Happy Birthday Mr. Gorbachev!!!

[sween32]

Happy 72nd Birthday!!!

Thanks for all the memories, you silly commie you!!!

 

[CurtSibling]

Hey, at least he initiated the dismantling the communist regime!

As one senior Russian politician said of him:
"He has a nice smile, but with teeth made of iron!"

 

[Hamlet]

Originally posted by CurtSibling
Hey, at least he initiated the dismantling the communist regime!

I don't want to piss in the pool of historical revisionism, but Gorbachev didn't want to dismantle The USSR, he merely wanted to reform it to make it viable. The collapse of The USSR was unintended on Gorbachev's part.

 

[CurtSibling]

Originally posted by Hamlet


I don't want to piss in the pool of historical revisionism, but Gorbachev didn't want to dismantle The USSR, he merely wanted to reform it to make it viable. The collapse of The USSR was unintended on Gorbachev's part.

You peed in the pool!

I did not say if he intended it or not.
But his actions did help the process.

When a man yodels in the mountains, does he intend to start an avalanche?

 

[Hamlet]

Originally posted by CurtSibling


You peed in the pool!

I did not say if he intended it or not.
But his actions did help the process.

When a man yodels in the mountains, does he intend to start an avalanche?

'initiated the dismantling' seemed to indicate some sort of forethough on Gorbachev's part towards that end. It was slightly ambiguous. Sorry if it was otherwise.

 

[CurtSibling]

Originally posted by Hamlet


'initiated the dismantling' seemed to indicate some sort of forethough on Gorbachev's part towards that end. It was slightly ambiguous. Sorry if it was otherwise.

unwittingly dismantled, is a better term that I should have used.

Anyway, happy birthday, Gorbi! Have a coke on me!

 

[philippe]

well at the state of Russia now sad birthday...

 

[CurtSibling]

Originally posted by philippe
well at the state of Russia now sad birthday...

Their day will come!

 

[Darkness]

Originally posted by CurtSibling


Their day will come!

Maybe....

 

[u-gene]

Maybe....

Any doubts on this?

 

[Toasty]

Originally posted by CurtSibling


Their day will come!

One might argue it has come and gone.

 

[Yoda Power]

ahh the only russian politician i would honour with the smilie

 

[sween32]

I actually made a Gorbachev smilie awhile ago on CDG... forgot all about it....

 

[sgrig]

Originally posted by Toasty


One might argue it has come and gone.

Russia has a tendency to rise from the ashes so I'm sure Russia will be great once more. I just hope it will be within my lifetime...

 

[nixon]

Yeah, sorry old boy, I'm a little late.

But nevertheless, a Happy Birthday to you!

 

[Toasty]

Originally posted by sgrig


Russia has a tendency to rise from the ashes so I'm sure Russia will be great once more. I just hope it will be within my lifetime...

I think that the world might be moving to quickly nowadays to give Russia the time to become a pheonix once again.

There is certainly no forseeable catalyst such as World War II, nor no appearant great leader, so it is interesting to forecast the future of the Russians...

 

[Archer 007]

Originally posted by Toasty


I think that the world might be moving to quickly nowadays to give Russia the time to become a pheonix once again.

There is certainly no forseeable catalyst such as World War II, nor no appearant great leader, so it is interesting to forecast the future of the Russians...

No potential great leader? What do you call Putin. He extremly popular, very intellenge, and is a hard worker. All signs of good leadership to me.

 

[cgannon64]

Originally posted by sween32
I actually made a Gorbachev smilie awhile ago on CDG... forgot all about it....

It needs eyebrows Sween!

 

[sween32]

nah, eyebrows would clutter up that wierd thing he has on his head.

 

[sween32]

i've also made smilies for yasser arafat, saddam hussein, fidel castro, che guevara, ho chi minh, colin powell, bill clinton, and teddy roosevelt.