Vladimir Putin

The No. 2 Republican in the House is comparing some of President Barack Obama's economic policies to those of Russia's prime minister and former president, Vladimir Putin. The House Republican whip, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, tells The Associated Press that Obama is micromanaging the auto industry to win points with Democratic allies and labor unions. Cantor said Thursday that Obama's plans for the auto industry are, in his words, "almost like looking at Putin's communist Russia." Cantor says the normal rights of secured creditors have been taken away and given to political cronies and the auto workers unions. The Obama administration says that ... Read Full Story

Da, da, da. A crazy thought for sure. Or is it? p political election humor Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, will step down when his term ends next May and hand over the reigns to his protégé, Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev has asked Putin to be prime minister, the second in command. I doubt Putin will play second fiddle to anyone – so, why not ask him to run for the presidency of U. S.? If you know anything about the U.S. Constitution, asking Putin to run for the presidency is a political satire toward U.S. politicians. (On your left is Time Magazine's attempt at ... Read Full Story

HUCK FINN COMMENTS: When I was in college (God, that sounds so old), I was a big fan of Apple and Macintosh. Unfortunately, when I dropped out of college and entered the technology sector, I was forced, yes, FORCED to bow down to the "PC Gods" and the always-buggy, loads up like a snail and user NON-friendly DOS and Windows operating systems. What can I say? I sold out to PC and... DOS/Windows because the business world demanded PCs in the workplace. But times are changing. There was a time when Steve Jobs had to fly up to Bill Gates and kiss his ass ... Read Full Story

It's no fun living these days with the constant threat of terrorism and terrorist attacks hanging over our heads. Though we should've expected 9/11 for a number of reasons, how could we ever have anticipated a catastrophe along those lines? For me, one of the saddest aspects of what the US is dealing with is the type of enemy that Osama Bin-Laden and Al-Qaeda is. Are they smart? Hell yeah. Courageous? Sure. Crazy? You bet. As far as terrorists and Enemies of the State go, they've got it all. Well, almost. What these guys are missing is a very important element to fanatical, international ... Read Full Story

Did you hear the one about an ex-KGB officer, turned dictator, who was walking around with a TV crew and a tranquilizer gun? They were hunting waaaaabits, err, tigers. Score one for Putin. He was reportedly tagging along with a conservation group and a TV crew when a Siberian tiger charged them. Putin the man shot the animal with his tranquilizer gun. He was called a national hero without even having to resort to Polonium poisoning (remember Alexander Litvinenko )? President Bush had him pegged. It must have been Putin’s good pro-democracy soul that kicked into high gear and saved the crew. And no, ... Read Full Story