[NOTE: these
terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the
whole & compleat & total & entire 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 ...& applicable to most if not all nation's foundational holidays.
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