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Mikhail Gorbachev is Not a Citizen of the United States
HAL9000 | April 22, 2005

Posted on 04/21/2005 10:32:05 PM PDT by HAL9000

It's time to put an end to this nonsense that Mikhail Gorbachev is now a U.S. citizen.

It started in an article by Judi McLeod titled "Gorbachev comes out" from the "Canadian Free Press", posted here, which stated -

"Gorbachev, now a citizen of the United States of America, used the occasion to boast to reporters."

However, the link to the original article now publishes the sentence as -

"Gorbachev, now a resident of the United States of America, used the occasion to boast to reporters."

Apparently, CFP recognized the obvious error and quietly modified the article without publishing a separate correction notice.

The bottom line - Mikhail Gorbachev is not an American citizen.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: citizen; gorbachev; rumorcontrol

1 posted on 04/21/2005 10:32:05 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: spyone

fyi


2 posted on 04/21/2005 10:32:17 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: HAL9000

Hmm, I wonder if Gorby could be prosecuted along the same lines as Pinochet?

Then again the idea of prosecuting former heads of state when they travel abroad is a singularly bad one.


3 posted on 04/21/2005 10:36:31 PM PDT by swilhelm73 (Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. --Lord Acton)
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To: HAL9000
"The following classes of persons are barred from naturalization:

[snip]

Individuals who are members of or affiliated with the Communist Party of the United States or of any foreign country, or any front organization (membership must be meaningful)"

Rumor has it he may have been a Communist. ;)

4 posted on 04/21/2005 10:37:21 PM PDT by Phocion (Abolish the 16th Amendment.)
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To: HAL9000

He is a special guy.


5 posted on 04/21/2005 10:39:08 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: Phocion
I know ex-Communists from the USSR who became US citizens. No sneaking around about it, either.

Of course they weren't Gorby types, just people who joined the party in order get into college.

All are proud to be Americans now.

6 posted on 04/21/2005 10:43:23 PM PDT by Salman
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To: HAL9000

Thanks for the excellent research. You'll agree though that his comments about the US are inappropriate. He lives here to avoid being assassinated and then proceeds to trash us.


7 posted on 04/21/2005 10:43:56 PM PDT by spyone
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To: Phocion
I know ex-Communists from the USSR who became US citizens. No sneaking around about it, either.

Of course they weren't Gorby types, just people who joined the party in order get into college.

All are proud to be Americans now.

8 posted on 04/21/2005 10:43:56 PM PDT by Salman
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To: HAL9000

----Mikhail Gorbachev is Not a Citizen of the United States----

In other news, Yoda is not a resident of Des Moines.

-Dan

9 posted on 04/21/2005 10:44:53 PM PDT by Flux Capacitor (Trust me. I know what I'm doing.)
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To: HAL9000

did Rush Limbaugh play the music today?


10 posted on 04/21/2005 10:45:29 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: spyone
You'll agree though that his comments about the US are inappropriate.

Yes, we absolutely agree about that.

11 posted on 04/21/2005 10:45:48 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: HAL9000
Rumor has it that if Goeby manages to rub off that hideous birth mark on his forehead, The State Department might classify him as eligible for consideration for US Citizenship :-)
12 posted on 04/21/2005 11:19:39 PM PDT by MJY1288 ( LIBERALISM IS FOR INVERTEBRATES)
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Goeby = Gorby


13 posted on 04/21/2005 11:20:36 PM PDT by MJY1288 ( LIBERALISM IS FOR INVERTEBRATES)
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To: HAL9000

Then make him go back to that country that he loves so much and let him stand in line for a loaf a bread like the rest of his countrymen. Why should he benefit from a Capitalist country when that is against the Commie way?


14 posted on 04/21/2005 11:40:55 PM PDT by fish hawk (I am only one, but I am not the only one.)
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