Nikita Khrushchev v. George W. Bush

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The funeral reference is to what most now believe Khrushchev really meant by that comment, it was basically saying something like "We will outlast you"

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yeah, he was wrong. But still, the comment is usually misunderstood.

Unless you're an expert in Russian translation, you're not really in the position to definitively say what he really meant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_will_bury_you