Well, please, after all these years and now this people still present thenself w/ this criminal shirt on, still surprise me. Nobody whent w/ a Hittler shirt. I am sick to my stomac just seen this picture.

You mean that isn't a crosshairs hanging over his forehead?

I am so bloody disappointed - Santana's one of the few popular singers I really like and I have always thought he sounded intelligent in interviews. Too much drugs and too much stinking Marin County, home of Johnny Taliban. Carlos, you really REALLY let us down. I am going to complain. Che is so so so so so so out and Val is so so so so so so so IN.

Well not all Amercan minorities, came out winning in last nights academy awards. The song Mr. Banderas sang along w/ satanas, oopss i mean santana had a nice tune, however but the theme, and song protagonist (che') disturbed me.
Hope the S.O.B on santanas shirt doesn't go down in history as he is being portraid in in this century.
Volveremos , viva los guzanos!

Meh. Another celebrity casualty of Trying Too Hard To Be Cool Syndrome (aka Whoopi Goldberg's Disease). :o/

Hey, somebody should tell the SOB wearing the Che t-shirt that he may be violating the "copyleft" restrictions on the Korda image... Anybody want my Santana albums!?

P.S. Val, your blog makes the harsh, cold winter in the North East a lot more bearable. Gracias, hermano...

yeah-

it was pretty sick to watch mr santana and mr bandaras sick their tribute to che guevera...not to mention the gushy introduction that was given by selma.....these people disgust me.

Yes, that's much better.

I just can not believe what I saw. I never, NEVER WILL EVER LISTEN TO ANOTHER PIECE OF CRAP CARLOS SANTANA WILL EVER PLAY AGAIN. When you lay down with dogs Carlos, you end up with fleas.

Carlos, you're so 1960s, so over, so out of it, so un with-it. Che is OUT.

Santana is a genius on the guitar.
And Banderas is a good actor...
BUT COME ON! I thought they had more brains than that. I'm getting pissed, seriously.

Last Friday, at my college AI-Miami International University of Arts & Design, I saw a girl wearing one of the All red with a black print of the killer's face. And later I saw a black dude w/ a green shirt with a grey print of Che with "Hasta La Victoria Siempre" and the I began to think "Wait a second, My school's color are Red & Black, and almost everyone is Democratic" and I was all like "Damn it all to hell" But Im majoring in computer animation so I got to stay in order to get where im going. Oh well.

Santana & Banderas (And all of America) should read a book on the Actual Che, eh... but what's one voice against millions?

I can't tell you why, but all these years there was something that smelled awfully fishy to me about this guy. Kinda like a rotten red snapper smell. It must be all that elitist and pseudo-intellectual tonic they take in the left coast that rots their brains and then oozes out their ears so they can't hear real facts.

carlos..........Kiss My Ass. Oh, you too bandito, banderas whatever.

I heard an interview on NPR's "The World" about the guy that wrote the oscar-winning song. Apparently, the director just heard his songs and liked them, so he contacted him. The guy said he didn't share a lot in common with Guevara, other than the fact that he's a former medical doctor who left his career.

Sounded like an alright guy, too bad his song's stuck in that stinker of a movie. And yeah, Santana let us all down.

That's sad.

I thought he was smarter than that.

Oh well, just that many fewer CDs to buy.

Ed Perez: Banderas played Che in Evita.

yes sir, yes he did.

Qu'e descaro!
Parece mentira que un individuo tan inteligente como Carlos Santana se rebaje al nivel de vestir una camiseta con la efigie del che durante la celebracion de las entregas de los premios Oscar --la maxima celebracion del capitalismo en la industria del cine, tanto en Estados Unidos como en el resto del mundo.
Una gran ironia de la vida es que un individuo como Carlos Santana no podria existir en la Cuba de hoy sin antes doblegarse por completo al sistema ideologico comunista que impera en la isla.
Otra gran ironia de la noche del domingo fue presenciar como otro individuo tan inteligente y de tanto talento como Antonio Banderas se persignaba (es decir, hacia la se~nal de la cruz) durante la transmision de los oscares --un acto que lo habria convertido inmediatamente en un paria, en un un enemigo, del sistema politico que che guevara contribuyo a establer en Cuba y que sigue imperando en la isla.
De mas esta decir que hoy dia, en 2005, seria imposible para otro jovenzuelo como lo fue el che guevara o su compinche en aquel viaje original por suramerica en motocicleta, el intentar realizar un viaje similar por la isla de Cuba.
Porque el sistema castroite no permite diversidad de opinion o individualismo de ninguana clas.
Es facil ver como seguramente ambos "viajeros" quedarian bajo arresto por "peligrosidad" por "mal uso de los recursos del patrimonio nacional" --y sabe Dios que otros cargos-- en el primer pueblo al que sus motocicletas los llevaran.
Y naturalmente que la caterva de marxistoides y/o liberables del Hollywood de hoy dia ignora, o prefiere hacer caso omiso, de todo esto.
Que Dios los agarre confesados!
--Julio C. Zangroniz
(un guajirito de Guines)

Che Guevara is the greatest hero of the XX Century. I would love to see more Che's T Shirts... and more Che among us. The world is indeed in need of Che and human being alike.

Where are the fighters? Long Live Che Guevara!!!!
After 28 years of his assasination, he is still the most important "personage" of Latin America... and you know that.

Go and try to find a T shirt with Nixon, Bush, Clinton or any Miami mob's representative. None woud make it. Why? Because, young people choose their heroes, and can distinguish what is wrong and what is good.

... and that SpongeBob SquarePants is mighty popular.

Es el gusto de Carlos Santana . Si a el le gusta al Che el ve las cosas positivas de hombre muy querido un hombre con un corazon para el pueblo. Che fue un Gran hombre en Colombia y los restos de los paises de Sur America el es admirado. En mi pais Colombia mucha gente respectan la memoria del Commandante Ernesto Che Guevera de la Serna. Una camista de George Bush seria horrible por la razon de un Gringo estupido que mete a Los Estados Unidos en una estupida Guerra. Yo personalmente tengo varias camisetas del Che y mis Tios en Armenia y Barranquilla son afliados al Partido Socialista Colombiano. No vale la pena criticar a un musico como Carlos Santana un musico de fama y un musico conciente de los pueblos Latinos. Que Viva el Che Que Viva Carlos Santana y mas que todo Que Viva Colombia!!!!

colombiano -

si el che hubiera entrado por barranquilla fusillando a tu familia por tener ideas diferentes que las de el, te apuesto que no te sinterias igual. pues eso mismo fue lo que hizo en cuba. el personalmente fue responsable por miles de fusilamientos en los anos que tuvo en cuba. es un asesino...nada mas.

elcontrario,
EDUCATE yourself. Knowledge is power my friend.

It was not only Santana coming out as a total idiot but Banderas and Selma Hayek were not far behind. I guess these assholes are too busy with hair transplants and boob jobs to read what a murderous, cowardly piece of shit "El Che" was.
It is AMAZING that Banderas participated in such ridiculos homage (by the way the song STUNK to high heaven) being a close friend of Almodovar's Javier Bardim & Alejandro Sanz all of whom are very outspoken about their hatred for Castro.
I wonder what would happen if ONE of Carlos Varela's songs blasting the Maximum SOB made it into an American flic.
For those who speak spanish - here's an excerpt of one of Varela's most critical anti-regimen songs and probably one of the best ballads ever written in spanish.

"COMO LOS PECES"

Y los padres ya no quieren hablar de
la situacion. Sovreviven prisioneros y acostumbran a callar
Como los peces
Y en la cara de sus hijos hay una lagrima rodando
Lagrimas negras.

Las noticias hablan de resignacion
y la gente traga y se miran a los ojos
como los peces
Y en la cara de la virgen hay una lagrima rodando
lagrimas negras.

Y los muchachos hablan de desilucion y en silencio se van al mar y se largan como los peces.
Y en la cara de una madre hay una lagrima rodando
Lagrimas negras.

Now THAT from a REAL CUBAN who chose to stay and fight with his music. Now those are major COJONES!

Nice to see the love Mexican celebrities have for the folks rotting in Castro's jails. You know, those hardened criminals who do things like buying meat for their kids and opening small businesses.

These "stars" just revel in idiocy. In a sense it's befitting that Hollywood recognizes them in the sidewalks. They should move many of them to the gutter.

Hey, wasn't it Antonio Banderas who was front row center at Celia Cruz's funeral in New York's St. Patrick Cathedral? I wonder, what the hell was he thinking about? Who knows, but I have an idea. Why don't we go into: www.santana.com & www.antoniobanderasfans.com and let these guys know exactly how we feel about their total lack of respect for those who have suffered under che?

Maybe we can even organize a burn carlos santana cd party somewhere soon?? any takers??

Santana bragged about his lack of respect for the Cuban community, for democracy in a country where he is performing, and he showed he is an idiot.

" A Colombiano" Respeto tu opinión y tienes todo el derecho a expresarla porque estás en un pais libre. Ese derecho incluye criticar a Bush el presidente. Ahora usando la lógica, si eres tan socialista, y este país incluyendo al presidente es tan malo: "Que haces aquí? Debes irte a vivir a un país socialista. donde las cosas sean realmente buenas.
No olvides "que no se defeca donde se come"

Hmmm. 'El Contrario' and 'Colombiano'. Sounds like -- drumroll please! -- THE RETURN OF CUBANICHE!

Fellas, really. Do you actually believe this "Che is a hero" BS? Do you actually think that paying for a shirt that accrues royalties to the family of this murderer -- "Can you say capitalism? Can you say filthy luchre? I knew that you could -- and then compounding that error by actually wearing it, will help the bring about the final victory of the revolution?

Come on, guys. Nobody can be that stupid.

(I take it back; maybe there are a few...)

Alabao sea Dios, esta el comunista infiltrao que hace ola.

Colombiano, te la comiste mi hijito. El nivel de tu inteligencia esta por el piso, espero que tus mismos amiguitos no te quemen un dia de estos.

Pero tienes que admitir que el argentino ese lucia hermoso con los huequitos en el pecho, si lo hubieran dejar inchar, se hubiera parecido a una pelota be bolos. fidel lo rodo pero bien, se lo entrego a esos grigos que a ti no te gustan aunque eres huesped de ellos, y disfrutas de su amabilidad.

Lolita - muy bueno.

Colombiano - si Che estan un hombre heroico en su pais (y no creo este), por que todos la raza de Colombia votan para el corageo hombre, Alvaro Uribe, por su presidente en 2002? Ningun quien gustan el pendejo Che gustan el bueno Presidente Uribe. Presidente Uribe no le gusta un cabron bajo como el idiot malo feo Che.

Doesn't Santana look like just an ass? If you didn't know who he was and you saw that, what else could you conclude. Santana has lost my respect today.

Que pena ver asta donde llega la ignorancia sobre el Che. Lo que mas pena da es que el Che mientras estubo vivo no trato de ocultar e incluso publico sus horrorosas tendencias de asesino pero depsues de su muerte eso e stodo lo que sus seguidores comunistas tratan de hacer. De esta manera creando la gran ignorancia colectiva que existe hoy en dia sobre el Che que ya a saltado a otra generacion. A little while ago I wrote about Che. The surprising thing is that unlike here most of the comments I've gotten are pro Che and all i've been doing since then is proving these freedom haters wrong. Here is the link: http://themeatlocker.blogspot.com/2005/01/say-no-to-che_16.html#comments

Comment deleted by admin. "Bugs against history" is a term only a fidelista would use.

Look a "lm...", he recognized "most of the I ve gotten are pro Che". It is no the comments, it is the reallity. He have found the facts... and he wants it different. I guess who your heros are: Somoza, Pinochet, Batista and several others real killers well defended by USA and Miami.

To paraphrase Dickens, "El Contrario is a ass."

You call the Cuban-Americans in Miami "the dirty refugee of nuts and bugs against history" because we applaud when they say "horrendous" things about Che? Sir, do you know what the fuck you are talking about?

At the risk of repeating what I have said on this site before, I was born in Cuba. My family lost EVERYTHING to the bastards and murderers you are defending. Just like Val has said elsewhere about his experience, my life, my future, my country was ripped out from under me. Thank God the United States existed to take in the sad exiles fleeing oppression and the actions of "heroes" like Che.

You call Pinochet and Somoza murderers? So how do you justify the tens of thousands that your hero Che and his boss sent to the paredón. Those murders are OK but Somoza's and Pinochet's aren't? You are so typical of the left: just another blind idealogue and hypocrite who cannot see the corruption and evil that any form of communism brings to the world.

There are only two kinds of leftists in the world: the ones who want power like fidel and Che, and who will do anything to maintain it, and the imbeciles -- like you -- who blindly follow them wherever they lead.

Contrario,

Where are you writing from? Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela, perhaps? Please do not tell me you are writing from the States because that will make you more of an idiot than Santanas, Banderas and the rest of the useful idiots.

Contrario, methinks, sounds like the irish lawyer of don feedo castreone.

Or maybe he sounds like Herr Goebels planning the dehumanization of countries about to be subdued. just repeating the same littany he thinks will make it true. Doesn't he know already that the Exilio has already been innoculated against that particular virus?

He knows about as much of Pinochet, Batista and Somoza as he does about che. Nada, zilch!

Pobrecito, que pena que sea tan estupido. Habra nacido asi o el doctor lo dejo caer en su cabeza recien nacido.

For these "appologists" of the Cappi the Tutti Assasins , "Che" I have a question.
Do you ever recall ANY other country in the histry of the world (including the Taliban!) were they had scheduled televised exceutions? "Paredon de las tres" , see 7 alleged -Batistianos brains explode like overipe Papayas, brought to you by Cafe Pilon. Now when you are a child of 6 and you are FORCED to watch this, you develop two very distinct self defense mechanisms. You become inmune to human suffering and you develop an unatural hatred to those who are forcing to watch such brutality.

So when I see people like Santana wearing that GOD damn T-Shirt I feel absolubtly no misgivings in wanting to put a bullet in his bald head.
That was CHE's lessons to all cuban children of the era "if it is in your way, KILL IT"

I SAY WE SHOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO PRAY FOR ELCONTRARIO, and the blind sided jerks that believe in che and castro. Maybe if it was his famliy what was put to death by che, his country that was kidnaped by a mad man, his life that was tossed up side down, maybe then he would get it. Or then again maybe not. ELCONTRARIO, Your in my prayers.

Hey Carlos,if Che is your hero why don't you talk to his son? He is a budding musician. Helping him out, man!

Oh wait, he has a US dollar bill varnished into his guitar. Oh, oh, Carlos. I don't think that his father would have allowed that. Better stick to wearing the shirt and publicizing your ignorance.

YOU PEOPLE NEED TO GET OVER YOURSELVES! LOL!

In many "Latino" homes, there is a portrait of Jesus Christ in the living room. Doesn't mean the family is particularly religious, they just like having a picture of JC around.

Guess what?

In the weeks I spent over there, I found MANY CUBAN HOMES THAT I VISITED HAD A PICTURE OF CHE!

Get it? It doesn't mean they're "socialismo o muerte" zealots. It's just their version of having a picture of Jesus in the living room. :-)

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? CAGARSE EN TU PROPIA GENTE??

GET OVER IT. CASTRO WON. YOU LOST.

You are stuck here now in the states. Yes, the situation sucks for you. It sucks even more for those who are stuck "over there."

Time to stop wallowing in the past and move on. There are bigger problems in the world than your pathetic attempts to remove the bearded one. When the WTC collapsed over here in NYC, there was some brief talk about rebuilding them. But that would have been stupid BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO THE PAST!

A lot of you folks are under the illusion that when the jefe máximo dies, everything is going to go back to some edenic past (which never really existed by the way). But the situation over there is more complex than you or I can even imagine. I think you're all headed for a bitter disappointment. . . :0(

Torpedo estoy en acuerdo con su opinion. Todos nosotros tenemos diferentes modos de pensar y criticar. Yo se mucha gente critican mal del Che y eso respecto su criterio aunque no estoy en acuerdo pero respeto. En mi Colombia Querida Mi pais Precioso muchos intelecuales y escritores famosos han respecto al Commandante Che Guevara y su memoria. Sabe que Gabriel Garcia Marquez un Gran escritor Colombiano que renombre international es de admirador del Che y otros mas en mi pais. Ustedes me pueden criticar lo que quieran no me conocen Yo veni a a Los Estados Unidos cuando tenia 10 anos despues regrese a Colombia a Armenia de ahi cambie vi las injusticias en mi propio pais y tuve lo oportunidad de viajar a Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru y Chile y tambien vi las mismas injusticias sociales. El cambio es necesario el cambio debe ser justo para el pueblo. Tambien atravez de mis negocio en Colombia he viajado a Europa y Africa conozco Turquia, Grecia, Alemania y Egipto y les digo que los Europeos son mas abiertos en su manera de pensar y vivir. En los Estados Unidos muchos piensan mas en lo material sin reconcer el corazon humano. Europa y America Latina no es asi. En el futuro voy a viajar a Moscu a conocer un pais de mucha historia social

I have only one thing to say to all the "che lovers": one of the principal ideas of this guy was that nobody could have any type of wealth, 'cause that means power and they are the only one allowed to have it. That's why they took everything that didn't belong to them, every private bussines was taken from their owners and everybody was brought to total poverty. How can rich men as these two guys pretend to love him? I'm sure if che would have taken all their money away from them, the story will be different. But, hey, this is a free country, even the ignorant can speak up!

Vayanse al carajo todos los criticos.
No quieren libertad de expresion, entonces dejen que la gente haga lo que quiera.
Por ahi hay rockeros y otros tontos que se ponen la camisa con el simbolo de los piratas (la carabela y las 2 tibias cruzadas) y nadie los tacha de piratas.
Entonces porque joden tanto, dediquense a trabajar a hacer algo productivo

Val,

HOW DARE TORPEDO COMPARE JESUS CHRIST TO CHE!

Jesus is and always will be SINLESS AND PERFECT.
can Senor Torpe (yeah puposefully misspelled) make the same claim about Che?

Geez, like someone commented earlier, we need to pray for these people.

I know very well the circumnstances of Korda'photo of Ché Guevara,and the t-shirts are
pure marketing,I saw people on Street Parade
against the Irak war,here in Europe and in
Joburg,SAfrica,with t-shirt of Osama ben Ladin.and
by the way Who has said CSantana is a clever one?
He is so good guitar player and good musician and
I have bought some of his many cd,but that has
nothing to do with his cleverness,Personally I
think Che was, at first,a fighter in favour of
the dispossessed and have-nots in our world,and
Castro used him and finally encourage him to go
to a trap,a lethal one and after he has work on
create the Che Legend but tailored according the
Castrism 's interests.

Carlos Santana in American Airlines Arena on

June 1, 2005

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