Thursday September 4, 2008, 4:21 am
THIS IS GOOD NEWS I AM GLAD HE USES TRANQUILIZER GUNS INSTEAD OF REAL ONES.

Thursday September 4, 2008, 4:25 am
Well, I have to give th old KGB man points for not killing this gorgeous creature. Panthera tigris altaica is SO endangered...maybe 300 left in the wild?

Thursday September 4, 2008, 4:47 am
Outstanding! In a world of killers, Putin has a heart, I hope this has a great impact on other leaders.
ty Tom

Thursday September 4, 2008, 5:03 am
Hats off to Putin for just using a tranquilizer gun. Thanks for this happy story Tom.

Thursday September 4, 2008, 5:53 am
Well done Putin, Cheney would have killed it.......

Thursday September 4, 2008, 8:05 am
Oh, but but but....he's the big, bad, scary, vicious, evil Commie right?!!! PLA-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE. I have more respect for Putin than I will ever have for the likes of Deadeye Dickeyboy Cheney.

Big Cat, Cheney wouldn't have stopped with killing that gorgeous tiger, he would have shot (accidentally on purpose of course--wink wink nudge nudge) the entire TV crew...just for s**ts n giggles.

I admire Putin for LISTENING TO HIS PEOPLE and taking an interest in saving his country's wildlife which is diametrically opposed to what our own gub'mint iiiiijits are doing to ours.

Thursday September 4, 2008, 1:55 pm
Sarah Palin would have shot it with an AK-47 from an airplane.

Thursday September 4, 2008, 2:25 pm
Sad but true Tom, and then draped the skin over her bed or her couch or floor or wherever. Sick b****.

Thursday September 4, 2008, 4:10 pm
LOL!! Terrie I can't even come close to anything on this one that you have not said. I applaud my friend take your bow for it is well deserved indeed. I love it!!! Thanks Tom.

Thursday September 4, 2008, 9:55 pm
LOL Joy, I got one line I'd love to say to that Wolf killing, Moose eating Hockey Mom's face....

Say jello to my leettle frien'.....

(hey it's the best impression of 'Tony Montana' Al Pacino I can dew at 11:52 pm ok)

And I don't wear lipstick!

Friday September 5, 2008, 8:52 am
Well, I have to say that I am impressed that he didn't kill that tiger....I am glad that he just tranquilized it now if only all people would take that as an example we would never have another Tatiana!!!!

Friday September 5, 2008, 10:36 am

Excuse me for being less than enthusiastic about Putin's PR !

If only he had had the Russian army use tranquilizer guns against all the Chechens they bombed and massacred ! If only he had had the hired killers use tranquilizer guns when they came to get journalist Anna Politkovskaya, murdered for reporting on the brutality of the war in Chechnya, all the human rights violations against Chechen civilians and Russian soldiers.

I love Amur Tigers, too, but I also love democracy, freedom of the press, and dedicated journalists trying to get the truth out !

Saturday September 6, 2008, 10:16 am
Jill, one can have respect and admiration for one's enemies and still BE enemies.

Then again, I have no respect or admiration of any kind for Bush, who incidentally, has also been responsible for 1.2 million (and counting) deaths of innocent Iraqis, untold numbers (the referees aren't very concerned about accurate counts in Afghanistan for some reason) of innocent Afghans and let's not forget the 4,154 (and counting) deaths of our military personnal who are dying for a LIE. Other than being a 'War President' Bush hasn't done much else to be 'proud' of. I guess one admire his consistancy in being arroggant! :)

JMO

Saturday September 6, 2008, 10:18 am
Sorry, insert the word 'could' admire, in the last sentance.

Sunday September 7, 2008, 7:32 pm
Great news, thanks Tom! Very uplifting!

Sunday September 14, 2008, 8:09 am
Russia seem to be doing allot of good things, but, mainly get the media running them down, the Georgia incident was started by weapon profiteer's, who, should have been regulated by the UN, free markets give rise to allot of contentions. I put Russia in the love club here:-
http://pods.gaia.com/all_about_love/discussions/view/326109
I will add this link if it lets me, thankyou

Tuesday September 16, 2008, 6:18 am
It would appear to me Afghanistan and Iraq are bit players in a much larger conflict which has been gaining momentum under Putin. War is not only about shooting numerous people it is about setting the scene for the purposeful destruction of another society by whatever means.

Putin as Hitler and other megalomaniac rulers of which I must say some number of past Russian leaders are represented is in the process of dismantling the US and associated Western allies piece by piece.

How will it unfold?

Simply read your history. People like Putin and the others are unable to stay still for too long as it will give time for the outcomes from past actions to envelope them in the nasty process of accountability. They protect and pride themselves in keeping foes and supposedly friends continually off balance. Stalin was a perfectionist of this art.

In a one to one personal relationship this is not much of a trouble you simply tell the psychotic person to get lost. The trouble is when you are dealing with someone who controls power particularly a whole nations resources with nuclear weapon s with ambitions which stretch from north to south poles we as a human race have real problems.

I would like those who love or hate Putin to stop and think seriously about what a first strike actually means. For this is what I can see will be Putin’s gift to our children and I underline our.

Whether it be China, USA, France, Russia, England or the USA who presses the button first the reason the trigger is pulled will be of Putin’s making.