[NOTE: these terms
are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the whole
& compleat & entire & total point of insult & invective, obscenity
& blasphemy, & other political speech.]
SPANISH: “¡Pobre Mexico! ¡Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados
Unidos!” ‡
SPANISH: “Pax Porfiana” ‡‡
SPANISH: “Pan o palo” ‡‡‡
SPANISH: Remoja la bandera con heroina y yo lo chupo. ‡‡‡‡
‡)
“Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the
United States!” — attrib. to Porfirio Diaz, who had participated in
the routing of the French at Veracruz,
& who served as “President” of Mexico from 1876 to 1911 (with a brief periods, 1876, & again 1880
— 1884, when fuck-puppets Juan Méndez & Manuel González respectively served
as interim presidents) ; Diaz’s presidency was marked by a surface
stability (modernization & economic growth) made possible by political repression, graft & corruption, & by selling off everything to foreign
corporations, esp. mining & agri-business
concerns. In 1911 Diaz was kicked out on his arse during the Mexican Revolution; he
slithered off to expile in Spain. After
the Mexican revolution many industries were nationalized ;
‡‡) “Porfiana
Peace” — a
period in Mexican history (1876—1911) marked by Porfirio Diaz’ rule, where a
surface stability, modernization & economic growth was made possible by political
repression & by selling off everything to foreign corporations, esp. mining
& agri-business concerns. In 1911 the shit hit the fan with the Mexican
Revolution & Diaz slithered off to expile in Spain ;
‡‡‡) “Bread
or the stick” — Porfirio
Diaz’ strategy of offering problematic politicians or generals two
options: cushy & obscenely-salaried
sinecures, or a blindfold & a last cigarette
& a firing squad. (Diaz is said to
have commented that a dog with a bone would neither bite or bark.) ;
‡‡‡‡) “Immerse the flag in heroin & I'll suck on
it.” / “Soak
the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it.” — attrib. to a famous former Commisssioner of
Sewers
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