Putin - 5 ft 7Russian Leader. Sometimes gets mentioned at 5ft 9. Originally had him 5ft 7.5, now he's been scraped down to 170cm on the nose. Unsure if he's from the 'Silvio Berlusconi' school of footwear though, or the more extreme Kim Jong shoe-school, the one where you're 5ft 3, have a height complex and resort to wearing elaborate 4-inch elevator shoes to compensate
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60573531.html Putin makes effort to keep his height secret from voters.(World)(Russia)
From: The Washington Times Date: March 23, 2000 Author: Sands, David R.
MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's possibly Napoleonic political tendencies have been given a thorough airing in the run-up to Sunday's elections. The acting president's personal Napoleonic stature is a much more closely guarded state secret.
The fact that the diminutive Mr. Putin looms large - figuratively and literally - in the broadcasts on Russia's most widely watched television networks could stand as a symbol for the low-key but highly effective media campaign he has waged, controlling both the images voters see and the terms of the debate in the crowded presidential field.
went to Adelaide Uni today, but they all picked on me. They said it was 'cause of our policy on asylum seekers and the treatment of higher education, but I know it's just 'cause I'm short. I've been teased about my height my whole life. I even still get teased in Parliament, even though I told Pete Costello that it isn't funny anymore. But the students were even meaner, because they threw things at me.
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2002/s581253.htm
JOHN CLARKE PLAYS PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD.
BRYAN DAWE PLAYS THE INTERVIEWER.
INTERVIEWER: Mr Howard, thanks for your time.
JOHN HOWARD: Good evening, how are you?
INTERVIEWER: Good. How are things there?
JOHN HOWARD: Terrific. We've been having a great week. Beautiful afternoon here this afternoon, wonderful.
INERVIEWER: Terrific. And you attended a dinner with the US President?
JOHN HOWARD: Yes, indeed, that was very interesting. I had to make a speech.
INTERVIEWER: Yes, it was on television back here. It was terrific.
JOHN HOWARD: No, it was a great night. A really great night.
INTERVIEWER: Yes, it looked like a great night. He's not very tall is he?
JOHN HOWARD: Who's not very tall?
INTERVIEWER: President Bush.
JOHN HOWARD: What do you mean he's not very tall, Brian?
INTERVIEWER: When I saw the two of you standing together I thought he's not much taller than -
JOHN HOWARD: Taller than what, Brian?
INTERVIEWER: You're about the same height aren't you, you and the President?
JOHN HOWARD: The President of the United States and I are both -
INTERVIEWER: Very tall men.
JOHN HOWARD: ..we're both unusually tall men, Brian, yes.
INTERVIEWER: Have you been on your walk yet?
JOHN HOWARD: In the morning? In the very attractive sports gear?
INTERVIEWER: Yeah.
JOHN HOWARD: Yes, I, I thought that was beamed live to Australia and the nation paused briefly.
INTERVIEWER: Yes, it was. I missed it, but I've got the video set. Big highlight over here, it's huge.
JOHN HOWARD: It's getting quite big here too. I'm hoping it will grow internationally, Brian.
INTERVIEWER: Congratulations by the way on being elected chairman of the International Democratic Union. That's terrific.
JOHN HOWARD: Thank you very much.
INTERVIEWER: Yeah, and what do they actually do?
JOHN HOWARD: Actually, it's not a union. I'll have that changed.
It really should be the international democratic enterprise or something.
INTERVIEWER: Right. What does it do?
JOHN HOWARD: It does whatever America -
INTERVIEWER: Beg your pardon?
JOHN HOWARD: Good question, Brian.
It attempts to further the interests of free enterprise and to a degree to beat back the influence of the command economies.
Why short people suffer the height of prejudice
Society's prejudice against short people (they "got no reason to live" Randy Newman sang) needs to be dismantled. Unlike discrimination on grounds of gender, age and race, heightism is not acknowledged as a problem. And yet when academics do the numbers, short people always come up … short. One study found discrimination against the short was worse than sex and race discrimination.
trinity, thanxPutin - 5 ft 7 (i.e. 170 cm "on the nose")
Earlier the leaders posed on the Opera House steps for the traditional summit photo, decked out in tailor-made Driza-Bone stockman's coats customised with coloured collars in each leader's choice of blue, red, yellow or green.
Tonight the leaders will have a formal dinner and watch a fireworks display on Sydney Harbour.
Tonight the leaders will have a formal dinner and watch a fireworks display on Sydney Harbour.
I thought it was maybe a Russian midget brought in to always stand beside Putin lol.Why are we spending on fireworks for them?
And the shortie beside Putin is Phil President Arroyo. And, she really is small ... but ... big ... in corruption.
gday ,
i was in the march today. awesome turnout. 99% peaceful.
howard's gone. i have never seen such a concentration of hate in one place.
here's one websiteAt least Arroyo is better at covering her tracks than Marcos was
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/issues/gloria_macapagal.htm Kickbacks, mistresses, and alias bank accounts are some of the reasons Filipinos ousted past President Joseph Estrada. But then again, according to Estrada, he wasn't ousted - he just stepped down for a bit and Arroyo is temporarily filling the position. The current President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was sworn in by the Philippine Chief Justice after the Supreme Court declared the presidential position vacant this January. But Estrada is appealing to that very same Supreme Court saying that he never officially resigned. It is his hope that Arroyo will be declared an "acting" not "permanent" president and he will be reinstated.
Even though the Philippine political future is uncertain, the truth is that Arroyo has taken office in a time of extreme difficulty for the Philippine people and for her role as president. President Arroyo seems to be a person with a strong desire to unite the Philippine people and lead them by example. As the daughter of the late President Diosdedo Macapagal, she has a good start because of the example her parents set for her. Even with their example of integrity, she will still have to make a great effort to achieve her goals. Political change does not come without some difficulty, but without difficulty there is not much change. Our hope for the Philippines is for there to be great political and economic success in this century.
Arroyo has been caught on wiretapped recordings with election officials conspiring to rig the election results by a one million-vote victory margin. She admits the voice is hers. There is also strong evidence to suggest that her election fraud was financed through illegal gambling via her husband and sons.
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