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jfurgers
Joined: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 442 Location: Mexico City
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MELEE
Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 2583 Location: The Mexican Hinterland
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think any of us only see the good in Mexico. If you want I could go on and on about everything that annoys me in Mexico. But could you please at least read the forum before you post any old news story you find with the key word Mexico? Guy already posted a thread about this one: http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=69079 |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Mr. Furgers has inspired me to rewrite Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire" for all these headlines, with a Mexican twist...
94 Salinas, Colosio y ademas,
NAFTA, PEMEX, guerra sucio
FOBRAPOA, Chihuahua, Carlos Ahumada,
Narcos in Tijuana, crucemos de mojada
Vicente Fox gano con PAN, la muerte en Culiacan
Think about it, what do you see, what's the connection?
Hoy en dia, we don't know, where the economy will go
Pa'tras, payaso, too fast or too slow
We didnt start the fire
It was always burning
Since the worlds been turning
We didnt start the fire
No we didnt light it
But we tried to fight it
Huracanes llamadas, Wilma y Paola,
Destruyieron muchas vidas, we continue on
Pesos y dolares, pretty much worthless,
Oil's at 34 a can, here and in Afghanistan
Ciudad Juarez, on the border with the States
Is the place, where we see, many women dead
Riots in Oaxaca city, don't it make you feel shitty?
Brad Will, turns still, in his shallow grave
We didnt start the fire
It was always burning
Since the worlds been turning
We didnt start the fire
No we didnt light it
But we tried to fight it
Even though, Mexico, is not what you think you know,
Take it slow, and you'll see, a different reality.
Hay muchos Mexicanos, docenas de milliones
Average, normal, tax-paying folk
They love their country yes indeed, and in them there is a seed
that propels them, forward, advancing continually
I have lived here now 8 years, never having shed a tear,
You cannot know, until you go, Viva Mexico!
We didnt start the fire
It was always burning
Since the worlds been turning
We didnt start the fire
No we didnt light it
But we tried to fight it
Ok, so that sucked...my best attempt at song writing...
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MO39
Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 1970 Location: El ombligo de la Rep�blica Mexicana
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: Mexico smashes world kissing record |
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jfurgers wrote: |
http://english.eviewweek.com/Mexico-smashes-world-kissing-record.shtml
Here's a POSITIVE article on Mexico. This is for all of you who only see the good in Mexico. |
Couldn't there be a little projection going on here, jfurgers? From the vast majority of your posts, you give the impression of being someone who sees only the bad in Mexico. |
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MELEE
Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 2583 Location: The Mexican Hinterland
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Guy Courchesne wrote: |
Mr. Furgers has inspired me to rewrite Billy J
Ok, so that sucked...my best attempt at song writing... |
Don't be so hard on yourself, many of the lines weren't that bad. |
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dixie
Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 644 Location: D.F
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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Guy Courchesne wrote: |
Pesos y dolares, pretty much worthless,
Oil's at 34 a can, here and in Afghanistan
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This cracked me up! But please, don't give up your day job. |
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