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Mrs. Obama got grilled this morning by a little brown girl, who dared confront the first lady with annoying questions about papers and shit…
Mind you; all this happened in front of Margarita Zavala de Calderón herself, who was in town pretending to be useful and all.
Gee, kids! Can’t you see your parents might end up in some kind of serious trouble?
I looooove television! Because only on TV you get to see fantastic things that would never happen in real life.
Take NBC’s upcoming thriller The Event, which was presented this week as one of the “biggest television events of the upcoming fall season.”
The conspiracy thriller follows Sean Walker (Jason Ritter) who is investigating the disappearance of his fiancé, Leila thereby “exposing the biggest cover-up in U.S. History.” Mind you, all of this is happening while a black, Latino president occupies the White House: President Martínez. Yay!
…Except, of course, that in the world of television, President Martínez is portrayed by Blair Underwood, a non-Latino actor. Perhaps that is because in the near future -and thanks to Ms. Brewer y sus compinches– there will be not many dark, skinned Latino people left to portray Latinos on television.
Who knows? This blogger is already rejoicing with the possibility of having a primo en la Casa Blanca.
Univision this Friday hosted an unprecedented town hall on immigration, Inmigración: Un Debate Nacional featuring some of the country’s most prominent figures on immigration law and public policy, representatives of Hispanic organizations and -who else? Maricopa County Sheriff Mr. Joe Arpaio, who couldn’t resist showing up wearing a gun-shaped tie pin.
Unless he was at the Univision Studios auditioning for the upcoming Hermanos Almada movie, I would start thinking this guy is dangerous… Oh, wait, he IS dangerous!
¡Ay, nanita!
First came the Deportation Order Baby Onesies. Now, this blogger is peddling the EXCLUSIVE Jan Brewer NOPE poster, which can be yours for only $9.99*
*With proof of your undocumented status in this country. Puerto Ricans, absténganse.
Full disclosure: I am a Pumas fan. But as the sensible person that I am not, I would like to personally thank Club América and Tuzos de Pachuca for their decision to cancel a soccer match that was scheduled for July 7 in Arizona. According to an official release sent out by Mexico City-based Club América and re-printed by the Phoenix Business Journal:
“Club America would like to inform you that due to the latest developments regarding the new immigration bill… our team will not participate in any friendly match during the preseason 2010 within the state of Arizona.”
Way to go, Águilas. Now… Go, Pumas!
After several days ruminating about what to do and how to go about Arizona’s sb1070s, this blogger decided to take the creative route and embrace the entrepreneurial spirit that only “America” can offer its immigrants.
So, without further ado… here is my latest creation and what I believe will become my main source of income starting today and until I get caught -and punished- by the migra for making fun of anti-immigration laws.
[I just hope it will be as popular as my previous one]
If you thought anti-immigration efforts were going to stop at racial profiling and sending of UFO’s to the border, think again.
The new tool against the war on us, immigrants, is the Dillon Aero SUV Mounted Gun, a “high-powered rifle mounted on top of law enforcement trucks.”
Proudly introduced this year at the Border Security Expo in -where else? Arizona- this baby can blast up to 3,000 bullets per minute, which we figure should be enough to help Ms. Brewer rid her State of unwanted gardeners, cooks, janitors, bus boys, etc.
After all, as the company’s tag line goes:
“He who shoots the fastest. Wins.”
¡Ay, nanita!
Via Cuernavaca 2.0.
For the uninitiated or, rather, the monolingual crowd, this Mexican taxi driver wants you to know There is no service available for gringos from Arizona.
Hat tip: Luis Cabrera
According to the state’s official tourism visitor guide, Arizona is a Land of Wonder; a place where you can plan a “Grand” vacation filled with fun activities including hiking, biking, rafting and even mule-riding.
What I find most fascinating, though, is the fact that the guide highlights the state’s proximity to Mexico, and actually encourages tourists to visit Mexico:
Ah…. so now I finally get it!
What this whole thing means is: If you want to see Mexicans, or anything related to Mexico’s culture or heritage, you’ll be better off taking a car and cross the border; chances are you will not see any of that around here anymore.
[Oh, and please don’t worry; Mexican cops are not into racial-profiling. They are equal opportunity shooters.]
Yes, my friends. Former Congressman and Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo this week blasted the Arizona immigration bill, saying it might have gone too far.
He even expressed concern that people would be “pulled over because [you] look like should be pulled over.”
Mind you, this comes from one of the country’s most forceful opponents of illegal immigration or, as Jon Stewart pointed out lately:
“The man Mexican parents tell their kids about to make them to eat their vegetables!”
So, yeah, it’s that bad!
One more irresistible promotion at my local barber shop. Who said there are no good deals left in the city?
If you belong to the ‘brown’ race and plan to travel to Arizona in the near future, make sure to fake a Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) a rare, but not uncommon condition that will make you sound as if you are from some exotic land, namely Ireland, Wales or as I like to call it, ABLA (Anywhere But Latin America.)
Please watch and pay attention! Don’t you let the 1070 bill catch you unawares! Vodpod videos no longer available.
Despite all the bad news you’ve been reading lately about Mexico, there are places that just continue to attract large groups of Americans. And no, we’re not talking spring-breakers in Cancún.
According to Veteran’s Today (this blogger’s daily source of fresh news), Lake Chapala has become the number one retirement destination for U.S. veterans, partly because of its near perfect weather and low cost of living, but mostly -I suspect- because as the article states, “You can get by without Spanish.”
Which is, like, great, because if you didn’t need to learn any other language throughout your live, why start now?
Other advantages cited include -but are not limited to- “high quality health care, and pharmacies, with many bilingual professionals trained in the U.S. or Canada.”
[If none of this sounds attractive enough, think about it this way: wouldn’t you just love to hang out with your retired buddies while some local woman dances and prances around in a colorful dress and wearing a gigantic hat?]
As some of you must know, Diversity Inc. this week released its Top Ten Companies for Latinos, which lists the firms that “create an inclusive place for Latino workers” and the factors that make a corporation attractive to a Latino workforce.
Not to be outdone, a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, sent this blogger his own Top Ten list, which I honestly think it’s sooooo much better. Here it is:
1. They serve café cubano, arroz con gandules and real tacos in the company cafeteria.
2. The CEO speaks more Spanish than Telemundo’s Don Browne or Univision’s Joe Uva.
3. The human resource director’s office has a sign on the door that reads, “No green card? No problem.”
4. They play Latin music in the elevators
5. There are special rooms where employees can take a siesta
6. Extra large parking spaces to accommodate employee trocas
7. Company-sanctioned fifteen-minute bochinche break every day
8. The company plans to shut down during important World Cup matches this summer
9. The employee benefits package includes free consultations with an immigration lawyer
10. The lobby and waiting areas are well-stocked with copies of TVyNotas
Do you have any other that would make your office life less miserable more fun?
This past weekend, I was invited as a guest to Univision’s political weekly show Al Punto, hosted by veteran anchor Jorge Ramos. Little did I know I would end up sharing the hour-long program with one of Hispanics’ Bête noir, the one and only Lou Dobbs, who took the opportunity to promise the popular anchor the exclusive story about his political future [should there be any.]
Click here or on the photo [above] to watch the video:
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