Comments on: Putin Takes Alaska Back! http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/01/putin-takes-alaska-back/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:35:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/01/putin-takes-alaska-back/#comment-47269 Chris Weigant Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:27:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8874#comment-47269 nypoet22 - You can read any ironic analogies into it you want. Feel free! :-) -CW nypoet22 -

You can read any ironic analogies into it you want. Feel free!

:-)

-CW

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/01/putin-takes-alaska-back/#comment-47263 nypoet22 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:20:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8874#comment-47263 before i read the punchline i thought it was an ironic analogy for the crimean situation. guess that's what i get for thinking too deeply about an april fools joke. JL before i read the punchline i thought it was an ironic analogy for the crimean situation.

guess that's what i get for thinking too deeply about an april fools joke.

JL

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/01/putin-takes-alaska-back/#comment-47260 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:07:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8874#comment-47260 Michale, <I>Now Palin CAN see Russia from her back porch!! :D</I> Hah! Now THAT was funny! :) Michale,

Now Palin CAN see Russia from her back porch!! :D

Hah! Now THAT was funny! :)

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/01/putin-takes-alaska-back/#comment-47256 Michale Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:37:44 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8874#comment-47256 Getting back to earth and some serious issues.. <B>Putin Defies Obama in Syria as Arms Fuel Assad Resurgence</B> <I>“Russia is now doing everything to ensure that Assad wins convincingly,” Alexei Malashenko, a Middle East analyst at the Moscow Carnegie Center, said by phone. “If Russia can show it’s capable of carrying out its own foreign policy, regardless of America’s wishes, it will be a major achievement for Putin.”</I> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-02/putin-defies-obama-in-syria-as-arms-fuel-assad-resurgence.html If this doesn't prove Obama is impotent when it comes to foreign policy, nothing will... Michale Getting back to earth and some serious issues..

Putin Defies Obama in Syria as Arms Fuel Assad Resurgence
“Russia is now doing everything to ensure that Assad wins convincingly,” Alexei Malashenko, a Middle East analyst at the Moscow Carnegie Center, said by phone. “If Russia can show it’s capable of carrying out its own foreign policy, regardless of America’s wishes, it will be a major achievement for Putin.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-02/putin-defies-obama-in-syria-as-arms-fuel-assad-resurgence.html

If this doesn't prove Obama is impotent when it comes to foreign policy, nothing will...

Michale

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/01/putin-takes-alaska-back/#comment-47240 Michale Wed, 02 Apr 2014 09:21:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8874#comment-47240 Great job, CW.. Now Palin CAN see Russia from her back porch!! :D Michale Great job, CW..

Now Palin CAN see Russia from her back porch!! :D

Michale

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/01/putin-takes-alaska-back/#comment-47235 TheStig Wed, 02 Apr 2014 03:48:11 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8874#comment-47235 Brilliant! :-) :-) :-) :-) ;-) Brilliant! :-) :-) :-) :-) ;-)

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/01/putin-takes-alaska-back/#comment-47232 Chris Weigant Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:58:12 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8874#comment-47232 Hawk Owl - Well, I tried to limit myself to derivations of "fool" to only one per paragraph. Heh. My tweet for today's article: "New article up (where angels fear to tread)" Heh heh. -CW Hawk Owl -

Well, I tried to limit myself to derivations of "fool" to only one per paragraph. Heh.

My tweet for today's article:

"New article up (where angels fear to tread)"

Heh heh.

-CW

]]> By: Hawk Owl http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/01/putin-takes-alaska-back/#comment-47231 Hawk Owl Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:39:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8874#comment-47231 Well, I did find myself wondering about today's date as the paragraphs unfolded. . . but that only added to my ability to relish the little well-turned phrases. And using Putin's bluster & bluff manner was the perfect target for such ironic "praise." Mark Twain would've smiled. No foolin' Well, I did find myself wondering about today's date as the paragraphs unfolded. . . but that only added to my ability to relish the little well-turned phrases.
And using Putin's bluster & bluff manner was the perfect target for such ironic "praise." Mark Twain would've smiled. No foolin'

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