"La Pollera Colorada" por WILSON CHOPERENA

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AY, AL SONAR DE TAMBORES,
ESA NEGRA SE AMAñA,
Y AL SONAR DE LA CAñA,
VA BRINDANDO SUS AMORES.
ES LA NEGRA SOLEDAD,
LA QUE GOZA MI CUMBIA.
ESA NEGRA CALA MUY HONDO, ¡CARAMBA!,
CON SU POLLERA COLORá.

DE ALLá PACá, DE AQUí PALLá,
OYE, NEGRITA, ¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!
CóMO GOZA ESA NEGRA
CON SU POLLERA COLORá, MAMá,
¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!
ESA NEGRITA Sí BAILA
DE AQUí PALLá, DE ALLá PACá,
¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!.

AY, CUANDO LE CANTO A SOLEDAD,
ES QUE ESTOY YO CONTENTO,
PORQUE CON SU MOVIMIENTO, ¡OYE, CARAMBA!,
INSPIRACIóN ELLA ME DA.
TIENE SABOR DE CANELA
O RICO SABOR A PIMIENTA.
¡CóMO ESTá DE CONTENTA, OYE, CARAMBA,
CON SU POLLERA COLORá!

DE ALLá PACá, DE AQUí PALLá,
OYE, NEGRITA, ¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!
BARRANQUILLA, CARTAGENA,
YO TE LA VOY A LLEVAR.
¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!
DE AQUí PALLá, DE ALLá PACá
OYE, NEGRITA, ¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!
COLORá, COLORá, COLORá, ...
¡AY, QUé BUENA ESTá! ¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!

DE ALLá PACá, DE AQUí PALLá,
OYE, NEGRITA, ¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!
A TURBO-ANTIOQUIA YO TE LA VOY A LLEVAR.
¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!
PARA QUE PUEDA, PARA QUE PUEDA
CUMBANDIAR, ¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!
CóMO, CóMO GOZA ESA NEGRA, MAMá,
¡CON SU POLLERA COLORá!

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AY, WHEN THE DRUMS SOUND,
THAT BLACK WOMAN FEELS AT HOME,
AND WHEN THE CANE SOUNDS,
SHES SHARING ALL HER LOVE.
ITS THE BLACK WOMAN SOLEDAD,
THE ONE WHO ENJOYS MY CUMBIA.
THAT BLACK WOMAN REACHES DEEP, WOW!,
WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT.

FROM THERE TO HERE, AND HERE TO THERE,
HEY, YOU, BLACK WOMAN, WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT!
HOW THAT BLACK WOMAN ENJOYS HERSELF
WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT, MAMA,
WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT!
THAT BLACK WOMAN DOES DANCE
FROM HERE TO THERE, FROM THERE TO HERE
WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT!

OH, WHEN I SING FOR SOLEDAD,
THAT MEANS I AM REALLY HAPPY,
BECAUSE WITH HER MOVEMENTS, WOW!,
SHE GIVES ME INSPIRATION.
SHE TASTES LIKE CINNAMON
OR LIKE NICE TASTY PEPPER.
HOW HAPPY SHE IS, WOW!
WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT.

FROM THERE TO HERE, FROM HERE TO THERE.
HEY, YOU, BLACK WOMAN, WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT!
BARRANQUILLA, CARTAGENA,
IM GOING TO TAKE HER TO YOU.
WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT!
FROM HERE TO THERE, FROM THERE TO HERE,
LISTEN, BLACK WOMAN, WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT!
RED, RED, RED,...
OH, HOW TASTY SHE IS, WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT!

FROM THERE TO HERE, FROM HERE TO THERE,
HEY, YOU, BLACK WOMAN, WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT!
TO TURBO, ANTIOQUIA, IM TAKING HER TO YOU.
WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT!
SO THAT SHE CAN, SO THAT SHE CAN
DANCE HER CUMBIA WITH HER RED OVERSKIRT!

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pollera - hencoop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollera

A Pollera is a big Spanish skirt worn by women almost a century ago. They are made of wool or cotton and are very colorful. The large gathered skirt is generally white with two or three ruffles which have a floral design or embroidery. The top has several ruffles as well on the shoulders and has inlaid yarn. There is a large pompom matching the yarn in the front and back of the top. The yarn also matches several large ribbons at the waist and the slippers that go with the outfit.

In Panama and Colombia, hand made polleras evolved during time to a very elaborate piece of clothing. Currently it is the National Costume of Panama. Girls and women would generally own two polleras during their life: one before age 16 and one at adulthood. A single pollera can cost from several hundred to several thousands of dollars and take up to a year to create. The mosquetas and tembelques, gold and pearl jewelry, that accompany a pollera are generally passed down as heirlooms through generations.

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia University

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Monday 24 Sep 2007 @ 1400Q

There is a genuine "loony tune" speaking today at Columbia University. His name is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He is the mass murderer that President Lee C. Bollinger invited to speak on campus. Uber-Elitist Lee C. Bollinger is another IDIOT LIBERAL who has the IQ of a tomato.

LIBERALISM is our National Cancer.

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Sunday 23 Sep 2007 @ 1640Q

SUBJECT: Speaking Engagement for the Iranian President at Columbia University on Monday 24 Sep 2004 (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad = Adolf Hitler)

TO: President Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University (bollinger@columbia.edu) / 2960 BROADWAY / NEW YORK NY 10027-6902 / Office Telephone - (212) 854-9970

Dear President Lee C. Bollinger,

It is despicable and outrageous to permit the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran to appear as a speaker on the campus of Columbia University on Monday 24 Sep 2007. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is equivalent to Adolf Hitler. He is a terrorist, a mass-murderer, and an enemy combatant. He is not entitled to exercise any right of free speech in the United States. Furthermore, he represents Iran which has been at war continuously with the United States since 1979. Why should U.S. citizens provide him with a propaganda platform that will be used to enhance his prestige in Iran? Why should U.S. citizens accommodate an Islamic Fascist? Why should we be "reasonable" with a degenerate monster?

On 20 Sep 2001, leader of the conservative Likud party and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (b. 21 Oct 1949) posed the following timely question to the Government Reform Committee (U.S. House of Representatives). "They used two 150 ton fully fueled jetliners to wipe out the Twin Towers. But does anyone doubt that given the chance, they will throw atom bombs at America and its allies? And perhaps long before that, chemical and biological weapons?" Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would support a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear program. Israeli leaders have long identified Iran as their nation's biggest threat. Israel has accused Tehran of supporting Palestinian militant groups. Israel rejects Iran's claim that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has said numerous times that Israel must be "wiped off the map."

The past is prologue because we fail to learn the lessons of history. On the Glenn Beck Show, Benjamin Netanyahu said that it is 1938 and Iran is NAZI Germany. When asked about the great lesson of the holocaust, Benjamin Netanyahu responded with the quote of a holocaust survivor living in California who said that when someone says that he wants to kill you, BELIEVE him. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will use nuclear weapons to exterminate the citizens of Israel. Then he will use nuclear weapons against the West.

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If we don't act decisively against Iran, then Iran will act decisively against us. Now is the time for the violent, decisive, sustained, and comprehensive application of COMBAT POWER against Iran! We must ensure by any means necessary that Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons. A military FIRST-STRIKE nuclear weapons policy against Iran would be entirely appropriate. Iran represents a clear and present danger. We are at war.

The quotations below support my public policy position. In a press release dated 06 Jul 2007, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) made some very important comments about Iran's proxy war against U.S. interests.

"The Iranian government, by its actions, has all but declared war on us and our allies in the Middle East."

"Iran's actions in Iraq fit a larger pattern of expansionist, extremist behavior across the Middle East today. In addition to sponsoring insurgents in Iraq, Tehran is training, funding and equipping radical Islamist groups in Lebanon, Palestine and Afghanistan -- where the Taliban now appear to be receiving Iranian help in their war against the government of President Hamid Karzai and its NATO defenders."

"The fanatical regime in Tehran has concluded that it can use proxies to strike at us and our friends in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine without fear of retaliation. It is time to restore that fear, and to inject greater doubt into the decision-making of Iranian leaders about the risks they are now running."

To read the entire press release, go to the following web page. http://lieberman.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=278350

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During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, John F. Kennedy warned the USSR that ANY missile launched from Cuba against ANY country in the Western Hemisphere would be considered as an attack by the Soviet Union against the United States, requiring a FULL-RETALIATORY RESPONSE upon the Soviet Union.

If Iran attacks Israel with nuclear weapons, then we will annihilate Iran without hesitation. Do not underestimate our resolve to punish Iran preemptively for such provocative aggression. We will annihilate Iran and anybody else who conspires with them. The Iranians (i.e., Persians) are extremely prideful. Their arrogance in a nuclear world will cause their complete annihilation.

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Columbia University

Saturday 22 Sep 2007 @ 1531Q

SUBJECT: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad = Adolf Hitler

TO: President Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University (bollinger@columbia.edu)

Dear President Lee C. Bollinger,

It is despicable and outrageous to permit the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran to appear as a speaker on the campus of Columbia University on Monday 24 Sep 2007. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is equivalent to Adolf Hitler. He is a terrorist, a mass-murderer, and an enemy combatant. He is not entitled to exercise any right of free speech in the United States. Furthermore, he represents Iran which has been at war continuously with the United States since 1979. Why should U.S. citizens provide him with a propaganda platform that will be used to enhance his prestige in Iran? Why should U.S. citizens accommodate an Islamic Fascist? Why should we be "reasonable" with a degenerate monster?

On 20 Sep 2001, leader of the conservative Likud party and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (b. 21 Oct 1949) posed the following timely question to the Government Reform Committee (U.S. House of Representatives). "They used two 150 ton fully fueled jetliners to wipe out the Twin Towers. But does anyone doubt that given the chance, they will throw atom bombs at America and its allies? And perhaps long before that, chemical and biological weapons?" Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would support a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear program. Israeli leaders have long identified Iran as their nation's biggest threat. Israel has accused Tehran of supporting Palestinian militant groups. Israel rejects Iran's claim that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has said numerous times that Israel must be "wiped off the map."

The past is prologue because we fail to learn the lessons of history. On the Glenn Beck Show, Benjamin Netanyahu said that it is 1938 and Iran is NAZI Germany. When asked about the great lesson of the holocaust, Benjamin Netanyahu responded with the quote of a holocaust survivor living in California who said that when someone says that he wants to kill you, BELIEVE him. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will use nuclear weapons to exterminate the citizens of Israel. Then he will use nuclear weapons against the West.

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If we don't act decisively against Iran, then Iran will act decisively against us. Now is the time for the violent, decisive, sustained, and comprehensive application of COMBAT POWER against Iran! We must ensure by any means necessary that Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons. A military FIRST-STRIKE nuclear weapons policy against Iran would be entirely appropriate. Iran represents a clear and present danger. We are at war.

The quotations below support my public policy position. In a press release dated 06 Jul 2007, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) made some very important comments about Iran's proxy war against U.S. interests.

"The Iranian government, by its actions, has all but declared war on us and our allies in the Middle East."

"Iran's actions in Iraq fit a larger pattern of expansionist, extremist behavior across the Middle East today. In addition to sponsoring insurgents in Iraq, Tehran is training, funding and equipping radical Islamist groups in Lebanon, Palestine and Afghanistan -- where the Taliban now appear to be receiving Iranian help in their war against the government of President Hamid Karzai and its NATO defenders."

"The fanatical regime in Tehran has concluded that it can use proxies to strike at us and our friends in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine without fear of retaliation. It is time to restore that fear, and to inject greater doubt into the decision-making of Iranian leaders about the risks they are now running."

To read the entire press release, go to the following web page. http://lieberman.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=278350

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During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, John F. Kennedy warned the USSR that ANY missile launched from Cuba against ANY country in the Western Hemisphere would be considered as an attack by the Soviet Union against the United States, requiring a FULL-RETALIATORY RESPONSE upon the Soviet Union.

If Iran attacks Israel with nuclear weapons, then we will annihilate Iran without hesitation. Do not underestimate our resolve to punish Iran preemptively for such provocative aggression. We will annihilate Iran and anybody else who conspires with them. The Iranians (i.e., Persians) are extremely prideful. Their arrogance in a nuclear world will cause their complete annihilation.

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