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Originally written by Doctor Wu:

I know I'm the last person who should be posting in this thread, but I have to remark on Dacovind's signature. It is funny as hell.

(Of course, that's because I am an awful person with his mind in the gutter.)

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Cuando sonó la trompeta, estuvo
todo preparado en la tierra,
y Jehova repartió el mundo
a Coca-Cola Inc., Anaconda,
Ford Motors, y otras entidades:
la Compañía Frutera Inc.
se reservó lo más jugoso,
la costa central de mi tierra,
la dulce cintura de América.

Bautizó de nuevo sus tierras
como "Repúblicas Bananas,"
y sobre los muertos dormidos,
sobre los héroes inquietos
que conquistaron la grandeza,
la libertad y las banderas,
estableció la ópera bufa:
enajenó los albedríos
regaló coronas de César,
desenvainó la envidia, atrajo
la dictadora de las moscas,
moscas Trujillos, moscas Tachos,
moscas Carías, moscas Martínez,
moscas Ubico, moscas húmedas
de sangre humilde y mermelada,
moscas borrachas que zumban
sobre las tumbas populares,
moscas de circo, sabias moscas
entendidas en tiranía.

Entre las moscas sanguinarias
la Frutera desembarca,
arrasando el café y las frutas,
en sus barcos que deslizaron
como bandejas el tesoro
de nuestras tierras sumergidas.

Mientras tanto, por los abismos
azucarados de los puertos,
caían indios sepultados
en el vapor de la mañana:
un cuerpo rueda, una cosa
sin nombre, un número caído,
un racimo de fruta muerta
derramada en el pudridero.
- Pablo Neruda, "La United Fruit Co."

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When the trumpet sounded, it was
quite prepared in the ground,
and Jehovah distributed the world
to Coca-Cola Inc., Anaconda,
Ford Motors, and other entities:
the Fruit Company Inc.
saved itself the juiciest thing,
the central coast of my ground,
the sweet waist of America.

It baptized again his grounds
as " Republics Bananas, "
and on the asleep dead men,
on the anxious heroes
who conquered the nobility,
the freedom and the flags,
established the comic opera:
it alienated the wills
gave crowns of César,
it exposed the envy, attracted
the dictadora of the flies,
flies Trujillos, flies Tachos,
flies You Cause to decay, flies Martínez,
flies I Am located, humid flies
of humble blood and jam,
drunk flies that buzz
on the popular graves,
flies of circus, wise flies
dealt with tyranny.

Between the bloodthirsty flies
the Fruit bowl lands,
devastating the coffee and the fruits, in his ships
that slid as salvers the treasure
of our submerged grounds.

Meanwhile, for the sugary abysses
of the ports,
there were falling down Indians
buried in the steam of the morning:
a body rolls, a thing
without name, a fallen number,
a bunch of dead fruit
spilt in the pudridero.
- Pablo Neruda, " United Fruit Co. "

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When he sounded the trompeta, he was
everything prepared in the Earth,
and Jehovah distributed the world
to Inc. Coca-Cola, Anaconda,
Ford Motors, and other organizations:
the Inc. Fruit Company
was reserved most substantial,
the central coast of my earth,
the sweet waist of America.

It again baptized his earth
like "Bananas Republics,"
and on sleepy deads,
the anxious heroes
who conquered the greatness,
the freedom and the flags,
established the opera joke:
it alienated the wills
it gave crowns of Caesar,
it pulled out of a scabbard it envies it, it attracted
the dictator of the flies,
Trujillos flies, flies Tins,
Carías flies, flies Martinez,
flies I locate, humid flies
of humble blood and drunk jam,
flies that hum
on the popular tombs,
flies of circus, wise people flies
understood in tyranny.

Between the bloodthirsty flies
the Fruit one disembarks,
devastating the coffee and the fruits,
in its boats that slid
like trays the treasure
of our submerged earth.

Meanwhile, by the sweetened abysses
of the ports,
they fell in the morning Indian
buried in the steam:
a body rolls, a thing
without name, a fallen number,
a cluster of spilled dead fruit
in the pudridero.

- Pablo Neruda, "The United Fruit Co."

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Originally written by The_Nazgul:

Me neither, im chilean...as a matter of fact:

¡¡No temo!! ¡¡No me asustan, como a otros, las amenazas del sistema represivo imperante de EE.UU.!! ¡¡Ni me compran las monedas de neoliberalismo!! Hago mías las palabras del compañero mártir Salvador Allende Gossens: ¡Viva el pueblo! ¡Vivan los trabajadores!

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Originally written by Mangophobia:

Bah. I can think of little more capitalist than charging people to see fireworks. I despise the 4th of July. I ignored the blatant WOO-HOO AMERICA ROCKS FREEDOM LIBERTY JUSTICE YAY4BUSH YAY4WAR RED WHITE AND BLUE STARS AND STRIPES PATRIOTISM yada yada yada and went to see "28 Days Later," which was a horrible, horrible movie and should be shot and killed, but it was British. I'm the type of person who goes to see foreign movies on the 4th of July wearing all black and laughing at people wearing red, white and blue, or anything with a flag on it. It was fun.

Edit: And Alorael--YOU COMMIE BASTARD! This is AMERICA! We don't care 'bout no stinkin' wildlife! What are ya, a liberal pansy? In America, we roast them little squirrels and bunnies on a good ol' American barbecue with some A-1 steak sauce and swallow 'em whole! YEEHA!
*cough* Excuse me.

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