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2005-10-31 Caribbean-Latin America

Chavez: Halloween part of U.S. culture of terror

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Posted by Fred 2005-10-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 El Dia de los Muertos is a big holiday in Mexico. Calvera is Spanish for skull - they're everywhere. Nothing Gringo about that.

Posted by John in Tokyo 2005-10-31 00:54|| 2005-10-31 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 El Diablo Norte Americano scares the hell out of Chavez.

Posted by ed 2005-10-31 01:19|| 2005-10-31 01:19|| Front Page Top

#3 I bet this pansy sleeps with the lights on.

Posted by Zenster 2005-10-31 02:27|| 2005-10-31 02:27|| Front Page Top

#4 BS All Hallows Eve is a very Catholic and South American tradition. The Mexicans are more into it than us "gringos" are.

Typical Commine wanking. Displace the custom and faith of the people with your new humanistic socalist religion.

Boo!

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-10-31 03:31|| 2005-10-31 03:31|| Front Page Top

#5 The JDAM gonna getcha if'n you don't watch out!

Posted by Mike 2005-10-31 06:17|| 2005-10-31 06:17|| Front Page Top

#6 I bet this pansy sleeps with the lights on.

He has to leave the lights on, his Mama makes him 'cause he still wets the bed.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-10-31 06:43|| 2005-10-31 06:43|| Front Page Top

#7 You know your nation if phuked when The Man tm starts ranting to the nation about children's holidays.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-10-31 08:52|| 2005-10-31 08:52|| Front Page Top

#8 All Hallows Eve is a Catholic festival that caught on with Protestants

Actually, Halloween is a direct descendent from the pagan Celtic Samhain. On the last day of the year in the Celtic calendar, all chaos, all that is against nature, order, peace, has its opportunity to break out, it was believed.

The Catholic church established the All Hallows Day on the following day - the first day of the new year in the Celtic calendar - to offset a deep ritual that they couldn't stamp out.

Posted by anon 2005-10-31 08:08|| 2005-10-31 08:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Hey Chavez!

BOO!

Posted by mmurray821 2005-10-31 08:15|| 2005-10-31 08:15|| Front Page Top

#10 Anon, your post does not negate that Halloween is Catholic argument. I don't believe anyone said it was a holy day, or anything, just that the Catholics passed it along to the Protestants (by way of the Irish I believe). Harmless holiday unless you live in Detroit.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2005-10-31 09:31|| 2005-10-31 09:31|| Front Page Top

#11 Probably too many kids wanted to dress as megalomaniacal tinhorn dictators...

Posted by BigEd 2005-10-31 10:01|| 2005-10-31 10:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Sorry Hugo, you were born too late. Che is dead now and all Fidel (your lifelong mentor) is worried about is hot burning senorita and a nice cigar.... or was that a hot burning cigar? Nice nipple cap by the way, Madonna must be drooling!

Posted by Cage 2005-10-31 11:08|| 2005-10-31 11:08|| Front Page Top

#13 I call that big talk for a "Spic," or South American, Presidente.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-10-31 11:43|| 2005-10-31 11:43|| Front Page Top

#14
I still say he looks like a large jelly doughnut.

Posted by macofromoc 2005-10-31 11:47|| 2005-10-31 11:47|| Front Page Top

#15 If he's so against Halloween, what's with the costume he's wearing?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-10-31 12:08|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-10-31 12:08|| Front Page Top

#16 He does have an uncanny resemblance to a zombie. " Now Hugo, old boy, stick out your arms in front of you and moan."

Posted by ed 2005-10-31 12:12|| 2005-10-31 12:12|| Front Page Top

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