26, 2004 11:31 AM

god...i've got to find some minorities to hang out with.

Posted by: josh on February 26, 2004 06:45 PM

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