Lenin may be turned out of his tomb if a campaign launched by United Russia members succeeds in closing down his mausoleum on Red Square.
"His presence as a central figure in a necropolis at the heart of our nation is utter nonsense," State Duma Deputy Vladimir Medinsky wrote on United Russia's web site.
The party ran a click-to-vote poll at GoodbyeLenin.ru — a nod to the hit German comedy about the collapse of communism. It said more than 100,000 people, or two in three of those taking part, backed the proposal to remove the embalmed body of the Bolshevik revolutionary and give him a normal burial.
It was not clear whether the idea, regularly aired in the 20 years since the Soviet breakup, has the support of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who heads United Russia and last year counseled against a rush to move Lenin.
More opinion polls in recent years have also found that a majority of Russians favor removing the remains of the man who, after his death on Jan. 21, 1924, was virtually deified by his heirs in a Communist Party that suppressed religion.
Medinsky noted that Lenin himself had had no such wish.
In Soviet times, lines snaked around Red Square as the faithful waited to file past the mummified body under the walls of the Kremlin. Few make the effort today. And maintaining the corpse is a constant and growing headache for the embalmers.
Communist supporters gathered at the mausoleum on Friday to commemorate the 87th anniversary of Lenin's death.

Rock Tsar wrote:Comrades,
Comrade Katpain,
I should report you for thoughtcrime, just for having a KKKapitalist thought experiment.
What you forgot in your idea, however, is that for the True Believers ™, there does not need to be proof that the relic came from Lenin. One could just as easily use small animal bones. Then one would have a never ending supply.

Commissar_Elliott wrote:Why not cremate him? To burn someone is a very sanctifying practice, and the heat generated will warm the Russian people in this cold winter.

Colonel 7.62 wrote:I am confused here Comrades. If we bury comrade Lenin, what will the embalmers who keep him preserved do for work? What sort of union busting plot is this? The Lenin Embalmers Local 107 must be protected!

Colonel 7.62 wrote:I am confused here Comrades. If we bury comrade Lenin, what will the embalmers who keep him preserved do for work? What sort of union busting plot is this? The Lenin Embalmers Local 107 must be protected!

Rock Tsar wrote:First disposing of AK-47, now this... It's almost like Russia is turning away from glorious past. Or, KGB Cololnel I mean, Supreme Soviet, err, prime minister Vlad Putin wants to make a distinctive mark on the Empire's resurrection.

Colonel, I think Helen Thomas has her own preservatives already mixed in. Like a Twinkie, but flabbier and less appetizing.

INGSOC wrote:

Rock Tsar wrote:First disposing of AK-47, now this... It's almost like Russia is turning away from glorious past. Or, KGB Cololnel I mean, Supreme Soviet, err, prime minister Vlad Putin wants to make a distinctive mark on the Empire's resurrection.

Colonel, I think Helen Thomas has her own preservatives already mixed in. Like a Twinkie, but flabbier and less appetizing.

To be fair to Helen she has just as much sex appeal as a twinkie.

Katpain Moskovskaya wrote:Hi comrades.
Just back from digging wink-small vacation-wink after a midnight visit and a posterior train trip. I've seen the ad now. Nice work! (how are the sale... oh dear... not a midnight visit again...)

Katpain Moskovskaya wrote:Hmmmm... I've just returned yesterday. Having another midnight visit would be unequal for the rest of the comrades, don't?

But we can make exceptions. If you have any Hummels or toys it would be best if you just offered them to the GoonsHighly trained Counselors.

Leave it to the progressive wizards at NBC to find us a more Gaia-friendly way to express our self-loathing mitigate our damage to the environment!

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41003238/ns ... nd_energy/