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Old 03-09-2013, 09:44 PM
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Default Assemblyman Perez Seeks To Proclaim Cinco De Mayo Week

We should have predicted this one, but after reading the entire proposed resolution, I don't think I ever would have envisioned the depths of this assemblymans' racial ego. Had I not known otherwise, Mr Perez would have me believing that Latinos could walk on water if they really wanted to, raise a militia capable of defending the righteous, smiting the evil, and apportioning the unequal. What speaks otherwise of course, is the daily proof in mexico that the people of mexico, inherently latino unsurprisingly, haven't been able to check the bloody rampage of the drug cartels, nor dispel the wanton desires of their people to flee for their very lives and futures to the evil nothern neighbor.
What Mr Perez has written is a fairy tale, but then again, his audience is his fellow legislators who have no trouble believing that guns walk themselves into schools and magically start shooting babies and teachers. So I guess we'll see this become a resolution soon.

http://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill...ntroduced.html


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ACR 31, as introduced, V. Manuel Pérez. Cinco de Mayo Week.
This measure would proclaim May 1 through May 7, 2013, as Cinco de
Mayo Week, and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating
Cinco de Mayo.
Fiscal committee: no.



WHEREAS, Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, is memorialized as a
significant date in the history of California and Mexico in
recognition of the Latinos of California who offered their support
and risked their lives to defend freedom and democracy in both the
United States and Mexico; and
WHEREAS, Since the beginning of the American Civil War, Latinos in
California have shown their support for the institutions of freedom
and democracy by joining the forces of the United States Army,
Cavalry, and Navy, risking their lives to defend free institutions;
and
WHEREAS, Those who were unable to join the Armed Forces of the
Union freely offered their support for President Abraham Lincoln; and

WHEREAS, The American Civil War, making it impossible for the
United States to enforce the Monroe Doctrine, provided an opportunity
for the Emperor of France, Napoléon III, to establish a monarchy in
Mexico, thereby attempting to destroy democratic institutions that
derive their power from the consent of the governed; and
WHEREAS, Latinos, including Californios, also offered their
support and risked their lives in Mexico to defend freedom and
democracy in that country by joining the armed forces of that sister
republic; and
WHEREAS, Those who were unable to travel to Mexico to physically
defend free institutions freely offered their support to President
Benito Juárez by organizing over 122 Juntas Patrióticas Mexicanas
within California to raise funds that were sent every month from
California to Mexico to defray the costs of war in that country; and
WHEREAS, Cinco de Mayo serves to remind us that the foundation of
any nation and our state is its people, in their spirit and courage
in the face of adversity, in the strength of their drive to achieve
self-determination, and in their willingness to sacrifice even life
itself in the pursuit of freedom and liberty; and
WHEREAS, Cinco de Mayo offers an opportunity to reflect on the
courage and achievements not only of the Mexican forces at Puebla,
but also on the courage and achievements of Latinos here in
California; and
WHEREAS, Achievements by Latinos in America and California include
contributions to all facets of our community; and
WHEREAS, Latino voters continue to go to the polls in record
numbers and influence the entrance of newly elected Latino public
officials in both the Democratic and Republican parties and issues
encompassing providing affordable housing, investing in our children,
ensuring that higher education is affordable and accessible,
creating good paying jobs for working families, and improving the
overall quality of life for all Californians; and
WHEREAS, California's Latinos have contributed to the state's
culture and society through their many achievements in music, food,
dance, poetry, literature, architecture, entertainment, sports, and a
broad spectrum of artistic expression; and
WHEREAS, Latinos in California have challenged the frontiers of
social and economic justice, thereby improving the working conditions
and lives of countless Californians; and
WHEREAS, Latino entrepreneurs in the United States are the fastest
growing group of business owners in our economy; and
WHEREAS, In 2001, the Latino Caucus saw a need to recognize and
honor distinguished Latinos for their contributions and dedication to
California and the United States' economy and cultural life with the
annual Latino Spirit Awards. These recipients are outstanding
individuals who have greatly contributed to the wonderful music,
poetry, literature, journalism, and entertainment of California, the
United States, and the world; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature urges all Californians to
join in celebrating Cinco de Mayo, the historic day to honor the
brave spirit of Latinos from California who defended freedom and
democracy in the United States during the Civil War and in Mexico
during the French Intervention, and the Latino noncombatants who
freely gave their votes and resources to defend free institutions,
and the Latinos of California who fought to defend the freedom of the
United States in every armed conflict from the Spanish American War
to the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature declares May 1 through May 7, 2013,
as Cinco de Mayo Week; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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Old 03-09-2013, 10:33 PM
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Reading all the whereas', incredulous claims and out right compilation of Chicanista fairytales I broke into a grin and thought how appropriate it would be if Assemblyman Perez wore a caped crusader costume (complete with a monogrammed SL front and back for Super Latino and UFW Eagle crime fighter chonies worn on the outside of his tights) while presenting his amusing little offering.

Not only should he wear the caped jammie outfit, but he should be splashing around a bottle of tequila on a stage festooned with booze advertisements and littered with empty beer bottles suggesting the REAL north of the border popular appeal behind a holiday which is barely noticed in Mexico.

The grand finale could be Perez stumbling around like the old Lalo Gonzalez bar room scene in an old black and white Mexican flick while drunkenly belting out the Cinco de Mayo theme song:

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Borrachera, borrachera, borrachera
Borrachera, borrachera, con la camisa de fuera
Eres buena companera pa' aliviar el mal de amores
Pa' callar los habladores que hay en los alrededores ... (the song continues in this vein, more lyrics not posted)

Roughly "borrachera" is a real bender, pants shitting bout of drinking

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The lyrics above are roughly "Out on a big drunk with the shirt tail hanging out (in the sloppy manner of a drunk, maybe half tucked in)
You're a good companion (referring to the state of profound inebriation) to relieve the bad part of love
for shutting up the loud mouths (big talkers) out and about..."
And he could toss in Llego borracho el borracho (roughly "the boozer showed up drunk") for good measure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGD65NkwcyQ and maybe follow it up with El diaro de un borracho (cumbia song about a real loser of a drunk describing his own wretched existence) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhFct489VuY

I'd love to see a parody of Perez introducing his proclamation like that on Youtube... and how appropriate it would be.

The classic (and funny) Lalo Gonzalez and Luis Aguilar black and white clip referred to above with the bar room drinking contest and drunkenly impotent fist fight culminating in Gonzalez singing Borrachera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZOl91bTPtM
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