preparing for times of war

Somewhere between explaining the "th" sound with and without air I got into an interesting conversation with 2 of my students about what will happen toVenezuela in the next couple of years. Seems that every Venezuelan you talk to has a backup plan to leave the country when something happens, that's right- not if, when. I think in the back of their minds, they know that something is going to go down here in the next couple/few years. Today my students told me they had no doubt that there would be some sort of war here soon. Perhaps civil, perhaps between neighboring countries, perhaps on a larger scale- but they are confident that it will happen, as are most people. They have places lined up in South America, some in Europe, and few in the states. Few, for the reason that if they go to the states, people will automatically think that they are Mexicans and the social status will be thrown out the window. They have been confident about the upcoming blowout for the past 6 years, precisely how long Chavez has been in power, but now they are just waiting for it to explode in front of them. Will it be when the oil prices fall? Perhaps. I was incredibly ignorant about this whole "oil" thing and how much barrels of oil jumped in price when the war in Iraq started- from $10>>>$67 now. Chavez has tons more money now and has attached himself to the hip of Mr. Castro who is the brains of the operation. Just today I saw a smiling jolly picture of Chavez and Néstor Kirchner, the president of Argentina- apparantly having talks of how to collaborate their efforts to rule the world by creating a communist block from Mexico all the way to Argentina. Not if I have anything to say about it. Once I meet these guys, its ON.

A man's t-shirt has come into the mix: white on black- SI HAY YUCA FRESCA (if you don't understand- understand that it is very bold)

T-SHIRT OF THE WEEK--- subdued in color, but not in content. beige letters on a white shirt: I'M SO HORNY UH! FOR A VERY HOT GUY... WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE ONE?
I'm not even kidding. I had to shift my way around in the metro just so I could read all the words, I couldn't believe it... and where do you get something like that? who sells these shirts!!!!