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La Lucha Sigue Sigue : Marcelo Lucero Vive Vive
Excuse me if I have little sympathy for parents at a meeting at Patchogue-Medford High School, where the accused in the racist hate driven murder in the death of Marcelo Lucero, especially one who yelled : "What are we doing... Read more »
Do Not Watch While Eating Breakfast : Sarah Palin and the Decapitcated Turkeys
Regular readers know of my dislike (to put it mildly) of the Thanksgiving holiday. Pero if I needed a reason to not celebrate, it could very well be this video of the once starry eyes U.S. VP hopeful, Alaska's Governor... Read more »
When "Special" Means Different and Unequal : Driver's Licenses in Texas
Texas already has strict guidelines in place to make sure that undocumented immigrants can't access driver's licenses (apparently it's safer for people to drive unlicensed). Since Oct. 1, Texas made the guidelines even more strict by requiring foreign nationals to... Read more »
It Wasn't All About the President : Medical Marijuana Measures Pass in Michigan and Massachusetts
Michigan became the thirteenth state to legalize the physician supervised possession and use of cannabis. According to early returns, more than 60 percent of Michigan voters decided in favor of Proposal 1, which establishes a state-regulated system regarding the use... Read more »
Prop 8 is Winning, Gay Couples Losing in California
It's 11 a.m. in Barcelona, and 2 a.m. in San Francisco, my home city. And after waking up to the news of the Obama win, celebrating it with people here, feeling overjoyed at the fact that 8 years of Republican... Read more »
Latinos : Election Day is Today not on the 9th as Westchester County Told Latinos
Westchester County, just north of NYC, sent out as many as 20,000 mailers with a "typo" on the Spanish version only, that election day is November 9th, not today. "I think most people do know when Election Day is, but... Read more »
Real Scary Stories : Poll finds 23% of Texans think Obama is Muslim.
A University of Texas poll to be released today shows Republican presidential candidate John McCain and GOP Sen. John Cornyn leading by comfortable margins in Texas, as expected. But the statewide survey of 550 registered voters has one very surprising... Read more »
Ugly Betty Actors Think Hate is Ugly : Vote No on Prop 8
Three stars of the TV show Ugly Betty think there is nothing uglier than discrimination and that's why they stepped up to appear in an ad against Proposition 8 in California. Voting no on Prop 8 is not just about... Read more »
9 More Days to Election Day : Are You Ready?
Barack Obama spoke to a crowd estimated at 100,000 in Denver , Colorado. In his speech he mentions workers and immigrants (without actually saying the word, of course). Have you decided where your vote is going yet? ... Read more »
8 More Days to Election Day : Are You Ready?
Barack Obama spoke to a crowd estimated at 100,000 in Denver , Colorado. In his speech he mentions workers and immigrants (without actually saying the word, of course). Have you decided where your vote is going yet? Via / Crooks... Read more »
Prosecuting the Death of a Good Illegal While Raiding the bad Illegals
Nancy Pelosi's statements follow the "good vs. bad immigrant" discourse. Undocumented immigrants may not get that path to citizenship which according to some they never deserved anyway because they are "illegal". This same story played out yesterday in opening statements... Read more »
Problems with Early Voting
Jack from Angry Brown Butch blogs that various news outlets are already reporting problems in early voting that has begun in some states. Not surprisingly, mots of these problems favor John McCain voters while disenfranchising likely Barack Obama voters, that... Read more »
Immigrants on Long Island, NY Contribute Billions
Those still looking to point the finger at immigrants, especially undocumented immigrants, for the current economic crisis, should take a peek at a study released yesterday by Adelphi University's Center for Social Innovation. Immigrants contribute $10.6 billion a year to... Read more »
Joe the Plumber's White Ass Crack is Showing
Joe the Plumber was the estrella of last night's debate, with his name being thrown around left, right, and sideways. CBS interviewed the man of the hour, Joe the plumber and it turns out he's kind of racist, no? I... Read more »
Well That Didn't Take Long : Problems Voting for Obama (or Should I say Osama)
Absentee voters in upstate New York just got their ballots and Barack Obama isn't on the ballot. Barack Osama is though. No I didn't type wrong pero someone did and it needs to be fixed, stat. The absentee ballots sent... Read more »
Fellow NY'ers : Last Day to Register to Vote
Today is the last day to register to vote in NY. Only completed voter registration forms postmarked by midnight and received no later than October 15th will be valid for the upcoming general election. Visit the New York State Board... Read more »
Obama Ad Attacks McCain for Turning His Back on Immigration Reform
While in English language debates, Obama will not mention the word immigration, his campaign has no problem dropping the word in Spanish language ads (apparently English speaking Latinos don't care or aren't interested in immigration?). The following Spanish-language ad starts... Read more »
Meanwhile in South Carolina: ICE Marches On
Two debates have come and gone without so much as a breath of the word immigration. It's too easy to dismiss the issue by saying that it's not important as the stock market continues to freefall and war in Iraq... Read more »



