Che 'The Guerrilla' on PBS

Human Events Online ^ | August 22, 2005 | Humberto Fontova

[hinterlander]

Did you catch Eric Burdon on the PBS special "My Generation: The 60's Experience" recently? Eric was "100 pounds of hipness in a ten-pound bag," as Dave Barry used to say. His Che Guevara shirt shamed both Carlos Santana's and Johnny Depp's. This was no measly t-shirt, either; it was a collared shirt, very elegant, with a HUGE image of the gallant Che's face on both front and back.

My family rushed into the den when I exploded – not in rage – but in mirth. "WE GOTTA GET OUTTA THIS PLACE!" Eric was singing.

"EXACTLY, Eric!" I roared "You NAILED IT, amigo!" That was the exact refrain from 6.3 million Cubans (Cuba's population in 1959) when Fidel and Che took over.

The fiendishly clever Cuban-American National Foundation itself might have produced the show, or slipped him the song list. Che provoked the biggest political exodus in the history of the western hemisphere. Yet the thundering irony was lost on Eric, not to mention the PBS producers.

When your history professor calls Che a "guerrilla fighter" he's correct, but unwittingly. The term "Indian fighter" was used for cowboys who fought against Indians right?

Well, did your history prof tell you. . .

[SteveMcKing]

Sometimes I wish the CIA did a better job.

[dts32041]

Yup and was taught by Hendrix.

[Mi-kha-el]

Fidel screwed him bad. Didn't need no rivals.

[weegee]

When I think of all the good times that I wasted having "good times".

[The Toll]

For real! I wish all those idiot kids who worship that moron would realize that anyone who wishes to be a Guerrilla leader should first learn how to use a compass and a map. The guy was an idiot.

[rdcorso]

I took my 13 year old daughter to the Allman Brothers concert last night because she likes their music.I was shocked to see the number of kids who were in their teens.Many of them were just normal kids who enjoyed the music but there were also a lot who were young hippie freaks.They were just as unwashed and misinformed as the old hippies of the 1960s.After seeing them up close it became clear that they hate American freedom and its strong military because they are too weak to fight for it and too worthless to contribute anything of value to it.They are weak and useless.

[dts32041]

You could have been enjoying the Black Plague in a Ring of
Fire surrounded by coloured rain, or maybe done a little bare back riding, looking for a little home cooking.

[KosmicKitty]

Geez

He looks like Elvis (after he discovered the joys of high cholesterol) on acid!

[Warren_Piece]

You want to really make the moonbats batty? Go to an artisan festival or wherever else they gather wearing this:

I bought mine last month. So much fun!

[caisson71]

Anyone watching pBS deserved what they saw.

[vrwc0915]

My favorite No better commie than a dead commie

[t_skoz]

is that Heidi Fleiss???


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