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Just because they're terrorists doesn't mean they can't boogie

by Juan Cristobal on February 23, 2010 - 11:07am

This latest PR stunt by Colombia's FARC guerrilla group would be funny ... if it wasn't so creepy. (Hat tip: JR)

Update: TalCual has the backstory. Complete with Reyes laptop emails and high-dollar payments - it's almost as bizarre as the song itself. Turns out FARC has a guy, Julián Conrado, working full-time as an in-house jingle composer. That'll look great on his resumé. 

13 comments

How selective do you want to be?
 
   Quico» February 23, 2010 - 11:16am

ROFL...then crying...then ROFL again...

That thing is out of control... 

   Kepler» February 23, 2010 - 11:49am

They are running out of young males,

so they obviously have to use the reproduction instincts to appeal to a new generation: "if you join us, you will get laid."

Perhaps this is also a method chavismo will use when more people start to "saltar palanquera"

   Maracaiburgh» February 23, 2010 - 12:19pm

Best quote

Best quote I've seen so far:

"Capitalism marketing tools aid marxist guerilla group"

   Maracaiburgh» February 23, 2010 - 12:21pm

traca-traca-traca-tra...

...el Gobierno caerá.

One step above "Uh! Ah! Chavez no se va!"

   Quico» February 23, 2010 - 12:26pm

I liked...

El Comando General
Nos dará la dirección
Con la ofensiva final
Triunfará la insurrección

   Maracaiburgh» February 23, 2010 - 1:09pm

Or...

Hay guerrilleras armadas
de belleza tan sutil,
que me tiemblan las granadas
y se me aceita el fusil

EN:
There are armed female guerillas
of beauty so subtle
that my grenades tremble
and my rifle gets oiled up

Now that's just wrong.

   Santiago García» February 23, 2010 - 12:37pm

Made my day

traca-traca-traca-tra...

Que la Farc vencerá

LMAO

   Santiago García» February 23, 2010 - 12:38pm

Sense of irony

I don't think the FARC have one:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RgnlqpRlcsE/R4J2F9T7BLI/AAAAAAAAAKo/i_1moUDNt1...

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   Anonymous» February 23, 2010 - 3:03pm

Sing along with Tirofijo

1) When were these photos taken? Were most of them taken during the glory days of the FARC, when they had an estimated 18,000 combatants, or during more recent times, when their numbers have been estimated to be atound 8,000 combatants?
2) Of those in the photos that experts could identify, how many are still alive? My amateurish eyes caught several shots of Raul Reyes and Tirofijo,neither of whom are very photogenic these days.
3) As a political song , I would give it a 9 or a 10. You can definitely dance to it. Here are some more political songs, which are not as danceable as the FARC hymn. First on the list is the Horst Wessel Leid, followed by The Internationale. Last but not least, here is La Marcha de los Pinguinos Peronistas.

Boludo Tejano

   Santiago García» February 23, 2010 - 4:58pm

Julián Conrado...

... died during Operación Fénix about two years ago.

http://www.semana.com/wf_InfoArticulo.aspx?IdArt=109879

   Santiago García» February 23, 2010 - 5:03pm

Hrm, spoke too soon

http://www.semana.com/wf_InfoArticulo.aspx?IdArt=110477

Oh well.

   .5MT» February 23, 2010 - 5:35pm

BT you left out the best one

Check it out running dawg capitalist lackeys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHm9YMK2HJs&feature=related

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