And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My children's great-grandmother told us that the armies raided the hacienda she lived on, and forced them to feed them. She said the stacks of tortillas were tall and endless. Both Caranza's and Pancho Villa's armies came through - she said they were both bandits and she hated them all.
Las putas de Reynosa no se lavan con jabon;
ReplyDeleteSe lavan con tequilla porque tienen la pulgacion.
Well. That's good information; thanks for the heads-up.
Deletetranslation please
DeleteReynosa whores don't wash with soap;
DeleteThey wash with tequilla because they have the aphid.
Fleas. Pulgas = fleas, so pulgacion would be equivalent to saying “infested with fleas.”
DeleteYou will be notified immediately of your improper advances.
ReplyDeleteBut can they make tacos? Sandwiches would probably be Cultural Imperialism.
ReplyDeleteMy children's great-grandmother told us that the armies raided the hacienda she lived on, and forced them to feed them. She said the stacks of tortillas were tall and endless. Both Caranza's and Pancho Villa's armies came through - she said they were both bandits and she hated them all.
DeleteAmigos, we will not die like dogs! We will fight like lions, so mount up, for tonight we ride.
ReplyDeleteWe’ll kill old Pancho Villa,
DeleteMake chaps out of his hide.
Shoot his horse Seite Leguas
And his 27 brides,
Tonight we ride, tonight we ride.
It's 1910 or so, the French have been gone for awhile.
ReplyDeleteChristeros.
ReplyDeleteToo bad they didn't fix they're own country.
ReplyDeleteDo they have a plethora of penyatas?
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