The contras (some references use the capitalized form, "Contras") is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front) Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction government following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle's dictatorship. Among the separate contra groups, the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN) emerged as by far the largest. In 1987, virtually all contra organizations were united, at least nominally, into the Nicaraguan Resistance.
From an early stage, the rebels received decisive financial and military support from the United States government, initially supplemented by the Argentine dictatorship of the time. After U.S. support was banned by Congress, the Reagan administration tried to covertly continue contra aid.
The term "contra" comes from the Spanish contra, which means against but in this case is short for la contrarrevolucion, in English "the counter-revolution". Some rebels disliked being called contras, feeling that it defined their cause only in negative terms, or implied a desire to restore the old order. Rebel fighters usually referred to themselves as comandos ("commandos"); peasant sympathizers also called the rebels los primos ("the cousins"). From the mid-1980s, as the Reagan administration and the rebels sought to portray the movement as the "democratic resistance," members started describing themselves as la resistencia.
Gary Webb (August 31, 1955 – December 10, 2004) was a Pulitzer prize-winning American investigative journalist.
Webb was best known for his 1996 "Dark Alliance" series of articles written for the San Jose Mercury News and later published as a book. In the three-part series, Webb investigated Nicaraguans linked to the CIA-backed Contras who had allegedly smuggled cocaine into the U.S. Their smuggled cocaine was distributed as crack cocaine in Los Angeles, with the profits funneled back to the Contras. Webb also alleged that this influx of Nicaraguan-supplied cocaine sparked, and significantly fueled, the widespread crack cocaine epidemic that swept through many U.S. cities during the 1980s. According to Webb, the CIA was aware of the cocaine transactions and the large shipments of drugs into the U.S. by Contra personnel. Webb charged that the Reagan administration shielded inner-city drug dealers from prosecution in order to raise money for the Contras, especially after Congress passed the Boland Amendment, which prohibited direct Contra funding.
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( /ˈrɒnəld ˈwɪlsən ˈreɪɡən/; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989. Prior to that, he was the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and a radio, film and television actor.
Born in Tampico, Illinois and raised in Dixon, Reagan was educated at Eureka College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology. After his graduation, Reagan moved first to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then in to Los Angeles in 1937 where he began a career as an actor, first in films and later television. Some of his most notable films include Knute Rockne, All American, Kings Row, and Bedtime for Bonzo. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later as a spokesman for General Electric (GE); his start in politics occurred during his work for GE. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, his positions began shifting rightward in the late 1950s, and he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and general election in 1980, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
John Robert Silber (born August 15, 1926) is an American academician and former candidate for public office. From 1971 to 1996 he was President of Boston University and from 1996 to 2003 Chancellor of the University. Since 2003 he has been its President Emeritus. In 1990, Silber took a leave of absence from the University to run for political office. He won the Democratic primary to become that party's candidate for governor of Massachusetts in the 1990 election. He lost the general election to the moderate Republican William Weld, who won by 38,000 votes.
Silber was trained in and taught philosophy. He has written two books. The first, Straight Shooting, is a social, political, and moral commentary on issues in that impact modern American life. The second, Architecture of the Absurd is a 128-page assessment of the work of contemporary iconic architects.
John Silber was born in San Antonio, Texas, the second son of Paul G. Silber, a German Jewish immigrant architect, and Jewell Joslin Silber, an elementary school teacher. His father's architectural practice collapsed during the Great Depression.
Valentim dos Santos de Loureiro (born December 24, 1938 in Calde, Viseu) is a Portuguese politician, and former football chairman of Boavista F.C. and Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. He has the rank of Major of the Portuguese Army. He was involved in the Apito Dourado corruption sports scandal.
He is mayor of Gondomar municipality in northern Portugal (elected as an independent, after his Social Democratic Party (PSD) withdrew its support due to ongoing legal suits against him), former President of the Portuguese League for Professional Football, former chairman of Boavista F.C., and father of his successor, João Loureiro who managed the club from 1997 to 2007. He was also a consul of Guinea-Bissau in Porto, leader of the PSD party in the Porto district, and chairman in Porto Metro state-owned mass transit company. Indeed, he is famous in Portugal for the multiplicity of offices he holds at any one time.
Valentim Loureiro briefly attended the Law School of the University of Coimbra before embracing a military career.
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, woo)
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, woo)
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Mercy, mercy, you don't even see
I'm in love with [unverified]
But no one loves you as much as me
So dance with me before you go
And shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Come on
Sherry, won't you shake?
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Well, now dance to the east
(Hey, hey, dance to the east)
Well, now dance to the west
(Hey, hey, dance to the west)
Well, now dance to the one
(Hey, hey, dance to the one)
That you love the best
(You love the best)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
(No)
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Come on, Sherry, shake
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry, shake
Now listen, dance to the east
(Hey, hey, dance to the east)
Well, now dance to the west
(Hey, hey, dance to the west)
Well, now dance to the one
(Hey, hey, dance to the one)
That you love the best
(You love the best)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
(No)
(No)
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
Some fellas look at the eyes
Some fellas look at the nose
Some fellas look at the size
Some fellas look at the clothes
I don't care if her eyes are red
I don't care if her nose is long
I don't care if she's underfed
I don't care if her clothes are worn
First I look at the purse!
Some fellas like the smiles they wear
Some fellas like the legs that's all
Some fellas like the style of their hair
Want their waist to be small.
I don't care if their legs are thin
I don't care if their teeth are big
I don't care if their hair's a wig
Why waste time lookin' at the waistline?
First I look at the purse!
A woman can be fat as can be,
Kisses sweet as honey
But that don't mean a thing to me
If you ain't got no money
If the purse is fat....that's where it's at.
Some fellas like the way they walk
The way they swing and sway
Some fellas like the way they talk
Dig the things they say.
I don't care if they wobble like a...
Or talk with a lisp
I still think I'm a good lover
If the dollar bills are crisp
First I look at the purse!
First I look at the purse!
First I look at the purse!
First I look at the purse!
I don't care if you got yourself a wrap
All I want is your pretty green cash
Bought me a suit, bought me a car
Want me to look like a hollywood star
Money, (Money!) I want money (Money!)
Baby, ain't no "why", baby (Money!)
I need money!
First I look at the purse!
First I look at the purse!
First I look at the purse!
You broke my heart
'Cause I couldn't dance
You didn't even want me around
And now I'm back, to let you know
I can really shake 'em down
Do you love (I can really move)
Do you love (I'm in the groove)
Ah do you love (do you love me)
Now that I can dance (dance)
Watch me now, oh (work, work)
Ah, work it all baby (work, work)
Well, you're drivin' me crazy (work, work)
With a little bit of soul now (work)
I can mash-potatoe (I can mash-potatoe)
And I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Now tell me baby (tell me baby)
Mmm, do you like it like this (do you like it like this)
Tell me (tell me)
Tell me
Do you love me (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me (Do you love me)
Now that I can dance (dance)
Watch me now, oh (work, work)
Ah, shake it up, shake it (work, work)
Ah, shake 'em, shake 'em down (work, work)
Ah, little bit of soul now (work)
(work, work)
Ah, shake it, shake it (work, work)
Ah, you're driving me crazy (work, work)
Ah, don't get lazy (work)
I can mash-potatoe (I can mash-potatoe)
And I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Well now tell me baby (tell me baby)
Mmm, do you like it like this (do you like it like this)
Tell me (tell me)
Tell me
Do you love me (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me (Do you love me)
(Now, now, now)
(work, work)
Ah, I'm working hard baby (work, work)
Well, you're driving me crazy (work, work)
And don't you get lazy (work)
(work, work)
Ah, hey hey baby (work, work)
Well, you're driving me crazy (work, work)
LSD Duckblind
Alright, wait a minute
One, two, one, two
One, two, three, four
I, went to a dance, ah, just the other night
Other night, other night, other night
The dance they was doin' there, it was out of sight
Out-a-sight, out-a-sight, out-a-sight
I knew right away, yeah, that there was nothing to it
Nothin' to it, nothin' to it, nothin' to it
I could tell right away, oh boy, even I could do it
Even I could do it, I could do it, I could do it
Well, first step, you got to move to the left
Second step, you got to go for yourself
Third step, well, you're doin' alright
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Grab yourself a partner, then you start it movin' too
To and fro, to and fro, to and fro
The next thing you know, hey, you want to do it some more
Do it some more, do it some more, do it some more
I knew right away, yeah, that there was nothing to it
Nothin' to it, nothin' to it, nothin' to it
I could tell right away, oh boy, even I could do it
Even I could do it, I could do it, I could do it, yeah
Yeah, first step, you got to move to the left
Second step, you got to go for yourself
Third step, well, you're doin' alright
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
You grab yourself a partner, then you start it movin' too
To and fro, to and fro, to and fro
You get out on the floor and start doin' it some more
Do it some more, do it some more, do it some more
I knew right away, yeah, that there was nothing to it
Nothin' to it, nothin' to it, nothin' to it
I could tell right away, oh boy, even I could do it
Even I could do it, I could do it, I could do it
I went to a dance just the other night
Other night, other night, other night
The dance they was doin', yeah, it was out of sight
Out-a-sight, out-a-sight, out-a-sight
I knew right away, yeah, there was nothing to it
Nothin' to it, nothin' to it, nothin' to it
I could tell right away, oh boy, even I could do it
Even I could do it, I could do it, I could do it
I went to the dance
I went to the dance
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's a cold man to hurt his woman
And watch her walk away crying
When all along, he knows he's wrong
To be so hard on a woman that's trying
I was so unkind to hurt you so
Going out of my mind
I just gotta let you know that
Baby, I can't let you go
I realize I hurt you so
Our love, surely can we mend it
It's just a little misunderstanding
I remember you said
You would always care
Until death should we do part
Then it surely must be our destiny
To die the death of a broken heart
So before I go, a wandering rover
Let's get together
Talk this thing over now
Baby, I can't let you go
I realize I hurt you so
Our love, surely can we mend it
It's just a little misunderstanding
That's all it is
We've been loving so long
It just seems wrong
That our love could never be
You could be anywhere
Baby, I wouldn't care
If I thought that you're needed me
All the chains in the world
(Couldn't hold me, couldn't hold me)
Like a robot your love
(Controls me, controls me)
Baby, I can't let you go
I realize I hurt you so
Our love, surely can we mend it
It's just a little misunderstanding
That's all it is
Baby, I can't let you go (oh, yeah)
I realize I hurt you so (ooh, yeah)
Our love, surely can we mend it
(Surely we can we mend it)
It's just a little misunderstanding
Baby (baby)