Our New Anahuac

You gotta read this post by XicanoPwr about Arpaio. Here’s a peak.
An advertisement appears in today’s edition of The Arizona Republic newspaper comparing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the infamous 1960s Birmingham public safety commissioner Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor. The strongly worded statement was sponsored by the Center for New Community and signed [...]

 
1st Annual Dia De La Raza Parade On Little York: Come March
Description: Medical offices, professionals, business owners, restaurateurs, activists and Aztec Dancers unite to celebrate heritage
Houston, Texas, October 24, 2009 – Northeast Houston celebrates Mexican heritage with a parade and a commitment to community.
 
Laura Pena, Chief Organizer of the event, and promoter of events like [...]

I facebooked and myspced Rick Sanchez my post on the minutemen murdering the nine-year-old and how the national media had made no mention of it.  He just made mention of it for the first time on CNN.  I’m sure he got hundreds of emails on it;  just sayin’

Pragmatism (or being practical) is compromising part of one’s own values in order to make gains related to another part of one’s own values. 
Taking it out of the immigration or Chicano debate, one example of pragmatism is what came of Clinton’s attempt to include gays in the military.  One side wanted open enlistment for gays, while [...]