I love Mexicans.

[mukaiguy]

Seriously.

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y?

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Quotes from work:

Secretary I work next to: Fuck Angola. No one cares about Angola.
Me: That's a bit harsh. Do you know how poverty-stricken Angola is?
Secretary I work next to: Do you know how poverty-stricken parts of Mexico are? Don't give me that.
Me: Do you know how much money the taco vendors make off of drunk Americans like me?
Secretary I work next to: Not enough to make me care about Angola.

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I would still venture that Angola is worse off than Mexico. 97% of Mexicans have access to sanitary water as opposed to 53% in Angola. Based on literacy rates, life expectancy rates, Mexico is far better off. More than half of Angola's GDP comes from exports, meaning, other nations import Angola's good because labor is cheap (think sweatshops, or worse) and commodities are cheap, in particular the oil and diamonds that we "buy" from that country. Angola's imports are half their exports (think about)...people are taking more out of that country than giving back. Most of the wealth from these imports lies in the hands of the rich (similar to Mexico).

http://www.stephanelehr-photos.com/angola/ "Angola's Lost Children"
....they're on drugs, on the streets, AIDS epidemic....I don't know if the movie goes into this, but the pictures are pretty powerful.

[picturing_early]

haha. seriously, i agree. i'm planning on learning spanish gradually this summer, as dana teaches me obscene/random phrases.

for example:
tus pechas eston muy gordas, perro susio!

[picturing_early]

Your boobies are very fat, dog dirty!

[picturing_early]

haha dana told me to switch my original "susio perro" to "perro susio" cuz it was more grammatically correct.... its really supposed to be "your boobies are very fat, dirty dog!"

[picturing_early]

Actually, Dana's right.

I was just confused by the utter ridiculousness of what you said.

P.S. I hope you kids are partying like it's 1999 on your road trip. When do you get back?