Let’s begin with one sequence in the two-part biopic Che, and
then build the review around its meaning. The sequence happens in the
middle of the second half of the first film,
The Argentine (the second film is called Guerrilla).
The sequence is The Argentine in its essence. What exactly is
the first part of this brilliant biopic about? It is exactly about
this: A line of Cuban freedom fighters under the command of Che
Guevara, played with religious dedication by Benicio Del Toro,
low-crawl out of the jungle and stop at the border of a clearing. In
the near distance is the boxy bulk of an army base. Night is falling,
the air is cooling, grass gently stirs in the breeze.
Inside the three-story building, the enemy waits and watches the
darkening jungle. One of the freedom fighters rises above the grass and
aims a bazooka at the army base. The man next to him loads the weapon
and covers his ears. The trigger is pulled. The missile flies across
the clearing and completely misses the building—useless trees
explode and burn. The enemy immediately returns fire. The freedom
fighters open fire. The bazooka is reloaded, the trigger is pulled a
second time, the missile flies and… almost hits the building. The
windows of the base are alive with the fire of machine guns.
Frustrated, Che rises, grabs the bazooka, places it on his sturdy
shoulder, and aims—bullets zip by his exposed head and body. This
is the moment of danger that defines the hero. The bazooka is loaded,
Che pulls the trigger, the missile makes a direct hit, and a perfect
ball of fire consumes the whole base. Concrete crumbles, black smoke
rises, and Che stands and commands the freedom fighters to attack. The
end of the sequence.
This is The Argentine. Why? Because what the sequence
captures is Che at his very best. He cannot be stopped, bullets can
only miss him, the enemy can only run from or be absorbed by this man
(this superstar) who radiates not only military power but also moral
power. He knows he is right and the enemy is wrong, and he imposes this
strong moral sense on his weak troops. Again and again, they are
reminded (and also remind themselves) that they are fighting for the
realization of an idea or, more concretely, an ideal society—one
that protects the rights of the poor, shares its wealth fairly, and
offers health care and education to all. Che’s war in Cuba is not about
revenge but the creation of a new world. It is precisely this that
makes him, as Sartre once said, “the most complete human being of our
age”: He is a man whose actions and ideas are one. What he says is what
he does; what he does is what he says. This moment of self-perfection
is the subject matter of The Argentine.
Though suffering from coughs and fits, Del Toro’s asthmatic Che
expresses a mode of being that is poetic. And the poetry of his body
corresponds with the poetry of the revolutionary moment and the film
itself. “Insurrection is an art,” wrote the first Trotskyite—and,
as with all arts, insurrection has its masters. The Argentine is, on the one hand, about a master at the peak of his art, Che, and,
on the other hand, about the director, Steven Soderbergh, mastering his
art, cinema. As the master of film criticism, Amy Taubin, wrote in
Film Comment, Che “places [Soderbergh] in the ranks of
the masters.” Indeed, Soderbergh finally has a masterpiece, and it
dwarfs even the best in his body of work—Traffic, The
Limey, Out of Sight.
The Argentine begins with poetry. We have no idea how these
fragmented images fit. They seem to have no beginning or end. We see
Che in Mexico City meeting Fidel Castro, we see him in the jungle
removing a bullet from a freedom fighter’s backside. We see the sea,
the waves, the blue of the sky. We see trees swaying in the sun. We see
the United Nations. We see Che at a party in a glamorous Manhattan
apartment. We see a beautiful American blonde interviewing him. The
images in New York and Mexico City mimic vintage black-and-white
footage; the images of the Cuban jungle, villages, and towns are
captured in ripe and rich color. And from this confusion of dates,
colors, and locations rises the steady discourse of the revolution.
Everyone is talking about the importance of modernizing the country,
building schools, raising living standards. This discourse dominates
the exchanges in The Argentine.
In Guerrilla, however, the discourse of liberation dies down
and is replaced by Alberto Iglesias’s minimal and haunting score. Also
gone is the poetry, and what we see is the raw prose of a man’s
decline. Whereas life is the ultimate subject of The Argentine,
death is the final subject of Guerrilla. Che arrives in Bolivia,
connects with the local freedom fighters, constructs a plan for the
revolution, and then things start falling apart. The peasants are not
supportive, nor is the regional Communist Party. To make matters worse,
the CIA is giving the dictator military assistance. Everything that
went right in Cuba is everything that goes wrong in Bolivia.
In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Marlow says the only
thing that justified the brutal realities of colonialism was the
idea—the idea of progress, modernization, civilization. This idea
was appropriated by the liberation movements of the second part of the
20th century, taking the form of scientific socialism. In The
Argentine, we see the idea spread and seize a nation; in the second
film, Guerrilla, we see it reduced to just one man, Che. The
idea is shot nine times and dies. 
I have always wanted to have a problem with Che. So I can tell rich kids going to expensive private schools what uninformed assholes they are for hanging his image on their walls or wearing it on their shirts.
But I kind of like the guy and what he stood for. Especially when he started to break away from Castro/Soviet influence and gravitate towards the third world commie movements.
But he was a shitty guerrilla. That can’t be argued.
Are they assholes? Or do they want to believe in something they will never grasp? You seem a little wound up for someone with so little to say.
Ya, they are assholes…and you sound like one.
The suburbanite US kids who wear the Che shirts and hats are assholes. And there are a ton of them here in town, mindlessly talking about how great a ‘strategic leader’ Che was while gabbing to their friends on their new iphones and driving the new kick-ass honda their parents got them so they don’t have to ride the bus with the losers.
Anyone who is even a first year military history student soon finds out that if you ever want to lead a revolution, the quickest way to get you and your comrades killed is to use Che’s book. So chew on that. His victory in Cuba was due to the incompetence and failure to use common sense logistics by Batista, not because of Che’s ‘skills’.
I love Che because of how apoplectic a certain kind of person gets at the mere mention of his name. There is this volcano of emotion that rises from the deep lizard brain of some of our friends — you know who you are — and it is a sight to behold. One dead guy, who was famous a long time ago, and now he’s on a t-shirt. And for some, that guy’s name inflames them in a kind of glorious madness that is a hoot to behold. A double hoot.
God bless you, Che.
We don’t need no Jesus, we don’t need no Che.
If the magic wizard Gandalf, er- I mean God ever did take it in mind to bless a communist (which is a hilarious idea in itself), I think its a little late for Che to be blessed, don’t you think?
another movie glorifying a man with a gun. just what we need in this tumultuous time. fuck.
God, the ignorance! If Che was such a “shitty guerrilla,” then why is it the C.I.A. made his writings required reading? Why is he still studied to this day?
The only STRATEGIC mistake Che made was using the same winning technique twice; he found out the hard way Boliva is not Cuba and that the Bolivians weren’t going to rush to his aid as the Cubans did. Turned out the Bolivians were as weaned on bread and circuses as today’s FOX News viewers are …
Anyone with a Wolverine/Punisher T-shirt better not say a damn thing about how Machiavellian Che was. Also too, I don’t want to hear shit about Cuba’s Human rights violations until every single member of the Bush administration is behind bars for war crimes! The pot caN’T call the kettle black!
Besides, THE Nelson Mandela called Che: “an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom.”
Those who’re living in the lap of luxury (and those who wannabe) figure if they can continually pull reasons out of their asses to put Che down, then it’ll never occur to anyone to tax the rich and obligate the lazy to care. Well, guess what? You’ll never be let off the hook! Viva Che!
Saab Lofton is quite angry!
CHe’s book, as I have mentioned, is still studied and read today by military/covert school students as a prime example of how NOT to run a revolution, pure and simple. While you focus on Bolivia, perhaps you’d care to enlighten us on Che’s other ‘victories’ like Angola perhaps? Not to mention Castro refusing to resupply him at a critical point, thereby ‘sacrificing’ Che so that Castro would remain the big dog on the block.
And I have no idea anyone posting in here was wearing ‘wolverine/punisher’ shirts (unless it was you yourself). And Mandela’s opinions are not worth much to any rational person, seeing how harsh and criminally corrupt the situation in following the end of apartheid S. Africa has become. And this is coming from someone who did not vote for Bush ever (hates Bush) and is not a Republican, so stick that in your pipe and smoke it. And I wear Moloko Vellocet t-shirts, thank you very much.
What a disappointing review. This post was an obvious mix of wikipedia, old Che maxims and the very minimum amount of critique necessary to rise above US Weekly, maybe.
Coy, snide, smug sarcasm will NEVER obscure the truth, and you’re not angry, you’re certainly not paying attention …
First, Che is studied for his many successes as well as his few failures, asshole. Second, for you to put down a great man like Nelson Mandela goes to show how corrupt YOU are (I suppose you “think” South Africa was better off under apartheid?). Third, right-wingers (whether they call themselves Republicans or not) always try to drive a mythical wedge between Castro and Che when in fact they were friends to the end. What you’re referring to is Castro’s ends-justify-the-means approach …
… and speaking of Machiavelli, THAT’s why I brought up Wolverine and the Punisher, genius: For spoiled white boys in the suburbs to yammer on and ON about the need for X-TREME treatment of whoever mugs y’all whenever you people dare reverse white flight and venture into The Big City …
… while simultaneously denying poor people of color in the so-called third world the right to fight back with deadly force (a la Che) is hypocritical in the extreme. Since a simple metaphor is clearly beyond your tiny grasp, lemme break it down for you: If you embrace a Machiavellian character like the Punisher or Wolverine, you MUST respect a man like Che, lest you become the biggest of hypocrites.
Having said all that, as a member of Amnesty International, I’m NOT a fan of Castro’s Human rights record; the answer is to have BOTH free expression AND free social services AT THE SAME TIME, as they do in Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Norway, etc. etc. etc. The only folks who’ll claim this isn’t possible are those who watch FOX News and/or fought in the Cold War …
At the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on August 16, 1967, in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said the following: “Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social. And the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism, but in a higher synthesis. It is found in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both.”
Saab Lofton is an angry, assuming fool who has to resort to name calling instead of logic!
First off, I am black and unless you are too, I’ve been subjected to more racism than you have and for you to have a ‘magical’ computer monitor which can tell you the race of other posters is laughable and makes you more than a bit of a fool.
Secondly, what the hell is this with your problem with punisher/wolverine t-shirts? I said I don’t wear them, don’t read their comics and wear Moloko Vellocet shirts instead (if your ‘tiny grasp’ can figure out literature higher than comic books perhaps you can figure that out.
Third, while Mandela is something of an admirable figure, its plain and undeniable that S. Africa has become a mess under his rule. It takes more than being an admirable figure to run a country that is in such dire straits as S. Africa is still today. But you just keep on thinking that me, a black person, loved apartheid so much that I want it back.
You also made an ASSumption that ‘I deny people of the third world the right to fight back with deadly force’. going back over my posts here, I don’t see myself a damn thing approaching making such a statement. I actually wish more revolutions would take place to overthrow tyranny and the remains of economic imperialism.
And your blathering on about me watching Fox news (I don’t) is just more idiocy on your part and doesn’t exactly impress me with your claim of being in Amnesty International house of pancakes or whatever. So if you’re going to attack me, at least keep your words to the facts and not assumuptions.
By the way, I notice you still fail to note the ‘many successes’ that the great leader Che has under his belt. Tell us about all these victories outside of Cuba, will you?
Why all the hate for suburban kids with iPhones and trick honda’s wearing Che tee shirts? If you’re suggesting you were never foolish when you were younger, you’re a fool now. If a teenager from the burbs wants to wear a Che tee shirt purely because they think it looks cool and they don’t know anything about the man… who cares? Jesus, some of you people need to take a deep breath and get over yourselves.
AJS, did you read my review? really, i’m absolutely tired of insults that stand on no ground. the entire review is about the film itself and not history. it’s a description of the film i saw and not an analysis of che as a historical figure. fucking hell.
Hey, Paddy!
I never said I ‘hate’ the ignorant youth that use Che shirts as fashion statements (I think its dumb, but I don’t lose sleep over what someone else wears). The shirt coupled with the iphone and other couplings of modern runaway consumerism however, just multiplies the visible stupidity of those kids. I’m the first person to say there are more pressing issues to waste ‘hate’ and time on, and the new ‘revolutionaries’ hardly qualify for the list. Your advice to take a deep breath is totally uncalled for, pal.
Attention Saab and all others with your stupid t-shirts:
Ask any Cuban REFUGEE (yes, i said refugee-as in NOT ALLOWED to leave, but rather had to FLEE their country in order to escape Castro’s brainwashing regime) and they’ll educate you on your precious Argentinian upper middle-class so-called revolutionary. They HATE him! Why do you think this stupid movie was PROTESTED BY CUBANS, at its showing, in Miami?? ELDERLY Cubans, even…Did you know that Guevara was personally responsible for the deaths of HUNDREDS of INNOCENT Cubans during his time as the head of the Cuban prison La Cabana? It’s true. Look it up. He even wrote about some of his killings in his diaries. While it may be so deliciously rebellious (barf) to have a perfectly faded t-shirt with his dark, handsome mug on it telling the world how hip you are, wouldn’t you rather know the TRUTH?
DUMBASS IN A CHE SHIRT = ASSHOLE
Yeah, that’s great, all these guys arguing about who has the right to wear what t-shirt.
“no, I get to say who wears the tshirts around here”
“No I do”
“No it’s me”
“Well did you ever consider that I would want to have some say”
The truth of it is, if any of you had anything to say, well you would.
As for the review of the movie, toilet paper.
Yo man, terrible.
mudede, I scarcely think that if someone made a fan movie where Franco or Pinochet where the “heroes” of the film you would have written such a gushing review – though they were much more justified in their revolutionary actions in their own countries than Che in Bolivia ever was.
Hahahaha, Mudede likes Che. Therefore ‘Che’ is good [it’s not].
He doesn’t like Biggie. Therefore ‘Notorious’ is bad [this he is correct about].
Don’t review ‘The Bunker’, Charles.
“if your ‘tiny grasp’ can figure out literature higher than comic books perhaps you can figure that out”
Now you’re prejudiced against pop culture? I suppose you’ve never heard of Maus, Watchmen or American Splendor, etc. etc. huh?
“its plain and undeniable that S. Africa has become a mess under his rule. It takes more than being an admirable figure to run a country”
What it takes is the one thing Mandela wasn’t allowed to be, and that is socialistic. If Mandela had said, “let’s hock what nuclear weaponry South Africa does have and share the wealth with the poor,” he’d be embargoed and sabotaged by the CIA just like Cuba is! Maybe he wanted to spare South Africa the grief; not everyone is as courageous as Che!
South Africa’s primary problem is poverty, so if Mandela didn’t tax the white minority there — who’d been HOARDING the wealth there for ages — how could he afford jobs programs, colleges and so forth? By pulling his magic bootstraps? Who owns those diamond mines? Who works them? Who profits?
“I actually wish more revolutions would take place to overthrow tyranny and the remains of economic imperialism.”
Then you’d understand that sometimes, unfortunately, you’d have to be as Machiavelian as Che (or the Punisher, Wolverine, the Boondock Saints, etc. etc. ETC.)
“By the way, I notice you still fail to note the ‘many successes’ that the great leader Che has under his belt. Tell us about all these victories outside of Cuba, will you?”
I didn’t fail shit — I just don’t have time. Why don’t you do your own research and see what Che has done for the people?
“Why do you think this stupid movie was PROTESTED BY CUBANS, at its showing, in Miami?? ELDERLY Cubans, even.”
What their spoiled asses hate is being told they’ll no longer be able to lounge in their palatial estates! Do your homework, the majority of Cubans who bailed after the revolution were rich and (could pass for) white, that says it all.
“Did you know that Guevara was personally responsible for the deaths of HUNDREDS of INNOCENT Cubans during his time as the head of the Cuban prison La Cabana? It’s true. Look it up.”
First, one has to wonder how innocent they were if they had anything to do with Batista. Second, I don’t want to hear a goddamn thang about Che’s Human rights violations so long as the Bush administration is still running around free as a bird! The pot can’t call the kettle black, genius! Get your own house in order before you go condemning others!
I can’t believe after murdering FAR MORE PEOPLE THAN CHE, Bush is going to get to go back to Texas as if nothing happened the past eight years. Join Amnesty International or kiss my ass, Che was a fucking SAINT compared to Bush!
There were a whole lot of grammatical errors in my last post ’cause I’m too busy for this shit and was in a rush, but the bottom line is Che is an anti-hero; neither good nor evil — and since there are PLENTY of ideologically similar characters who’re worshipped by white America (the Punisher, the Hulk, Wolverine, the Boondock Saints, etc. FUCK if they’re fictional), I don’t wanna hear shit. Likewise, since Emperor Cheney has rolled into retirement after eight years of Hell on Earth (when he should be jailed for war crimes against Humanity), I don’t want to hear the whining of some spoiled ass Cuban exiles either (Che was at least trying to liberate an oppressed people, what was Cheney’s motive for mayhem?). Ask an Iraqi what suffering is — not some rich white Cuban who turned a blind eye to Batista’s evil all so they could live a Robin Leech lifestyle …
wow, saab. your ignorance is really something!
yes, a good number of the white cubans that “bailed,” as you call it, after the revolution were far from poor. however, you fail to realize (probably because you don’t know any cuba/cubans!!) that pretty much ALL CUBANS WHO HAVE LEFT CUBA, FROM 1959 TO 2009, hate Castro and hate Che. the ONLY cubans who “like” (have to say they like or face imprisonment for voicing their opinions) either of these two facist, murderous assholes of history are currently living under castro’s regime!! they don’t have freedom of speech!! go to miami. walk off the plane and find a poor refugee, “fresh” from cuba: they will tell you the same thing as the wealthy guy who left in 1959-CHE WAS A MURDERER OF INNOCENT PEOPLE..NOT PEOPLE CONNECTED TO BATISTA. INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO HE AND CASTRO FELT, FOR WHATEVER REASON OR NO REASON AT ALL, WERE A THREAT TO THEIR REGIME!!
(btw, i also hate george w. bush and thank God I live in a country where I’m allowed to say that day and night. you can’t say you hate your leader or so-called “heros” of the revolution, such as che, in countries like cuba.)
wow, saab lofton, your ignorance on this topic is really something!
you honestly believe that only the upper class, white cubans who “bailed (FLEED!) their country back in 1959 hate che??
ha!!!! i can hear the laughter of the roomful of cubans (from cuba, not miami, thank you), here in my house.
do yourself a favor and learn a little something by speaking to some folks from cuba. go to miami (since it’s obvious that you don’t know any here…) and speak with a poor, dark-skinned cuban who has just moved to this country. ask him about che. you know what he will tell you????
the same thing as the white guy who left, back in 1959! che murdered INNOCENTS-not just people connected with batista. not just people who were going to overthrow he and castro’s facist regime. INNOCENT PEOPLE.
the only cubans who “love” che (meaning, forced to show love or face time in prison for practicing freedom of speech-something castro hates) are those still living there. once they leave and are able to speak freely and live their lives without the fear of castro’s regime, they’ll tell anyone, including ignorant folks like you, saab, that he was not a hero by any stretch. he was a murderer!
oh and btw, i hate w. bush, too. i thank God that i have the freedom to say such things and that ignorants, like you, can have fun on the internet as they wish. praising murderers across the world, bc they represent some sort of revolutionary ideals to you in your first-world head. i just wish the folks in places, like cuba, had that right, too…
The exiles talking the most shit are/were PRIMARILY rich and white, the black ones are masochistic collaborators (Clarence Thomas/Condi Rice types) …
I can probably count on one hand how many “innocents” Che accidentally killed while avenging the atrocities of Batista. Speaking of, I’m glad you at least have enough sense to “hate w. bush” because his ass has killed FAR MANY innocents than Che ever thought of … “Collateral damage” my ass! It’s called, keeping things in perspective ..!
And actually, I’ve met plenty of Cubans here in America who love Che and forgive Castro (easy to do, considering that, again, Bush is a free man when by all rights he should be worrying about dropping the soap in the shower room right now). I wonder though, how could Castro brainwash anyone any better than FOX News ..?
This is what happens when you’re in a rush and too busy to be fooling with shit like this …
… I’m glad you at least have enough sense to “hate w. bush” because his ass has killed FAR MANY innocents than Che ever thought of …
… I meant to say, “[Dubya’s] ass has killed FAR MORE innocents than Che ever thought of.”
Out of all the Human rights violators in history, Che would have to be the most miniscule — so why is there this much vehemence against him (especially when Saudi Arabia — and its boy toy, George Bush — has a far worse record)? Easy. Because Che represents a forcible transfer of wealth. And to a sick culture like this one — weaned on MTV Cribs and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous as it is — that’s utterly anathema …
If a Ghandi/Dr. King approach to socialism is more to your liking, that’s fine, but keep in mind that both Ghandi and Dr. King were shot dead. Also keep in mind that most of Europe has a balance of free expression and free social services (rent Michael Moore’s Sicko sometime) and guess what? The space-time continuum has NOT collapsed upon itself, so I guess FOX News is wrong yet again. Surprise.
God bless you Che, you may have murdered innocent peasants and people who just wanted peace, but you were a man of action, recommended nuking a country that put China and the USSR to shame human rights-wise and now your mug is keeping T-shirt companies throughout the world in the black, Viva capitalistas!
AND AGAIN, snide sarcasm will NOT obscure the truth. Coy pricks like “harkin” refuse to grasp that if you supported a monster like Batista, you probably weren’t an innocent peasant “who just wanted peace.” Any MACHIAVELLIAN move that Che made was in service of the poor and oppressed and I for one forgive him. Just as white suburbia has evidently forgiven the Bush administration — otherwise, Cheney would be in the penitentiary at this very moment for war crimes against Humanity.
And if “harkin” is referring to the Cuban missile crisis, keep in mind that Amerikkka is the ONLY country in history to drop a nuke on anyone — in fact, Amerikkka did it TWICE, so I don’t want to hear a goddamn thang about Che merely threatening to nuke a country IN DEFENSE OF THE POOR.
One last thing: If but a fraction of the sales from those T-shirts white folks love to go on and ON about went towards the Cuban people, the resulting revenue would negate that evil embargo (an embargo the United Nations has condemned for YEARS) and go towards those free doctors Cuba sends around the world. Doctors directly inspired by Che (since Che was a doctor) and doctors Condi’s sold out ass turned away during Hurricane Katrina.
well, one thing’s for sure: Che was more exciting than you guys.
And yet, we’re exciting enough for you to have commented …
I wonder do the coy, smug, snide, cynical and sarcastic of the world “think” that future generations will thank them for having being so stuck up?
History is written by the victors — so I suppose if a bunch of latte drinking, cafe sitting, bitchy-ass white boys from the suburbs who love to say how “this band sucks” and “that movie sucks” are ultimately victorious, then yeah, they will be thanked by future generations.
But I don’t think so. Obama is an overrated corporate centrist if there ever was one, but he won because he SUPPOSEDLY represented the one thing Humanity caN’T live without: HOPE. And hope caN’T be derived from some chicken-shit ass comment made by someone using a pen name with those nose turned up in the air …
As far as Che is concerned, white America has cheered and forgiven far more Machiavellian characters (everyone from Dirty Harry to Wolverine), so fuck anyone who has a problem with how many ever innocents Che may have *ACCIDENTALLY* killed in defense of the poor and oppressed. Given the amount of people around the world those Che-inspired Cuban doctors have saved FOR FREE over the years, I’m sure Che’s karma is more than balanced by now.
Meanwhile, Dubya and Emperor Cheney still walk the streets free men after having commited genocide and taken the most powerful country in history to the brink of fascism … where’s y’all’s outrage over that?
Yeah, that’s what I thought …
having being so stuck up
SHOULD BE
having been so stuck up
those noses turned up in the air …
SHOULD BE
their nose turned up in the air …
regarding Saint Mandela the total philanderer, terrorist, and father of many bastards (FACT):
South Africa WAS better off under Apartheid, unless you consider a First-World status nation degenerating into black-run chaos that can’t even keep the electricity power stations running because they are fucking incompetent blacks “progress”, and unless you consider degenerating from a relatively safe country to having the #1 murder and rape rate in the ENTIRE WORLD in only ten short years “progress”. Progressive indeed! Stupid naive liberal. And guess what??? I hate Bush and Republicans so don’t even try that shit on me. Wake up to reality – it does not match your ideology in any way, shape, or form.
Since the last comment didn’t post, let’s try again …
a) “Fucking incompetent blacks”? That’s racist, and claiming you “hate Bush and Republicans” doesN’T let your ass off the hook one iota.
b) YOU’RE the one who’s “naive” if you think that the BLACKS of South Africa can ever achieve “First-World status” (because under Apartheid, only the whites enjoyed “First-World status”, which was the whole point, asshole) without taxing the white elite there. With all the resources at South Africa’s disposal, there’s plenty of wealth to share, but sadly, it’s STILL in the hands of white elitists, and until that changes …
c) Poverty is the number one cause of crime, and that includes rape, because if classes in feminism can stave off such attacks — and there’s no money in the budget for feminist classes because no one has the courage to tax that lily white elite — then again, poverty is the number one cause of crime.
d) I’d love to see your ass stand before Amnesty International or get on Oprah and claim that South Africa was better off under Apartheid. It’s about time some of these online trolls got publicly spanked once and for all.
And another thing, where the fuck do you come off calling Mandela a terrorist — given all the innumerable acts of terrorism Amerikkka has either commited, sponsored or turned a blind eye to? What’s with the hypocritical double standard? Amerikkka’s history is written in blood, but you people actually have the GALL to expect people like Che and Mandela to be absolute purists? Whatever Che and Mandela did in the name of liberation and revolution is entirely forgivable. Meanwhile, the C.I.A. (and its many proxies) has killed more people than Hitler and Stalin combined, but yet we’re constantly bombarded with movies like The Bourne Supremacy which makes spies look macho and sexy — ain’t THAT a bitch ..?!
As far as him being a “philanderer” is concerned, by Hollywood standards, he’s a total amatuer. Jesus, what’s with these spoiled white folks and their R-E-A-C-H-I-N-G when it comes to desperately trying to “get the goods” on somebody?!
The guy impersonating Saab Lofton is a pathetic loser. If he thinks he can get away with harassing a guy on welfare, he has another thing coming. He’s gonna fall on his face. He already has egg on it. Look at what a weirdo he’s coming off as. It’s not as if he’s contributing to society now is he?
Man that guy Saab sounds really violent. I think he needs some anger management courses!
No, “Emile,” it’s as simple as that classic quote from Funkadelic: “If you don’t like the effect, don’t produce the cause.”
Tell ya whut: YOU deal with an obsessed psychotic hellbent on destroying your repuation and livlihood and tell me what kind of mood YOU’LL be in after six months of that shit? My God, yuppies can’t even deal with someone asking them what time it is on the street without feeling bothered, so don’t tell me I need a thicker skin.
And another thing — tell the FOX News crowd to take some anger management courses, since they can’t seem to grasp that terrorist attacks do happen and will happen so long as they’re a motive; so long as Amerikkka CONtinues to practice genocidal imperialism. Read the words of a man far wiser than I …
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zepeza…
Ultimately, there is no military solution to the problem of terrorism. We can defend ourselves best by working to eliminate the root causes of terrorism: hunger, disease, lack of education, repression. It’s true that bin Laden himself is neither poor nor uneducated, but millions support him because they perceive him as standing up to the forces that subsidize their oppression. We can combat that perception by showing our willingness to right past wrongs and to work for a more just world order. The al-Qaida network has never once said that they attack us because they envy our freedom. They have said time and again that they oppose our support for the occupation of Palestine, our deadly sanctions against the people of Iraq, and our military alliance with the corrupt monarchy that holds sovereignty over Muslim holy lands. Reversing these policies just happens to be the right thing; we should not stay on this counterproductive path just because our enemies demand otherwise. We can deny them support by proving them wrong about us.
Troll.
HERE’S your “troll”, my short-sighted friend …
http://www.saablofton.org/announcement.h…
… fortunately, The Stranger removed that psychopath’s libel. I on the other hand am trying to bring you that which is usually kept from the masses, like the work of Mark Zepezauer, for instance (which partially explains why Che was as Machiavellian as he was) …
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA%20…
The Revolution SHOULD be televised, but thus far, Britney “Bread and Circuses” Spears reigns supreme. And NOT, it’s NOT “Human nature,” it’s American culture, which is fortunately mutable …