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ColombianoGringo comments on A Colombian responsible for exporting Vallenato music abroad…Carlos Vives!!

That Kumbia garbage mutated in Mexico, but that stuff is an abomination, like most NORTHERN Mexican music and culture. QUE PINCHE NACO!!!. Luckily, the rest of Mexico is pretty great.

ColombianoGringo comments on A Colombian responsible for exporting Vallenato music abroad…Carlos Vives!!

I agree that Carlos Vives is definitely the leader in Vallenato Pop or whatever you call it, but Fonseca has done a really good job following in his footsteps. He is a good songwriter and singer. Also, his band is really good, especially the accordionist. Another of my Vivies favorites is El Cantor de Fonseca, no relation;)

ColombianoGringo comments on survey elheraldo.com.co

Como lista todo eso que hicieron extranjeros cuando el familiar mio Camilo Daza fue el primer aviador COLOMBIANO? A duras penas pudo listar diez cosas que no hicieron Gringos o Europeos. Ah, verdad que no se considera Colombiano. Allá usted.

ColombianoGringo comments on survey elheraldo.com.co

Baile mamita baile! MR. elmodefoque, Muy buena la morenita.

ColombianoGringo comments on Funny/helpful feature

Actually, It has just now cleared up. I probably still had some older js code cached. I'll let you know if it occurs again. Thanks, CG

ColombianoGringo comments on Funny/helpful feature

Yes. I am sending you a screenshot to the petervandijck at gmail.com address. FYI, I don't have any scripts blocked on your site nor any other out of the ordinary secutiry settings.

ColombianoGringo comments on Dichos Colombianos

100% hermano. Pero no importa el tamaño de la persona sino del corazón. Me parece que a ti no te falta.

ColombianoGringo comments on Dichos Colombianos

Izquierda: Yotas Derecha: Primo chaparrito(típico enano) Y eso que estoy un poco gibado en esta foto.

ColombianoGringo comments on Dichos Colombianos

Yo si soy una mezcla la verraca. Parte Rolo, Opita, Nariñense, Norte Santandereano y quien sabe que mas. No se porque salimos asi de altos, ya que todos mis primos son tipicamente chaparritos.

ColombianoGringo comments on survey elheraldo.com.co

Regardless, the last thing Colombia needs at this point is more internal strife. Also, you didn't answer my question. What do they expect to gain by this? Sometimes a segment of the population will get excited about these types of autonomy movements without thinking through the ramifications.

ColombianoGringo comments on Dichos Colombianos

Bueno. Es que eso es bastante alto para una mujer Colombiana. Eres Colombiana por los dos lados?

ColombianoGringo comments on Dichos Colombianos

El otro día en el festival Colombiano me encontré con Mario de este sitio. Dijo que para encontrarme era fácil. Solo buscaba el HP Colombiano mas grande que haya visto. Lo mas chistoso es que estaba con mi hermano que es igual de "largirucho". Eso si. Por fin conocí un Colombiano que me hizo sentir chaparrito. El cuñado de mi esposa es un gorila de 198. Que HP mas grandote.

ColombianoGringo comments on Dichos Colombianos

"largirucho acabachiros"? Ja Ja. Deje la envidia hombre.

ColombianoGringo comments on Dichos Colombianos

Ja Ja.Nunca he escuchado ese dicho. Yo también soy alto (188cm) y mi abuelo siempre me decía que me tenia un trabajo en el mercado de San Vitorino en Bogota bajando vainas de las vitrinas.

ColombianoGringo comments on Dichos Colombianos

Si tu Mafe. Te preguntaba precisamente por ese dicho.

ColombianoGringo comments on Funny/helpful feature

That potential problem could be mitigated by only allowing one vote per user per comment. Otherwise, it would get complicated and I'm sure Peter is a busy guy. Us programmers always love to come up with new features for our personal projects, but often having the time is a big issue. For example, I would love to write some custom software for my phone, but just don't have the time with everything else I have going on.

ColombianoGringo comments on Dichos Colombianos

Ja Ja. De que parte de Colombia es tu familia?

ColombianoGringo comments on AerOasis - Colombian Low Cost Carrier

I've never heard of them, but their website seems to be from 2006. If you're looking, EasyFly.com.co is another new low cost carrier in Colombia.

ColombianoGringo comments on Gifts?

I remember you telling me about putting your cousins through college. That is really good of you.

ColombianoGringo comments on How much are the TAXES??? traveling back to the US

I think the full tax is around $60. I always show my US passport at the tax exemption booth I doubt they have any way of knowing that you live there so they will probably just give you the exemption. Then show your Colombian docs at the airline counter to save the $5 tourist tax. Mike, Are you talking about the DIAN customs form? I have never been asked to show that to get the exemption. The best thing is to simply go to the tax exemption booth and get the stamp before you even stand in line at the airline counter.

ColombianoGringo comments on Gifts?

I understand Mafe. My family doesn't really need the presents and always give me the "Ay mijo, para que te pones con eso?", but I know better than to show up empty handed. Still, we have some more distant relatives and sponsored kids that do need the ttle help, so we try to help as much as we can.

ColombianoGringo comments on Dichos Colombianos

Pa que lo vean.

ColombianoGringo comments on Orígenes de la bandera Colombiana - Buen sitio con mucha información

No se como coños se diría BUMP en Español.

ColombianoGringo comments on survey elheraldo.com.co

Like a government run by a bunch of Costeños would be any better. As an example, Cartagena has long suffered from one of the most corrupt and ineffective local governments in the whole country. Also, I wouldn't put much credence in a decidedly unscientific survey with a total of 1,143 responses. i don't doubt that there are those that would like to see independence, but it would be a long and difficult road to achieve it. What benefits would be expected by doing such a thing?

ColombianoGringo comments on Gifts?

37 PAIRS!!! Wow. I take a lot of presents, but nowhere near that many. Of course, now that I have to take presents for the wife's family, it's adding up.

ColombianoGringo comments on Funny/helpful feature

Peter, I am getting an error when clicking on the Helpful or Funny links. It comes up with a message that says "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below." Then it shows an XML structure below. This is occurring with Firefox 2.0.0.16 on Windows XP.

ColombianoGringo comments on Funny/helpful feature

You might consider a or - setup that is sometimes seen on other sites. That way a comment could end up with a positive or negative score.

ColombianoGringo comments on Body of missing Colombian labor leader found in dump

True, but workers in Colombia are generally treated very badly by business interests. Without the power of collective bargaining, they have little recourse to address their grievances. Unions are far from perfect, especially as they currently exist in Colombia, but they can play a necessary and helpful role.

ColombianoGringo comments on Funny/helpful feature

How many "Helpful" does it take to get a gold star?

ColombianoGringo comments on Body of missing Colombian labor leader found in dump

Like I said, I wouldn't bet my life on it.

ColombianoGringo comments on Body of missing Colombian labor leader found in dump

It might deter some people, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.

ColombianoGringo comments on Taliana Vargas Miss Colombia

Wow Romy, I guess they get points for originality.

ColombianoGringo comments on Body of missing Colombian labor leader found in dump

Mike, I think we are in agreement. I am all for effective labor unions in Colombia.

ColombianoGringo comments on Body of missing Colombian labor leader found in dump

No TS, they are usually killed by paramilitaries or sicarios working for business interests.

ColombianoGringo comments on A Colombian responsible for exporting Vallenato music abroad…Carlos Vives!!

Nice collection of videos. He also has some on music.yahoo.com. I posted some a while back, but I don't remember the thread link. There are so many great Vives songs it's hard to list favorites. I personally love Fruta Fresca, Quiero Verte Sonreir, La Tierra del Olvido, Maria Teresa, Como Tu, Dejame Entrar and many others. Fonseca is another Vallenato singer getting a lot of exposure in the US. He is following in Carlos Vives' footsteps.

ColombianoGringo comments on From Leticia, Amazonas... Shakira & Carlos Vives: La Gota Fria

Oh no! Now I've done it. Diana's gonna kick my ass!

ColombianoGringo comments on Betancourt apoya la mediación suiza con la guerrilla colombiana

A communique attributed to Cano stated that they would not negotiate until a "democratically elected" government replaced the current one. More bullshit as usual. How can you believe that these people want peace?

ColombianoGringo comments on From Leticia, Amazonas... Shakira & Carlos Vives: La Gota Fria

I beg to differ. He is certainly a better musician than Carlos Vives, but I like Carlos' singing a lot more than Juanes.

ColombianoGringo comments on Body of missing Colombian labor leader found in dump

There is a lot of prejudice against unions in Colombia. The elite and the media have done a pretty good job of painting them as leftist, guerrilla sympathizers. They don't help their image when they sometimes openly associate themselves with organizations or causes that are tied to the farc. Still, none of this justifies killing them. Remember that the same types of things happened in the US. Instead of sicarios, "management" simply hired the Pinkertons to kill union leaders. The sad thing is that Colombia desperately needs effective unions. Most people in the US forget that the reason that we have so many labor rights is in large part as a result of the efforts of unions over the years.

ColombianoGringo comments on Body of missing Colombian labor leader found in dump

For once, I will agree with you. The treatment of labor leaders in Colombia is atrocious. This reminds of the time Uribe came to speak in the US about how much was being done to protect labor leaders. A few days later in Colombia, he was damning the teachers union for striking since they had not been paid for a while.

ColombianoGringo comments on Betancourt apoya la mediación suiza con la guerrilla colombiana

Too bad the farc plainly stated that they had no intention of negotiating or laying down their arms.

ColombianoGringo comments on Secrets of Ingrid Betancourt and the Jungle: Who will be the first to talk?

I am not Ingrid's biggest fan, but I think she deserves the right to do whatever she pleases. There is nothing that necessitates that she make any particular decisions or moves at this point. She should be able to rest in peace for a while wherever she likes.

ColombianoGringo comments on Fire at TELECOM disables most phones in Ibague.

Oh man. Good luck with that. I hope you have dependable mobile service because Telecom takes forever to fix one line, much less thousands. Doc, just out of curiosity, how did you end up living in Ibague?

ColombianoGringo comments on From Leticia, Amazonas... Shakira & Carlos Vives: La Gota Fria

I agree that Juanes did sound better. Still, I think a lot of it has to do with the equipment and sound mixing. I'm sure it is a lot easier to put on a concert in Paris than in the Amazon.

ColombianoGringo comments on ADIOS PBH

You know us ultra right-wing, disgusting Uribista types. We want you to rat out your co-conspirators to the secret police death squads. I just think you're full of it and that no one begged you to come back. You never left. If you really wanted to leave, you'd have deleted your account.

ColombianoGringo comments on ADIOS PBH

I'd be really interested to see if he can name a single real member that asked him back.

ColombianoGringo comments on ADIOS PBH

Ha Ha. Who asked you back? I call... We knew you'd be back. What an attention whore.

ColombianoGringo comments on que triste...

Sorry to hear about your friend pC.

ColombianoGringo comments on Post #301- Queens Colombian festival, the day after

Ha Ha. CK. You said it. None of those girls would even rate a second glance, especially in Colombia. To be fair, I'm sure some of them are nice girls.

ColombianoGringo comments on Post #301- Queens Colombian festival, the day after

Yeah Elmo, From the sound of it, it must suck to be a minority in NYC when it comes to the cops. Here, you occasionally get the redneck asshole that will give you a hard time, but for the most part they are fairly decent. I suppose it could be different if you come off as ghetto, but they rarely hassle me.