--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great article. When I see his face on kid's T-shirts it makes me want > to puke.
My brother wore one last time I saw him. I asked him if he was going to wear his Adolf Hitler T-shirt next. > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > Che Guevara: 39 Years of Media Hype > > by Humberto Fontova > > > > > > DIGG THIS > > > > Thirty-nine years ago this week, Ernesto "Che" Guevara got a major > > dose of his own medicine. Without trial he was declared a murderer, > > stood against a wall and shot. Historically speaking, justice has > > rarely been better served. If the saying "What goes around comes > > around" ever fit, it's here. > > > > "Executions?" Che Guevara exclaimed while addressing the hallowed > > halls of the U.N. General Assembly on December 9, 1964. "Certainly > > we execute!" he declared, to the claps and cheers of that august > > body. "And we will CONTINUE executing as long as it is necessary! > > This is a war to the DEATH against the revolution's enemies!" > > > > According to the Black Book of Communism, those firing-squad > > executions had reached around 10,000 by that time. Sloboban > > Milosevic, by the way, went on trial for allegedly ordering 8,000 > > executions. The charge against him by the same U.N. that deliriously > > applauded Che Guevara's proud proclamation was "genocide." > > > > "I don't need proof to execute a man," snapped Che to a judicial > > underling in 1959. "I only need proof that it's necessary to execute > > him!" > > > > The "revolution's enemies" bound, gagged and murdered by Che and his > > henchmen were among the most enterprising and valiant fighters of > > the 20th century ranking alongside the Hungarian Freedom Fighters. > > They fought just as valiantly, as desperately and, ultimately > > just as hopelessly. They fought to the last bullet and usually to > > the death. > > > > The few survivors live today in places like Miami and New Jersey and > > qualify as the longest-suffering political prisoners in modern > > history. But you'll look for their stories on the History Channel > > and PBS and in the New York Times, etc., in vain. They fought the > > Left's premier pinup boys, you see. So their heroism doesn't qualify > > as politically correct drama. > > > > On the contrary, Time magazine honors Che Guevara among "The 100 > > Most Important People of the Century." Not satisfied with such a > > measly accolade they list him in the "Heroes and Icons" section, > > alongside Anne Frank, Andrei Sakharov, Rosa Parks and Mother > > Theresa. From here the ironies only get richer. > > > > The most popular version of the Che T-shirt and poster, for > > instance, sports the slogan "Fight Oppression" under his famous > > face. This is the face of a man who co-founded a regime that jailed > > more of its subjects than did Hitler's or Stalin's and declared > > that "individualism must disappear!" In 1959, with the help of > > Soviet GRU agents, the man celebrated on that T-shirt helped found, > > train and indoctrinate Cuba's secret police. "Always interrogate > > your prisoners at night," Che ordered his goons. "A man's resistance > > is always lower at night." Today the world's largest Che mural > > adorns Cuba's Ministry of the Interior, the headquarters for Cuba's > > KGB- and STASI-trained secret police. Nothing could be more fitting. > > > > "Iron" Mike Tyson used to end fights with his arms upraised in > > triumph. In 2002 he got a huge Che tattoo on his torso, visited > > Cuba, and has been consistently and horribly stomped in fight after > > fight ever since, a process perfectly mimicking the combat record of > > his tattoo idol. Che was indeed proficient at smiting his enemies, > > Mike, thousands of them, but only after they were bound, gagged and > > blindfolded and I'm afraid the National Boxing Federation won't > > allow this. > > > > When the crowd of A-list hipsters and Beautiful People at the > > Sundance Film Festival (which included everyone from Tipper and Al > > Gore to Sharon Stone, Meryl Streep and Paris Hilton) exploded in a > > rapturous standing ovation for Robert Redford's The Motorcycle > > Diaries, they were cheering a film glorifying a man who jailed or > > exiled most of Cuba's best writers, poets and independent filmmakers > > while converting Cuba's press and cinema at Czech machine- > > gunpoint into propaganda agencies for a Stalinist regime. > > > > Executive producer of the movie Robert Redford (who always kicks off > > the film festival with a long dirge about the importance of artistic > > freedom) was forced to screen the film for Che's widow (who heads > > Cuba's Che Guevara Studies Center) and Fidel Castro for their > > approval before release. We can only imagine the shrieks of outrage > > from the Sundance crowd about "censorship!" and "selling out!" had, > > say, Robert Ackerman required (and acquiesced in) Nancy Reagan's > > approval to release HBO's The Reagans that same year. > > > > Che groupies are many and varied. Christopher Hitchens, for > > instance, marvels at Che's "untamable defiance" and assures us in > > the same New York Times article that "Che was no hypocrite." > > > > The noted historian Benicio Del Toro, who will star as his hero in a > > Hollywood biopic due next year, says that "Che was just one of those > > guys who walked the walk and talked the talk. There's just something > > cool about people like that. The more I get to know Che, the more I > > respect him." > > > > More than his cruelty, megalomania or even his epic stupidity, what > > most distinguished Ernesto "Che" Guevara from his peers was his > > sniveling cowardice. His groupies can run off in a huff, slam their > > bedroom door and dive headfirst into their beds sobbing and kicking > > and punching the pillows all they want, but Che surrendered to the > > Bolivian Rangers voluntarily, from a safe distance, and was captured > > physically sound and with a fully loaded pistol. > > > > One day before his death in Bolivia, Che Guevara for the first time > > in his life finally faced something properly describable as combat. > > So he ordered his guerrilla charges to give no quarter, to fight to > > the last breath and to the last bullet. > > > > A few hours later, his "untamable defiance," lack of hypocrisy > > and "walking of the walk" all manifested themselves. With his men > > doing just what he ordered (fighting and dying to the last bullet), > > a slightly wounded Che snuck away from the firefight and surrendered > > with a full clip in his pistol, while whimpering to his > > captors: "Don't Shoot! I'm Che! I'm worth more to you alive than > > dead!" > > > > His Bolivian captors begged to differ. > > > > > > > > October 6, 2006 > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
