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I just some photos that showed the Negotiators for Colombia rebels (FARC) partying on a yacht off Cuba and was surprised to see how upset people were. First most rebel leaders live much better than the grunts it’s the same in any army. They don’t live in caves they live in nice homes, look at the leader of the Farc he live in a suite in Caracas Venezuela not a tent in the jungle. Also look at these guys the woman negotiator looks like she just came from a week at a spa no a few years living and fighting in the jungle. It’s like when they have a prisoner release the rebel soldiers that bring the prisoners to the release point have starched uniforms and parade clean weapons. Did you ever see pictures of American soldiers coming out of the jungle in Viet Nam they looked and smelled like shit not like they just got of the parade grounds? The fact that these overweight and privileged negotiators are believed to represent the actual people that are doing the dirty work is absurd. They’re negotiating for their place in politics when they after they throw the fighters under the bus. This is when you can feel a little sympathy for the rebel fighters but not much and this isn’t just in Colombia it’s everywhere look at the recent Arab leader who was killed in a drone attack he lived in a 120,000 dollar farm in Pakistan which is like a small palace in that country. No revolutionary leaders for the most part don’t live the hard life there have been exceptions Fidel and Che but even when they’re in the field with their troops they have bigger tents better food and access to woman and booze. So you can see its far better to start a revolution then to be a soldier in one. This is Flounder, and I’m a lover not a fighter, saying CIAO from Colombia.

Greeting humans this is Flounder speaking just thought I’d take the time to say hello and talk about this Blog for people who might be reading it for the first time. Originally when my buddy Jeff and his wife Ruby brought to Colombia there was a lot to talk about in terms of a new life for me. Well now that we’ve been here for a couple of years and the novelty of living I a new country has worn off Jeff and I now write about whatever the hell we please sometime hot political issues sometimes about problems down here. We try to make the stories interesting and relevant but that doesn’t always happen and frankly I don’t care. I figure I’m somewhere between 64 and 72 years old and that gives me the right not to care. We sometimes get bored and post nothing for that day other days maybe we post a quote from George Carlin or maybe we’ll write about corruption in both the US and Colombia or the plight of the common man in both countries. I get up first in the morning and go watch the fly chasing birds flying outside my window, which is ten stories up, then I’ll go wake up everybody around 6am and go back to sleep. This is a great place to be retired but a lousy place if you’re not, but that’s for another post I hope you new people continue to read and the old ones don’t fall asleep in your oat meal. This is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin Colombia.

Jeff went to the eye specialist on Saturday only took about three months. He has cataracts but they don’t need surgery he has an injury and it’s kind of complicated but he’ll have a minor laser surgery to correct another small problem as for his vision he has to live with it but if there are any changes such as white flashes he has to get back to the doctor right away because it means his retina is detaching, fun and game right. The doctors down here are great it’s the system that sucks it just takes forever to get appointments. Well that’s for right now nobody has to worry he’s OK this is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin.