- Bornstein's reward?
The de facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti stated “We’ll bring this gringuito who scored on the header” and he would not even need a visa. I have no idea what a gringuito is but it sure is nice of him to offer him a free trip to a country Bornstein was just in this past weekend and required significant security to keep the USMNT safe and there had been discussions of moving the match to a neutral site for the safety of the players. Sounds pleasant.
Micheletti also indicated that he would take Bornstein on a free trip to Islas del la Bahia. Sounds quite romantic. But, maybe Bornstein should just ask for a lifetime supply of bananas and coffee and avoid partying with political leaders at island resort villas (see: Berlusconi, Silvio).
[Note to self: Do not accept free trips from political leaders trying to seize control of a Central American country.]
Gringuito? Little Gringo?
Sounds like a white mosquito.
I thought it meant “Above-Average Jew” – Micheletti reads UF, doesn’t he?
Gringuito literally means “little gringo,” but in most Central American and Carribean dialects, the suffix “-ito” is often attached to certain terms to connote a term of endearment. Being called gringuito, in this case, is like your Mexican friends calling you “huero.” It’s like calling him “white boy,” but in an endearing way.
I only have Mexican servants. They call me Culero.
If I recall correctly, Bornstein is also half Mexican. I can’t be bothered to look it up. It’s not like I have easy access to that type of information.
@NYK: If Micheletti starts chanting “OO-SAH, OO-SAH!” upon meeting Bornstein, then there’s no doubt.
If I am only recalled for two things during my tenure at UF, I want them to be 1) introducing people to OO-SAH and 2) MS Paint offside diagrams.
@ Goat: You are correct, sir: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=373407&root=mls&&cc=5901
3) being vehemently anti-Catholic
Did anyone else know that ESPN was going to show the U-20 world cup final? Cause it just came out of nowhere after Sportscenter.
@Georger: how did you know? i hate transubstantiation.
@teeknuts: did not know. does your name mean you have wooden nuts?
Good lord half of the Brazil team is playing for me in FM. Had no idea Alex Teixiera was black!
Ghana are getting bitched like two bitches in a bitch boat.
@Phil: Thanks for doing my work for me. I’ve also got my dissertation to finish if you’re interested.
It’s a kinda dumb combination of my first and last names I came up with in 9th grade for my Xbox live gamertag. Also, I do have wooden nuts after I lost my testicles in an unfortunate juggling accident, but that’s unrelated.
So your name is Teek Nuts? Not a dumb combination, just dumb names.
well, at least it’s high quality wood you have for the replacements. that’s a bonus. you wouldn’t want ash or pine nuts.
MLS level free kick there.
o/u oldest actual age of a player in this game: 24. I’m taking the over.
Wow straight red.
And now Ghana are truly fucked.
I don’t think I agree with that card. He wasn’t even close to being the last man back.
Wow, not too sure about that one. He wasn’t truly the last man there
Frank De Bleeckere is normally one of the best refs in the business, that was a bad bad call. And the tackle right before that should have been a second yellow for the Brazilian cat.
Please tell me the back of that guys shirt actually says Wellington Junior.
People hate transubstantiation? How can you not like anything that turns water into alcohol?
I don’t see anyone on the team sheet with “wellington” anywhere in their name, so who knows.
Good to see Brazil have a young crop of white guys with shitty neck tattoos.
All this talk of the U-20s? For shame, you’re missing the big game of the day. Cheltenham are losing 2-0 at home to Macclesfield… League Two, baby!
0-0 going to extra time.
They might be a somewhat ridiculous way to decide things, but by god are penalty shootouts fun.
CHOKE CHOKE CHOKE CHOKE
The commentator’s yelp of pain at Maicon’s missed penalty was amazing.
The Brazilians looked pretty weepy considering they were still up 3-2 at that point.
That was a pretty sweet goal call on the last one to win.
EAT IT BRAZ/sIL
How pissed is Jim Rome that his show got cut into?
I love it that Rome got preempted. Nice orange wedge joke, though. Dick.
Georger, perhaps you could send one of your special uneaten dicks baskets to Rome.
Fresh out, mailed the last one to balloon boy. Did he really make a trivial pursuit joke, or am I missing another meaning of orange wedge?
I think the implication was that soccer is a little kid’s game, and that mommy had brought out the orange slices and the game could end.
Oh. Well, I’m an idiot.
(orange wedge used to be the sports category)
Is it too late to point out that Micheletti is in fact the legal president of the country?
according to all reports I have seen, he has been referred to as the de facto president. the country is going through a constitutional crisis which centers around the election of a president, so there is probably some dispute as to who is the rightful president and who is recognized as president.
There really shouldn’t be. Zulaya, the former president, had proposed a constitutional reform which would allow him to stand for re-election; Honduras’s constitution prohibits multi-term presidents in an attempt to stave off the sort of banana republics so common in Latin America. The provision of the constitution Zulaya attempted to reform cannot actually be changed; even attempting to do so results in the forfeiture of office. Again, this is an attempt to check would-be Presidents-for-Life. President Zulaya asked for the reform to be placed on the ballot; the Honduran Supreme Court ruled that such an action was unconstitutional. Zulaya put the question to the military, asking them to distribute ballots with the reform question to the populace, and the leadership of the military, including the Minister of Defense, resigned. When Zulaya attempted to use armed civilians to distribute his ballots, the Supreme Court, after consultation with members of the National Congress and Zulaya’s own government, ordered the military to remove Zulaya from the country.
That much is unquestioned. Some sources say the military broke into his home and bundled him onto a plane while he was in his pajamas; others say it was handled more professionally and that Zulaya changed his clothes on the plane to cut a more sympathetic figure. Regardless, his vice president, Roberto Micheletti, replaced him with the blessing of the Supreme Court and Congress.
The problem came with the ambassadors, who are all Zulaya appointees and his political allies. Because Zulaya told his story to foreign governments first, and because Micheletti has proved to be a hamfisted politician, Zulaya is still viewed as the legitimate president, even though he forfeited his office by attempting to extend his term. There’s no coup, since the process conformed in all respects to the provisions of the Honduran constitution.
That’s the story. Bornstein is awesome. We’re not gonna make the knockout rounds.
On a purely non-political/intellectual note, if even a 10th of the women in Honduras look like the one I work with, he should be hiring a private plane to get him there ASAP…
Especially if he’s going to get a free trip to an island resort.