The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Can you believe it?

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Breaking news:

Televista, the second largest media company in Latin America, a multimedia conglomerate with outlets throughout the western hemisphere, donated $13,000,000 MP to the PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional), the opposition party of Presidente Felipe Calderon. The PRI, currently in control of many states in Mexico, was in power, nationally, for most of the 20th century and opposes much of the current administration's policies and governance. Financial backing of Calderon's opposition has deeply divided the nation and many are questioning whether his administration can achieve anything for the remainder of his term.

A spokesperson for Calderon's party, the PAN (Partido Acción Nacional) said, "Es como una mala telenovela. Usted no puede hacer esta clase de cosa."
Translation, "It is like a bad soap opera. You can't make this stuff up."

Oops.....

Wrong country, wrong network, wrong party.... just wrong.

UPDATE: I am not talking about Mexico, just demonstrating how things sound very different when they are ascribed to a different country or party. So, USA, Fox to the GOP? Still wrong.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I disagree with your comments absolutely. It would be a very long political argument, but I disagree

Christopher Stowens said...

What comments??? I was unaware I had even made a comment. But go ahead and disagree.

Anonymous said...

"Wrong country, wrong network, wrong party…"

Christopher Stowens said...

Ah, so it is OK for Fox News to give the GOP $1,000,000?