Lesson of history

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[weswilson]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh, the Russian political machine is always good for laughs... they just never know that it's not their jokes we're laughing at.

[jessica-leah.livejournal.com]

I feel dumb because I don't get it.

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that's Gorby, who brought democracy to Russia?

Except Russia is sort of backsliding these days?

I don't get it altogether either...

[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're trying to be sly and imply that Obama is a communist?

[dubaiwalla.livejournal.com]

The text on the book is 'perestroika (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perestroika).'

[xforge.livejournal.com]

I believe the cover of the book says Perestroika, which IIRC means "change" and was the name of Gorbachev's program for reforming the Soviet Union... into nonexistence. Which was y'know, a reasonably good thing.

[jessica-leah.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Maybe they should have used Glasnost, "openness?" More apropos if you think about it...

[city-of-dis.livejournal.com]

...I Obama supposed to look like a ventriloquist dummy? I guess at least we can see Gorby's left hand, which is a real comfort.

[torasama.livejournal.com]

Hm. And here I was recalling Uncle Stalin.

[ice-hesitant.livejournal.com]

Nationalists of that type like Stalin. He made the country strong, etc.

[torasama.livejournal.com]

True, but at a terrible price.

(Incidentally, I just finished Animal Farm...)

[iluvhistory.livejournal.com]

I laughed so hard I cried.

[jimb.livejournal.com]

Sammy Davis Jr. sitting on Gorby's lap?

That's hilarious!