Hooboy, here we go
Posted by TFG on March 31st, 2006
National strike, “day without Latinos” crap:
Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) President Nativo Lopez, one of the organizers of the recent protests in Los Angeles that saw at least 500,000 people take to the streets, said the May 1 “day without Latinos” would send a stern message to Washington.
“We are looking forward to a major action in all large U.S. cities where immigrants make up a significant proportion of the workforce,” Lopez told Agence France-Presse.
“We are asking people not to go to school, or work, or shopping, and instead to go out and protest against the racist and inhumane measures in this bill.”
Piss off. This is America, Nativo. We route around problems, and don’t sit home whining about them. What the hell can a Latino do that nobody else can do? What’s pissing me off the most about this is this: the attitudes from stupid white people will inevitably harden into generalized dislike of the Latino, and a whole hell of a lot of people that I trade with & socialize with are going to get shafted. These are good Texans and Americans who followed all the little immigration rules, worked hard at becoming a viable part of our state and country, and dammit, they deserve better.
But in similar spirit, I hereby announce my half-assed campaign for everybody to boycott their local Cinco de Mayo celebration drunkfest. Surely you have this in your city, most likely sponsored by a beer or tequila company. Somehow, like St. Paddy’s Day, it wandered into the American pantheon of boozy half-assed ‘holidays’. Funny part is, it’s true meaning is a celebration of the victorious battle wherein Mexico kicked the asses of a (surpise!) French occupying army.
Want the rest of the story? In true Mexican fashion, the victory was short-lived, though and ol’ Maximillian ascended to and stayed on the throne until the (surprise!) Americans, fairly depleted from the Civil War but recognizing the sovereign nature of our neighbor, provided the arms to finally & completely defeat the Froggies. Now, as a Texan, I applaud my Mexican brethren for their independence and their persistence towards freedom. However, given the spirit of the recent demonstrations against my country and it’s institutions and it’s independence and it’s very freaking own sovereignty, I am sincerely less inclined to join mi hermanos in lifting a brew to the realization that, while we did what we could to save their asses from the French 140 years ago, they have singularly failed in every other respect to manage to build up a country and and economy and a polity that doesn’t force people to sometimes die trying to escape it’s northern border. That, as they say, is a YP, not an MP.
Now, Nativo, if you and yours want to come to the table and act like grown-ups and start working on a deal, I think you’ll find that a lot of Americans are somewhat sympathetic to your cause. But if you and yours insist on flying the Mexican flag, and acting like we freaking owe you something more than the rest of us, well, you’ve got the very short end of that stick, pard. Because, believe me, I can live without Latinos just as easily as I can live without any other random grouping of peeps…ain’t a one of you necessary to me living a good life.
NewsMax link from JYB…
March 31st, 2006 at 6:13 am
What can a Latino do that no one else can? Let’s see…
1) Make maximum use of the carpool lane
2) Box capably in the lighter weight divisions
3) Find George Lopez funny
4) Make a decent taco
5) Invoke the name of the Virgin Mary before thoroughly kicking your ass.
I’m sure there’s more, this is just off the top of my head…
March 31st, 2006 at 7:10 am
Anyone can make a decent taco. Cooking isn’t rocket science, you just have to have the proper ingredients.
March 31st, 2006 at 11:03 am
BG is a cynical young man from the mean streets of Chicago, where last I checked, finding a decent taco was a distinct challenge. Like finding a good dog is tough in Texas.
March 31st, 2006 at 6:52 pm
Wow, you mean there are places where you can’t get decent taco ingredients? (Silently contemplates this horrifying fact.)
March 31st, 2006 at 7:08 pm
Our “decent taco” would be gourmet dining up there.
March 31st, 2006 at 10:48 pm
I hate to break it to you guys farther up country but there are good tacos, and not so good tacos. For example, Taco Bell tacos are not good tacos.
April 1st, 2006 at 3:28 am
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April 1st, 2006 at 12:35 pm
No decent taco in Chicago? Chicago is the second largest Mexican city in the US.
Lou Dobbs has the La Raza gang really freaked out:
April 1st, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Note: “guest” is spamming blogs with his “comment.”
April 1st, 2006 at 1:04 pm
If there’s a good taco in Chicago, I couldn’t find it. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t there, just that nobody I asked knew where it was. And the shite that I got, when I did get a recommendation, was horribly sub-par. If they were really of Mexican extraction, they’ve had the Mexican frozen out of the cooking part of their brains. If, on the other hand, you have a favorite place, Blue Dog, lay it on me.
And I seriously question that second largest Mexican city biz.
Andrea: at least it’s funny spam, with no links.
April 1st, 2006 at 7:27 pm
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/824.html
The 2000 census counted more than 530,000 Mexicans in the city of Chicago, with more than 1.1 million in the metropolitan area.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-81.html
The largest Mexican populations lived in Los Angeles, Chicago,
Houston, San Antonio and Phoenix. The largest Puerto Rican
populations lived in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. The largest
Cuban populations lived in Hialeah, Fla.; Miami; New York;
Tampa, Fla.; and Los Angeles.
April 1st, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Chicago may be slightly behind Houston by now, but with such a fast growing and largely illegal population, who can say for sure?
April 1st, 2006 at 10:46 pm
Scott, I grew up in Aurora, Il, (most famous I suppose as the home of Wayne and Garth, though they really seemed to be from Naperville more than Aurora, but I digress). Aurora is about 30 miles west of Chicago. Some of my best friends were Isidro and Reuben Rodriguez, whose parents were from Mexico. I fondly remember having fresh tortillas heated over a gas flame in their house as a kid. In grade school, the smartest kid was Naomi Tijerina. My high school was 20% Hispanic. Since I graduated from high school almost 20 years ago, the number of Hispanic folks in Aurora has risen much higher. Anyway, my point is, that if you can’t find a good taco in Chicago, or even Aurora, you just haven’t been looking in the right place.
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:21 am
I’m from whitebread small town West Michigan – not Chicago. The initial ruling on taco quality stands.
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Looks like I stand corrected all around, folks. Yall don’t mind me. I’m happy to know, though, that Chicago is not a Mexican food wasteland, since I travel there often enough.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:48 pm
Whew! Day Without Mexicans is over and I survived!
April 2nd, 2006 at 4:57 pm
Oops, speed reading is not my strong point. Hermano Nativo wants May 1, not April 1, to be Day Without Latinos. I stand corrected. However, Nativo might not want to push the idea too hard, or he might encourage suggestions in some quarters that every day should be a Day Without Latinos.
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:29 pm
Oh, sorry, I meant to write that I graduated from high school 30 years ago, rather than 20 years ago. I wish.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Somehow, I suspect that Karl Rove (“The Troll”), Republican Political Strategist, is behind this attempt to generate an issue that will divide the American people in order for the Republican Party to remain in power in the White House in 2008.
April 12th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
seriously, if you cannot find tacos in chicago, you really are not trying. like with good barbecue, and any number of other ethnic foods, there are the americanized places that put out junk, and then the real places that put out good, authentic food, usually for Mexicans in this instance. Try any one of 100 places on 26th street around pulaski, if you want a concentration, but there are stretches on ashland, cicero, western, large areas of aurora, elgin, joliet, etc. but, let’s be honest, these are not places white suburbanites often go (no disrespect meant to white suburbanites since i am one), so if those are the people you ask for suggestions. there are also some web sites that might be useful, but i am afraid that would be considered spamming.