I'm a dagnab Mexican, if you need answers, I'm taking requests.

[TioDiego]

[realFedUp]

1. Will CA hispanics vote for Bustamante

and against the recall. What are your friends saying?

[TioDiego]

3. Bustamante is not very popular.

I think most will vote against the recall, especially if Clinton comes to CA and asks them to.

[efhmc]

18. Probably a stupid question but can one vote against recall and for a

candidate?

[Terran]

46. fyi, yes

It's two propositions: vote to recall or not, and then vote for a new Gov should the recall take place.

[Brian Sweat]

2. What is the meaning of life?

[realFedUp]

4. fresh chicken tacos and a cold beer

ole.

[TioDiego]

5. Fine perfume and estrogen. What a delight.

[TioDiego]

6. Fine perfume and estrogen. What a delight.

[Say_What]

16. A pocket full of C-notes and

your horse leading in the home stretch :smoke:

[Caution]

7. Why is there a large republican contigent in the Latino population?

Serious question here. The only answer I have been able to come up with is that the majority of Latinos are catholic and anti-abortion. Other than that one issue it seems to me that the Latino population would be in favor of most Democratic principles...

[TioDiego]

10. Latinos are used to a society of classes.

It is a real shame. Caesar Chavez, where are you?

[Le Taz Hot]

8. I can't tell you how much

I'm looking forward to the questions and your answers. We're fighting so many battles (I'm in California) on so many fronts, the LAST thing we need is to fight the endless anti-immigrant sentiments that seem to be popping up here lately. Be prepared to be told how these posters are absolutely, positively not racist -- and they're thoroughly convinced of this -- they're just looking out for the best interests of the poor Mexican people. Sound familiar? It should. It's the Republicans' "talking points."

I can't take on any more battles at the moment. I wish you luck, my friend. You're going to need it.

[HFishbine]

9. If I have to move

Should I choose Canada or Mexico? I don't like the cold much, but I don't speak Spanish.

[TioDiego]

11. Spanish is easy to learn.

It is language one uses to talk to the gods.

[BrotherBuzz]

12. Why do you let the Chinese..

call cilantro Chinese parsley?

[TioDiego]

14. I've also heard it called Italian Parsley

[efhmc]

20. Nope, different herb.

flat leaved parsley with parsley flavor,not the flavor of cilantro. Going to get Mexican food for lunch. I just decided.

[efhmc]

21. Why is there no decent Mexican food in California? Well, maybe that is

just Northern Califonia. We Texans have searched the bay area hard.

[noiretextatique]

40. try the fruitvale area of oakland

some decent mexican food there. or better yet, take a trip to southern california.

[Capn Sunshine]

45. Here's a clue "Texican " food

found along the Frontera areas of Texas, is NOT Mexican food.That type of food has been passe here for 15 years at least What IS Mexican food around here is found in the many "fresh" style food stands and grills such as Baja Fresh.

Welcome to the 99% of the universe that is NOT Texas.

[efhmc]

55. Rather a strident answer for a benign question and not from the right

answerer, anyway. I love the food in California and have wonderful gastronomical and wine experiences whenever I go there. I have a daughter who gets hungry for "TexMex" food (also good Texas style bbq)and was wondering if there was a way to obtain such. I like to get the fish tacos when I am there from Una Mas. They are very fresh and quite yummy. No regional bashing as you would have it.

[Character Assassin]

54. What are you talking about?

How anyone could come to the conclusion that there is no good Mexican food in NCal is beyond comprehension.

Either you can't/won't drive, have never heard of Oakland or San Jose or you are legally blind and cannot see the veritable plethora of such restaurants while in their vicinity.

[efhmc]

57. I am only a visitor there. Please name names.

We are quite willing to drive.

[44wax]

65. You haven't been to the Central Valley

Great Mexican food here in Stockton.

[BrotherBuzz]

25. No, No, No, Italian Parsley...

may look like cilantro but it's just a flat leaf variety of regular parsley, and tastes lousy in a burrito. Italians have always had a sense of design and good styling (think Ferrari or Maserati) and developed a sleek varity of parsley.

The cilantro/Chinese parsley we have in California is exactly the same but called by different names depending on which market I use. I've always known it as cilantro, and know coriander seed comes from it, I don't think coriander is a Chinese name.

[DuctapeFatwa]

13. Why did Lalo Mora leave the Invasores?

*

[TioDiego]

15. Kicks

[Say_What]

17. Funnies from Cartoonista

http://www.cartoonista.com/

[bitchkitty]

19. Have you seen my husband?

I haven't seen him in 10 years, and wonder if I'm a widow or if I'm divorced.

[TioDiego]

29. I saw him. You may find him in

Utah. His sisters married some mormon guy there.

[bitchkitty]

30. Good, I'm safe then! n/t

.

[dani]

22. are you

a citizen of Mexico or a Mexican-American? I mean, what country do you live in?

I'm curious about how the Mexican people feel about the Zapatistas nowadays. I think the initial burst of support has petered out, maybe there's not much attention paid to them anymore. But it seems now that the gov't under Fox is finally going to restart negotiations with them and view the San Andreas Accords more seriously. But who knows, maybe it's just a re-election popularity ploy.

[TioDiego]

26. New Mexico

[SpiralHawk]

47. Viva Nuevo Mexico !

From the thermals above the City Different.

"Tierra y libertad !"

[efhmc]

23. What do you rhink of this?

McALLEN — Local Democratic leaders are upset about a new radio spot
that is running on at least one area radio station attacking State
Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen.
Hinojosa is among the 11 Democrat senators holed up in and
Albuquerque, N.M., hotel to break quorum in the State Senate and
prevent passage of a congressional redistricting plan that would
slice up Rio Grande Valley congressional representation.
The ad, paid for by the Texas Republican Party, questions Hinojosa's
voting record.
But it's not necessarily the words in the ad that have Democrats so
steamed. While the ad might mislead listeners about Hinojosa's voting
record, local leaders are questioning the method of delivery.
The radio spot features two unidentified actors — one female, the
other an older male — speaking in cartoonish, thickly Mexican-
accented English.
"That's the mentality that the Republicans have of our part of the
state," said Juan Maldonado, chairman of the statewide Tejano
Democrats organization. "They think we're still sleeping under a
cactus with a big sombrero and don't know how to speak English."
Republican state chair Susan Weddington refused to take calls from
The Monitor. A reporter was referred to Trey Dippo of the party's
communication department.

[TioDiego]

27. I think it's gonna come back and bite 'em in the como se llama

[efhmc]

56. Funny. Doesn't that mean "what's your name"?

[efhmc]

24. Where are you? Three questions. No answers. Have to go met my

Congressman.

[TioDiego]

28. I am in New Mexico, sorry for the Lull.

[donsu]

31. Are the people of Mex. onto the bushgang or are they brainwashed like

americans?

[TioDiego]

32. The smart ones are onto Bush.

[UTUSN]

33. Good Thread to Inject My Anti-NAVARRETTE Post

Perhaps this NAVARRETTE fellow is known to many, since he has hit pay dirt as a scarce Latino columnist in the mainstream of opinionasts. Basically, he is another product of Affirmative Action who turns against AA and his siblings within his minority home group. (The examples grow that while we Dems nurtured and protect AA, the brand name schools who take our AA students are a Trojan horse of FAKE “critical thinking”, spewing out graduates ready to attack (Athens, not Troy)---but that’s another topic.)

Let it be said that no matter what the issue of the day, beginning with AA itself, Mr NAVARRETTE finds weasel words to demonstrate “independence” for himself, meaning that he invariably comes down on the wingnut side, and the more Shrub the better for him.

Back during the Texas primary of 2002, he wormed his way into advocating that the Dem Party should support the quixotic Victor MORALES out of “loyalty” to him, and ditch any chance to win with Ron KIRK. (After losing the primary, this MORALES, like the other one Dan, refused to endorse the Dem nominee; while Dan surpassed even that and endorsed the Repuke and then betook himself to prison.)

The first link is just background, about his travails at Harvard and being accepted back by the Latinos he left behind. The second is today’s offending column, with rebuttals after that:

******QUOTE*****
http://www.digitas.harvard.edu/~perspy/old/issues/1995/sep/stolen.html
education in an elite environment: the detached, analytical perspective of the academic both empowers the minority student and distances him from his family and community (an idea that one wishes Navarrette would discuss more thoroughly). ....


http://www.postwritersgroup.com/archives/nava0812.htm

As a Mexican-American native of California, I never thought I'd be reacting with such ambivalence to the possibility that the state might elect its first Latino governor in modern times.

Of course, nor did I ever imagine that I'd be coming to the defense of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Wrong on both counts. While I can't seem to get too worked up over the idea of a Gov. Cruz Bustamante, neither can I get the smile off my face at the mere thought of a Gov. Schwarzenegger. ....

*****UNQUOTE****

1) First the KELLER Doctrine, that there might be a superior candidate (GORE), but the twit (Shrub) is not boring. Just substitute the Dem names in CA for GORE and Ahhhnuld for Shrub.

2) Note the twisted rhetorical device: He says BUSTAMANTE “dutifully insists” opposition to the recall, but has “declared his candidacy” and is out to “persuade” voters to see him as an alternative to *DAVIS*. No, NAVARRETTE, he’s an alternative to the other candidates IF there is a recall.

3) He’s not “excited” about “Cruz” on the grounds of having known him for 10 years and not being impressed with his leadership. He then lists BUSTAMANTE’s resume, who worked himself up from aide to legislator to speaker to LT Gov----but this is not seen to be an accomplishment, unlike, say, stripping nude and bombasting words written by others. Instead, BUSTAMANTE’s experience is interpreted to be just partisan hack stuff and aimed always at “political calculation”-----why would somebody engaged in professional politics be doing that?

4) Like Tweety MATTHEWS, this maverick NAVARRETTE, while pretending to “independence” actually always comes down on the side, not of the underdogs, but of the most powerful, the most “instant recognition”, and the most “substantial resources” alternative available.

5) NAVARRETTE criticizes the DEMOCRATIC PARTY and the “national media” for the “rude reception” they gave him for UNFAIRLY “pummeling” on the grounds of Ahhhnuld’s “being reluctant to answer questions.” NAVARRETTE says Ahhnuld should NOT have to give us a clue about his ideology, which just might give his enemies “ammunition.” Oh. But somebody help me, anybody, why should the Democratic Party be welcoming Ahhnuld or anybody advocating the recall?--please 'splain.

6) And finally, NAVARRETTE returns to the criteria in place since 2000 for choosing candidates: Do not, he says, go by such trivialities as qualifications, experience, policy positions. No. What we should go by is EXCITEMENT and “his story”.

[ellie]

34. What's Baja like at Christmastime?

I am thinking about taking a trip this year to get away from my family.

[TioDiego]

36. It's beautiful.

[seemslikeadream]

35. What do you think of George P Bush

The Bush campaign denied today that 24 year old Bush nephew, and former little brown one, George Prescott Bush is actually a secret biological weapon designed by the GOP to turn the brains of Latino voters into gooey nacho cheeze sauce. The alarming accusations come from the National Pochismo Institute, a prestigious East L.A. thinktank. Head researcher Dr. Yanomamez announced that the GOP has been conducting illegal experiments for years and has kept the young Bush in a secret laboratory preparing him to win 100% of the Latino vote in the 2000 elections for his uncle......

the republican party has calculated that Latinos are a simple mined people, and in their desperation to be validated will be easily captivated by George P.'s laboratory created 'Latinoness.' .....

The Bush nephew has had extensive training in chile eating, burrito etiquette, seriorita swooning, Salva Trucha taunting and Buriqua baffling; and has reportedly learned all 18 Spanish curse words

www.pocho.com/news/2000/gpbushexperiment/gpbushX080100.html

[TioDiego]

37. That's what we call a Pasquaco.

[sweetheart]

38. Where is the best cannabis in Mexico grown?

n/t

[bigwoody]

39. No fair. You stole my question!

:smoke:

[NoKingGeorge]

41. Canadian or Mexican herb?

Which is better for me?

[sweetheart]

48. BC sattiva

oh!! I hear the vancouver spice is only trumped by hawaiian sattiva.... but then again, the mexican connection has suppored the weed requirements of america more than hawaii has... and surely the brown "ok" street grades of mexican are mere table wine to the great vintages.

That is why the question to "the mexican". What are those great vintages?

[TioDiego]

49. Acapulco

[CWebster]

42. Who is '"ese"?

Was Carlos Castanada for real?

[TioDiego]

50. "Ese" is short for Aunt Essie.

No, Carlos was a character in book of fiction.

[bigwoody]

43. Why the infatuation with crushed velvet interiors in lowriders? BTW, I

think it's cool!:smoke:

[TioDiego]

51. Don't ask me, I think the little wheels are dumb.

[Skittles]

44. ON MEXICAN TV SHOWS

WHY ARE THE WOMEN MADE UP LIKE HOOKERS? 99% of them are gorgeous and DON'T NEED ANY MAKEUP (DAMN THEM!).

[TioDiego]

52. To them, it is glamore. I just like the cleavage, myself.

[Capn Sunshine]

53. Oye, yo soy Californeo

Primera, bienvenido a DemocraticUnderground. Mi familia ha estado aqui por mas que dos siglos. Somos differente aqui que Neuevo Mexico. Por favor, explique que estas hablando por un grupo etnico que vive in partes de Sureste America differente de los que viven aqui. Por ejemplo, el centro espiritual en un sentimiento ancestro de los Nuevomexicanos problamente es Monterrey. En California pensamos mas de Los Angeles viejo. Hay differencias profundos in las modas de pensar y vivir que relejan mas de los que ha llegaron in el siglo pasado; en California mas centroamericanos.

Sentimos que tenemos sangre mismo, mi amigo, pero nadie podria hablar por todos los "mexicanos" , los gabachos labor debajo de un nocion mitico que somos exactamente lo mismo en piensa y accion. Esta nocion tiene el potente causar mas dano que bueno.

Tal vez es buen idea explicar a ellos que tenemos muchos variedades de modos y pensamientos.

[TioDiego]

59. Answer to the capn

Capn Sunshine wants me to explain that Hispanics born here are very different from Hispanics born to the south and recently arrived (say in the last 100 years or so). And that California Hispanics are different from New Mexico Hispanics. He scolded me for saying that I speak for all “Mexicans”. (Did I say that?) First, he welcomed me and said that his family have be in DemocraticUnderground for more than two centuries. (Just kidding, he meant California, unless they have a really old apple).

[Capn Sunshine]

61. Thanks Tio

I have a Tio Diego myself. But he lives in Puebla. He's more like a bisabuelo though.

Now that we have the disclaimers out of the way, good answers Tio!

What is it with the Mexican media and midgets?
PS ever notice that all femme news anchors from Mexico City are rubia?

[TioDiego]

62. Yes, I have noticed that.

I love to watch the Spanish channels when I am alone. If kids are there they just keep asking "What did they say?"

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

58. My next door neighbor is expatriating to Mexico. Is this a good idea?

I hear you can live very well and cheaply there, if you know what you're doing.

As to my neighbor, I will miss her. She is an old friend from way back, a great songwriter, and my Daughter likes her.

[TioDiego]

60. I would advise against it.

[Pocho]

63. NI MODO

.

[Ein]

64. How's Mexico?

I was there for a few hours on a cruise when I was much younger, the standard of living by the beach I was at looked horrible. But then I hear of Cancun, and it sounds great. What is it really like?

Is there any way for an American to get his hands on one of the original VW Bugs that were produced down there (until recently, I heard)?