Politics

A brief list

By Ethan Moore ⋅ and published December 9, 2007 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Countries That Are Seriously Not Helping My Mood:
Pakistan
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Iran
Zimbabwe
Russia
Israel
Turkey
Iraq

Countries That Are:
Guatemala! Way to go!

Hurrah for the center left! Sort of. Funny, though, that the winning candidate looks like just the kind of efete, spindly, intellectual dandy that pops into the mind of Republicans when you say “liberal” (ok, ok, doesn’t it also kind of pop into EVERYONE’S minds, though?). Look at the picture below. He’s placing that vote in the ballot box with all the apologetic gusto of a Democratic primary voter internally debating whether or not his opposition to Hillary reflects subconcious patriarchal tendencies. Meanwhile, check out the guy he defeated. Not only is he a FUCKING GENERAL, and has one hell of a well-defined jawline, but he’s about to strangle the fey life out of that chickenshit bleeding-heart opposing him.

From BBC:

Mr Perez Molina, 56, had pledged to take a tough line against street gangs,
drug dealers and other criminals. He wanted to deploy the army, double the
number of police and bring back the death penalty to combat street violence.
Critics rounded on his approach, dubbed mano dura - or strong hand - but Mr
Perez Molina insisted he would “put up a fight” against the culture of impunity
in Guatemala.

Mr Colom, standing for the presidency for the third time, has said the
country’s corrupt police force needs cleaning up and deep social problems must
be addressed. “If you don’t know the root of the problem, it is hard to solve
it,” Mr Colom said.

Guatemala: where the cliches of North American political life come alive! Maybe that could be a new tourism campaign?