Putin dives to bottom of world's deepest lake (Putin vs, Teddy Roosevelt. Who wins?)

" Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Saturday dived to the bottom of the world's deepest lake aboard a mini-submarine, in a highly mediatized stunt unusual even by the standards of the Russian hardman."

"I've never experienced anything like it in my life," the prime minister, who served eight years as Russian president, told state television aboard the support ship after resurfacing.

It's a special feeling. What I saw impressed me because with my own eyes I could see how Baikal is, in all its grandeur, in all its greatness," he added."


"Judo-mad Putin, 56, prides himself on keeping a peak physical condition and has raised eyebrows with a series of adventures over the last years."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090801/en_afp/russiapoliticsenvironmentpeople

I think TR would wipe the floor with Putie. Yeah, Putin is a sneaky ex-KGB dude but TR was one tough motherfucker. He once got shot at a rally and didn't go to the hospital until after he finished his speech. TR climbed mountains, went on safari, rowed twenty miles a time not because he wanted people to see/know that he did. He did it because he thought that shit was fun.

Baikal is amazing.

Disney theme parks now with $69 per person admission fees.

the world (even though it could use some funding).

And TR didn't go golfing while the men on the KURSK were sitting on the bottom of the sea with their air running out.

Teddy woulda done it free diving!

While TR had a fist-fight with a giant squid at the bottom of the lake.

And made a hole in one on every last one of them.

Top THAT, Pooty Poot!

And does he have TR's teeth?

That image replaced the stars and blue in the American flag. ;-)

... but lets be serious. Putin is a 6th dan Judo master. He's a bad ass. He'd whoop TR's rotund ass.

Putin on the other hand does stuff for the fame. Also, where's the danger? He was in a freakin submarine.