¿Cómo Se Dice 'Spin'?

Published on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 by The Nation
¿Cómo Se Dice 'Spin'?
by John Nichols

George Bush had a tough time of it last weekend in Argentina.

Mass demonstrations of opposition to the President's trade and economic policies greeted his every move. And even inside the cloistered gathering rooms of luxury hotel where the the Summit of the Americas was convened, Bush was the odd man out. Leaders of Latin American countries, many of them elected because of their explicit opposition to the American President's approach, made it clear that Bush will have a hard time establishing a hemispheric Free Trade Area of the Americans that his campaign contributors so desperately seek.

It wasn't supposed to be this way.

When he ran for the presidency in 2000, Bush benefited from the claim that he spoke Spanish and understood better than most politicians how to relate to the countries and the peoples of the South. As a candidate, Bush delivered a major policy address in which he complained that "Latin America often remains an afterthought of American foreign policy," and declared, "Those who ignore Latin America do not fully understand America itself. And those who ignore our hemisphere do not fully understand American interests."

Unfortunately, four years into the Bush presidency, it is now clear that the suggestion that Bush would seek to understand and work with Latin America--perhaps even in the language of many of the region's countries--was merely another example of Karl Rove's campaign spin.

When he does not have a script in front of him, Bush can barely mumble a restaurant order in Spanish. And his mastery of the intricacies of the western hemisphere is even less impressive.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1108-26.htm

:shrug:

but I am trying to think of the actual equivilant

to species, just your generic shit.

;-)

You say'

Esto es mierda

Esto es caca,

Same meaning

:)

You don't really hear anyone say "mierda de toro"--the actual translation.

or perhaps a more direct translation: dar vueltas, rodar.

"lies" Saying "that is shit" is more of an effect. :P

Mentiras, falsedades... mira aquí:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentira

Es muy interesante porque hay uno anotación sobre Leo Strauss que dice:

"El filósofo Leo Strauss acentuó la necesidad de mentir para ocultar una posición estratégica, o para ayudar a la diplomacia."

:rofl: