Owner: The Indigenous Xicano URL:peter_coyotl@ Join Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:10:43 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: A blog dedicated to the passage of an immigration reform bill that that is not dictated by fear, bias, bigotry, and exploitation of the worker.People are more important than goods yet we allow the free trade of goods and restrict the movement of workers w Site statistics:Click here
Rush the Magic Addict 2008-12-29 00:56:00 Rush the magic addictlives for codeineAnd begging to the pharmacistfor oxy or morphineLittle empty bottlesmakes my life so toughAnd bring me green and yellow ones and other fancy stuff Read more:Magic
Caroline Kennedy: Privilege waits for no one 2008-12-27 11:40:00 Meritocracy is earning privilege at birth. CarolineKennedy
, shedding her fierce desire for privacy, announced that she is interested in the soon-to-be vacant Senate seat currently held by the secretary of state appointee Hillary Clinton. There are not many 51 year old Senate hopefuls lacking elected political experience who could attract front page attention with the simple act of announcing thei
You Tube Christmas Video and Touching Comment 2008-12-24 17:38:00 Stevie Wonder: Someday at Christmas
A Christmas song with a great message. This was on You Tube. What affected me and brought me to tears was a comment left by a viewer:SissyGirl First I want to thank you for uploading this song. It was around Christmas in the early 70's that may family was notified my brother died in Vietnam. When i hear this song I think about my brother. This song allows me a g Read more:Comment
Juan y Jaunita Wayne to the Rescue 2008-12-23 21:41:00 A clerk at a J. C. Penney store in Tucson rang up a purchase for Cecilia Rivera, left, on a shopping trip from Hermosillo, Mexico. Tucson’s economy depends on shoppers from south of the border.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SpendingPulse, a data service provided by MasterCard Advisers, reports that from Black Friday, the traditional day of Read more:Rescue
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Minute Man Pete Speaks 2008-12-23 15:48:00 In an effort to be as balanced and fair as Faux News I invited a voice from the opposition to share this blog with me. He will add his views on a regular basis. Here is Minute
Man Pete writing about the nativist movie "Border."Hey,I em sorry for being a zenofobe. My mommy dropped me on my head when I was young and blamed it on a Mexican. Since then I have always blamed Mexicans for everythin inclu
The Little Texas Town of Hate: No Room at the Inn for the Immigrants 2008-12-23 10:35:00 "Protection for the Few?" Remember that Texas
town in the news a while back that wanted to make it illegal to rent to undocumented workers? Farmers Branch, Texas. Yeah, that town that is small in population but large with hate. As George Lopez would say-"member?" The town is back in the news again but this time it is good news. Hispanic/Latino professionals are organizing to gain representation i
A Blind Spot of White Privilege 2008-12-22 21:36:00 Voltaire Gonzalez “I disapprove of what you say, but I will not allow you to beat me to death because you were incited by some one's right to say it" Recently I forwarded an e-mail to my friends on a my space page that I created to provide a pro-immigration voice. The e-mail originated from a group seeking help to flag inappropriate hate speech aimed at immigrants on You Tube. The forces beh Read more:Blind
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Today's Dumb Leter to the Editor: Illegals Made Me Do Drugs 2008-12-20 14:28:00 This is a letter to the editor printed in today's Salt Lake City's Deseret News. I am a mother of a recovering heroin and cocaine addict. Another of my children lost his best friend to a heroin/cocaine overdose. Our amazing children are being poisoned by drugs brought over the border by a lot of these "illegals" — according to my son who bought them — so they can make a living. When will we, a Read more:Drugs
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When is Fighting Hate Censorship? 2008-12-20 12:42:00 I was sent an e-mail asking me to fight hate on You Tube. You Tube has guidelines that one must accept to become a user of its site. I forwarded the message in the e-mail on a pro-immigration reform site I developed in myspace(third attempt after being locked out twice for no apparent reason).One of my cyber friends on myspace said she was a supporter of open borders but could not support me in ce Read more:Censorship
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Environmental Activist Halts Construction of Border Wall 2008-12-18 11:54:00 Judy Ackerman, an El Paso resident actively involved in environmental issues, halted the construction of a part of the border wall that will separate the wetland Rio Bosque Park (see above photo). Ackerman blocked crews with only her body to deny them access to the construction site. This park is the last reminder of wetlands that thrived along the banks of the river. Ackerman was arrested after Read more:Activist
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Random Thoughts Rain Inside Me-We are a migrating people 2008-12-17 22:10:00 I lived here, 1749 Cullerton, during the 70's.Rubbing my hands raw and trying to turn the Brown White. I was only seven. My new White classmates told me that the Brown on the back of my hands was dirt. I ran home after school eager to wash the dirt away. I was confused and disappointed that my dirt could not wash away. 45 years later my Brown still has not washed away. The Brown is no longer conf Read more:people
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No Pressure When No One Reads This 2008-12-17 20:47:00 Note* One of the good things of having a blog that no one reads is that I have no pressure to be brilliant. I do not have to be intellectual. Insightful? Deep? Nah, I only have to be myself.Fuck pretension. Just be myself. What a relief. It is like being home alone with only the voices inside my head-in a non-schizophrenic way. Read more:Pressure
Ski Industry Asks For Immigration Reform 2008-12-16 06:58:00 The ski industry, dependent on the H-2B visa program, has been hard pressed to find experienced ski instructors from Europe due to the expiration of the exemption for returning workers. Michael Berry, president of the National Ski Areas Association said "The solution in the short term is to get the returning worker exemption re-established. In the long term, it's to get the annual quota increased Read more:Immigration Reform
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The American Farm Bureau Federation Stand on Immigration Reform 2008-12-16 00:06:00 The following is from the American
Farm Bureau Federation
's web site. It is their take on immigration reform. IMMIGRATIONIssue:To assure that American agriculture has a stable, legal supply of workers to sustain and grow production through a workable program, to allow for recruitment of temporary agricultural workers, and to provide an opportunity for some current agricultural workers to apply for Read more:Immigration Reform
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Farm Owners to Discuss Immigration Reform at Annual American Farm Bureau Convention 2008-12-15 18:28:00 Immigrants. Nativists cannot live with them. Farm owners cannot live without them. While nativists would want you to believe that migrants are stealing jobs from American
workers, farm owners know otherwise. Farmers nationwide are concerned that current immigration laws will make it difficult to find an adequate and productive work force. During the upcoming 90th annual American Farm Bureau Federa Read more:Annual
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Legal Settlement Opens Door For Amnesty to Tens of Thousands 2008-12-15 10:24:00 Tens of thousands of immigrants who came here on a visa status but fell out of legal status were not eligible for the 1986 amnesty because the government claimed that the immigrants could not prove that the government was aware of their illegal status. They have remained in an illegal status since then.READ HERE FOR THE FULL STORY FROM THE LA TIMES Read more:Amnesty
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Being Sikh is Against the Law in Houston? 2008-12-14 23:22:00 Sheriff-elect Adrian Garcia gets help adjusting a head covering he wore while addressing Sikh followers at the Sikh Center of Houston
on Sunday.------------------------------------------------------------------Imagine calling the police after finding your home had been burglarized and ending up handcuffed because you are of a different culture than the investigating police. You think that does not
Being Latino/Hispanic should not be deadly 2008-12-10 21:22:00 Imagine walking home from a neighborhood bar with your brother, visiting from your home country, after a fun evening sharing drinks and conversation. You are walking arm in arm, happy to be in each other's physical presence. Laughing. Happy. Good, old times. You are just a few blocks from home. You are minutes from your comfortable warm bed. Morning is inching up and soon you will be awakening to Read more:deadly
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Human Trafficking Victims to Receive Justice: Path to Legal Residency 2008-12-10 09:37:00 In 2000 the U.S. Trafficking Victims
Protection Act was enacted to help the victims of human trafficking by creating the T visa program. The following year congress approved the granting of as many as 5,000 T visas annually. Family members of the victims could be eligible as well. Since the program’s inception, only 1,094 trafficking (T) victims received the visa according to statistics from the Read more:Justice
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The Salt Lake Tribune Breeds Hatred 2008-12-09 20:14:00 Newspapers are a dying breed. Ad revenue has been negatively impacted by sites like Craig's List, where one may place free ads. More and more newspapers are seeking an on-line presence to claim a stake on the revenue that may be found on internet advertising. Thus, it is imperative for newspapers to build up a large base of on-line viewers. The easiest way to do that is to integrate readers into t Read more:Tribune
The acceptance of gays in Mesoamerica 2008-12-09 16:46:00 (Photo by The New York Times)Opponents of Gay Marriage point out that non-White voters in California helped to pass Prop 8. According to the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), 57% of non-Whites supported the ban on same-sex marriages. One should not jump to quick conclusions that the Latino/Hispanic communities are against same sex marriages. The PPIC’s survey results also indicate th
Chertoff agrees that the time for Reform is near 2008-12-08 09:51:00 The Washington Times today reports that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
declared success Wednesday on President Bush's vow to double the size of the U.S. Border Patrol and near-success on his pledge to build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Since most opponents of the 2007 efforts to legislate an immigration reform bill argued that border security had to be the first priority, th Read more:Reform
Lou Dobbs sees Immigrants Everywhere He Goes 2008-12-04 11:09:00 Rumor has it that a brave psychologist gave the ultra-nativist Lou Dobbs
a Rorschach test and all Lou could do was respond "illegal alien" to every ink blot presented to him. After only getting this xenophobic response, the befuddled psychologist sent Lou on his way and started to research for a this new disorder which he eventually called "Loudobbism Xenophobic Induced Paranoia." Well this paran
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