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I'm an American expatriate living in Mexico. My roots are in Texas so from time to time I may poke fun at Texas and Texans. This a real cool way of staying touch with friends and family in the States and expanding my network of friends.

Monday, July 19, 2010

On Political Correctness

I am getting sick of all this so-called political correctness. I want to call a spade a spade without fear that I might offend someone. The ‘n’ word has letters and while I may never use it we need to admit that there are other letters attached to it. Greaser, wop, jap are not part of my vocabulary but who I to dictate to anyone how to tickle my ears.

Just hope that whoever is in charge of Yahoo Groups does not excommunicate me or disfellowship me from this organization.

Mainly the point that I am trying to get across is that the censorship self-imposed or otherwise is not a healthy thing and it needs to stop. It is not that I approve of using words that rile up people and cause all kinds of problems but freedom of speech if do do not care to protect it will soon disappear from the American scene!

While Goggling around for things that are taboo on the Internet I ran across a nifty article called Top Ten Things You Should Not Discuss Online.

Top Ten Things You Should Not Discuss Online

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Test Blog

This is a test blog from my iGoogle page. It is Saturday and I am at my computer just doing this and that. No big thing but I do plan to do some computer management stuff and perhaps write a more serious blog today.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Origins of Frijolero

I first heard Frijolero while switching between radio stations. The lyrics are crude and vulgar telling the experiences of my Mexican bros in the USA. Its about illegals working in the US and racism. I did the reverse wetback thing working in Mexico. I was sent back because my papers were not in order. There’s more to the story but lets continue with the story of the classic of Mexican music, Frijolero.

For more on the origins of Frijolero click here.


July 22, 2003

Memo From Mexico, By  Allan Wall

Molotov’s “Frijolero”— Malicious Mexican Music On MTV

“Frijolero”, a single recorded by the Mexican rap-metal Molotov attacking border “racism” is a big hit on Mexican radio, MTV en Español, and possibly even a U.S. Spanish radio station near you. It's doubtless being played somewhere at this moment.
First, some background for the culturally deprived.
Molotov is the premier Mexico proponent of the rap-metal genre, and they are big. They’ve done extensive touring in Mexico, the U.S., and Europe, they’ve played in Argentina and Russia. Molotov has been written up in “Billboard”, “USA Today”, “Newsday”, The LA Times”, “The New York Times”, “Chicago Tribune”, “Rolling Stone”, “Vibe”, “Bass Player”, and “Rap” magazine, which called them “...one of the most important groups of Latin America.” They’ve appeared on the Latin MTV Video Music Awards Show, and earned gold and platinum records in various countries (including a platinum in the U.S.), and their music has appeared in the soundtrack of “The Big Hit” and on the Howard Stern radio show.

Although Molotov is a Mexican group protesting gringo racism, they seem quite fond of Gringo Corporations. The group is signed to and distributed by the American corporation “Universal Music”, Molotov has an American PR firm (Rogers and Cowan), their “Dance and Dense Denso” album was recorded in the U.S.A. (Larabee Studios in Los Angeles, California), and the “Frijolero” video was recorded in Austin, Texas.

[For video of Frijolero, click here...]
American citizen Allan Wall lives and works legally in Mexico, where he holds an FM-2 residency and work permit, but serves six weeks a year with the Texas Army National Guard, in a unit composed almost entirely of Americans of Mexican ancestry. His VDARE.COM articles are archived here; his FRONTPAGEMAG.COM articles are archived here; his website is here. Readers can contact Allan Wall at allan39@prodigy.net.mx.

Origins of Frijolero.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Felling Alienated

I am bit afraid now to go back home to the USA. Although I was born in the US and grew up there I just don't feel that it is home anymore. Why is that you might ask. Well I feel closer now to my Mexican heritage that to the gringo one. I am likely to be stopped when I cross the border because I may look foreign. Now what does that mean you might ask?

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Orgullo Purepecha

Maribel,

Attached is a like to Purepecha Yahoo group where you will find a lot more information on your culture and much more. You may need to join this group to post comments and get other information.  I  hope that this helps in your quest. Thanks for commenting on my FREE HOLE ERO blog.

Regards,

Ricardo Montoya

 

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Monday, September 14, 2009

US astronaut says legalize undocumented Mexicans

US astronaut says legalize undocumented Mexicans

AP

Way to go Astro Jose!

FILE - In this May 2004 file photo, Jose M. Hernandez, one of six mission AP – FILE - In this May 2004 file photo, Jose M. Hernandez, one of six mission specialist candidates in NASA's …

By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press Writer Julie Watson, Associated Press Writer 43 mins ago

MEXICO CITY – Spaceman Jose Hernandez said Monday the United States needs to legalize its undocumented immigrants — a rare, public stand for a U.S. astronaut on a political, hot-button issue.

Mexicans have hung on every word of NASA's first astronaut to tweet in Spanish — as Astro_Jose — since the son of migrants embarked on his two week, 5.7-million-mile mission to the international space station that ended Friday.

And they're still listening to him now that he is back on Earth.

During a telephone interview with Mexico's Televisa network, Hernandez pushed for U.S. immigration reform — a key issue for Mexico that has been stalled in Washington amid fierce debate.

"The American economy needs them," said Hernandez, 47, a California native who toiled in the cucumber, sugar beet and tomato fields alongside his Mexican-born parents. "I believe it's only fair to find a way to legalize them and give them an opportunity to work openly, so they can also retire in a traditional U.S. system."

NASA spokesman James Hartsfield told The Associated Press that Hernandez was expressing his personal views, "not representing NASA, the astronaut office or any NASA organization in his responses."

Hernandez said he wished all world leaders and politicians could see the Earth as he has, "so they could see our world, that really we are one, that we should work together."

"What surprised me is when I saw the world as one. There were no borders. You couldn't distinguish between the United States and Mexico," he told Televisa.

Hernandez's success shows why Mexican migrants have risked their lives to cross the U.S. border illegally to work their way out of poverty.

Millions in Mexico watched Hernandez's mission daily on Televisa, as well as following it on Twitter, where his dispatches appeared in English and Spanish. Hernandez also danced salsa, munched burritos and discussed Mexico's World Cup aspirations while floating in space aboard the shuttle Discovery.

Past NASA space missions barely got a mention on Mexican newscasts.

Hernandez's trip into orbit came at a time when the American dream for Mexicans and their families is fading. Deportations of illegal immigrants are at record levels, while tightened border security and the recession have caused a historic drop in the number of migrants heading north.

The rookie astronaut was one of two Mexican-Americans aboard, marking the first time two Hispanics have flown in space together. Astronaut Danny Olivas was making his second space flight. Rodolfo Neri Vela, a scientist, was the first Mexican citizen to make it to space, flying aboard the shuttle Atlantis in 1985.

Hernandez learned English at age 12, and applied for 12 straight years to become an astronaut before getting picked in 2004.

President Felipe Calderon has invited him to dinner at the presidential residence to talk about a future Mexican space agency. Hernandez's parents are from Calderon's home state of Michoacan, which has one of Mexico's largest populations of migrants in the United States.

The Michoacan town of Ticuitaco, meanwhile, wants to build a science museum in his name to inspire others to follow in Hernandez's footsteps.

"Jose Hernandez sets an example for our youth," said the town's mayor, Ricardo Guzman.

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AP Aerospace Writer Marcia Dunn in Houston contributed to this report.

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On the Net:

NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/mission(underscore)pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Jose Hernandez Reaching for the Stars Foundation: http://www.astrojh.com/index.html

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Conservation of Patzcuaro should be part of the political agenda

La conservación de Pátzcuaro debe ser parte de la agenda política: Adrián Iturbide

CARLOS F. MÁRQUEZ

Conservacion de Patzcuaro

Above is a link to a very interesting and informative article about Enrigue Luft and the historic conservation of Patzcuaro. Because the article is in Spanish I would like to provide a brief summary as follows.

Last Friday tribute was given to Enrigue Luft for his effort to preserve the history and culture of Patzcuaro. It is noted that the city has been designated a prime tourist center been highly published as such the Pueblo Magico ads but the federal government. Those that really love Patzcuaro and its history have come to realize how trying to push the city into becoming a more modern city have hurt more than helped it destroying what it really should be. It should hold true to it’s history of old churches and a people that value it’s culture and traditions.

Enrique’s has realized in Patzcuaro the important work of restoration, conservation, and promotion of the rich culture and architecture of the city. And that is why he was honored.

He did not have kind words for what has become of the city and so we are admonished that the  conservation of Patzcuaro should part of the political agenda. There is so much more in this article that we should take note of, such as the criticism of the governments Pueblo Magic program but is you are interested please go to the actual article why does a great job of telling it like it is!

And if you don’t read Spanish maybe I can help translate a bit.

El homenaje que el pasado viernes se le rindió a Enrique Luft no pudo sustraerse de los conflictos que actualmente enfrenta la ciudad de Pátzcuaro, que ha sido posicionada como uno de los principales destinos de turismo cultural en la entidad, pero eso mismo ha provocado que el desarrollo urbano, en busca de su vocación turística, haya perdido parte de su imagen arquitectónica tradicional. Al respecto, Adrián Iturbide manifestó que la conservación de Pátzcuaro debe ser parte de la agenda política, mientras que el secretario de Cultura, Jaime Hernández Díaz, advirtió que mientras a nivel constitucional no se otorgue facultades a los estados y municipios para gestionar su patrimonio histórico, poco se podrá avanzar en la conservación del mismo.

Enrique Luft ha realizado en Pátzcuaro una importante labor de restauración, conservación y promoción de la riqueza cultural y arquitectónica de Pátzcuaro, razón por la que el homenaje que se le rindió, desembocó ineludiblemente en una reflexión sobre los problemas urbanos que enfrenta Pátzcuaro desde hace unas décadas, pero dicha reflexión se presenta con mayor urgencia en la coyuntura del aniversario 475 de su fundación como ciudad que se celebrará durante todo septiembre.

“Una autoridad municipal en los años 70, pretendiendo modernizar la ciudad, quitó los empedrados de las calles, otra podó los árboles de la plaza Don Vasco y otro derrumbó la capilla de Santa Catarina del siglo XVI para poner locales comerciales. ¿Cómo pasó todo esto?”, abrió la reflexión Adrián Iturbide, quien ha formado parte del consejo de Adopte una Obra de Arte.

Adrián Iturbide hizo un recuento de la forma en que la imagen urbana y arquitectónica de Pátzcuaro ha cambiado, sobre todo porque las casas habitación cambiaron su vocación por un uso comercial, tal como lo exige la vocación turística que se le ha dado a la ciudad. Frente a estas transformaciones vertió una serie de propuestas: e_SDLqcuidar la zona de monumentos, recuperar los empedrados y conservar los tejados; los ciudadanos deben involucrarse con su ciudad. El INAH está maniatado por su sindicato corrupto, además ha habido funcionarios venales que entregan el patrimonio. Debe restablecerse o refundarse si se quiere, la junta de conservación y participar en un plan de desarrollo que vincule realmente a los ciudadanos; no más proyectos de despachos que sólo sirven para obtener recursos federales y estatales; es necesario que Pátzcuaro no sea sólo un lugar turístico, pues éste es un concepto equivoco; debe ser un lugar donde se viva con calidad, donde la gente disfrute su Centro Histórico; es urgente que se cree un recinto ferial que permita mover los carromatos y juegos que destruyen la calidad de vida de los moradores; que se vayan los borrachos y que dejen a la ciudad en paz; la conservación de Pátzcuaro debe ser parte de la agenda política. Es imprescindible normar el comercio ambulante, y poner a funcionar los horribles edificios que con dinero federal de Pueblos Mágicos se quedaron a medias”.

Consideró que el mejor homenaje que se le puede ofrecer a Enrique Luft e_SDLqes decirnos que queremos cuidar a Patzcuaro y evitar que sea sólo el recuerdo de una foto amarillenta”.

Jaime Hernández Díaz retomó el tema y manifestó: e_SDLqcon mucha frecuencia las divisiones y conflictos que tienen que ver con puntos de vista generan un mundo de intolerancia y poco reconocimiento a los que contribuyen para la preservación del patrimonio. Eso nos hace olvidar figuras señeras y por eso es acertado hacer este reconocimiento a Enrique Luft”.

El secretario de Cultura reconoció que en los proyectos de desarrollo urbano muchas veces no se ha tomado en cuenta a todos los sectores de la población en Pátzcuaro, pero también advirtió que el tema de la conservación patrimonial es muy complejo, puesto que toca a diversos rubros del desarrollo social.

e_SDLqLas ciudades no son museos, son entes vivos y a veces quisiéramos que conservaran las circunstancias de hace 100 años y eso es muy difícil. No hemos desarrollado políticas que permitan lograr ese crecimiento para armonizar con los aspectos que tienen que ver con su riqueza arquitectónica, con su diseño y su traza. Ése es el problema”, expresó Jaime Hernández.

Agregó que desde que Enrique Luft eligió vivir en Pátzcuaro, la ciudad tiene alma, pero también lamentó que e_SDLqnuestro país ha carecido de instituciones sólidas que permitan consolidar el trabajo de los que han trabajado por la conservación. Nuestras instituciones de cultura y universidades descuidamos durante mucho tiempo esos aspectos que tienen que ver con la preservación del patrimonio”.

e_SDLqLas ciudades seguirán perdiendo su sentido que aún conservan, el patrimonio sigue siendo facultad sólo de la federación. Los ciudadanos tienen que tener instituciones apropiadas y tener facultades para que no se desencanten de las juntas de preservación, pero mientras eso no se concrete en legislación, no vamos a lograr conservar porque no se deja a las poblaciones locales usufructuar su patrimonio, conservarlo y preservarlo”.