Friday, March 09, 2007

"Yanqui go home" on steroids

This comes from a linguist friend, who wonders, "what will they have to do to the WHITE HOUSE after he leaves?"

"Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday.

"That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture," Juan Tiney, the director of a Mayan nongovernmental organization with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders, said Thursday.

Bush's seven-day tour of Latin America includes a stopover beginning late Sunday in Guatemala. On Monday morning he is scheduled to visit the archaeological site Iximche on the high western plateau in a region of the Central American country populated mostly by Mayans.

Tiney said the "spirit guides of the Mayan community" decided it would be necessary to cleanse the sacred site of "bad spirits" after Bush's visit so that their ancestors could rest in peace. He also said the rites — which entail chanting and burning incense, herbs and candles — would prepare the site for the third summit of Latin American Indians March 26-30."

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2 Comments:

Blogger TomCat said...

Buckaroo, you beat me. I have this article in OneNote to post in the morning at my place. great minds fall in the same ditch, huh?

When they're done, maybe they might come cleanse the US too!

7:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No matter how strong the cleaner, we have to carry the memory of these horrible bush years with us until we die. Targeted memory erasure cards are the future.

2:03 PM  

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