Archive for June, 2007
Republicans diss Latino officials
5:50 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Miami| Politics · 1 Comment
29 Jun 2007
While Democratic hopefuls for the 2008 presidential campaign will participate in a candidate forum hosted by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) in Orlando, Florida tomorrow, the GOP candidates – with the exception of one — decided to skip the event all together. ABC News reports:
Friday’s Republican forum? Canceled. Only Rep. Duncan Hunter of California agreed to show. The other candidates cited scheduling conflicts, including a Saturday debate in Iowa, which Hunter also planned to attend.“The Republican candidates have blown off Hispanics in Florida,” said state Rep. Juan Zapata, a Republican who helped bring the NALEO event to the state.
They didn’t just blow off Latinos in Florida. This shows a disregard for Latino voters in general. And what’s interesting is that if there were ever a place where Republicans might find an easy Latino audience, Florida would be it. Perhaps for that reason they think their time is better spent courting Latinos in non-stronghold states?
It will be interesting to hear what happens at NALEO tomorrow with the Democrats, and we’ll keep you posted.
Via / ABC News
Penelope’s Air Show
2:49 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Chismes · Comments Off
29 Jun 2007
After so much politics and flying back and forth its time for fluffy goodness (mmmm rico). Perez Hilton is reporting that Penelope Cruz had what seems to be a panic attack on a plane.
Penelope Cruz had a panic attack onboard a Continental flight from Newark to Barcelona Thursday night. Cruz, who appeared to be traveling alone, was in first class and became agitated after the plane left the gate. After she spoke with the cockpit, the plane returned to the gate and Cruz deplaned. A fellow passenger told Huffington Post, “She was freaking out and refused to fly.” In the process of Cruz deplaning, the flight removed all the bags, which then sat in the rain, so that the airline could locate her luggage
Pobre Penelope. Perez is hinting that she was on something, maybe she’s afraid of flying.
Via / Perez Hilton
Recovering from the Democratic Presidential Debate
1:38 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · MBAPBSAllAmericaDem| Politics| Washington DC · 1 Comment
29 Jun 2007
Between last night’s debate and an early flight out of DC, I’m exhausted but thrilled to have gone and given the opportunity, not just to cover the event, but meet some other bloggers whom I admire.
That said. I sleepily searched through the Spanish language media for some report on the debate last night and found nada. Did I take a nap or was this ignored in the Latino press? Maybe the press was too preoccupied with the immigration issue?
Bush wants Castro dead, Fidel strikes back
11:37 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba| Politics · Comments Off
29 Jun 2007
George W. Bush was predicting — or praying for — the death of Cuban president Fidel Castro yesterday. At an appearance at the U.S. Naval War College, Bush said, “One day, the good Lord will take Fidel Castro away,” to a cheering audience. According to the Washington Post, Dubya seemed to realize that this was an unsavory remark and began saying “No, no, no…” A White House spokesperson later said that the President was commenting on “an inevitable event”.
As was to be expected, Fidel had something to say about this little comment. In an article published yesterday in Cuba’s Granma newspaper, Castro wrote:
“…the spokesman of the White House National Security Council, Gordon Johndroe, when asked whether Bush was hoping for Castro’s death, replied: “The President was speaking about an inevitable event.” It would appear that the brilliant official and his boss are going to live for thousands of years.Now I understand why I’ve survived the plans laid by Bush and the presidents who ordered my assassination: the Good Lord has protected me.”
I’m not sure why the Bush administration insists on making statements that only allow their foes — Castro and Hugo Chavez for example — to strike back and bolster their support among Bush haters.
Via / Washington Post and Granma.cu
Post Debate Thoughts : Latinos the Minority Minority to Pander To
10:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · MBAPBSAllAmericaDem · 3 Comments
28 Jun 2007
There is discussion here as to the debate/forum. Many issues were not covered or were barely touched upon. If this really was a forum aimed at the people of color community why were there no women’s issues discussed? Sure these issues were touched upon in the areas of educating our children but what about reproductive rights and domestic violence, two huge problems plaguing women of color. Also the big story of the day was immigration and why was that not mentioned. Some bloggers are suggesting that if anyone needed to bring the issue up it should have been Ruben Navarrette, as the token Latino on the panel, or that Bill Richardson, who proudly touted himself as the first Latino to run for president, should have said something. This of course then begs the question : are latino issues only to be brought up by and for Latinos?
When I asked Governor Richardson (yes I asked him-look how sweaty he got upon seeing me) about such forums/debates for Latinos, he pointed to the upcoming National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed officials Democratic forum. But that forum, to my knowledge, isn’t televised nationally like tonight’s forum was. So are Latinos being pandered to but not really brought into the political process. Are we an afterthought/add on to other race issues?
Perhaps I expected too much. Perhaps I got caught up in the spin in the media room and lost my jaded edge and actually believed in electoral politics.
Democratic Debate Ends with Darfur
10:19 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · MBAPBSAllAmericaDem · Comments Off
28 Jun 2007I think this is a legitimate issue because of the massiveness of it and the US willingness to intervene in other nations when it is convenient and highlights the trend of ignoring the killing of people of color if the US isn’t doing it directly. Kucinich made great points about this but he comes off as too kooky for most people.
Time flew, let’s see who comes back to talk in the media room. Rumor has it Obama will not be coming….
Democratic /debate : Right to Return / Outsourcing
10:10 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · MBAPBSAllAmericaDem · Comments Off
28 Jun 2007The language of the right to return is language that is used also in the debate surrounding Palestibe which is interesting. Is post Katrina NOLA occupied by as Obama refers to, by all these corporations with government complicity.
Is outsourcing an issue_ The candidates are mixed on this so far. What must be said is that Hillary Clinton (as she winning this debate) is being the most concrete with all her answers. She lays things out in points that are easy to follow. The majority of the Dems seem to look at education as the way to go. Richardson is really coming off as pro-business which could hurt him in a debate when peope want to hear about people at the grassroots level.
The radical in me loves Kucinich for saying that NAFTA and the World Bank need to go but I know that won’t get votes.
Profiling and the Prison Industrial Complex
10:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Justice| MBAPBSAllAmericaDem · Comments Off
28 Jun 2007These 30 second answers are leading to answers with zero substance. Basically what people are doing is the given, get rid of mandatory drug sentences but what is the focus on drugs, as if all POC are in jails and arrested because we are all crackheads, when it goes deeper than that.
Someone needs to do a word count on how many times the words drugs, crack, jail have been used because it seems like the candidates seem to think that is the root of evil rather than what causes those things to be used the way they are
Cold Hard Dinero
9:41 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · MBAPBSAllAmericaDem| Money · Comments Off
28 Jun 2007Of course attacking Bush is the easy answer in terms of the question about the wealthy paying their fair share. The issue is about disparitiy and the why. Obama hit the nail on the head by making it a race issue (because yes race and class work together people). Mike Gravel got some looks when he mentioned wiping out the federal income tax. If people really think that will solve poverty, people need to look at Puerto Rico which has no federal income tax and has soaring poverty rates.
Bill Richardson (the great brown hope) is actually talking about more money for corporations going into the inner cities.
And the Debate, I Mean Forum Continues on Education
9:26 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Education| MBAPBSAllAmericaDem| Politics| Washington DC · 1 Comment
28 Jun 2007Joe Biden really needs to really stop using the word minority. Bill Richardson is so bored with the whole debate that he yawned right before it was his turn. I think its key that Richardson compared access to education to access to water, that is as a basic human right. But again why the term minority. Are we talking numbers or political power, that analysis has to happen when people, especially candidates chose to use certain terms.
Finally someone, (Obama saves the day), talks about the lack of money behind No Child Left Behind (although I won’t even get into the issue of the problems with the program itself.
What I am waiting for someone to mention are two issues about education: the tracking of children of color and the language access issues that essentially shu non-English dominant parents out.
Collective moans just filled the media room as Hillary Clinton said it takes a village to raise…yes we know, it takes a village of well meaning white liberals.
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