Gorbachev vows revolution!

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<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Mikhail Gorbachev drew loud cheers in New Orleans Friday when he promised to lead a local revolution if the Army Corps of Engineers doesn't keep its promise to improve levees by 2011.

"We will be coming back," the Soviet Union's last leader said, through an interpreter, during a ceremony in the Lower Garden District. "If this pledge is not fulfilled, we will start a new revolution in New Orleans."

After the applause died down, Gorbachev said that action should be a last resort, even though, he added, most Americans apparently have forgotten that their country is the result of a revolution.

"We shouldn't want another revolution," he said. "We should do our best in every (other) way."<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • OmegamanOmegaman Join Date: 2004-01-11 Member: 25239Members
    Wait...What?
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Yeah, that's my first reaction too. Sounds a little unreal. Then again, figures it'd take a foreigner to spur people on. Oh well, let's see what 2011 brings.
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  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    It'll be renamed Wii^2 by then, or something, I bet.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Oh crap, the reds are coming! Get the House Committee on Unamerican Activities goin!
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    Well, that's what they get for living in the middle of a lake.

    Im down for a revolution though, New Orleans is a pretty crappy reason but I'm all for a new government. You know, maybe put people in charge who have a grasp on modern life and put an end to the "Old white rich guy" pattern we've got right now.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    I think it's more of a local revolution that was meant.
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  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1664276:date=Dec 16 2007, 04:37 PM:name=Xyth)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Xyth @ Dec 16 2007, 04:37 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1664276"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well, that's what they get for living in the middle of a lake.

    Im down for a revolution though, New Orleans is a pretty crappy reason but I'm all for a new government. You know, maybe put people in charge who have a grasp on modern life and put an end to the "Old white rich guy" pattern we've got right now.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah and maybe money will start falling from the sky too.
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