Hey everyone, how the hell are we doing right now?
I'm sitting back, relaxing, enjoying a day off, some free time. So I'm engaging in one of my favorite exercises, blogging!
First, I've got to talk about Russian leader Vladimir Putin. You know, we all gave Bush grief for being one of the least intelligent leaders of a country. Putin could actually be worse. Yeah, of course Russia has unemployment issues, and they are in a fast free fall from power than the New England Patriots. He's got plenty of issues to address. Instead, he focuses on the band Pussy Riot.
First off, Putin looks like the kind of guy that has to pay for pussy, no wonder why he has an issue with a band called "Pussy Riot" He's angry that the band filmed a performance of a song in a church. And yeah, by the way, the song was anti-Putin. So Putin has a hissy fit, and sentences the young women to live in a work labor camp. By the way, only two members are still there, he let another member out. He's usually he cloak of morality to hide the fact that he's anti-free speech. He feels the young women got what they deserved.
What, Putin, can't take a little criticism. Oh yeah, you see, If Pussy Riot had done that in the states, people would have been offended for all of five minutes. Then the band would have sold millions of album, embarked on sold out tour, and MTV maybe even would have given them their own reality show.
But nope, they had the misfortune to film the video in a church in suppressive Russia. The one country that hasn't flipped the calender since the 14th century. Putin, who has overseen a improvement in Russian economy, says he isn't worried about how history views him. Well, that's a good thing because history is going to view him like it views Nixon. Remember, Nixon once considered John Lennon the greatest treat to the United States.
Well, since I have no plans on going to Russia, let me say, Fuck Putin! No one should go to jail over words, no matter what you think of what was said. Fred Phelps has the protected right to say he's happy when American soldiers die. I don't agree with his words,and I think he's the biggest asshole in human history since Hitler, but he has the right to say what he says. And I have the right to say that Vladimir Putin is a doucebag. Hey Putin, why don't you worry more about the planes in Russian you friggin moron. Maybe if Russian had better oversight on their airplanes, an entire pro hockey wouldn't have been killed. By the way, Russia has the lowest standards in the free world when it comes to inspecting airplanes. The plane that crashed killing an entire KHL hockey team (which did feature a few Americans on its coaching staff) was deemed too poor for service by the standards of America, Japan, Canada, Africa, China, Italy, Qatar, Iraq, and even Mexico. But hey, who has time for making sure air flight is safe when you have to deal with a rock band that thinks you're a repressive leader. A band that feels religion enslaves an not enlightens.
Putin is a paragon of a world leader who doesn't have a clue. Putin is a slight bit temperamental when it comes to those of differing opinion, isn't he?
You know, I didn't intend to dedicate this entire blog to Putin, and the free speech issue. I think Russia needs to understand that the last century is over. If Russia doesn't want to be a punchline to the rest of the free world, they need to modernize their belief structure. The band Pussy Riot wasn't doing anything different then what we've been doing in America for years. We spent the first eight years of this century with Howdy Doody in the oval office. People mocked him, and they never went to jail. And that's a good think. We've poked fun at religion for years, and for the most part, no one has gone to jail. I'll be honest, I'm agnostic, and I became so by reading the bible. Dos being agnostic mean that if I lived in Russia and expressed my religious belief structure, that I would be subject to serving time in a prison camp?
Fact is that Russia is dangerously behind the times, and I think Pussy Riot will be the first crack in the foundation. I would love to see the people of Russia band together behind these young women. Putin can't jail you all. After a while the movement will grow to a pressure point that the power structure crumbles under its weight. It will change Russia for the better, and maybe they will elect a leader that isn't has thin skinned. After all, if your elected leader is fearful of a rock band, then what would happen if an evil dictator got in his face? Maybe that's a question the people of Russia need to ask themselves.
Maye this blog could get forwarded to Pussy Riot's management, or even a few folks in Russia. And on that note, I'm off. And if Vlady gets this blog, and gets offended...well, he can go fuck himself.
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