(dial up warning) Reminder: DU has a new Latino/Hispanic group.

[EFerrari]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=379














Join the crowd gathering horita/now. Welcome & bienvenidos!

:)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=379

[donheld]

1. Also

[EFerrari]

2. You KNOW it.

:toast:

[WillyT]

3. Yep...

:yourock:

[EFerrari]

5. I like this one:

[RagingInMiami]

4. And don't let the surname fool you

[EFerrari]

7. Alou.brothers. My mom flirted with all of them.

[RagingInMiami]

8. She gets the hat trick

[EFerrari]

10. It was sort of amazing. I was a little girl and my brother was a baby.

My uncles had already stopped going to the ballpark because they were too busy but ALL their wives kept going anyway.

My mom and my two aunts had the whole Giants outfield in the palm of their hands. lol

That was before there was a serious terrorist threat from the south and birthday cakes were waved through the barricades.

They were pretty amazing, those guys. Look at them, kids:

[RagingInMiami]

11. That's a cool picture

[Cleita]

6. I love your pictures.

:-)

[EFerrari]

9. Thanks, Cleita. You could go SO MANY ways.

:rofl:

[Liberal In Texas]

12. Cool!

Nice pix and a good reminder that it's not US v. THEM.

THEY are us. Our neighbors, friends, lovers, and workmates.

Good post. K/R.

[EFerrari]

13. Thanks, LibinTexas. The Thugs would love nothing more

than to peel away the Hispanic vote.

They didn't do it in 2004 although they lied about that.

Let's not let them do it, again.

:hi:

[Liberal In Texas]

15. My pleasure.

All we can do is be ourselves. The TexMex population here in Dallas is like any other. They go where their best interests are. We have to show to EVERYBODY (Mexican, black, white, whatever) that the dem viewpoint is much more adventageous than the rep one.

I have a good friend here in Dallas who was the first judge of Mexican decent to be on the bench in Dallas. He says that, "We Mexicans are taking over Texas one baby at a time."

And it's true. The popuolation here is exploding with first, second, and third generation Mexican groups assimilating even faster than the Irish, Germans, or Italians of the last century (19th not 20th).

It's kind of fun to watch as the sons and daughters of these emmigrants become civic leaders. The lawyers I work with. The business owners. My new neighbors. The city councilmen or county commissioners that are on the news.

The times, they are a changing. And I think it is for the good. The white-bread good old boy network is now suddenly challenged. Good!

[EFerrari]

19. One baby at a time!

LOL!

Let's see how we do. :)

[Liberal In Texas]

35. You're doin' just fine.

It's really nice to not even have to notice that Joe or Manula is of Mexican descent. They are just part of the community. They are my bosses, freinds, neighbors, councilmen (persons...sorry) police, firefighters, etc.

They (?) you are just there. Interacting and I no more notice that they may have ancestory in Mexico than I do with my wife, who is from London and speaks with a funny accent. (Which I don't notice much anymore.)

What wonderful diversity all of the melting pot has brought to North America! I just love it.

[Kurovski]

14. Tito, Raquel and William Carlos Williams...

(Jennifer ain't got nothin' on Ms. Tejada!)

Spring Storm

The sky has given over
its bitterness.
Out of the dark change
all day long
rain falls and falls
as if it would never end.
Still the snow keeps
its hold on the ground.
But water, water is seething
from a thousand runnels.
It collects swiftly,
dappled with black
cuts a way for itself
through green ice in the gutters.
Drop after drop it falls
from the withered grass stems
of the overhanging embankment.

[EFerrari]

17. I should have stopped while I was ahead.

:loveya:

[EFerrari]

16. A few more.

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

18. Oh yeah?

:D Well, here's some sweets for the sweet...

Edit: I don't know what the hell the mint leaf is doing in there.

[EFerrari]

20. I read once that Henry 8 shipped in salad for his first wife.

:shrug:

lol

[Kurovski]

22. Are you suggesting I fed -x you some flan?

I can't remember: how high a price did his first wife ultimately pay for that salad? :D

[EFerrari]

24. Um Maybe I really didn't need that course.

lol

[Kurovski]

62. Need-shmeed. Flan is good for you!

You can work it off lobbing dirt clods at a picture of George Bush in the yard.

I promise you can keep your head. :-)

[Swamp Rat]

21. Tô aqui gente!

:hi:

Eu fiz esta obra sobre o filme "Auto da Compadecida," basado no livro por Adriano Suassuna.



:kick:

[EFerrari]

23. Buenas, Swampy!

Y tgif to you! I spent ALL DAY making posters and handbills. Now, how to get them to Kinkitos!


http://www.travel-tidbits.com/tidbits/Portugal,%20Mule.jpg

Buenas, muy buenas and 'nite.

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

28. Nice photo

:hi: I gotta get back to work. :hug:

[EFerrari]

30. I read ya. Me, too.

[Swamp Rat]

33. Looks like someone has studied 14 Century German woodcuts.

;)

I use to see them a lot when I was studying medaeval and renaissance music. :)

[EFerrari]

38. My smarter medievalist friends passed them on to

my 16th century johnny come lateliness.


:)

[Jamastiene]

25. I'm not Latino. Can I still hang around and drool at the

beautiful ladies? Please, I wanna learn to speak Spanish too.

[EFerrari]

27. Are you willing to wave an Italian flag?

:hi:

lol

[Jamastiene]

40. I'd wave about any flag for a glimpse of the beauty

I see in Latino women. :hi:

[RagingInMiami]

53. You have excellent taste

[Jamastiene]

65. I do, don't I?

My art class watched a movie about Frida Kahlo, the artist, the other day and it was all I could do to keep from visibly drooling on myself. I want that one on DVD for home viewing. :evilgrin:

[RagingInMiami]

84. And on that note

From today's Sun-Sentinel

[EFerrari]

26. Just one more.

:)

[EFerrari]

29. Wow. My Rita Hayworth times out with no warning.

:(

Maybe we'll have better luck here:

[EFerrari]

31. Nite / Buenas kick

:kick:

[cboy4]

32. You shouldn't publicize this so loudly. The next thing you know, Ann

Coulter and all the other freepers (and sadly some DUers for that matter) will be yelling and screaming Democratic Underground must erect a long firewall to keep people with brown skin out. :eyes:

If you know what I mean.

[Swamp Rat]

34. Bring 'em on!

:D

[cboy4]

36. Exactly!

"you'll have to take him back" :spray:

[EFerrari]

37. LOL!

:rofl:

[RagingInMiami]

54. Good one

[EFerrari]

39. Ah, everyone needs a hobby.

Sane people will prevail. This country is so vast. Every pocket has its irritations.

My husband talks about all the Asian immigrants to San Francisco , "Don't EVER put down Asian people. They could all JUMP up and down at the SAME TIME and we'd FLY OFF the face of the Earth."

:)

[Jamastiene]

41. You need not worry too much.

There will be those of us who will do our best to still smuggle ya in here as safely as possible. :hi:

[cboy4]

42. Awwww! What a gal! Hehehe ;)

:hi:

[flordehinojos]

43. nice pictures of so many who make up the latin culture !

is that mother and child a Picasso painting? in some ways it reminds me of his WOMAN IN WHITE painting... but then, other things in the mother and child painting make me wonder if it is a Picasso painting. anyhow, alltogether: nice group of recuerdos (mementos).

[EFerrari]

49. That's RC Gorman / New Mexico.

:hi:

[devilgrrl]

44. Uhhhh, you're missing a few people.

:-P

[EFerrari]

46. How COULD I forget el rey?

:hi:

[autorank]

45. Great post, K&R, but...

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!:evilgrin:

[OneBlueSky]

47. thanks for the photos of Reuben Gonzalez and . . .

the Buena Vista Social Club . . . one of my favorites CDs of the past decade, and one that opened a whole new genre of music to me . . . I also have a couple of Reuben's CDs -- what a virtuoso! . . .

[EFerrari]

50. I have it on tivo and play it over and over and over.

:hi:

[enough]

48. A pure-joy thread. Thanks!

k&r

[calico1]

51. Just a few more:

:hi:

[Cleita]

52. Another kick for Saturday morning!

:kick:

[RagingInMiami]

55. Let's not forget the Colombian musicians

Shakira


Carlos Vives


Juanes


Soraya (RIP 1969-2006)

[calico1]

56. OMG! What happened to that last one?

I am not familiar with her. How sad. So young....

[RagingInMiami]

60. I posted something about it a while back

I added more info about her in the rest of the thread.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RagingInMiami/18

[calico1]

61. Thanks for the article.

Now I know where I saw that face. Latin Grammys. How terribly sad. :cry:

[EFerrari]

58. Soraya. What a terrible loss. She was so beautiful. n/t

[Kurovski]

63. Or Columbian artist Fernando Botero

Seen with one of his paintings exposing Abu Ghraib.

[im10ashus]

57. Gracias.

mi favorito escritor de cuentos:

[EFerrari]

59. Uno de los mios, tambien. I've never quite trusted parrots

in the same way after reading him. lol

[im10ashus]

66. Just don't climb any ladders or trees going after one.

:-)

Love the new forum. I need to brush up on my Spanish skills. :hide: Off for a run now. Enjoy Saturday!

[EFerrari]

64. We can't forget this great man:

One time, Mr. sfex was headlining the Reno Hilton. He had on a banana tie clip that I'd given him because how can you possibly be a comedian unless you have one, right? So, Mr. B. came to the show, they got to say hi and there went the bannana tie clip. lol

It was a cool banana, too. :P I've been completely in love with this man since I was about four years old.

[Melissa G]

67. Hola hermana!, I had no idea you might hang here..

:hi:

[EFerrari]

69. Hey, Melissa G!

Como estamos?

:hi:

[Melissa G]

71. Yo 'stoy bien..y tu?...

:hi:

[EFerrari]

73. Andale, pues.

lol

:kick

[Cybergata]

68. Great Photos

Somebody already put my home boy Billy Richardson, so here's a homegirl and some others.

[EFerrari]

70. Omigod! Ruben Blades is a musician!

I LOVE him already!

lol

:)

[Cybergata]

72. He has a degree in law, he's a musician and a actor...

plus being so adorable. He has a beautiful singing voice. I have one of his records I bought ages ago. I've been a Ruben Blades fan forever. I heard him on the local Public Radio Station long before he showed up as an actor, but when I heard about his political activism, I was hooked on Ruben.


http://www.fmcenter.com.ve/fmcenter/fiesta/imagenes/rubenblades/Ruben%20Blades,%20Maracas%20ampliado.JPG

[EFerrari]

74. I was hooked the first time I saw him acting. Thank you!

Doug was hooked, too! I look forward to being a better fan.

LOL! Do you remember him as the clumsy but heart smart sheriff in The Milagro Bean Field War?

I would eat cold lengua to be able to do that.

He was perfect.

:hi:

[Cybergata]

77. Yes, one more reason to Love Rubén!

Every time I see that movie, I just adore him all the more. Being a New Mexican who grew up not far from Trucas where Milagro was filmed, I have to say that Rubén totally transformed himself into a Northern New Mexicano. I also loved him in the Two Jakes. He again shows that he isn't just a cutie pie, a fabulous singer, a righteous politico, & a lawyer, but an excellent actor as well.

[EFerrari]

75. KIck. And, here's Linda.

[Maestro]

76. Cool Thread

Here is a little known to fact to those who aren't familiar with Spanish/Latin American culture. This is a picture of probably the first Hispanic activist. He fought vigorously against indigenous slavery and their human rights.

Fray Bartolomé de las Casas.

[Cybergata]

78. Fray Bartolomé de las Casas

I know him and my seventh grade students learn about him every year.

[Maestro]

80. Seventh grade? That is great!

I didn't hear about him until college and that was only because I was studying Spanish/LA Lit.

[Cybergata]

81. They didn't even mention Latin America when I was in Junior High

In the 70s-90s, Social Studies teachers in my district pushed for Latin American Geography/History to be covered in the seventh grade. Unfortunately the 2000s <or should I say the dark ages of W years> have not been kind to Social Studies in schools. First they are gutting the Social Studies programs, even to the point of eliminating them. Oh no, we don't want an understanding of other people, questioning our history, or using critical thinking skills. I'm one of the old guard who refuses to give in to the New World Order. I have always included Latin America in my own curriculum long before it went in and out of fashion. I teach Hispanic and Native American children. I would be remiss if I didn't include their history as well. In fact, when I first began teaching, thirty years ago, there was no such thing as Native American history in public schools. I starting including the History of New Mexican Native groups, and just the look on the faces of my Indian students was worth all the work.

I'm not even going to begin on how much my female students love Frida!

[EFerrari]

82. We used to study California History every year and it drove

my mom nuts. "Again?!"

I got in trouble for putting up a whipping post in my sugar cube mission model.

But later, I did get to take some classes in Native American Studies. That wasn't available until college though.

[Cybergata]

79. I can't believe we didn't include my favorite Puerto Rican/Dutch Actor

[EFerrari]

83. Who is that, Cybergata? I don't get out much! lol n/t

[Cybergata]

85. Jimmy Smits of NYPD Blue and L.A. Law fame...

... but his absolute best acting was in Mi Familia, or My Family as I see they are calling it on the Internet Movie Data Base link---->http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0113896/ If you click on Jimmy Smits in the Cast, you can see all that he has been in. Any NYPD Blue fan can tell you that Jimmy has one beautiful naked behind....whooppppssss....my dirty old ladiness is showing. ;-)

Another favorite movie of Jimmy's is a made for TV Movie called Cisco Kid. Another one of my favorites, Cheech Marín, is Pancho in this flick. Remember Cheech & Chong?




If you watch The West Wing, then Jimmy is the next Hispanic President of the U.S. They call him the first, but Martin Sheen played the prior president and he is a Mexicano from Ohio. His real name is Ramon Gerard Antonio Estevez. When he first started in Hollywood, a Ramon Estevez wasn't likely to get hired, but a Sheen could. It is good to see that his son Emilio Estevez used his own name, as does Matín's daughter and son, Ramon, also do. There is a thriving Mexican community in Ohio BTW.

[EFerrari]

86. "No, man. I'M DAVE!"

:rofl:

[Cybergata]

88. Dave's Not Here!

There was, maybe even still is a Dave's Not Here Cafe in Santa Fe, NM. I loved going there because all the food was really natural and healthy. I don't go to SF much these days. All sorts of rico outsiders moved in and pushed out the Chicanos who couldn't afford the property taxes. It is even happening in the area I live it. My and just about every NM Hispanic's ancestors founded both Santa Fe and Alburquerque and we are getting pushed out. The Mexican-American War just keeps going on and on and on.

[EFerrari]

89. That's where our different sense of Time comes in

We outlast them.

It's so funny to me that the few believe money can buy anything.

:smoke:

[LittleClarkie]

87. Don't forget Joan Baez

Is that the Buena Vista Social Club... dang, I think I screwed that up... in your bottom photo? I saw a documentary on them. Very cool.