tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17940953207581002012024-03-13T07:58:10.455-07:00El Rinconcito de AuroraAurora <em>(Matutina)</em>: "The Pinkish-Golden Glow that precedes immediately the raising of the Sun"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794095320758100201.post-70780307265534258512016-01-05T19:42:00.001-08:002016-01-15T23:18:50.477-08:00Vaya con Dios dear SF Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi. Dear Ross...<img src="http://elrinconcitodeaurora.net/pics/mirkarimi1-waving-hand.jpg" width="200" height="130" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="5" alt="Vaya con Dios amigo nuestro" title="Vaya con Dios amigo nuestro" /><p style="text-align: justify;">... I'm not saying good bye, far from it, I'm welcoming you back to the civilian world -- Which will happen on Friday, January 8 2016 at noon -- and wishing you the best in all of your present and future endeavors. Count me in.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As a community activist, I know that we'll be meeting each other in the same circles, for, how could it be otherwise? Yes, you were what I refer to as a community activist who chose to also run for elected office to represent and serve the people from there, indeed Ross, that's my impression of you.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You were always with the people, in the good times and in the not so desirable ones, no matter the day, or the time of day, you were always there, in those moments of much need of support when we welcome the presence of humans' humane company and solidarity, especially in tragic moments, you were there.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A community's concern translated by you meant the need to do something about it, which you did so many times and sucessfully I might add. Plastic shopping bags poluting our streets, flying around in the wind tunnels that regularly are what we call 'the streets of San Francisco', chocking water fowl and fish in the bay, plugging our sewage systems? Presente! In those concerns you saw the need to do something, you did and it's been working like a charm ever since. Good job Ross.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Displacement of tenants? You were there, and are. Women's rights? You were there, and are. Gay rights? Or closer to me, Transgender issues? You were there, and are. Human and civil rights for immigrants? You were there, and are. Law enforcement and criminal prison system? You were there, and are. I could go on, and on listing all the issues whose concerned advocates can look at you and say, thank you Ross for being there for us.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And there were a few of them who called in the radio program you were on today, Jan. 4, '16. They took the opportunity to say 'thank you' on a day you went on radio, <a href="http://www.hechoencalifornia1010.com/" hint="Hecho en California: More than a program, it is a movement.<br><br>Spanish Talk Radio at its best, the best 'commercial' Spanish radio program in the SF Bay Area which gives space to Un-Screened and Un-Filtered calls from the audience. <br><br>Monday through Friday <br>09:00 am - 11:00 am; <br>12:00 pm - 1:00 pm<br>4:00 pm - 5:00 pm<br><br><br>Saturdays <br>9:00 am - 10:00 am<br>11:30 am - 4:00 pm">Hecho en California</a> at La Grande, <a href="http://www.kiqi1010am.com/" hint="KIQI AM 1010 is San Francisco's multicultural radio station, providing a unique media voice for Bay Area's diverse communities with the main emphasis on the Hispanic/Latino community.<b></b><br>Official Spanish language Radio station for the Oakland Athletics">KIQI 1010AM</a> in SF, for the last time as SF Sheriff to say good bye and thank the audience who in large part supported you, as it turns out, callers were the ones who felt they had to recognize your contributions and thank you instead. You were there for us.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">There is so much to do and the need to do something about it, as you pointed out on the air today, and as you do every time you get the opportunity to speak up. I know that you will continue to work in helping fix our broken justice system, even so you will no longer be an elected official, at least <b>for the time being</b>... <i>(Emphasis added)</i> but I know it will be a blessing in disguise your being out of office, sometimes people are far more effective and hence, successful working form the outside. No doubt you'll help move forward the innovative programs your predecessor, Sheriff Michael Hennessy and you, put into effect in the San Francisco City And County jail system; it is not a jail problem, but an education and training matter in preparing inmates to deal, once released, with the vagaries that life and society present us with on a daily basis.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I'm with you that the drug problem is not a criminal matter, or an enemy that you need to declare war on it, it is a health issue and should be treated as such, by the same token, I'm also with you in that undocumented immigration it is not a criminal issue too, but a labor and human rights matter and that violations to immigration laws, are at worst administrative violations. I'm with you in those as well because you've been there for us in these too.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So, again, welcome to the civilian world and now that you are in between jobs, join us in working from the outside at least for the time being!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I will be in touch...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><span class='st_sharethis_hcount' displayText='ShareThis'></span>
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Donald Trump has been selling his signature for $13 a pop, and he wanted everyone to know it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">
The messages have showed up like clockwork on his Facebook and Twitter accounts. “I am signing copies of my book CRIPPLED AMERICA. Order yours now—makes a great holiday gift!” runs the standard copy, which is followed by a link.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">
Rather than link to an online bookstore, like Amazon, which currently sells the book for $15, the link Trump goes to a Tennessee-based bookseller, which is marketing the book for $28, or $13 more than the listed cover price. The bonus: Along with Trump’s new book, buyers are promised a “numbered, custom bookplate” with Trump’s signature on it, along with a certificate of authenticity.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">As I have, you've probably seen this type of post before, some longer than others or viceversa. I had a shorter version of it that I published about 14 years ago in my, now defunct, site on my comcast account.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">But i had a backup of my files of the comcast site and now, with the 2016 elections looming, there's little doubt that Immigration, for the umpteen time, will be a mayor issue. As a matter of fact, it already is as far as GOP candidate Donald Trump is concerned, for, he is already trying the tried and trite anti-immigration rhetoric. And why not? It has been to a varied degrees successful in stampeding the populace with fear of "The Others", i.e. non-white European <i>(“Anglos”)</i> foreigners/immigrants <i>“Latin Americans/Indians”</i>, for the last 150 years or so, particularly on economic downturn periods when the claim is made that the immigrants are to blame for taking the jobs away from the "Real Americans"(?) And committing crimes, or are the source of an increase in crime, when in reality, the opposite is true, at which point, for variousl reasons -- not the least racism, nativism, misplaced nationalism, etc. -- opportunistic politicians supported by ignorant demagogues, such as Donald Trump, start trumpetting the desperate need to implement immediately, stringent, cruel and without due process under the law, anti-immigrant measures/bills.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">US/Mexico's History is rife with examples of this behavior and the consequences, during and in the aftermath. where a myriad of laws and individual guarantees are violated leaving a swath of victims, such as to what the <b>“Operation Wetback”</b>, among other programs and operations have proved and yet, this is the model that Mr. Trump is proposing as his solution to Immigration during the current debates in the 2016 campaign.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Hence, it seemed a good idea to post this <b>UPDATED PIECE</b>, if for no other reason, to have as much information on the issue as possible for reference on the dark history of the immigrant experience. To an extent, this post is incomple and does not touch how the politicians and populace reacted to the arrival of Jews, Italians, Slavs, Eastern Europeans, etc., that'd have to be another post, but for the moment, sufice to say that there is an echo in the experiences of these other ethnias paralleling what we hear about the Latin Americans, Chinese, Caribbean, Africans...</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><em>NOTE: I've included a description on what you'll find at the end of the link. It shows the snippet on hover when you point at it like <span hint="Except for links to videos, all the links open in the same page, I thought to open them on a new window but there are so many links in this post that it would be very cumbersome. On the other hand, opening in the same window would be the same. In view that the visible link's description is so brief and tells just the name of the event, the compromise I made is to include hidden text to give you an idea of what the post is about and chose, except for videos, that links open in this window (_self) <span style="color:blue">in this example</span>.</em> <b>NOTE: Long story short, I like totally broke my blog and I'm rebuilding it and not very well, some of the old blog features seem still broken. :-( </b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Aurora</p>
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<img src="http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/American%20Indian%20Tribes_zpswrgfrlil.jpg" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="left" width="150" /><p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1519</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://500nations.com/" hint="Native American SuperSite!<br><br />LOCAL INFORMATION for Native American culture and resources in every state and province of the United States and Canada, including casinos, powwows, places to visit, and tribal information.">500 Nations</a>
- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/500-Nations-Kevin-Costner/dp/B0002S65WC" hint="500 Nations (DVD)<br><br />500 Nations is an eight-part documentary that explores the history of cultures of indigenous peoples in North, Central and South America, from pre-Colombian times through the period of European contact and colonization, to the end of the 19th century and the subjugation of the Plains Indians of North America. 500 Nations utilizes historical texts, eyewitness accounts, pictorial sources and computer graphic reconstructions to explore the magnificent civilizations which flourished prior to contact with Western civilization, and to tell the dramatic and tragic story of the Native American nations' desperate attempts to retain their way of life against overwhelming odds.<br /><br />500 NATIONS CBS, Jack Leustig, creator, director and senior producer; written by Mr. Leustig, Robert Grossman, Lee Miller, W. T. Morgan and Dr. John M. D. Pohl; Dyanna Taylor, Terry Hopkins, William B. McCullough and Gary Steele, directors of photography; Robert Grossman, series producer; Lisa Sonne, co-producer. Produced by Tig Productions in association with RCS Film and TV and Majestic Film and Television International; Ralph Tornberg and Bernd Eichinger, co-executive producers; Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, executive producers; Gregory Harrison, narrator; Kevin Costner, host. WITH THE VOICES OF: Tim Bottoms, Tantoo Cardinal, Gary Farmer, Graham Greene, Castulo Guerra, Amy Madigan, Edward James Olmos, Tony Plana, Eric K. Schweig, Patrick Stewart, Wes Studi, Gordon Tootoosis, Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Sheldon Wolfchild.">The story of native Americans - 1995 TV Mini-Series:</a> An exploration of the various Native American nations and their fall to the European conquerors.<br /><br />
Hosted by co-Executive Producer Kevin Costner, Narrated by Gregory Harrison | - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6K4ar1nm5A" hint="YouTube video -. (Opens in new window)">Part I - The Ancestors.</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOU_phQTZ0Y" hint="YouTube video - (Opens in new window)">Part II - Clash of Cultures.</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X0_Pld0JDk" hint="YouTube video -. (Opens in new window)">Part III - A Cauldron of War</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVCD85yoPyU" hint="YouTube video -. (Opens in new window)">Part IV - Struggle for The West.</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">U.S.-Mexico border region is inhabited by many Native American groups who have lived in the area for centuries.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1519-1521</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Hernan Cortes conquers central Mexico.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1535</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://motherearthtravel.com/history/mexico/index.htm" hint="History of Mexico">Spain establishes colonial government in Mexico.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1819</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/florida" hint="Milestones: 1801–1829<br><br />Acquisition of Florida: Treaty of Adams-Onis (1819) and Transcontinental Treaty (1821)<br /><br />The colonies of East Florida and West Florida remained loyal to the British during the war for American independence, but by the Treaty of Paris in 1783 they returned to Spanish control. After 1783, Americans immigrants moved into West Florida.<br /><br />In 1810, these American settlers in West Florida rebelled, declaring independence from Spain.">Adam-Onis Treaty</a>: U.S.-Mexico boundary established by Spain and the United States.
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1821</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/663-mexico-s-colonial-government-successful-failure" hint="Today, the visible remains of Mexico's Colonial era are the ornate churches and palacios, either government office buildings or the homes of Colonial officials, still surviving, in the center of Mexico's larger cities.<br><br />The Colonial Government of Nueva Espagna dates from 1530 when the first royal Viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza, started to bring order from chaos. Although it was to rule what is now Mexico for almost 300 years and had many positive achievements, it must be deemed a failure because it put in place political and social systems that launched the revolt against Spanish rule. Its unwillingness to give what had become the majority of the population any voice in government or control over their own destiny was to persist even in the 'democratic ' Republic that replaced it.">Mexico wins independence from Spain.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1821</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/npm01" hint="MEXICAN TEXAS. The Mexican war of independence (1810–21), one of the rebellions that erupted throughout Latin America to overthrow Spanish colonial rule, left Mexico with an array of problems that touched upon events in the far northern Mexican province of Texas. Economically, the country faced devastation in 1821. It stood in marked contrast to the rich colony that had promised great potential towards the end of the colonial era. <br><br />Money barely circulated. Once-rich mines struggled to regain their former efficiency. Ranches and farms were no longer productive. With the economy in shambles, thousands faced unemployment. <br /><br />Entire areas experienced depopulation as people sought out a livelihood elsewhere. Moreover, differences over class distinctions split the nation as the landed gentry, the military, and church officials sought the preservation of the antebellum order, wherein they ruled alongside government.<br /><br /> Additionally, many of the country's new leaders had had little prior experience in governing..<br /><br /> An equally urgent concern for the young country was guarding its far northern possessions from United States expansion; Texas was especially vulnerable to encroachment from that country, and colonization offered the best deterrent. But Mexico lacked the strength of population numbers to settle the north. Consequently, it tried enticing European and American immigrants to the region to act as defense forces against Indians and foreign powers. The political issues raised by the new settlers became the dominant topic in Texas during this period. In January 1821 the Spanish government gave Moses Austin of Missouri a contract to establish a colony on the Brazos River with 300 Catholic families. When he died on June 10, 1821, his son, Stephen F. Austin, inherited the contract, and by the end of 1821 colonists began reaching Texas, some of them establishing themselves on the main settlement, christened San Felipe de Austin. The Mexican government confirmed Austin's contract via the Imperial Colonization Law of January 1823.">Mexico permits Stephen F. Austin to start Texas colonization.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1824</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1824_Constitution_of_Mexico" hint="The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824 (Spanish: Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824) was enacted on October 4 of 1824, after the overthrow of the Mexican Empire of Agustin de Iturbide. In the new constitution, the republic took the name of United Mexican States, and was defined as a representative federal republic, with Catholicism as the official and unique religion.[1] It was replaced by the Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1857.<br><br />On Oct. 4, 1824, three years after winning independence from Spain and battling the remnants of monarchy, the Mexican people established a republic. In its new constitution, the republic took the name of United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos), and was defined as a representative federal republic.<br /><br />A decade-long revolution against Spanish colonial rule had achieved independence for Mexico in 1821.">Mexico becomes a republic.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1835-1836</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution" hint="The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) began when colonists (primarily from the United States) in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government. After a decade of political and cultural clashes between the Mexican government and the increasingly large population of American settlers in Texas, hostilities erupted in October 1835. <br><br />Texians (English-speaking settlers) disagreed on whether the ultimate goal was independence or a return to the Mexican Constitution of 1824. <br /><br />While delegates at the Consultation (provisional government) debated the war's motives, Texians and a flood of volunteers from the United States defeated the small garrisons of Mexican soldiers by mid-December 1835.">Struggle Over Texan Independence.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1842</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.expressnews.com/150years/leaders/article/Segu-n-The-painful-tale-of-a-Texas-patriot-6035629.php" hint="Seguín: The painful tale of a Texas patriot<br><br />Descendant of Canary Islanders fought for both sides.<br /><br />Juan N. Seguín’s epic life left him revered and hated in both Texas, where he fought for freedom, and Mexico.<br /><br />The oldest son of a prominent San Antonio family, he distinguished himself in battle in Texas’ Revolutionary War but was considered a traitor in Mexico. Seguín was credited with saving San Antonio from being burned to the ground to keep it from falling into Mexican hands the year after the Alamo fell. But five years later he invaded it as part of Mexican forces Seguín claimed he was forced to join.">Juan Seguín</a> is elected Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, but is forced to flee in response to Anglo aggression.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1846</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war" hint="The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. <br><br />A border skirmish along the Rio Grande started off the fighting and was followed by a series of U.S. victories. When the dust cleared, Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.">The U.S. Mexico war</a> begins.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1847</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Mexico_City" hint="The major objective of American operations in central Mexico had been the capture of Mexico City. After capturing the port of Veracruz in March, General Winfield Scott was able to secure a base and move inland and defeat a large Mexican force at the Battle of Cerro Gordo. After routing the Mexicans at the Battle of Churubusco, Scott's army was only five miles (8 km) away from its objective of Mexico City.<br><br />Although defeated at Cerro Gordo and Churubusco, General Santa Anna's army remained intact and totally outnumbered Scott.<br /><br />On September 8, the fight for Mexico City began. Scott believed that a cannon foundry was located at the Molino del Rey, the King's Mill, located just over 2 miles (3 km) outside the city. Scott sent the 1st Division under William J. Worth to seize and destroy the foundry. Worth wished to include Chapultepec Castle in his attack, and when Scott refused, a bitter rivalry began between Scott and Worth. In the ensuing battle, both sides suffered heavy casualties, and Worth drove the Mexicans from the mill, separating them from the forces at Chapultepec. The battle produced no significant military gains for the U.S.<br /><br />The main assault on the city came a few days later on September 12. Mexico City was guarded in part by Chapultepec Castle, which was being used as a military academy. Scott preceded infantry assault with an all day artillery barrage on September 12. The next day, September 13, the 4th Division, under John A. Quitman, spearheaded the attack against Chapultepec and carried the castle. Future Confederate generals George E. Pickett and James Longstreet participated in the attack. Serving in the Mexican defense were the cadets later immortalized as Los Niños Héroes (the 'Boy Heroes'). The Mexican forces fell back from Chapultepec and retreated within the city.">U.S. forces under General Winfield Scott enter Mexico City</a>; peace negotiations with Mexico begin.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1848</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/nbt01" hint="TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the Mexican War, recognized the annexation of Texas to the United States (consummated nearly three years before), and ceded to the United States Upper California (the modern state of California) and nearly all of the present American Southwest between California and Texas. <br><br />The treaty traced the boundary between the United States and Mexico from the Gulf of Mexico up the main channel of the Rio Grande to the southern boundary of the Mexican province of New Mexico. <br /><br />The line followed the southern boundary of New Mexico to its western boundary and north to the first branch of the Gila River, then down the Gila to its intersection with the Colorado River, and finally along the old Spanish-Mexican division line between Upper and Lower California.<br /><br /> The exact boundary was to be surveyed and marked by a joint commission to be appointed by the two governments within a year.">The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo</a> brings the U.S.-Mexican War to an end.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1848</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/pqmck" hint="The treaty provided no standard for validation of land grants. <br><br />Land grant adjudication proceeded in a piecemeal fashion with the federal government determining the procedures in the new American Southwest, except that, by virtue of its prior claim to the trans-Nueces, the state of Texas controlled the process in the annexed lands. <br /><br />Because the federal government never challenged this position, the state determined the manner of settling the titles to lands in the annexed territory. Contrary to popular belief, however, Texas acted equitably by making available several opportunities for adjudication. Still, the validation of Hispanic land grants opened the gates to Tejano land loss, an event that involved complex dynamics beyond the range of this article.<br /><br /> Anglos ultimately took advantage of their growing economic power, used new laws to gain land, and occasionally resorted to devious means to subvert the Mexicans' position as dominant landholders.">MEXICAN-AMERICAN LAND GRANT ADJUDICATION</a> The Mexican War brought not only soldiers to the lower border country, but also a host of Anglo-Americans who began almost immediately to challenge the Mexicans for control of the land. Spanish and Mexican land grants, some of long standing, became the focus of competition, controversy, and conflict. Despite what Mexicans believed to be specific guarantees to their property and civil rights under Articles VIII and IX of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the older Mexican landholders on the north bank of the Rio Grande often found themselves uncertain about their rights to lands granted by Spain and Mexico. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1848</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.coloma.com/california-gold-discovery/history/" hint="Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park<br><br /><br />The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began at this site in January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill. Marshall discovered gold on the South Fork of the American River while building a sawmill for John A. Sutter in the valley the Nisenan Indians knew as Cullumah. This event led to the greatest voluntary mass movement of people in the Western Hemisphere and was the spark that ignited the spectacular growth of the West during the ensuing decades. The gold discovery site, located in the still visible tailrace of Sutter's sawmill, in present day Coloma, California, is one of the most significant historic sites in the nation.<br /><br />Exhibits in the Gold Discovery Museum at the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park tell the story of John Sutter and James Marshall, and how drastically the simple act of noticing a small fleck of gold would alter the lives of hundreds of thousands of people from that day to the present.<br /><br />The Museum has Native American and Gold Rush-era exhibits, including mining equipment, horse-drawn vehicles, household implements and other memorabilia, as well as films about the gold discovery and early mining techniques. Outside, there are mining exhibits, original buildings used by the Chinese, and a full size replica of Sutter's Mill.">Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill in the Sacramento Valley area of California</a> Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill in the Sacramento Valley area of California. By 1849, large numbers of U.S. pioneers and immigrants from around the world travel to the mining area. Many gold seekers set up camps on Mexican-held land, forcing out some of the original landowners.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1850</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search?style=oac4;Institution=California%20State%20Library::California%20History%20Room;idT=001482545" hint="In 1850 the first California state legislature passed the first Foreign Miners Tax Law, levying a twenty dollars per month tax on each foreigner engaged in mining.<br><br /> A revolt resulted and it was repealed in 1851. The Foreign Miners Tax Law was reenacted in 1852. <br /><br />By 1853 the Foreign Miner's Tax stated in Section 6, 'The amount to be paid for each license shall be at the rate of four dollars per month, and said license shall in no case be transferable.' ">The Foreign Miners Tax is levied</a>; Mexican (And Chinese <i>(Who moved in after many Mexicans left))</i> miners are among the hardest hit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1851</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/columns/laws-that-shaped-la/how-rancho-owners-lost-their-land-and-why-that-matters-today.html" hint="During the Spanish and Mexican era in California, those governments gave land to reward individuals -- sometimes for service in the military, sometimes as inducements to settle in what was considered a remote, undesirable outpost.<br><br />Many of these grants of land were enormous, including land granted in the area around the San Gabriel Mission and the Pueblo of Los Angeles. For example, Manuel Nieto, who was a member of the De Portola expedition (the first land expedition into Alta California), received a grant of almost 300,000 acres in the 1780s. <br /><br />Surveys were conducted, but were approximate, often using trees, streams or boulders as boundary markers. This worked out okay in the Spanish and Mexican areas because there was simply so much land and so few people. Exact boundaries were not so important.<br /><br />Surveys were conducted, but were approximate, often using trees, streams or boulders as boundary markers. <br /><br />This worked out okay in the Spanish and Mexican areas because there was simply so much land and so few people. Exact boundaries were not so important.<br /><br />However, after Alta California became a territory of the United States in 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the US-Mexico War, things changed.<br /><br />There was political pressure to open up lands in the West for settlers.<br /><br />Although the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo had assured that Mexican era land claims would be honored, Congress passed the California Land Act, which created a board that would review all land titles from the Spanish and Mexican eras to determine if they were valid.">The California Land Act</a> attempts <a href="http://aztlan.sdsu.edu/chicanohistory/chapter05/c05s02.html" hint="Chapter 5: San Diego's Mexican Community, 1850-1910<br><br />2. Why did the Mexican Californios lose their lands?Every Chicano history text discusses how, after the end of the Mexican war, despite promises of protection of civil liberties and property contained in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Mexican land holders in the United States were systematically stripped of their property and denied their civil rights.<br /><br />In San Diego, the Californio land holders had a shorter distance to fall. They were poor before the Americans arrived, largely because of Indian raids, accidents of geography and political history. After the Americans arrived, the San Diego Californios were subject to the same prejudicial laws, racist intimations, greedy squatters, high taxes, expensive lawyers, and usurious bankers as was true elsewhere in California. <br /><br />The Land Law of 1851, which required all Mexican land owners to validate their grants before a Land Claim Commission, placed a tremendous hardship on Mexican landholders, who had to hire lawyers to represent them against all comers, sometimes hundreds of squatter claimants. All this cost money which could only be gotten by either mortgaging their rancho or selling their cattle. The first option led predictably to forced sale while the second was of limited economic help.">to resolve property disputes between Anglos and Mexican Americans</a> with the creation of a <a href="http://foundsf.org/index.php? title=Mexican_Land_Claims%E2%80%94The_U.S._Land_Commission_and_The_Burden_of_Proof,_1851-1854" hint="Mexican Land Claims—The U.S. Land Commission and The Burden of Proof, 1851-1854<br><br />Historical Essay<br />by Nancy J. Olmsted<br /><br />Commodore John Sloat promised the Mexican-Californians to guarantee their land titles. The pledge was repeated by military governors General Stephen Kearny and Colonel Richard Mason, and backed up in 1848 by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which gave the resident Mexicans their American citizenship. In the excitement of the Gold Rush, from 1848 to 1850, the whole question of Mexican land titles was put aside. But in anticipation of legal questions that were bound to arise, confidential agents of the United States combed the archives (then in considerable disarray) of the California missions and in Mexico City for some semblance of land surveys and documents that could be used as legal proof in United States courts.<br /><br />Hoping to settle the messy problem of Mexican land claims in California, Congress created the U.S. Land Commission. Appointed in March of 1851, the three commissioners with their support staff (only one could read Spanish) were to serve for three years. By then, it was hoped, the tangle of land ownership of these large Mexican grants would be unsnarled, if not to everyone’s satisfaction, at least without bloodshed. The life of the U.S. Land Commission was extended to 1856, but some of the titles were still the subject of dispute in courts in 1880.53 <br /><br />The burden of proof of ownership lay on the claimants, who had to travel to San Francisco within a specified time and present their claims, papers, and witnesses to the commission. If the commission’s decisions had been final, with no appeal, the process might not have ruined the claimants. But now, as American citizens, they had the right of appeal to the U.S. District Court, and on up to the U.S. Supreme Court, as did all third parties. “In nearly every case, whatever might have been the decision of the Land Commission, an appeal was taken.”54 ">U.S. Land Commission</a>. California regions with the largest <a href="http://everything.explained.today/Mexican_American/" hint="In times and places where Mexicans were allotted white status, they were permitted to intermarry with what today are termed “non-Hispanic whites”, though social customs typically only approved of such marriages if the Mexican partner was not of any discernable indigenous heritage.[27] Legally, Mexican Americans could vote and hold elected office, though they were also constrained from voting in most places by literacy tests and poll taxes. <br><br />While Mexicans of Spanish descent ran the state politics and constituted most of the elite of New Mexico since colonial times, property requirements and English literacy requirements were imposed in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas in order to prevent Mexican Americans from voting. Some eligible voters were intimidated with the threat of violence if they attempted to exercise their right to vote.[28]<br /><br />Mexicans were also allowed to serve in all-white units during World War II. However, many Mexican American war veterans were discriminated against and even denied medical services by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs when they arrived home.[29]<br /><br />In the past, Mexicans were legally considered “White” because either they were considered to be of full Spanish heritage, or because of early treaty obligations to Spaniards and Mexicans that conferred citizenship status to Mexican peoples at a time when whiteness was a prerequisite for U.S. citizenship.[30] [31] Although Mexican Americans were legally classified as “White” in terms of official federal policy, many organizations, businesses, and homeowners associations and local legal systems had official policies to exclude Mexican Americans. Throughout the southwest discrimination in wages were institutionalized in “white wages” versus lower “Mexican wages” for the same job classifications">Mexican American populations</a> are systematically discriminated and taxed more than any other region. But this can be said of every state that went trough the <a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/pqmck" hint="Anglo-American colonization in Mexican Texas took place between 1821 and 1835. Spain had first opened Texas to Anglo-Americans in 1820, less than one year before Mexico achieved its independence. Its traditional policy forbade foreigners in its territory, but Spain was unable to persuade its own citizens to move to remote and sparsely populated Texas. There were only three settlements in the province of Texas in 1820: Nacogdoches, San Antonio de Béxar, and La Bahía del Espíritu Santo (later Goliad), small towns with outlying ranches. The missions near the latter two, once expected to be nucleus communities, had been or were being secularized (i.e., transferred to diocesan from Franciscan administration), while those near Nacogdoches had been closed since the 1770s. Recruiting foreigners to develop the Spanish frontier was not new. <br><br />As early as the 1790s, Spain invited Anglo-Americans to settle in Upper Louisiana (Missouri) for the same reason. The foreigners were to be Catholic, industrious, and willing to become Spanish citizens in return for generous land grants. Spain expected the new settlers to increase economic development and help deter the aggressive and mobile Plains Indians such as the Comanches and Kiowas. Mexico continued the Spanish colonization plan after its independence in 1821 by granting contracts to empresarios who would settle and supervise selected, qualified immigrants.<br /><br />Early Texas Cabin<br />A rustic cabin built of rough-sawn cedar planks in about 1823 by John R. Williams who was a Texas colonist and part of the Old Three Hundred. It is the oldest-known structure in Harris County, Texas, and is a part of Sam Houston Park. Courtesy of the Public Domain.<br /><br />Anglo-Americans were attracted to Hispanic Texas because of inexpensive land. Undeveloped land in the United States land offices cost $1.25 an acre for a minimum of 80 acres ($100) payable in specie at the time of purchase. In Texas each head of a family, male or female, could claim a headright of 4,605 acres (one league-4,428 acres of grazing land and one labor-177 acres of irrigable farm land) at a cost about four cents an acre ($184) payable in six years, a sum later reduced by state authorities.">ANGLO-AMERICAN COLONIZATION</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1853</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/gadsden-purchase" hint="Milestones: 1830–1860<br><br />Gadsden Purchase, 1853–1854<br /><br />The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico. Gadsden’s Purchase provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad and attempted to resolve conflicts that lingered after the Mexican-American War.<br /><br />While the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo formally ended the Mexican-American War in February 1848, tensions between the Governments of Mexico and the United States continued to simmer over the next six years. <br /><br />The two countries each claimed the Mesilla Valley as part of their own country. The Mexican Government demanded monetary compensation for Native American attacks in the region because, under the Treaty, the United States had agreed to protect Mexico from such attacks; however, the United States refused to comply, insisting that while they had agreed to protect Mexico from Native American attacks, they had not agreed to financially compensate for attacks that did occur. <br /><br />The persistent efforts of private American citizens to enter Mexico illegally and incite rebellions in an effort to gain territory exacerbated tensions between the governments.">The Gadsden Purchase Treaty is signed.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1853</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Private_Land_Claims" hint="The United States Court of Private Land Claims (1891–1904), was a United States court created to decide land claims guaranteed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, and in the states of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming<br><br />During Spanish (1598–1821) and Mexican (1821–1846) rule over what was to become the U.S. Southwest, the governments made land grants to various individuals and communities. Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), which ended the Mexican-American War, the United States obtained these territories, and in Article VIII guaranteed the rights of Mexican and former Mexican citizens to their property.[1][2] However, the U.S. Senate in ratifying the treaty eliminated Article 10, which stated that the U.S. government would honor and guarantee all land grants awarded in lands ceded to the United States to citizens of Spain and Mexico by those respective governments. Thus land grants were subject to being proved.[2]<br /><br />In 1851, Congress passed the first legislation implementing the property protection provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, however it addressed only the Spanish and Mexican grants in California.[3] Congress focused on California’s land grants first because California was already a populous state, and it wanted to encourage further settlement of the public domain land there.<br /><br />In 1854 the U.S. Congress established the office of the Surveyor General of New Mexico to ascertain 'the origin, nature, character, and extent to all claims to lands under the laws, usages, and customs of Spain and Mexico.'<br /><br /> At first the Congress tried to deal with each land grant by special bill and the House had a Committee on Private Land Claims, seats on which were sought after as a way of dispensing patronage. By 1880 the corruption[4] inherent in determining these claims by politics rather than on a legal basis forced an end to this practice.[5] For ten years no claims could be proved as against the United States.">The Surveyor of General Claims Office is established in New Mexico</a>, though claims by Mexican Americans cannot be processed fast enough to prevent take-overs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1857</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Anglo businessmen try to push Mexican teamsters out of south Texas, violating the guarantees of the <a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/nbt01" hint="TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the Mexican War, recognized the annexation of Texas to the United States (consummated nearly three years before), and ceded to the United States Upper California (the modern state of California) and nearly all of the present American Southwest between California and Texas. <br><br />The treaty traced the boundary between the United States and Mexico from the Gulf of Mexico up the main channel of the Rio Grande to the southern boundary of the Mexican province of New Mexico. <br /><br />The line followed the southern boundary of New Mexico to its western boundary and north to the first branch of the Gila River, then down the Gila to its intersection with the Colorado River, and finally along the old Spanish-Mexican division line between Upper and Lower California. The exact boundary was to be surveyed and marked by a joint commission to be appointed by the two governments within a year.">Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1861</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">During the 1860s, <b>Tiburcio Vásquez</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiburcio_Vásquez" hint="<img src='http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/Pics%20for%20posts/Joaquin%20Murieta__zpsbhf0rhlw.jpg' align='left' height='150' hspace='5px' vspace='5px'>Tiburcio Vásquez (April 11, 1835 – March 19, 1875) was a Californio bandido who was active in California from 1854 to 1874. The Vasquez Rocks, 40 miles (64 km) north of Los Angeles, were one of his many hideouts and are named for him.<br /><br />Tiburcio Vásquez was born in Monterey, Alta California Mexico (present day California, USA) on April 10, 1835 to Jose Hermenegildo Vásquez and Maria Guadalupe Cantua.[1][2] In accord with Mexican tradition, Vásquez's birth was celebrated on the feast day of his namesake, St. Tiburtius. Thus, he would always refer to his birthday as August 11, 1835.[3] His great-grandfather came to Alta California with the De Anza Expedition of 1776. Vásquez was slightly built, about 5 feet 7 inches in height. His family sent him to school, and he was fluent in both English and Spanish.<br /><br />In 1852, Vásquez was influenced by Anastacio Garcia, one of California's most dangerous bandits.[4] In 1854, Vásquez was present at the slaying of Monterey Constable William Hardmount in a fight with Anastacio Garcia at a fandango. Vásquez denied any involvement and fled, becoming an outlaw. Vásquez would later claim his crimes were the result of discrimination by the norteamericanos and insist that he was a defender of Mexican-American rights.[5] Vásquez and Garcia played leading roles in Monterey County's murderous Roach-Belcher feud, which reached its end when Garcia was executed by hanging in 1857.[3]<br /><br />By 1856, he was actively rustling horses. A sheriff's posse caught up with him near Newhall, and he spent the next five years behind bars in San Quentin prison. There he helped organize, and participated in, four bloody prison breaks which left twenty convicts dead.[6] After his release, he committed numerous burglaries, cattle thefts, and highway robberies in Sonoma County in 1866. He was captured after a store burglary in Petaluma and sent to prison again for three years.[7]<br /><br /> His <i>'trademark'</i> was <i>'binding [his victims'] hands behind their back and leaving them face down in the dust.'</i>[8]">[1]</a>, <a href="http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/times-past/article39190695.html" hint="<img src='http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/Pics%20for%20posts/Tiburcio%20Vazquez__zps3vaqaabn.jpg' align='left' height='150' hspace='5px' vspace='5px'>He was tried and sentenced in San Jose where he maintained that he had never personally killed anyone.<br /><br />A professional photographer took pictures of a well-dressed Tiburcio Vasquez. The prisoner sold autographed photos from the window of his cell to raise money for his legal defense. They were purchased mostly by admiring women. Clemency was denied by Gov. Romualdo Pacheco, once the sheriff of San Luis Obispo County.<br /><br />Vasquez is a legendary California bandido. Between 1852 and 1874, he terrorized the highways and small towns of both Northern and Southern California. Other than Joaquin Murieta, Vasquez was the most notorious bandit in California history. Unlike Joaquin, he is not highly fictionalized, but a real person whose life and death read like a highly imaginative Western novel.<br /><br />Even his death became a California legend: His only word on the gallows was “Pronto.” Then he dropped to his death by hanging. The bandido calmly met his fate March 19, 1875, in the still standing 1868 Santa Clara County Courthouse across from St. James Park in San Jose.">[2]</a>,Joaquín Murieta <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Adventures_of_Joaqu%C3%ADn_Murieta" hint="<img src='http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/Pics%20for%20posts/Tiburcio%20Vaacutesquez_zpsuniw0vun.jpg'align='left' height='150' hspace='5px' vspace='5px'>The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta: The Celebrated California Bandit was originally published in 1854 by John Rollin Ridge, writing as <i>'Yellow Bird'.<br /><br /> It is considered to be one of the first novels written in California and the first novel to be published by a Native American.[1]<br /><br /> The novel describes the life of a legendary bandit named Joaquín Murieta who, once a dignified citizen of Mexico, becomes corrupt after traveling to California during the Gold Rush.<br /><br /> The book was originally published as a fictional biography, but was taken as truth by many historians of the time.[2] <br /><br />The novel received mass attention and was translated to various European languages, including French and Spanish.[3] <br /><br />Unfortunately, the novel was highly plagiarized and Ridge never received the economic gain he hoped for">[1]</i></a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyHEp3TU-1w" hint="OPENS IN NEW WINDOW -- Corrido[Video. Spanish]: LA LEYENDA DE JOAQUIN MURRIETA<br><br /-- />It ia believed by some that this Leyend is the beginning of the 'El Zorro' Character<br /><br />SIDE NOTE: He was so renoun and well known that there is a claim that he was born in Chile<br /><br />In Chile the Legend of Joaquin Murieta has him born in the small town of Quillota, twenty miles from Valparaiso. Like the other variations on the theme, this version of the legend was drawn ultimately from John Rollin Ridge's 1854 novel entitled <b>'The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, Celebrated California Bandit'</b>. <br /><br />In 1859 the California Police Gazette printed a version of the same story. The Police Gazette story was translated into Spanish and that version was subsequently translated into French. The French version was translated back into Spanish by Roberto Hynne who claimed to have been in California during the gold rush. <br /><br />The Hynne version had Joaquin born in Chile rather than Mexico and made him the champion of the Chilenos working in the gold fields. <br /><br />Later Pablo Neruda wrote an opera in Spanish entitled <b>Fulgor y Muerte de Jaoquin Murieta</b>.(<i>The Splendor and Death of Joaquin Murieta</i>.) <br /><br />Neruda was a well-known Communist and his opera was written as an Anti-American protest." target="_blank">[2]</a> And others who resisted are also labeled "bandits" <i>(Just as Joaquin)</i>for <a href="http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-murieta.html" hint="CALIFORNIA LEGENDS<br><br />Joaquin Murrieta - Patriot or Desperado?<br /><br /> Depending on a California pioneer’s point of view in the mid 19th century, Joaquin Murrieta was described by some as a Mexican Patriot, while others would say he was nothing but a vicious desperado.<br /><br />Thought to have been born in either Alamos, Sonora, Mexico or Quillota, Chile in 1829; Joaquin traveled with his older brother, Carlos and his wife, Rosita, to California in 1850 to seek his fortune in the gold fields of California. <br /><br />The three immigrants soon set up a small farm and the brothers began to work a claim near Hangtown. However, in the same year as their arrival, a <b>Foreign Miners Tax was imposed in California</b> and their Anglo-Saxon neighbors tried to run them off by telling them that it was illegal for Mexicans to hold a claim.<br /><br /> Reportedly, the Murrieta brothers tried to ignore the threats as long as they could until they were finally forced off their claim. <br /><br />Angry and unable to find work, Joaquin turned to a life of crime, along with other disposed foreign miners, who began to prey upon those who had forced them from their claims.<br /><br />Joaquin Murrieta, California bandit<br /><br />Murrieta soon became one of the leaders of a band of ruffians called The Five Joaquins, who were said to have been responsible for cattle rustling, robberies, and murders that occurred in the gold rush area of the Sierra Nevadas between 1850 and 1863. Comprised of Joaquin Botellier, Joaquin Carrillo, Joaquin Ocomorenia, and Joaquin Valenzuela, and Murrieta's right hand man Manual Garcia, known as <i>'Three-Fingered Jack'</i>, the tales of their crime spree included stealing over 100 horses, making off with more than $100,000 in gold, and killing 19 men.">resisting the take-over of lands held by Mexican Americans in California.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://history.state.gov/milestones/1861-1865/french-intervention" hint="French Intervention in Mexico and the American Civil War, 1862–1867<br><br />Introduction<br /><br />In 1862, French Emperor Napoleon III maneuvered to establish a French client state in Mexico, and eventually installed Maximilian of Habsburg, Archduke of Austria, as Emperor of Mexico. <br /><br />Stiff Mexican resistance caused Napoleon III to order French withdrawal in 1867, a decision strongly encouraged by a United States recovered from its Civil War weakness in foreign affairs.<br /><br /> Earlier, during the Civil War, U.S. Secretary of State William Henry Seward followed a more cautious policy that attempted to keep relations with France harmonious and prevent French willingness to assist the Confederacy. Consequently, Maximilian’s government rebuffed Confederate diplomatic overtures.<br />In 1857,<br /><br /> Mexico became embroiled in a civil war that pitted the forces of Liberal reformist Benito Juárez against Conservatives led by Félix Zuloaga. Conservatives exerted control from Mexico City, and the Liberals from Veracruz. <br /><br />The United States recognized the Juárez government in 1859, and in January of 1861, Liberal forces captured Mexico City, greatly strengthening Juárez’s position and legitimacy. However, continued instability had coincided with growing foreign debt that was increasingly difficult for the Mexican government to pay. Secretary of State Seward offered a plan that would provide mining concessions in exchange for American loans. <br /><br />In the event that the debts were not repaid, Mexico would agree to the cession of Baja California and other Mexican states. <br /><br />The terms of the loan were onerous to the Mexican government, but U.S. diplomat Thomas Corwin successfully negotiated a treaty with Mexican representative Manuel Maria Zamacona. Ultimately, though, the U.S. Congress rejected the treaty on grounds that it would drain money from Civil War expenditures.">France</a>, Britain, and Spain attempt to force <a href="http://www.mexonline.com/benitojuarez.htm" hint="<img src='http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/Benito_Pablo_Juaacuterez_Garciacutea_zpsaszx8q5z.png' align='left' height='150' hspace='5px' vspace='5px'>History of Benito Juarez<br /><br />SUMMARY: Benito Juarez is considered one of Mexico's greatest and most beloved leaders. During his political career he helped to institute a series of liberal reforms that were embodied into the new constitution of 1857. During the French occupation of Mexico, Juarez refused to accept the rule of the Monarchy or any other foreign nation, and helped to establish Mexico as a constitutional democracy. He also promoted equal rights for the Indian population, better access to health care and education, lessening the political and financial power of the Roman Catholic church, and championed the raising of the living standards for the rural poor.<br /><br />Benito Juarez was born March 21st 1806, the child of Zapoteco Indians. After they died when he was three, he went to live with his uncle, but when he was 12 he joined his sister in Oaxaca. He began studying for the priesthood, but in 1829 changed to studying for a law degree, which he received in 1831. That year he also began his political career, with a seat on the municipal council. In 1841 he became a judge, and the governor of Oaxaca.<br /><br />In 1853 the conservatives took power in Mexico and many liberals were exiled, including Juarez, who spent his time of exile in New Orleans. In 1855 the liberals won the election, and Benito Juarez returned from his exile as the Minister of Justice. In 1857 he was elevated to preside over the supreme court, in effect making him the Vice President. In 1858 the conservatives rebelled, and again Juarez had to leave Mexico City, this time fleeing to Veracruz, where he created a government in exile.<br /><br />In January 1861 the conservatives lost power, and Benito Juarez became the President of Mexico. <br /><br />As the treasury was practically empty Juarez made the decision to suspend payment on all foreign debts for a two year period. After Mexican congress rejected an agreement Juarez had made with the British Prime Minister to protect the interests of European countries Spanish, British and French troops landed in Vera Cruz. <br /><br />Spain and Britain were there to protect their financial interests, and left in April, after it became clear that France had conquest in mind. The French troops fought for two years, and although suffering a serious defeat on 5th May 1862, eventually captured Mexico City in June 1863, and placed Archduke Maximilian of Austria on the Mexican throne. ">Benito Juarez</a>'s government to repay debts owed. Even thought Britain and Spain withdraw, the French remain, hoping to establish a new empire. On May 5 (<a href="http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/thehistoryofmexico/a/cincodemayo.htm" hint="Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday which celebrates the victory over French forces on May 5, 1862 at the Battle of Puebla. It is often mistakenly thought to be Mexico’s Independence Day, which is actually September 16. More of an emotional victory than a military one, to Mexicans the Battle of Puebla represents Mexican resolve and bravery in the face of an overwhelming foe.">Cinco de Mayo</a>), mestizo and Zapotec soldiers defeat the French army in the Battle of Puebla.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1867</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Napoleon III of France withdraws his support from Maximilian, the Austrian archduke who had been made <a href="http://www.britannica.com/biography/Maximilian-archduke-of-Austria-and-emperor-of-Mexico" hint="<img src='http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/maximilian%20and%20carlota_zpsgaqllssj.gif' align='left' height='150' hspace='5px' vspace='5px'>MAXIMILIAN I, Emperor of MexicoMaximilian I (1832-1867),<br /><br /> Emperor of Mexico from 1864-1867, qualifies as one of the country's most ill-fated rulers. Hailing from a European dynasty, Maximilian was duped into accepting the role of Mexico's emperor. Brought to the country under false pretenses, the archduke of Austria was led to believe his presence would be welcome by the people of Mexico. In fact, the opposite was true.<br /><br /> (born July 6, 1832, Vienna, Austria—died June 19, 1867, near Querétaro, Mex.), archduke of Austria and the emperor of Mexico, a man whose naive liberalism proved unequal to the international intrigues that had put him on the throne and to the brutal struggles within Mexico that led to his execution.<br /><br />The younger brother of Emperor Francis Joseph, he served as a rear admiral in the Austrian navy and as governor-general of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. In 1863 he accepted the offer of the Mexican throne, falsely believing that the Mexican people had voted him their king; in fact, the offer was the result of a scheme between conservative Mexicans, who wished to overturn the liberal government of President Benito Juárez, and the French emperor Napoleon III, who wanted to collect a debt from Mexico and further his imperialistic ambitions there. Backed by a pledge of support from the French army, Maximilian sailed for Mexico with his wife Carlota, daughter of Leopold I, king of the Belgians.">Emperor of Mexico</a>, and <a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/emperor-of-mexico-executed" hint="<img src='http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/Pics%20for%20posts/benito%20juarez%20-%20el%20respeto%20al_zpsegksahhy.jpg' align='left' height='150' hspace='5px' vspace='5px'> Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, installed as emperor of Mexico by French Emperor Napoleon III in 1864, is executed on the orders of Benito Juarez, the president of the Mexican Republic.<br /><br />In 1861, the liberal Mexican Benito Juarez became president of a country in financial ruin, and he was forced to default on his debts to Europe (born July 6, 1832, Vienna, Austria—died June 19, 1867, near Querétaro, Mex.), archduke of Austria and the emperor of Mexico, a man whose naive liberalism proved unequal to the international intrigues that had put him on the throne and to the brutal struggles within Mexico that led to his execution.<br /><br />The younger brother of Emperor Francis Joseph, he served as a rear admiral in the Austrian navy and as governor-general of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. In 1863 he accepted the offer of the Mexican throne, falsely believing that the Mexican people had voted him their king; in fact, the offer was the result of a scheme between conservative Mexicans, who wished to overturn the liberal government of President Benito Juárez, and the French emperor Napoleon III, who wanted to collect a debt from Mexico and further his imperialistic ambitions there. Backed by a pledge of support from the French army, Maximilian sailed for Mexico with his wife Carlota, daughter of Leopold I, king of the Belgians.an governments. In response, France, Britain, and Spain sent naval forces to Veracruz to demand reimbursement. Britain and Spain negotiated with Mexico and withdrew, but France, ruled by Napoleon III, decided to use the opportunity to carve a dependent empire out of Mexican territory. Late in 1861, a well-armed French fleet stormed Veracruz, landing a large French force and driving President Juarez and his government into retreat.<br /><br />Certain that French victory would come swiftly in Mexico, 6,000 French troops under General Charles Latrille de Lorencez set out to attack Puebla de Los Angeles, a small town in east-central Mexico. From his new headquarters in the north, Juarez rounded up a rag-tag force of loyal men and sent them to Puebla. Led by Texas-born General Ignacio Zaragoza, the 2,000 Mexicans fortified the town and prepared for the French assault. On May 5, 1862, Lorencez drew his army, well-provisioned and supported by heavy artillery, before the city of Puebla and began his assault from the north. The battle lasted from daybreak to early evening, and when the French finally retreated they had lost nearly 500 soldiers to the fewer than 100 Mexicans killed.">Benito Juárez</a> regains control of Mexico.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1883</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Chinese labor is reduced because of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act" hint="This article is about the former U.S. law. For the similar Canadian law, see Chinese Immigration Act, 1923.<br>Not to be confused with Asian Exclusion Act.<br />Chinese Exclusion Act Great Seal of the United States<br /><br />Legislative history<br /><br />Signed into law by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882<br /><br />The first page of the Chinese Exclusion Act <i>(Wikipedia)</i><br /><br />The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. <br /><br />The act followed the Angell Treaty of 1880, a set of revisions to the US-China Burlingame Treaty of 1868 that allowed the US to suspend Chinese immigration. <br /><br />The act was initially intended to last for 10 years, but was renewed in 1892 and made permanent in 1902. <br /><br />The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law implemented to prevent a specific ethnic group from immigrating to the United States. It was finally repealed by the Magnuson Act on December 17, 1943.">Chinese Exclusion Act</a>, and railroad companies search for alternative sources of cheap labor. Mexican workers are increasingly recruited.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1890</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Copper mining continues to lure people to Arizona driving more Mexican Americans from their lands leading to "The 1903 Mexican AFFAIR" at Clifton which erupted into <a href="http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/bisbee/docs/jahpark.html" hint="THE 1903 “MEXICAN AFFAIR” AT CLIFTON<br>By Joseph F. Park<br /><br />THE STRIKE AT CLIFTON IN JUNE, 1903, the only significant outbreak in Arizona until the onset of labor disorders accompanying the First World War, was unique in being largely a Mexican affair. In all its outward aspects the episode was a paradox that caught the whole Territory by surprise. <br /><br />The Western Federation of Miners, active in Arizona since a labor-management confrontation at Globe in 1896, had not gained a foothold in the Clifton-Morenci district. <br /><br />There was no apparent labor organization and in view of the preponderant number of alien Mexicans in the area, the strikers could expect no support from the Union. <br /><br />Yet, where the WFM had not succeeded thus far in staging a successful strike on a large scale, the Mexican workers at Clifton managed to tie up the whole district. <br /><br />In fact, the conduct of the walkout revealed a sense of unity and a power of decision notably lacking in the activities of the predominantly Anglo WFM.<br /><br />The strike failed through a combination of circumstances that nobody could have expected or foreseen, but it wrote a chapter in the labor history of the state and was a landmark in the painful upward progress of the Mexican workman – without whom Arizona could not have achieved industrial significance."> "The Strike at Clifton in June 1903"</a>, </p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1890</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Increasingly, <a href="http://www.farmworkers.org/immigrat.html" hint="It is already public domain that with the motive of the North-American invasion and the Treaty of Guadalupe in 1846-47, 45 percent of Mexico's original territory is taken away. The Anglo-American ideals of Manifest Destiny which ponder the right to expand by divine right and to direct the destiny of men and women under the pretext of 'civilizer', made possible what is now the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California -1 million 528 thousand and 241 square kilometers inhabited by more than 100 thousand people- to pass into being property of the United States of America.<br><br />From then, the Mexican worker in the U.S. will see himself subjected to abuse, discrimination, and excessive exploitation. The expansion of cattle ranches in Texas and New Mexico, and the increase of fruit bearing production in California in the years 1850 and 1880, require a major amount of manual labor of which problem the ranchers intend to resolve by importing foreign manual labor. First, it was the Chinese workers, which more than 200 thousand were legally contracted for the cultivation of Californian fields, but racism and xenophobia of the Anglo-American obligated legislators to approve the Chinese Exclusion Act. Japanese workers substitute for the Chinese in the same appalling working conditions as them but, the Japanese were thrown out in 1903 and replaced by Filipino workers.<br /><br />With the construction of the railroad between Mexico and the U.S. between 1880 and 1890, grand quantities of Mexican workers, which found more work possibilities in south-eastern North America, got jobs as railway workers. It was said that by that time 60 percent of the crews which worked the western railways were Mexicans.">Mexican Americans work for the railroads</a>. Railroad construction continues throughout the early 20th century.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px; padding:10px; 10px;">[b]1894[/b]</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.historycentral.com/TheTwenties/Immigration.html" hint="Throughout American history, there continued to be a conflict between those who supported continued immigration and those who opposed it. In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League was founded. It supported literacy-tests for would- be immigrants. The literacy test passed in Congress in 1896, but was vetoed by President Grover Cleveland, who insisted that the United States should remain a haven for all oppressed people..<br><br />President Theodore Roosevelt, however, was a strong supporter of the literacy test. In addition, responding to the assassination of President McKinley, he called for the exclusion of anarchists. Congress promptly legislated the exclusion of anarchists, and four years later of those who were 'imbeciles, feeble minded and people, with physical or mental defects.'.<br /><br />In 1907, the Congress appointed a joint House-Senate Committee called the Dillingham Commission. Its report called for the issuance of literacy tests. It also suggested restrictive policies that would limit immigration based on national origin. The Congress passed a bill requiring a literacy test, but President Wilson vetoed it. In 1917, the Congress once again passed a bill requiring literacy for immigrants. Wilson once again vetoed the bill, but this time the Congress overrode the veto..<br /><br />The rising nationalism that occurred during World War I, as well as the support given by the labor unions, resulted in the passage of the Immigration Bill of 1921, which limited immigration to 3% of the population of the United States, based on the 1910 census.">The Immigration Restriction League was founded.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">[b]1896[/b]</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/pqitw" hint="His action initiated legal maneuvers to disfranchise all Texas Mexicans. This situation lasted almost a year until Judge Maxey delivered his ruling on May 3, 1897, in favor of Rodríguez, thereby legally affirming the civil rights of Texas Mexicans to vote. The Rodríguez citizenship case was the culmination of a series of calls for disfranchisement of Hispanics that had appeared regularly after the Texas Revolution in 1836qv. The Rodríguez case finally brought the status of Tejano voting rights into the courts for settlement.<br><br />Rodríguez's request for citizenship focused attention on the fact that most Tejanos were born in Mexico and could not vote unless they had applied for naturalization. San Antonio politician T. J. McMinn had already raised the issue of Texas Mexicans' right to vote during previous elections before he stepped into the controversy surrounding Rodríguez's fight for citizenship. In this battle he was joined by another local politician, Jack Evans, in opposing Rodríguez. At the center of the debate on Rodríguez's right to citizenship was the suggestion made by McMinn and Evans that under the law he did not qualify for citizenship since he was not “a white person, nor an African, nor of African descent, and is therefore not capable of becoming an American citizen.” Indeed, an 1872 federal statute specified that only Caucasians and Africans could become citizens, but at the same time did not specifically deny Mexicans that right.">In Re Ricardo Rodríguez</a>, a landmark civil-rights case, began when Ricardo Rodríguez, a Mexican of humble means who had resided in San Antonio for 10 years, came before the federal district court of Judge Thomas S. Maxey in May 1896 to request final approval of his application for United States citizenship, which would naturally confer on him the right to vote.
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1900</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lhc01" hint="CORRIDOS. The corrido in its usual form is a ballad of eight-syllable, four-line stanzas sung to a simple tune in fast waltz time, now often in polka rhythm. Corridos have traditionally been men's songs. They have been sung at home, on horseback, in town plazas by traveling troubadours, in cantinas by blind guitarreros (guitarists), on campaigns during the Mexican Revolution (1910–30), and on migrant workers' journeys north to the fields. Now they are heard frequently on recordings and over the radio.<br><br />In its literary form the corrido seems to be a direct descendent of the romance, a Spanish ballad form that developed in the Middle Ages, became a traditional form, and was brought to the New World by Spanish conquistadors. Like the romance, the corrido employs a four-line stanza form with an abcd rhyme pattern. Paredes surmised that corrido is ultimately derived from the Andalusian phrase romance corrido, which denoted a refrainless, rapidly sung romance. With the noun dropped, the participle corrido, from a verb meaning 'to run,' itself became a noun.<br /><br />The corrido, like the romance, relates a story or event of local or national interest—a hero's deeds, a bandit's exploits, a barroom shootout, or a natural disaster, for instance. It has long been observed, however, that songs with little or no narration are still called corridos if they adhere to the corrido's usual literary and musical form">The corrido</a> (ballad) of the border becomes popular as a musical form.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1900</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Copper, silver, and zinc are found in Arizona and New Mexico; <a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/dks01" hint="In 1877 the Salt Flat lakes of the Trans-Pecos area became the scene of the Salt War of San Elizario, which arose because individuals who filed on the land including the lakes denied local residents access to the salt. United States soldiers were sent to quell the disturbance, Fort Bliss was reestablished, and diplomatic exchanges were made between the United States and Mexico. <br><br />In 1891 Maj. Byron Parsons organized the Lone Star Salt Company and installed steam pipes in the evaporating pans, which greatly increased the output. Richardson installed similar equipment, and the production of salt in Grand Saline increased to 17,000 pounds daily. <br /><br />In 1893 Texas produced 18,000 tons of salt, but by 1899 production had risen to 44,634 tons. Between 1901 and 1904 three new salt companies began operations at Grand Saline, and in 1914 the introduction of a new vacuum pan method increased salt output. <br /><br />By 1917 Texas produced 85,181 tons of salt. The Morton Salt Company absorbed most of the small companies in Grand Saline by 1920 and in 1929 expanded activities by opening a mine to produce rock salt. <br /><br />In 1931 the mine began operations at 700 feet below the surface, using a process similar to that in coal mining. Rock salt was crushed, screened, and separated into nine different grades. Salt shipped daily in amounts of 500 tons from this plant was analyzed at over 99 percent sodium chloride. From a production of 208,979 tons in 1934, Texas salt production increased to 1,127,854 tons in 1943 and to 1,191,621 tons in 1947, the greatest production in the state's history.">Texas begins to mine salt</a>, it led to<a href="http://www.theirminesourstories.org/?p=." hint="Their Mines, Our Stories<br>Work, Environment and Justice in Asarco-Impacted Communities<br /><br />ASARCO/GRUPO MEXICO CHRONOLOGY<br /><br />ASARCO is one of the oldest US-based multi-national corporations. During its more than 120-year history, the company has owned mines in Mission, Ray and Silver Bell, Arizona; Butte, Troy, Black Pine and Mike Horse, Montana; Knoxville, Tennessee; Glover, Missouri; Garfield, Utah; Tar Creek, Oklahoma; Leadville, Colorado; Ground Hog, New Mexico; and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, among others.<br /><br />ASARCO has owned smelting and refining operations in Hayden, Arizona; El Paso and Amarillo, Texas; East Helena, Montana; Garfield and Murray, Utah; Selby, California; Denver, Colorado; Perth Amboy, New Jersey; Baltimore, Maryland; Bunker Hill, Idaho; and Omaha, Nebraska.<br /><br />ASARCO also had international holdings and investments in Mexico, Peru, Australia, Chile, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Newfoundland, Canada, West Africa, the Congo, and Saudi Arabia.<br /><br /><i><b>NOTE: if interested in knowing this part of workers' history, this article is a 'MUST READ'<br /><br />It includes a detailed timeline, Corporate Challenges/Community Resistance, Labor’s Place in Community History, quotes from workers, etc.<br /><br />As I said, A MUST READ!</b></i><br /><br />Aurora"> further expulsion of Mexican American land owners</a> and the <a href="http://archive.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_14107595/?source=rss" hint="SALT WAR OF SAN ELIZARIO. The El Paso Salt War began in the late 1860s as a struggle between Republican leaders W. W. Mills, Albert J. Fountain, and Louis Cardis to acquire title to the salt deposits at the foot of Guadalupe Peak, 100 miles east of El Paso. <br><br />Fountain and Mills became leaders of the opposing factions.<br /><br /> Fountain, leader of the Anti-Salt Ring, was elected to the Texas Senate in 1869 with the expectation of securing title to the deposits for the people of the El Paso area, but Cardis and Father Antonio Borrajo of San Elizario aroused sentiment against the scheme. <br /><br />On Oct. 10, armed with a double-barreled shotgun, Howard found Cardis in Samuel Shultz and Brothers store. Howard shot and killed Cardis, who attempted to hide behind a desk. Howard was never prosecuted for Cardis' death.<br /><br /> Feeling between the two factions broke into open warfare with the killing of Judge Gaylord Judd Clarke on December 7, 1870, and Fountain soon moved to New Mexico.">salt war of San Elizario.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1904</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ncujh" hint="UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL. In 1875 Congress started passing laws limiting immigration. By an Act of March 3, convicts and immoral women were denied entry. The immigration statute of August 8, 1882, forbade the admission of idiots, lunatics, convicts, and persons who might become a public charge. <br><br />The first Chinese exclusion law was passed that same year, and in 1885 some foreigners were denied entry on the bases of a contract-labor law. Subsequently, many of these individuals sought admission by illegal means, usually by slipping around the entry points. Thus evolved the need for a border-control force. Congress instituted a Bureau of Immigration in 1885, and in 1903 transferred its tasks to the Department of Commerce and Labor. <br /><br />In 1904 a small group of mounted inspectors, <b><i>usually called Mounted Guards or Chinese Immigration Agents</i></b>, operated out of El Paso. Though they never totaled more than seventy-five, they patrolled as far west as California trying to restrict the flow of illegal Chinese immigration. <br /><br />In those days, once an undocumented immigrant had slipped past the Mounted Guards and entered the country, no officers existed to seek out and expel them. <br /><br />In March 1915, Congress authorized a separate group of Mounted Guards, often referred to as Mounted Inspectors. Most rode on horseback, but a few operated cars and even boats. Although these inspectors had broader arrest authority, they still largely pursued Chinese. <br /><br />The undocumented immigrants disembarked on the Mexican west coast, walked overland to central Mexico, and rode the Mexican Central Railroad to the border town of Juárez, Chihuahua. From there they were smuggled into El Paso and thence to various parts of the nation. <br /><br /><i>Before the Immigration Act of 1917, almost no restrictions were in effect against Mexicans or Canadians, who could cross at will and go anywhere they wished. <b>After 1917, however, both Canadians and Mexicans paid a head tax of eight dollars to immigrate into the United States.They also had to pass a literacy test.</b></i> After this restriction, illegal entries from these countries began and flourished until the arrival of troops along the border during the Mexican Revolution and World War I (1910–20). When the war ended and the soldiers went home, prohibited crossings accelerated again.">The first border patrol is established to stop Asian workers from coming into the United States through Mexico.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1910</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Le-Pa/Mexican-Americans.html" hint="SIGNIFICANT IMMIGRATION WAVES<br><br />When compared to various periods of the twentieth century, Mexican immigration to the United States between 1850 and 1900 was relatively low. The discovery of gold in the Sierra Nevada of California in 1849 was an initial stimulus for this migration, as was the expansion of copper mining in Arizona beginning in the 1860s. During this same period and on into the twentieth century, ranching and agriculture lured many inhabitants of the northern and central states of Mexico to Texas. By 1900 approximately 500,000 people of Mexican ancestry lived in the United States, principally in the areas originally populated by Spaniards and Mexicans prior to 1848. Roughly 100,000 of these residents were born in Mexico; the remainder were second-generation inhabitants of these regions and their offspring.<br /><br />A combination of factors contributed to sequential pronounced rises in Mexican migration to the United States during the first three decades of the twentieth century. The Reclamation Act of 1902, which expanded acreage for farming through new irrigation projects, spurred the need for more agricultural laborers. The Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the aftermath of political instability and social violence caused many to flee northward across the border for their safety, and the growth of the U.S. economy in the 1920s attracted additional numbers of immigrants. Though the wages received by most Mexican migrants in these decades were quite low, they were considerably higher than the salaries paid for comparable work in Mexico. Most importantly, the number of jobs for foreign laborers seemed unlimited, especially during World War I and on into the early 1920s.">Mexican Revolution begins.</a> and many<a href="http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Le-Pa/Mexican-Americans.html">thousands of Mexicans flee across the border for safety.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1910</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">At <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_New_Mexico" hint="The Constitution of the State of New Mexico (Spanish: Constitución del Estado de Nuevo México) is the document governing the political framework of the U.S. state of New Mexico. Article II contains a bill of rights. It was adopted by Constitutional Convention on November 21, 1910, ratified by vote of the people on November 5, 1911, and became effective upon admission to the union on January 6, 1912.">the New Mexican constitutional</a> convention, Mexican American delegates mandate that <a href="http://www.tolerance.org/latino-civil-rights-timeline" hint="By 1912 New Mexico enters the union as an officially bilingual state, authorizing funds for voting in both Spanish and English, as well as for bilingual education. Article XII of the state constitution also prohibits segregation for children of 'Spanish descent.' At the state's constitutional convention six years earlier, Mexican American delegates mandated Spanish and English be used for all state business. ">both Spanish and English</a> be used for all state business; to support the conditions of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo</p>.
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1911</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">t<a href="http://mexicanhistory.org/Diaz.htm" hint="When Porfirio Diaz (1830-1915) ( full name: José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ) ,who was a Mestizo, of Mixtec and Japanese ancestry on his mother's side,seized over control of Mexico in 1876 that had an empty treasury, huge foreign debts and a large bureaucracy whose salaries were in arrears .Despite the efforts of the liberals mining, the main engine of the economy, still had not recovered from the chaos of the preceding decades .Farming methods had changed little from colonial days . Like Juarez before him, Diaz felt the key to modernizing the country was to pacify it so foreigners would invest in it . Mexico was still troubled by banditos , agrarian revolts and revolt in favor of the ousted President Lerado on the US border .Theses Diaz dealt with forcefully and had the leaders executed shortly after capture and greatly increased the power of the rurales . The era of Porfirio Díaz’s government from 1876-1911 is known as the Porfiriato and its motto was ' Order and Progress.' During his 33 year rule, Mexico entered the industrial age .<br><br />In late 1911 Orozco and Villa convinced Madero that the rebels should use most of their force to take Ciudad Juarez. At the last minute,Madero changed his mind and called of the attack, afraid stray shells might land in nearby El Paso, brings the US into the conflict . Orozco ignored this order an launched an attack. On May 10, the outnumbered federal commander surrendered .Madero was angry at Orozco for ignoring his order and did not give him a position in his cabinet and showed that the coalition was falling apart . After the victory at Ciudad Juarez, others towns such as Tehuacan, Durango and Cuatla fell to the rebels .the press began to turn against Diaz and many federal troops began deserting. Diaz realized his time was over and sent negotiators to talk with Madero .In the following Treaty of Ciudad Juarez Diaz agreed to resigned and left for France .Diaz had been overthrown, but the revolution had just started. <br /><br />In 1915, Díaz died in exile in Paris. There was tremendous economic advance during the Diaz years, yet there is no Ciudad Diaz today or even a street named after him . His rule became associated with social and political abuses that were too great . The progress enjoyed by the upper classes came at the expense of the masses .<br /><br />Afterwards, Mexico was racked by 10 years of fighting known as the Mexican Revolution where successive leaders tried to create a stable government .">In Mexico, Porfirio Díaz is forced to dissolve his governmen</a> because of a successful revolt led by <a href="http://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Madero" hint="Francisco Madero, in full Francisco Indalecio Madero (born Oct. 30, 1873, Parras, Mex.—died Feb. 22, 1913, Mexico City), Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico (1911–13), who successfully ousted the dictator Porfirio Díaz by temporarily unifying various democratic and anti-Díaz forces. He proved incapable of controlling the reactions from both conservatives and revolutionaries that his moderate reforms provoked, however.<br><br />The son of a wealthy landowning family, Madero attended Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md. (1886–88), and then studied for several years at a business school in Paris and one semester at the University of California at Berkeley. He was short, slender, and pale and became a vegetarian, teetotaler, and spiritualist. Madero was a believer in a moderate form of democracy, and he helped organize the Benito Juárez Democratic Club and a political party in Coahuila (1904–05) in an unsuccessful attempt to become governor of the state.<br /><br /> He quickly learned, however, that efforts to end the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz would require a national democratic movement, and to this end he supported independent journalists and encouraged efforts at political organization.Díaz inadvertently hastened events when, in 1908, he told an American journalist, James Creelman, that Mexico was ready for democracy and that he intended to retire in 1910.<br /><br /> This declaration prompted a flood of political literature and a flurry of political activity, including an immensely successful book by Madero, <i>La sucesión presidencial en 1910 (1908)</i>; “The Presidential Succession in 1910”), in which he called for honest elections, mass participation in the political process, and no reelection to the office of president. <br /><br />The political scene became even more hectic when Díaz changed his mind in 1909 and stated his intention to run for reelection in 1910. <br /><br />Madero helped organize the Antireelectionist Party and became its presidential candidate with the slogan <i><b>“Effective suffrage—no reelection!”</b></i> <br /><br />On the eve of the farcical election, he was arrested on charges of fomenting a rebellion and insulting the authorities. Released on bond, he escaped to San Antonio, Texas, where in October 1910 he published the Plan de San Luis Potosí, declared himself the legitimate president of Mexico, and called for an armed insurrection to begin on November 20.">Francisco Madero</a>. To protect its citizens and property, the U.S. sends troops to the border, where fighting in the Mexican Revolution is so close that U.S. citizens gather to watch.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1914</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">U.S. Marines are held by Mexican authorities at Tampico, Mexico. Despite Mexico’s apology, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz" hint="The United States occupation of Veracruz began with the Battle of Veracruz and lasted for seven months, as a response to the Tampico Affair of April 9, 1914. The incident came in the midst of poor diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States, and was related to the ongoing Mexican Revolution.<br><br />The Tampico Affair was set off when nine American sailors were arrested by the Mexican government for entering off-limit areas in Tampico, Tamaulipas.[4] The unarmed sailors were arrested when they entered a fuel loading station. The sailors were released, but the U.S. naval commander demanded an apology and a twenty-one gun salute. The apology was provided but not the salute. In the end, the response from U.S. President Woodrow Wilson ordered the U.S. Navy to prepare for the occupation of the port of Veracruz. <br /><br />While awaiting authorization from the U.S. Congress to carry out such action, Wilson was alerted of a delivery of weapons for Victoriano Huerta due to arrive in the port on April 21 aboard the German-registered cargo-steamer SS Ypiranga. As a result, Wilson issued an immediate order to seize the port's customs office and confiscate the weaponry. <br /><br />The weapons had actually been sourced by John Wesley De Kay, an American financier and businessman with large investments in Mexico, and a Russian arms dealer from Puebla, Leon Rasst, not the German government as newspapers reported at the time.[5]<br /><br /> Huerta had usurped the presidency of Mexico with the assistance of the American ambassador Henry Lane Wilson during a coup d'état in February 1913 known as La decena trágica. The Wilson administration's answer to this was to declare Huerta a usurper of the legitimate government, to embargo arms shipments to Huerta, and to support the Constitutional Army of Venustiano Carranza.<br /><br />The arms shipment to Mexico, in fact, in part originated from the Remington Arms company in the U.S., went to Odessa, Russia to Hamburg, where De Kay added to the load. The arms and ammunition were to be shipped via Hamburg, Germany, to Mexico allowing Huerta's arms dealers to skirt the American arms embargo.[5] The landing of the arms was blocked at Veracruz but they were discharged a few weeks later in Puerto Mexico, a port controlled by Huerta at the time.">President Woodrow Wilson sends troops to Veracruz, Mexico and orders the U.S. fleet to attack and occupy Veracruz</a> to assert the rights of Americans and as an effort to depose Victoriano Huerta, who soon resigns.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1916</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition" hint="The Pancho Villa Expedition—now known officially in the United States as the Mexican Expedition[3] but originally referred to as the “Punitive Expedition, U.S. Army”[1]—was a military operation conducted by the United States Army against the paramilitary forces of Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa from March 14, 1916, to February 7, 1917, during the Mexican Revolution 1910–1920.<br><br />The expedition was launched in retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, and was the most remembered event of the Border War. The declared objective of the expedition by the Wilson administration was the capture of Villa.[4] Despite successfully locating and defeating the main body of Villa's command, responsible for the raid on Columbus, U.S. forces were unable to prevent Villa's escape and so the main objective of the U.S. incursion was not achieved.<br /><br />The active search for Villa ended after a month in the field when troops sent by Venustiano Carranza, the head of the Constitutionalist faction of the revolution and now the head of the Mexican government, resisted the U.S. incursion. The Constitutionalist forces used arms at the town of Parral to resist passage of a U.S. Army column. The U.S. mission was changed to prevent further attacks on it by Mexican troops and to plan for war in the eventuality it broke out.[5] When war was averted diplomatically, the expedition remained in Mexico until February 1917 to encourage Carranza's government to pursue Villa and prevent further raids across the border">General John J. Pershing leads 10,000 American soldiers into Mexican territory</a> in retaliation for a raid on Columbus, New Mexico by <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/pancho-villa-9518733#synopsis" hint="Synopsis.<br><br />Born on June 5, 1878, in San Juan del Rio, Durango, Mexico, Pancho Villa started off as a bandit who was later inspired by reformer Francisco Modero, helping him to win the Mexican Revolution. After a coup by Victoriano Huerta, Villa formed his own army to oppose the dictator, with more battles to follow as Mexican leadership remained in a state of flux. He was assassinated on July 20, 1923, in Parral, Mexico..<br /><br />Birth of a Bandit<br /><br />Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa was born Doroteo Arango on June 5, 1878, in San Juan del Rio, Durango. Villa spent much of his youth helping out on his parents' farm. After his father's death when Villa was only 15 years old, he became head of the household. With his new role as protector of his household, he shot a man who was harassing one of his sisters in 1894. He fled, spending six years on the run in the mountains. While there, he joined a group of fugitives and became a bandit.<br /><br />Mexican Revolutionary Leader<br /><br />In 1910, while still living as a fugitive, Pancho Villa joined Francisco's Madero successful uprising against Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz. With Villa's skills as at reading, writing, fighting and his knowledge of the land, Madero was named a revolutionary leader and his company won the first Battle of Ciudad Juárez in 1911. The rebels eventually drove Díaz out of power, and Madero took the position of president, having named Villa a colonel.<br /><br />Lights, Camera, Revolution<br /><br />The fact that the majority of Villa's battles were on the northern border of Mexico brought the revolutionary to the spotlight in terms of photographs and stories covering the events in Mexico. And surprisingly, the bandit who once hid his presence and changed his name to avoid attention loved being photographed. He even signed a contract with Hollywood's Mutual Film Company in 1913 to have several of his battles filmed.">General Francisco "Pancho" Villa</a>. After 11 months, Pershing is forced to return to the U.S. without ever catching sight of Villa. U.S.-Mexican relations suffer because of the action.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1917</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/zimmermann/" hint="The Zimmermann Telegram<br<br>Background<br <br />Between 1914 and the spring of 1917, the European nations engaged in a conflict that became known as World War I. While armies moved across the face of Europe, the United States remained neutral. In 1916 Woodrow Wilson was elected President for a second term, largely because of the slogan “He kept us out of war.” Events in early 1917 would change that hope. In frustration over the effective British naval blockade, in February Germany broke its pledge to limit submarine warfare. In response to the breaking of the Sussex pledge, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Germany.<br /><br />In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message helped draw the United States into the war and thus changed the course of history. The telegram had such an impact on American opinion that, according to David Kahn, author of The Codebreakers, “No other single cryptanalysis has had such enormous consequences.” It is his opinion that “never before or since has so much turned upon the solution of a secret message.” In an effort to protect their intelligence from detection and to capitalize on growing anti-German sentiment in the United States, the British waited until February 24 to present the telegram to Woodrow Wilson. The American press published news of the telegram on March 1. On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress formally declared war on Germany and its allies.">A secret telegram from Germany to Mexico—proposing an armed alliance between the two countries</a>—is published and causes the U.S. to enter World War I.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1917</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">In spite of President Wilson’s veto, an Immigration Act that mandates a literacy test for immigrants is passed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1921</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://immigrationtounitedstates.org/589-immigration-act-of-1921.html" hint="The Law: Federal legislation limiting the immigration of aliens into the United States<br><br />Date: Enacted and signed into law on May 19, 1921<br /><br />Also known as: Johnson Act; Emergency Quota Act of 1921<br /><br />Significance: The first federal law in U.S. history to limit the immigration of Europeans, the Immigration Act of 1921 reflected the growing American fear that people from southern and eastern European countries not only did not adapt well into American society but also threatened its very existence. The law specified that no more than 3 percent of the total number of immigrants from any specific country already living in the United States in 1910 could migrate to America during any year.<br /><br />On May 19, 1921, the same day on which the law was passed by the U.S. Congress, recently inaugurated President Warren G. Harding signed the Emergency Quota Act into law. The premise of the act had been debated in the Congress for several years. Indeed, a version of the bill had passed during the previous session of Congress only to fall victim to a pocket veto by the ailing President Woodrow Wilson during the last days of his administration.">The Immigration Act of 1921</a> restricts the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans. Agriculture lobbyists rally to block the movement to include Mexicans in the proposition.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1924</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act" hint="The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act)<br><br />The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia.<br /><br />Literacy Tests and “Asiatic Barred Zone”<br /><br />In 1917, the U.S. Congress enacted the first widely restrictive immigration law. The uncertainty generated over national security during World War I made it possible for Congress to pass this legislation, and it included several important provisions that paved the way for the 1924 Act. <br /><br />The 1917 Act implemented a literacy test that required immigrants over 16 years old to demonstrate basic reading comprehension in any language. <br /><br />It also increased the tax paid by new immigrants upon arrival and allowed immigration officials to exercise more discretion in making decisions over whom to exclude. Finally, the Act excluded from entry anyone born in a geographically defined “Asiatic Barred Zone” except for Japanese and Filipinos. In 1907, the Japanese Government had voluntarily limited Japanese immigration to the United States in the Gentlemen’s Agreement. The Philippines was a U.S. colony, so its citizens were U.S. nationals and could travel freely to the United States. China was not included in the Barred Zone, but the Chinese were already denied immigration visas under the Chinese Exclusion Act.">Immigration Act of 1924</a> halts the flow of other immigrant groups, border stations are established to formally admit Mexican workers, and a tax is collected on each person entering.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1924</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Largely due to a lack of immigration quotas, more than 89,000 Mexicans come into the United States on permanent visas, making 1924 the peak year for Mexican immigration.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1928</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1646.html" hint="The intention of the new policy was to mend relations with Latin American countries after they criticized The Coolidge Administration during the Sixth Pan-American Conference in Havana in 1928 for armed interventions in Haiti and Nicaragua. U.S. relations with Latin America were at an all-time low.<br><br />During The Hoover Administration, policies were put into place to improve relations, such as the Clark Memorandum of 1930 in which the State Department retracted Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, which declared that only the United States could collect debts owed to foreigners by countries in the Western Hemisphere. The Clark Memorandum did not, however, repudiate the right to intervention itself. Also, Hoover's withdrawal of troops from Nicaragua and planned removal from Haiti improved relations with Latin America.">The Good Neighbor Policy</a> phrase was first coined by President Herbert Hoover, not President Franklin Roosevelt. Hoover was on a goodwill trip to Latin America soon after his election in 1928 when he gave a speech in Honduras announcing, "We have a desire to maintain not only the cordial relations of governments with each other, but also the relations of good neighbors."</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1929</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="" hint="If asked about the Trail of Tears, many Americans, especially Oklahomans, would be able to respond that it was a shameful time in U.S. history dealing with the forced removal of Native Americans.<br><br />If asked about Manzanar, some would recognize it as one of the Japanese internment camps where Japanese Americans were forced to stay during World War II, and yet another shameful time in U.S. history.<br /><br />But if asked about The Mexican Repatriation, how many would respond “What?”<br /><br />The Mexican Repatriation was the largest involuntary migration in the United States up to that time. <br /><br />It was greater than the Native American removals of the nineteenth century, or the Japanese American relocations of World War II.<br /><br />It is estimated up to two million Mexicans and Mexican Americans were “repatriated,” sent back to Mexico, between 1929 and 1944! Why do so few know of this tragic period of our history?<br /><br />Part of the reason is the Mexican culture itself, a culture of “silence and forgetting.” One Mexican survivor said, “Forgetting is to Mexicans what remembering is to Jews.”<br /><br />Each culture has their own coping mechanisms. But descendents of survivors have started pressuring them to tell the story.">Mexican Repatriation Program</a> refers to a forced return to Mexico of people of Mexican descent from the United States between 1929 and 1944. <i>“It was a reaction to crys that Mexicans were taking away jobs from American Anglos.”</i> -- A recurring theme to the present day (Nov. 2015) From Anti-Immigrant forces led by opportunistic politicians who give people what they want, someone to blame for their economic woes and biases.<br /><br />The mandate, carried out by American authorities, took place without due process.<br /><br /> The Immigration and Naturalization Service targeted Mexicans in California, Texas, and Colorado because of "the proximity of the Mexican border, the physical distinctiveness of mestizos, and easily identifiable barrios." Studies have provided conflicting numbers for how many Mexicans were repatriated during the Great Depression, but estimates range from 500,000 to 2 million. <br /><br />In 2005, the <a href="ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/05-06/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_670_bill_20051007_chaptered.html" hint=" FEBRUARY 22, 2005<br><br />An act to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 8720) to<br /><br />Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to Mexican repatriation.<br /><br />LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 670, Dunn Mexican repatriation program of the 1930s.<br /><br />This bill would enact the “Apology Act for the 1930s Mexican Repatriation Program” and make findings and declarations regarding citizens and legal residents of Mexican descent, between the years 1929 and 1944, to Mexico from the United States during the 1930s “Mexican Repatriation” Program.<br /><br />The bill would express the apology of the State of California to those individuals who were illegally deported and coerced into emigrating to Mexico and would require that a plaque to commemorate those individuals be installed and maintained by the Department of Parks and Recreation in an appropriate public place in Los Angeles.">State of California passed an official Apology Act"</a> to those forced to relocate to Mexico, an estimated 1.2 million of whom were United States citizens</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1931</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Mexican American parents successfully sue the school board in Lemon Grove, California to prevent the segregation of their children from Anglo children. In what became to be known as <a href="http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/86spring/lemongrove.htm" hint="The nativist and restrictionist attitude fanned by economic troubles of the depression and the precedent of segregation in the form of the Americanization schools gave the board license to segregate the children. The segregation of Mexican-American children became widespread in California and Texas. In 1928, the enrollment of sixty-four schools in eight California counties was 90 to 100% Mexican-American. During the 1920s segregation was institutionalized in Texas. Texas school boards created Mexican-American section neighborhood schools which then became Mexican-American schools. Between 1922-1923 and 1931-1932, the number of such schools doubled from twenty to forty in Texas....No Southwestern state upheld legally the segregation of Mexican American children, yet the practice was widespread. Separate schools were built and maintained, in theory, simply because of residential segregation or to benefit the Mexican child. He had a “language handicap” and needed to be “Americanized” before mixing with Anglo children. His presence in an integrated school would hinder the progress of white American children.Such schools had been built without much opposition in California but the Lemon Grove board was not prepared for the ensuing contest which reached the Superior Court of the State of California in San Diego in the following month.<br><br />On the 8th of January, 1931, the San Diego Evening Tribune published an article, “75 Mexican students go on strike.” It discussed the action taken by Principal Green sending the children to the new Americanization school and the response of the community charging the school board with segregation. The following day the San Diego Sun published a response. “Pupils back at Desks in Lemon Grove,” by the supervisor of attendance, L.H. Lovelace, stating the“ ...matter was amicably settled as far as the school authorities are concerned.” According to the article, Miss Ada York, superintendent of County schools stated that the seventy-five pupils would return to the Americanization school...and H.L. Owens, school board member, said “...the difficulties between authorities and Mexican children had been 'entirely ironed out'.”<br /><br />Although the school authorities felt the school separation had been settled, during the following month the community went to court and under a writ of mandate from the Superior Court of California in San Diego, they challenged the school board's right to build and maintain a separate and segregated school for Mexican American children. Prior to the school separation, Mexican children had attended special English classes at the school but the building of a separate school and the segregation was viewed as a threat to the community.<br /><br />The Mexican parents organized themselves into the Comite de Vecinos de Lemon Grove (The Lemon Grove Neighbors Committee) and sought help in the Mexican community at large.31 The community went first to Enrique Ferreira who had been the Mexican consul in San Diego for ten years. Ferreira responded with strong support and arranged for San Diego attorneys, Fred C. Noon and A.C. Brinkely, to act as legal counsel for the Lemon Grove Community. ">The Lemon Grove Incident</a>, The Nation's First Successful School Desegregation Court Case</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1934</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">San Antonio community leader <a href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utlac/00118/lac-00118.html" hint="Abstract<br><br />The personal and business papers of Eleuterio Escobar, including legal papers, correspondence, autobiography drafts, business and financial records, agendas, and photographs, which also relate to the activites of the School Improvement League.<br /><br />Biographical<br /><br /> SketchEleuterio Escobar was a businessman and community leader in San Antonio, Texas. Born in Laredo, Texas, September 11, 1894, he served in World War I, became a salesman in south Texas, and then started his own business in San Antonio. During his career, Mr. Escobar owned and operated various businesses, including a furniture company, a leather and importing company, and a music business. His philanthropic activities centered on advocating improved school facilites for Mexican American children in San Antonio, where he also founded the School Improvement League (Liga Defensa Escolar), an organization dedicated to improving schools on the city's west side. Mr. Escobar was a member of several community organizations such as the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Knights of America. He died in 1970.">Eleuterio Escobar forms La Liga Pro-Defensa Escolar</a> (The School Improvement League) because of the gross inequity in spending he discovered between Mexican American and Anglo public schools.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1933</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">President Roosevelt’s <a href="https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/good-neighbor" hint="Milestones: 1921–1936<br><br />Good Neighbor Policy, 1933<br /><br />Introduction<br /><br />President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office determined to improve relations with the nations of Central and South America. Under his leadership the United States emphasized cooperation and trade rather than military force to maintain stability in the hemisphere. In his inaugural address on March 4, 1933, Roosevelt stated: “In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor—<i>“the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others.”</i><br /><br />Roosevelt’s Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, participated in the Montevideo Conference of December 1933, where he backed a declaration favored by most nations of the Western Hemisphere: “No state has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another”. In December Roosevelt stated, “The definite policy of the United States from now on is one opposed to armed intervention.” In 1934 at Roosevelt’s direction the 1903 treaty with Cuba (based on the Platt Amendment) that gave the United States the right to intervene to preserve internal stability or independence was abrogated. Although domestic economic problems and World War II diverted attention from the Western Hemisphere, Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor policy represented an attempt to distance the United States from earlier interventionist policies, such as the Roosevelt Corollary and military interventions in the region during the 1910s and 1920s. <br /><br /><i>“NOTE: The Good Neighbor policy phrase was actually coined by President Hoover who was on a goodwill trip to Latin America soon after his election in 1928 when he gave a speech in Honduras announcing, <b>“We have a desire to maintain not only the cordial relations of governments with each other, but also the relations of good neighbors.”</b>”</i>">"Good Neighbor Policy"</a> starts, which opposes armed intervention by any foreign power in the Western Hemisphere. <a href="http://theconversation.com/las-malvinas-or-falkland-islands-british-or-argentinean-6106" hint="The first buildings in Las Malvinas – or the Falklands as the British call the islands in the South Atlantic – were houses made of stone and were built by Argentinean hands.<br><br />It was in 1831 when forty men – led by Luis Vernet, the first Argentinean commander in Las Malvinas – settled here. Along with him came his wife, María who gave birth a girl who was christened Malvinas. The Argentinean settlement in this merciless land didn’t last long though.<br /><br />In 1833 the British colonial power invaded Las Mavinas, and what happen afterwards is now called “ethnic cleansing” – hundreds of English settlers were artificially introduced while all Argentineans were expelled.">Apparently except when is an European.force allied with the United States</a> such as with Las Islas Malvinas (Fallklands Islands)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1934</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/36918" hint="The act not only gave President Franklin D. Roosevelt the authority to adjust tariff rates, but also the power to negotiate bilateral trade agreements without receiving prior congressional approval. Advocates believed that granting these powers to the Roosevelt White House would help the administration quickly conclude agricultural trade agreements to speed recovery of the Depression-ravaged economy. <br><br />Critics believed Congress had abdicated a key oversight function. Representative Allen Treadway of Massachusetts, Ranking Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, objected that “it would surrender the taxing power of Congress to the President and his subordinates in violation of both the letter and spirit of the Constitution.” Others thought the law might enable the President to forgive or postpone debt owed by a foreign country and undermine American industry. To assuage such concerns, the bill was amended with a three-year expiration date on all trade agreements. ">The Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act of 1934</a> After hours of debate, the House initially passed the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act by a vote of 274 to 111 (with 47 Members not voting)—for the first time granting the President its traditional power to levy tariffs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1935</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Novelist John Steinbeck publishes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla_Flat" hint="Tortilla Flat (1935) is an early John Steinbeck novel set in Monterey, California. The novel was the author's first clear critical and commercial success.<br><br />The book portrays a group of paisanos - literally, countrymen - a small band of errant friends enjoying life and wine in the days after the end of the Great War.<br /><br />Tortilla Flat was made into a film in 1942. Steinbeck would later return to some of the panhandling locals of Monterey (though not the Spanish paisanos of the Flat) in his novel Cannery Row (1945).<br /><br />Above the town of Monterey on the California coast lies the shabby district of Tortilla Flat, inhabited by a loose gang of jobless locals of Mexican-Indian-Spanish-Caucasian descent (who typically claim pure Spanish blood).<br /><br />The central character Danny inherits two houses from his grandfather where he and his friends go to live. Danny's house, and Danny's friends, Steinbeck compares to the Round Table, and the Knights of the Round Table. Most of the action is set in the time of Steinbeck's own late teenage and young adult years, shortly after World War I.">Tortilla Flat</a>, a novel about Mexican American life in the United States.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1941</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">The League of United Latin American Citizens <a href="http://faculty.csusb.edu/ramirez/texas/projects/efrat/es1em.html" hint="Although Rivera does not address the issue of unions in his novel, the setting of the story forms a direct parallel with farm worker movements of the 1940's, 50's and 60's. A clear indication of the worth given to labor is the Bracero program, which lasted from 1942 until 1964. <br><br />A year before the program was instituted, there was protest by LULAC (the League of United Latin American Citizens) of the Southern Pacific Railroad's refusal to provide skilled apprenticeships to Mexican Americans. That same year, the Fair Employment Practices Committee was forced to address the issue of discrimination against Mexican Americans by purportedly eliminating discrimination in employment. <br /><br />The stance against Mexican Americans was apparent by the discrimination against them in hiring-- they were continually refused positions other than ones seen as lowly, the only ones they were capable or worthy of in the eyes of those hiring--, things are made doubly clear with the bracero program. The program allowed thetemporary immigration of Mexicans into the United States to provide low-cost labor for growers. Their race and ethnicity became synonymous with cheap hands for the U.S. farmers, as millions of Mexican workers were imported during the duration of the program. <br /><br />In 1947 Labor organizer Ernesto Galarza tried to organize farmworkers, but his efforts were stunted by the supply of low-cost labor which the bracero program provided. Furthermore, the U.S. instituted Operation Wetback in 1953, a program which entitled the U.S. Immigration Service to arrest and deport persons of Mexican descent. Now the flow of Mexicans into and out of the U.S. was more confusing-- on the one hand people were being brought in for labor-force, and on the other innumerable, mostly leader-figures, were being expelled.<br /><br />Not only was the bracero program, which imported Mexicans for labor, still in effect for the span of Operation Wetback, but many U.S. citizens were deported unfairly, due to their Mexican descent. <br /><br />Of those unfairly deported were political activists and other Mexican American leaders. This combination of actions makes the United States' stance rather clear - Mexicans are valuable as a bottom-of-the-ladder labor resource, but are a threat, and therefore should be purged from the country-- even if necessry to stretch the law to do so, for they often hold esteemed positions of leadership. Later in the 1950's there was an unsuccessful appeal by the Asociacion Nacional Mexico-Americana to the U.S. Commission on Human Rights to investigate the status of Mexican farm workers. <br /><br />In 1964 when the bracero program was repealed, the Mexican American labor leaders saw the opportunity to unionize farm workers (an impossible feat until the cheap labor provided by the bracero program was eliminated, for workers can not be paid what they're worth when a program that institutes labor 'dirt cheap' is in operation) . A year later, in 1965, the U.S. imposed an immigration quota on Mexico for the first time in history, another indication of the U.S.'s feelings towards Mexicans -- if they were not being imported for cheap labor, then they were not worth allowing into the country.">(LULAC) protests discrimination by the Southern Pacific Railroad</a>, which refuses to provide skilled apprenticeships to Mexican Americans.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1942</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://braceroarchive.org/about" hint="The Bracero Program, which brought millions of Mexican guest workers to the United States, ended more than four decades ago. Current debates about immigration policy-including discussions about a new guest worker program-have put the program back in the news and made it all the more important to understand this chapter of American history. Yet while top U.S. and Mexican officials re- examine the Bracero Program as a possible model, most Americans know very little about the program, the nation's largest experiment with guest workers. Indeed, until very recently, this important story has been inadequately documented and studied, even by scholars. <br><br /> The Bracero Program grew out of a series of bi-lateral agreements between Mexico and the United States that allowed millions of Mexican men to come to the United States to work on, short-term, primarily agricultural labor contracts. From 1942 to 1964, 4.6 million contracts were signed, with many individuals returning several times on different contracts, making it the largest U.S. contract labor program. An examination of the images, stories, documents and artifacts of the Bracero Program contributes to our understanding of the lives of migrant workers in Mexico and the United States, as well as our knowledge of, immigration, citizenship, nationalism, agriculture, labor practices, race relations, gender, sexuality, the family, visual culture, and the Cold War era.<br /><br />The Bracero Program was created by executive order in 1942 because many growers argued that World War II would bring labor shortages to low-paying agricultural jobs. On August 4, 1942 the United States concluded a temporary intergovernmental agreement for the use of Mexican agricultural labor on United States farms (officially referred to as the Mexican Farm Labor Program), and the influx of legal temporary Mexican workers began. But the program lasted much longer than anticipated. In 1951, after nearly a decade in existence, concerns about production and the U.S. entry into the Korean conflict led Congress to formalize the Bracero Program with Public Law 78. ">The bracero program begins</a>, allowing Mexican nationals to temporarily work in the United States – primarily in the agricultural industry.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1945</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://cloakinginequity.com/2014/05/27/in-memoriam-of-wwii-latino-veterans-and-their-families/" hint="In Memoriam of WWII Latino Veterans and Their Families<br><br />This post is also dedicated to the all of the Heilig, Scott, Vasquez and Cadena who have served our country bravely.<br /><br />In a new chapter we honor the memory of Latino veterans and their families. This chapter was recently published in the new book Latina/os and World War II: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology.<br /><br />The citation for our chapter is:<br /><br />Rodríguez, A. A., Vasquez Heilig, J. & Prochnow, A. (2014). Higher Education, the G.I. Bill, and the Post-War Lives of WWII Latino Veterans and Their Families. In M. Rivas-Rodriguez & B. Olguin (Eds.), Latina/os & World War II: Mobility, agency and ideology, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.<br /><br />Higher Education, the G.I. Bill, and the Post-War Lives of WWII Latino Veterans and Their Families<br /><br />In 1897, a federal district court in Rodriguez v. Texas declared that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and subsequent federal policies, conferred upon Mexican Americans a “White” racial status for naturalization and classification purposes. Thus, despite the “separate but equal” decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, Latina/os should have had equal access to the same public schools as Whites. However, racial bias was pervasive. Mexican American “greasers” faced cultural prejudices analogous to the racial animus suffered by African Americans, with several high profile lynchings, and city governments like Houston actively encouraging repatriation during the Great Depression.[i] Professor E. E. Davis of the University of Texas, asserted in a 1923 publication that White American children did not want to attend school with, “the dirty ‘greaser’ type of Mexican child,” and should be required to do so. Instead, Davis advocated that Mexican children be placed in separate schools until they were able to contribute positively to society.[ii] It is within this context that we will explore the experiences of Latino WWII veterans in U.S. schools pre- and post- war.">Mexican American veterans return from the war</a> and use their G.I. benefits for college education, purchasing homes, and furthering the economic growth of the community.</p>
<p>1945</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefina_Niggli" hint="Josefina Niggli (1910–1983; birth name was Josephine) was a Mexican-born Anglo-American playwright and novelist. Writing about Mexican-American issues in the middle years of the century, before the rise of the Chicano movement, she was the first and, for a time, the only Mexican American writing in English on Mexican themes; her egalitarian views of gender, race and ethnicity were progressive for their time and helped lay the groundwork for such later Chicana feminists as Gloria Anzaldúa, Ana Castillo and Sandra Cisneros.[1] Niggli is now recognized as “a literary voice from the middle ground between Mexican and Anglo heritage.”[2] Critic Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez has written that Niggli should be considered on a par such widely praised Spanish-language contemporaries as Mariano Azuela, Martín Luis Guzmán and Nellie Campobello.[3] She is thought to be the only Mexican-American woman to have a theatre named after her.[4]">Josephina Niggli</a> publishes <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mexican-Village-Other-Latino-Voices/dp/0810123401" hint="Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico in 1910, Josefina María Niggli was one of the first Latina writers to have her work published in the United States--and thus one of the first to introduce American audiences to the culture and people flourishing along the U.S.-Mexico border. Well ahead of what is now called Chicano literature, her writings--spanning a broad range of genres, subjects, and styles--offer an insider's view of the everyday lives little known or noted outside of their native milieu. In Niggli's plays, for instance, these often invisible working class Mexicans were literally elevated to the public stage, their hidden reality given expression.<br><br />A long-overdue gathering of Niggli's work, this volume showcases the writer's remarkable literary versatility, as well as the groundbreaking nature of her writing, which in many ways established a blueprint for future generations of writers and readers of Chicano literature. This collection includes Niggli's most famous and influential work, Mexican Village--a literary chronicle of Hidalgo, Mexico, which explores the distinct nature and tensions of Mexican life--along with her novel Step Down, Elder Brother, and five of her most well-known plays.">Mexican Village</a>, consisting of ten stories exploring her identity as part Mexican, part Anglo.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">1947</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Backed by <a href="http://lulac.org/about/history/" hint="LULAC History - All for One and One for All<br><br />The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), founded in 1929, is the oldest and most widely respected Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States of America. LULAC was created at a time in our country’s history when Hispanics were denied basic civil and human rights, despite contributions to American society. The founders of LULAC created an organization that empowers its members to create and develop opportunities where they are needed most.<br /><br />How LULAC was founded.<br /><br />In 1945, a California LULAC Council successfully sued to integrate the Orange County School System, which had been segregated on the grounds that Mexican children were “more poorly clothed and mentally inferior to white children.” Additionally, in 1954, LULAC brought another landmark case, Hernandez vs. the State of Texas, to protest the fact that a Mexican American had never been called to jury duty in the state of Texas. The Supreme Court ruled this exclusion unconstitutional. ">LULAC</a>, a <a href="The Méndez Case: Brown v. Board of Education for Mexican Americans" hint="The Méndez Case: Brown v. Board of Education for Mexican Americans<br><br />Author: Méndez et al. v. Westminster School District<br /><br />Date:1946<br /><br />Annotation: As late as World War II, it was common practice in the Southwest to segregate Mexican Americans in schools. In every California community with a sizable Mexican population, schools were segregated. Sometimes there was just a Mexican room, but many districts identified a separate Mexican school.<br /><br />Gonzalo Méndez, a tenant farmer, and a group of Mexican American World War II veterans in California's Orange County, demanded that their children attend the same schools as Anglos. They filed a lawsuit in federal court against four Orange County school districts seeking an injunction that would order their schools' integration.<br /><br />Two years later, in 1947, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that school districts could not segregate on the basis of national origin or Mexican descent. California Governor Earl Warren persuaded the legislature to repeal laws that segregated Asian and Native American schoolchildren. Warren went on to write the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that ruled that racial segregation was unconstitutional. Excerpts from the 1946 Méndez et al. v. Westminster School District decision follow. ">suit by Gonzalo Méndez against many California school districts</a> causes the Federal District Court to rule that segregation in schools is unconstitutional. This sets the judicial precedent for the <a href="http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2014/05/before-brown-v-board-of-education-there-was-mendez-v-westminster/" hint="May 16, 2014 by Francisco Macías -Libray of Congress.<br><br />Before Brown v. Board of Education There Was Méndez v. Westminster<br /><br />In keeping with the subject of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, May 17, 2014 marks the 60th anniversary of the issuance of the decision on Brown v. Board of Education. Brown is a landmark case in which the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that, contrary to the legal doctrine of separate but equal, “separate education facilities are inherently unequal” and ended segregation in the United States. While most people educated in the United States are familiar with Brown, I would like to bring your attention to more arcane cases, with arguably equal significance.<br /><br />As I wrote about earlier in the blog, <b>the case Hernández v. Texas was decided just two weeks prior to Brown; but there is another little-known case that was instrumental for the American civil rights movement: Méndez v. Westminster. While many scholars of educational desegregation assure us that the beginning of the end of the “separate but equal” doctrine was set underway with Brown v. Board of Education. It could be argued that the beginning of that end may actually date back seven years prior, Méndez v. Westminster</b>, which ended the almost 100 years of segregation that had remained a practice since the end of the U.S.-Mexico War of 1848 and the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The end of the U.S.-Mexico War gave rise to “anti-immigrant sentiments [that] resulted in increased measures to segregate Mexican-Americans from so-called ‘white’ public institutions such as swimming pools, parks, schools, and eating establishments.” <br /><br />Méndez v. Westminster School District of Orange County was a federal court case that challenged racial segregation in the education system of Orange County, California. Five Mexican-American fathers—Thomas Estrada, William Guzmán, Gonzalo Méndez, Frank Palomino, and Lorenzo Ramírez—set out to challenge the practice of school segregation in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Their claim was that their children and some 5,000 others of Mexican ancestry, had fallen victim to unconstitutional discriminatory practices by being forced to attend separate schools that had been designated “schools for Mexicans” in the school districts of El Modena, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, and Westminster—all of which were in Orange County. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the segregation of Mexican and Mexican-American students, by relegating them to “Mexican Schools,” was unconstitutional.">Brown vs. Board of Education</a> case, which repeals the "separate but equal" concept.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">1947</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=12841" hint="Address in Mexico City. March 3, 1947<br><br /><i>“Mr. President, distinguished guests:<br /><br />My presence here today as the guest of the great Republic of Mexico is one of the truly happy occasions of my career. I might say, incidentally, that I never had such a welcome in my life. I am deeply moved to be here again, among my friends and neighbors. I have wanted to return to Mexico ever since November 1939, when I visited this city and enjoyed the memorable hospitality of the Mexican Congress. To my good friend President Miguel Aleman, and to all the people of Mexico, I say from the bottom of my heart: Thank you for your gracious welcome.<br /><br />It is a common failing of many people to complain of hardships and overlook their good fortune. In the international sphere, many people emphasize the disagreements that separate nations and forget the large areas of agreement that bring nations together in mutual understanding. It would be foolish to pretend that fundamental differences in political philosophies do not exist. The task of achieving permanent peace and security for all mankind is not easy, but I am certain that permanent peace and security are the goal of all peoples everywhere, whatever their language, or nationality, race, or creed. Because of my belief that the peoples of the world have peace as a common objective, I refuse to be discouraged by apparent difficulties. Difficulties are a challenge to men of determination.<br /><br />Mr. President, you refer to 1847. We did have tragic difficulties then. In fact, we had difficulties with our northern neighbor Canada in 1814. We also had a terrible quarrel between our own States. But, Mr. president, we have learned the hard way that peace is best at home and abroad with our neighbors. We have fought two world wars within a generation. We have found that the victory loses in total war as well as the vanquished.</i> <br /><br />If a realistic view of the world takes full account of the differences that separate nations, it must also take full account of the common beliefs that unite nations....”<br /><br /><i><b>Note: The President spoke at 9:35 p.m. in the Palacio Nacional. His opening words “Mr. president” referred to President Miguel Aleman of Mexico. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.</b></i>">Harry S. Truman</a> becomes the first president to visit Mexico City, laying a wreath at the foot of the <a href="http://www.mexonline.com/history-ninosheroes.htm" hint="Los Niños Héroes<br><br />Mexico has known many heroes through her long and eventful history. Perhaps none have captured the imagination and stirred the hearts to the degree that Los Niños Héroes (Heroic Children) have. In 1847, six brave young men fought valiantly for their country during the Mexican-American War. Tragically, they died defending her honor.<br /><br />Ranging in age from just 13 to 19 years of age, these military cadets are remembered today with reverence and national pride. A great monument erected in their honor, Los Niños Héroes Monument, stands proudly at the entrance to Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. This historical memorial is visited by thousands of Mexican citizens and foreign travelers each year.<br /><br />The Mexican-American War was in its final chapters when the Battle of Chapultepec took place. The date was September 13, 1847 and American forces were quickly advancing on Chapultepec Castle. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who was in charge of forces in Mexico City, recognized the strategic advantage that Chapultepec Hill held. Geographically, its value was enormous as it position protected Mexico City on its west side from invaders.<br /><br />Unfortunately, there were not enough resources available for its defense. Rising some 200 feet above the surrounding landscape, the site was naturally fortified. However, American forces greatly outnumbered their Mexican counterparts, both in manpower and gunpowder. <b>Many prominent Americans, including Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams considered the war unjust and questioned the rationale for the invasion.</b>">U.S.-Mexican war monument</a> to the <a href="http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/313-mexico-s-ni%C3%B1os-heroes-heroic-children-reality-or-myth" hint="Mexico's Niños Heroes (“heroic children”): reality or myth...<br><br />On March 5, 1947 President Harry S. Truman was on the next to last day of a three-day whirlwind visit to Mexico. Departing from his prepared agenda, he announced that he wanted to make a stop at Mexico City's historic Chapultepec Castle. As the motorcade came to a halt by a grove of trees, Truman stepped out of his black Lincoln and walked over to a stone monument reading Niños Heroes (“Heroic Children”). These were the six cadets who committed suicide during the Mexican-American War by leaping from the castle battlements rather than surrender. Truman laid a wreath on the monument and then stood for a few moments of silent reverence. All the while a contingent of contemporary Mexican cadets, some with tears streaming down their cheeks, stood at rigid attention.<br /><br />Truman's action, duplicated fifty years later by Bill Clinton, made him Mexico's all-time most popular U.S. president. FRIENDSHIP BEGAN TODAY headlined one Mexico City paper. Another blazoned this message: RENDERING HOMAGE TO THE HEROES OF '47, TRUMAN HEALS AN OLD NATIONAL WOUND FOREVER. “To think that the most powerful man in the world would come and apologize”, said a cab driver to a passenger. Remarked an engineer: “One hundred years of misunderstanding and bitterness wiped out by one man in one minute. This is the best neighbor policy.” At a lunch later that day, President Miguel Alemán proclaimed him “the new champion of solidarity and understanding among the American republics.” Truman's own comment was characteristically succinct. “Brave men do not belong to any one country. I respect bravery whenever I see it.” Though the President's plane, Sacred Cow, left before dawn on a chilly morning, over a thousand people were at the airport to see him off. ">Niños Heroes</a></p>.
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">1948</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">World War II veterans organize the <a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/voa01" hint="AMERICAN G.I. FORUM OF TEXAS. On March 26, 1948, 700 Mexican-American veterans, led by Hector P. Garcia, met in Corpus Christi and organized the American G.I. Forum, a civil-rights organization devoted to securing equal rights for Hispanic Americans. The first issue the forum dealt with was the failure of the Veterans Administration to deliver earned benefits through the G.I. Bill of Rights of 1944. After securing those benefits, the forum addressed other veterans' concerns, such as hospital care and Mexican-American representation on draft boards. In 1949 the director of the Rice Funeral Home in Three Rivers refused the use of his chapel for the funeral of Private Felix Longoria (see FELIX LONGORIA AFFAIR). Garcia and the Corpus Christi forum organized a widespread protest that gained national attention. Eventually, through the intervention of Lyndon B. Johnson, Longoria was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The incident in Three Rivers established the forum as an effective civil-rights advocate for Hispanics and expanded the scope and nature of its activities.<br><br />The organizational structure promoted this goal. The local chapter was the basic unit; the membership of each local chapter had to be 75 percent veterans. Beyond the local chapter were the district, state, and (after 1958) national governing bodies. In some areas, auxiliary (female) and junior G.I. forums developed. The charter of each unit emphasized loyalty and patriotism. The forum also prohibited official endorsement of a political party or candidate. This sanction blunted possible charges of bloc voting. Skills and experience developed in the forum were, however, applied by members in political campaigns.<br /><br />In 1954 forum lawyers, in conjunction with attorneys for the League of United Latin American Citizens, successfully argued before the Supreme Court in Hernandez v. the State of Texasqv that Mexican Americans, although technically classified as Caucasian, suffered discrimination as a class and were entitled to the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment. In 1957 the Texas forum ended a ten-year struggle when a federal court agreed that school segregation of Mexican-American children in Texas schools was unjustified. In the same decade the forum helped thousands of Mexican Americans in the Rio Grande valley to register to vote, and incidents of police brutality were confronted in forum efforts. Health care and veterans' needs remained important concerns, as did scholarship donations, back-to-school drives, and the problems of migrant workers.">American G.I. Forum in Texas</a> to fight against discrimination and promote the welfare of Mexican Americans.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1951</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://library.uwb.edu/static/USimmigration/1951_public_law_78.html" hint="SUMMARY<br><br />Public Law 78 was an amendment to the Agricultural Act of 1949 in an effort to include agricultural workers within the act. This was significant because the Act was extended to workers from Mexico. The act was an effort to increase the amount of labor help during World War II, but included strict limitations for both the farmer and the farm worker. One of the limitations in regards to both entities was the limitation of work. The Secretary of Labor had the authority to determine whether a certain area had enough domestic workers, therefore excluding the farmeworker from Mexico from employment. The amendment was had the intention of lasting approximately two years. ">The Bracero program is revived</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1953</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2007/04/05/operation-wetback-illegal-immigrations-golden-crisp-myth" hint="The reality of “Operation Wetback” wasn't so simple. Eisenhower's sweep was effective because it was mass deportation on the Soviet model, not because it was admirable, let alone fair or, in thousands of cases, legal. Mexicans were especially targeted whether they were legal immigrants or not. Children of Mexican parents, who were American citizens for having been born on American soil, were deported, too. We just learned that Americans by the thousands (and their children) are being denied Medicaid benefits because they can't produce proof of citizenship under a new law designed to target illegal immigrants. Imagine how many Mexicans were wrongly targeted for deportation in the mid-1950s.<br><br />On March 9, 1955, Immigration Commissioner Joseph Swing triumphantly declared mission accomplished to a House subcommittee: “The wetback situation will be definitely under contro;”, he said, with just 300 illegal migrants caught daily, down from 3,000. The figures are as suspect as the government's precise tallies of people leaving voluntarily (45,953 in Texas alone by July 1954) — as if illegals were going up to border posts to record their departure and say farewell. More likely, they did what they do today. When enforcement intensifies in one sector, they move to another.<br /><br />The government's deportation methods were beyond suspect. A congressional investigation described the Mercurio as a “hell ship” where abuse of deportees may have been rampant. According to a United Press report from August 1956, “The Justice Department permitted the Immigration Service to crowd 500 Mexicans aboard a ship that normally carried seventy to ninety persons.” The Mercurio's two lifeboats had a total capacity of 48. Less than a week after the House Government Committee investigation was made public, Mexicans mutinied aboard the ship after 40 people jumped overboard and seven drowned in an attempt to reach shore. Deportations by ship were halted. Airlifts replaced that method until the late 1950s, but even Stalinist sweeps can't be sustained forever. <br /><br />Forgotten in that bullying decade and since was the Truman commission on illegal immigration that came closest to solving the issue, but at a price: Better wages for migrant laborers and strictly regulated working conditions. Federal agents wouldn't be raiding workplaces to check on the legality of workers, but to verify employers' documentation of fair pay and the kind of working conditions Americans would not consider beneath them. Employers' advantage of hiring illegal immigrants would vanish. No demand, no need for supply. The recommendations never became law. The West's big farmers defeated them, because that, in the end, is who enables illegal immigration — the employers who profit from it and the consumers who demand it by way of low-cost food, nannies, maids, fern-cutters.<br /><br /><b>“Illegals” are the most despised, most abused, most punished and most condemned for the problem. But they're the least to blame and the worthiest of praise. They're busboys to American extravagance <u>“Operation Wetbacks” ended in the sunset of Eisenhower's presidency.</u></b>">Operation Wetback</a>: The U.S. Immigration Service deports more than 3.8 million people of Mexican heritage.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1954</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">The film <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-salt-of-earth-review-20141212-column.html" hint="hen he looked over the edge of Brazil's massive Serra Pelada mine, about to take one of the 20th century's most iconic photographs, Sebastião Salgado said, 'every hair on my body stood on edge. The pyramids, Babel, the history of mankind unfolded. I had traveled to the dawn of time.'<br><br />That panoramic shot of 50,000 men working without the aid of machinery in an enormous gold mining pit, each and every one of them 'slaves to the cause of getting rich,' is just one of hundreds of justifiably admired photographs that have made Salgado one of the most recognizable names in contemporary photojournalism.<br /><br />Wenders' key idea for this film, to have Salgado look at his photographs and talk about them to the camera, works brilliantly because Salgado is a great storyteller and remembers key details about, for instance, the tribes he spent time with, like Mexico's Tarahumara, who were celebrated long-distance runners, and Ecuador's Saraguros, who thought he was an observer sent by God.<br /><br />Gradually, however, Salgado's photographs began to record tragedy and atrocities, and what he saw changed him. 'We humans are a terrible animal; we are extremely violent, he says. Our history is a history of war; it's an endless story. We should see these images to see how terrible our species is.br><br />Finally, after photographing genocidal killings in Rwanda and the Congo in the 1990s, Salgado had enough and began to deeply question his work as a social photographer.">Salt of the Earth</a> is heralded by many as a true representation of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/07/magazine/faces-of-the-other-americas.html" hint="FACES OF THE OTHER AMERICAS<br><br />THE FOCUS SHARPENS. THE STARK PANORAMA OF POVERTY in which millions of Latin Americans live suddenly blurs and faces appear. They are dark faces, the faces of Indian peasants and black settlers, in the main - and on them are etched the resignation, patience, faith and hope that make survival possible in the barren sierras and deserts of the ''other Americas.'' These are not the faces of despair, but the faces of solitude, peering at a rapidly changing world that both calls out to them and rejects them. <br /><br />For Salgado, though, nationality is not the point. The people he portrays are united by common social, religious and cultural experiences rather than divided by borders. Since the Spanish Conquest 460 years ago, for instance, little has differentiated the lives of the indigenous peoples of, say, Bolivia and Mexico. Even today, a Quechua-speaking peon from the Andes of Ecuador probably has more in common with a Portuguese-speaking peasant from Brazil's parched northeast than either has with his urban compatriots. Nor does the passage of time count for much. Salgado's photographs carry dates, but most could have been taken at any time in the last few decades. <br /><br /> The hidden tension in this world is, of course, the inevitability of change. Gradually, the area's ancient spiritual and cultural defenses are being eroded by modern-day consumerism and communications. Since World War II, tens of millions of peasants have migrated to urban centers, lured by the often false promise of jobs, education and health care. The faces and feelings in Salgado's photographs, therefore, are a part of the world that struggles not to change but nonetheless is shrinking with every passing year.<br /><br />In the “Other Americas”, the powerful spirituality of this vast continent - its superstition, belief in all manner of magic and amalgam of religions - contrasts with the desolation of the environment. Here as elsewhere, an easy acceptance of natural and violent death only makes the formalities and rituals of daily life more important. More than a portrait of an isolated slice of life, ''Other Americas'' is a prism through which all of Latin America can be seen.">Mexican Americans</a> and their struggle.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1962</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">César Chávez organizes the <a href="http://www.ufw.org/_board.php?mode=view&b_code=cc_his_research&b_no=10482" hint="The 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike and Boycott<br><br />On September 8, 1965, Filipino American grape workers, members of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, walked out on strike against Delano-area table and wine grape growers protesting years of poor pay and conditions. The Filipinos asked Cesar Chavez, who led a mostly Latino farm workers union, the National Farm Workers Association, to join their strike.<br /><br />Cesar and the leaders of the NFWA believed it would be years before their fledgling union was ready for a strike. But he also knew how growers historically pitted one race against another to break field walkouts. Cesar’s union voted to join the Filipino workers’ walkouts on Mexican Independence Day, September 16, 1965. From the beginning this would be a different kind of strike.<br /><br />--Cesar insisted the Latino and Filipino strikers work together, sharing the same picketlines, strike kitchens and union hall.<br /><br />The boycott connected middle-class families in big cities with poor farm worker families in the California vineyards. Millions stopped eating grapes. At dinner tables across the country, parents gave children a simple, powerful lesson in social justice.<br /><br />By 1970, the grape boycott was a complete success. Table grape growers at long last signed their first union contracts, granting workers better pay, benefits, and protections.<br /><br />In the decades that followed, Cesar and the UFW continued using nonviolent strikes, boycotts, marches and fasts to help farm workers stand up for their rights and gather support from ordinary Americans to aid them in their efforts. Those efforts continue to this day through the work of the United Farm Workers of America and the Cesar Chavez Foundation. ">National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)</a> in Delano, California.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1964</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.madeinmexicoinc.com/maquiladora-industry/a-brief-history/" hint="The Mexican government initiated the Border Industrialization Program in 1965 as a response to the demise of the “Bracero Program” by the U.S. government in 1964. The “Bracero Program” had allowed Mexican agricultural workers (mostly migrating northbound from the interior of Mexico) to work legally in the U.S. on a seasonal basis.<br><br />After the end of the “Bracero Program” the Mexican government was forced to implement the Maquiladora Program to alleviate the rising unemployment burden along the border. This is a concept whereby the Mexican government mostly allows the duty-free, temporary importation of raw materials, supplies, machinery and equipment, etc. as long as the product assembled or manufactured in Mexico is exported. The Mexican government also sought to utilize this program to increase the level of “hard currency” and as a vehicle for the transfer of technology. Since the conception of the Maquiladora program, the changes have been dramatic, to say the least!">The first maquiladoras</a> are established under the <a href="http://manufacturinginmexico.org/maquiladora-in-mexico.html" hint="The Maquiladora Program, which allowed maquiladoras to be 100% foreign owned, was initiated in Mexico way back in 1964, and followed the National Border Industrialization Program, which began three years earlier in 1961. The Industrialization Program was created to increase foreign investment and stimulate Mexico's internal market. The Maquiladora Program was developed to foster border region employment rates as well as further attract foreign investment, and a 1989 decree relaxed Mexico's foreign investment laws even more, allowing maquiladoras to sell up to 50% of their products to Mexican domestic markets.<br><br />Despite its impressive, successful history, the maquiladora industry in Mexico never fully bloomed until the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was approved in 1994. Interestingly, NAFTA wasn’t entirely a boon to the industry, as it eliminated certain customs benefits enjoyed by the maquiladora program and determined strict 'rules of origin' for products to qualify for preferential tariffs. But it did allow products manufactured in maquiladoras to be sold to in Mexico without the prior limits in place, and eliminated certain quotas that further impeded full penetration of U.S. and Mexican markets. ">Border Industrialization Program</a>; mass employment of cheap labor along the Mexican border by U.S. companies begins.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1964</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://geo-mexico.com/?p=2242" hint="“The Bracero program” started in 1942 as a way to alleviate the severe US labor shortage during the second world war. It gave selected Mexicans renewable six-month visas to work temporarily on US farms. Most workers came from Michoacán, Jalisco, and Guanajuato. Many US farmers became very dependent on the productive and relatively cheap Mexican labor.<br><br />Los BracerosMany Mexican workers also entered the USA without visas and easily found well-paying jobs in agriculture and other sectors. Numerous US industries began to depend on these undocumented workers. The US government and public accepted this reality; they were preoccupied fighting a war.<br /><br />The Bracero Program was considered such a success that it continued long after the war ended. It was finally repealed in 1964, largely as a result of pressure from labor unions, who felt it held down farm wages, and Latino groups which felt it impeded the upward mobility of US Hispanics.">The bracero program is finally repealed</a>, and Mexican American labor leaders see an opportunity to work <a href="http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?menu=research&inc=history/03.html" hint="For more than a century farmworkers had been denied a decent life in the fields and communities of California's agricultural valleys. Essential to the state's biggest industry, but only so long as they remained exploited and submissive farmworkers had tried but failed so many times to organize the giant agribusiness farms that most observers considered it a hopeless task. And yet by the early 1960's things were beginning to change beneath the surface. Within another fifteen years more than 50,000 farmworkers were protected by union contracts.<br><br />The Bracero program, an informal arrangement between the United States and Mexican governments, became Public Law 78 in 1951. Started during World War II as a program to provide Mexican agricultural workers to growers, it continued after the war.<br /><br />Public Law 78 stated that no bracero-a temporary worker imported from Mexico-could replace a domestic worker. In reality this provision was rarely enforced. In fact the growers had wanted the Bracero program to continue after the war precisely in order to replace domestic workers.<br /><br />The small but energetic National Farm Labor Union, led by dynamic organizer Ernesto Galarza, found its efforts to create a lasting California farmworkers union in the 1940's and 50's stymied again and again by the growers' manipulation of braceros.<br /><br />Over time, however, farmworkers, led by Cesar Chavez, were able to call upon allies in other unions, in churches and in community groups affiliated with the growing civil rights movement, to put enough pressure on politicians to end the Bracero Program by 1964.">toward unionizing the farmworkers</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1965</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2015/10/16/123477/the-immigration-and-nationality-act-of-1965-turns-50/" hint="President Lyndon B. Johnson sits at his desk on Liberty Island in New York Harbor as he signs a new immigration bill, October 1965.<br><br />Fifty years ago this month, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood at the foot of the Statue of Liberty in New York City and signed into law the most sweeping U.S. immigration reform to date—The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. The law did away with the racially discriminatory national origins quota system, which had governed admissions to the United States since the 1920s, and created what we have today: An immigration system largely based around family reunification and—to a lesser extent—employment-based migration.<br /><br />Coming just a year after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and in the same year as the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Immigration and Nationality Act stands as a major achievement of the civil rights era. Whereas the national origins quotas advantaged immigration from Northern and Western Europe and excluded Asian immigrants entirely, the 1965 act opened the doors to immigrants from around the world. In 1965, just under 10 million Americans were foreign-born, a total that constituted 4.8 percent of the U.S. population. Today, that number stands at 45 million, or 13.9 percent of the U.S. population.">The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 </a>limits immigrants into the United States.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1974</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/coalition/11.htm" hint="MANA - A National Latina Organization<br><br />Founded in 1974 by Mexican-American women MANA stood for the Mexican American National Association until 1994 when members voted to become MANA, A National Latina Organization (MANA), to reflect the diversity of its membership. Today, MANA is the largest national Latina grassroots membership organization with chapters, individual members, and affiliates across the country. MANA is governed by a Board of Directors and led by President and CEO Alma Morales Riojas.<br /><br />MANA’s mission is to empower Latinas through leadership development, community service, and advocacy. Its four national goals are to: strengthen Latinas as community leaders; create vital Hispanic communities; advance public policy for an equal and just society; and grow and sustain a healthy organization. MANA achieves its mission through two premiere programs, the AvanZamos® Program (adult leadership training program) and the HERMANITAS® Program (mentoring and leadership program for young Latinas.)">The Mexican American Women's National Association (MANA)</a> is established to advance the status of Mexican American women, promote leadership opportunities and work toward parity in the workplace.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1982</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://migration.ucdavis.edu/rs/more.php?id=8" hint="Executive SummaryOver the last two decades, Mexico has dramatically opened its economy to foreign trade and investment. The country has converted itself from an inward-oriented economy to one in which export production is the main source of economic growth. In 2000, the share of international trade in Mexico¡¯s GDP was 32%, up from 11% in 1980. The most dynamic exporters in Mexico are in-bond assembly plants, known as maquiladoras. These plants import parts and components from abroad, assemble the inputs into final goods, and then export their output. They are most active in the electronics, auto parts, and apparel industries. Maquiladoras main point of contact with the Mexican economy is through hiring labor. They purchase few inputs in Mexico and sell virtually none of their output domestically. The United States is the primary source for their inputs and the primary destination market for their sales. While all maquiladoras contract with foreign firms to obtain inputs and distribute outputs, not all are subsidiaries of multinational enterprises. Many are Mexican-owned facilities that deal with multinationals through arms-length transactions.">The largest increase of maquiladoras</a> occurs after <a href="https://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/more.php?id=553" hint="<br>Devaluation and Mexico to US Migration<br /><br />Avoiding increased Mexico-to-US unauthorized migration due to recession in Mexico and a wider US-Mexican wage gap was a pillar argument in favor of the Clinton Administration's proposal to provide $40 billion in Congressionally approved loan guarantees to Mexico. The loan guarantee proposal was withdrawn on January 31, 1995, and replaced with a package of aid that does not require Congressional approval.<br /><br />Mexico's peso hit a record low of US$1=6.55 on January 30, 1995, down over 40 percent from the $1=3.45 pesos on December 20, 1994. After the announcement of the aid program, the peso rebounded to $1=5.75 pesos.<br /><br />Many in Congress wanted to make the loan guarantee conditional on Mexico cooperating with the US to reduce illegal immigration. Although the aid package has no formal side conditions on immigration, US officials reported that there was an 'understanding' that Mexico would cooperate with the US to manage migration.<br /><br />President Clinton, among others, argued that the Mexican aid package would 'help us to better protect our borders.' The 1982 peso devaluation of 72 percent was followed by a 30 percent increase in apprehensions in 1983 and 1984, from about 1 million to 1.3 million.<br /><br />Legal and unauthorized Mexican migration to the US, which averaged about 300,000 settlers and 800,000 to two million sojourners per year over the past decade, is expected to increase as a result the peso devaluation and hard times in Mexico. The US Treasury originally predicted 30 percent or 430,000 additional illegal entries in 1995--implying a "normal" flow of 1.4 million unauthorized Mexican entries per year-- if the US did not provide aid to Mexico. ">devaluation of the Mexican currency</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1994</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.inc.com/encyclopedia/north-american-free-trade-agreement-nafta.html" hint="The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a treaty entered into by the United States, Canada, and Mexico; it went into effect on January 1, 1994. (Free trade had existed between the U.S. and Canada since 1989; NAFTA broadened that arrangement.) On that day, the three countries became the largest free market in the world—the combined economies of the three nations at that time measured $6 trillion and directly affected more than 365 million people. NAFTA was created to eliminate tariff barriers to agricultural, manufacturing, and services; to remove investment restrictions; and to protect intellectual property rights. This was to be done while also addressing environmental and labor concerns (although many observers charge that the three governments have been lax in ensuring environmental and labor safeguards since the agreement went into effect). Small businesses were among those that were expected to benefit the most from the lowering of trade barriers since it would make doing business in Mexico and Canada less expensive and would reduce the red tape needed to import or export goods.">The North American Free Trade Agreement -- NAFTA -- </a>comes into affect, stimulating trade between the United States and Mexico. Massive increases in border populations occur due to the treaty.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1995</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Ana Beatriz de Santiago, beauty queen of the U.S.-Mexico Sister Cities International Association, <a href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/aug/12/mexico-beauty-queen-harassed-at-border-agents/" hint="Ana Beatriz de Santiago, a tall, slender 21-year-old from Ciudad Guzman, Mexico, said the harassment continued even after she showed agents her passport, visa and tiara.<br><br />“I was very embarrassed. I wanted to come to the United States to finish my title as queen with grace,” Santiago said Friday through an interpreter.<br /><br />“I don’t know what to tell my parents. Being pregnant is a shameful thing in my town,” she said, adding that she is a virgin.">is detained</a> for two hours by border agents on her way to a convention where she is to turn over her crown to the next queen. A customs agent reportedly lifted her dress and patted her stomach to determine whether she was pregnant. The Sister Cities Association formally complains to U.S. President Bill Clinton.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1996</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Bill Clinton uses a strict approach to limiting illegal immigration in his re-election campaign in order to sway large electoral states, such as California and Texas. Under his direction, U.S. Border Patrols are bolstered, sensors are installed and 40 miles of 14-foot fence is built to deter the flow of illegal immigrants.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1996</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">The Clinton Administration takes credit for decriminalization of the border region, citing its increased funding of border police as major force in stopping crime. According to FBI reports, serious crime was down 30 percent in San Diego, Calif., 5 percent in Nogales, Ariz., 14 percent in El Paso, Texas and 20 percent in Brownsville, Texas.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1996</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_Immigration_Reform_and_Immigrant_Responsibility_Act_of_1996" hint="The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) represents an effort by Congress to strengthen and streamline U.S. immigration laws. The Act was designed to improve border control by imposing criminal penalties for racketeering, alien smuggling and the use or creation of fraudulent immigration-related documents and increasing interior enforcement by agencies charged with monitoring visa applications and visa abusers.<br><br />Employment eligibility verification guidelines are also incorporated into the Act, including sanctions for employers who fail to comply with the regulations and restrictions on unfair immigration-related employment practices, as well as provisions governing the dispersment of governement aid to aliens.">Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996</a> The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Division C of Pub.L. 104–208, 110 Stat. 3009-546, enacted September 30, 1996 (often referred to as "i-RAI-ruh," and sometimes abbreviated as "IIRAIRA" or "IIRIRA") vastly changed the immigration laws of the United States.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">This act states that immigrants unlawfully present in the United States for 180 days but less than 365 days must remain outside the United States for three years unless they obtain a pardon. If they are in the United States for 365 days or more, they must stay outside the United States for ten years unless they obtain a waiver. If they return to the United States without the pardon, they may not apply for a waiver for a period of ten years.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>1997</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_Section_287%28g%29" hint="Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act<br><br />U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative agency in the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for enforcing federal immigration laws as part of its homeland security mission. ICE works closely with federal, state and local law enforcement partners in this mission. The 287(g) program, one of ICE's top partnership initiatives, allows a state or local law enforcement entity to enter into a partnership with ICE, under a joint Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), in order to receive delegated authority for immigration enforcement within their jurisdictions.">Immigration and Nationality Act Section 287(g)</a> odified at 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g), was added to the INA by section 133 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (Division C, Title I of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997, Pub.L. 104–208, 110 Stat. 3001, enacted September 30, 1996). Section 287(g) authorizes the Federal Government to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies, permitting designated officers to perform immigration law enforcement functions, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement, provided that the local law enforcement officers receive appropriate training and function under the supervision of sworn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. Under 287(g), with federal approval and training, ICE provides state and local law enforcement officers with the training and authorization to identify, process, and--when appropriate--detain immigration offenders they encounter during their regular, daily law-enforcement activity.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">1997</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/558943/US-Mexico-must-cooperate-as-never-before-Clinton-says.html?pg=all" hint=" Trying to mend fences south of the border, President Clinton is tackling festering disagreements with Mexico over drugs, immigration and trade. 'We must cooperate as never before,' he declared.<br><br />The visit, his first trip to Latin America as president, comes at a low point in U.S.-Mexican relations. A tough new immigration law, an exacting review of Mexican drug-fighting capabilities and U.S. handling of several trade disputes all have angered and embarrassed Mexico.But President Ernesto Zedillo was following Clinton's script, saying the leaders were determined to work out their problems.">Clinton becomes the first president to visit Mexico since Jimmy Carter in 1979</a>. He promises Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo that he will avoid "mass deportations" under the U.S. immigration policy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">1998</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/05/06/clinton.mexico/" hint="Clinton And Zedillo Talk Of Cooperation<br><br />Two leaders commit their nations to cooperating on illegal drugs and immigration<br /><br /> MEXICO CITY (AllPolitics, May 6) -- During a sunny outdoor ceremony following a day of intense talks, President Bill Clinton and Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo announced alliances to fight illegal drugs and increase cooperation on immigration.<br />The two leaders signed the 'Declaration of Alliance Against Drugs,' committing both nations to develop a common drug-fighting strategy by the end of the year. The agreement identifies 15 areas for cooperation. ">Bill Clinton signs a declaration with Mexican president Ernesto Zedill</a>o committing their nations for the first time to devise a joint strategy for combating drug trafficking.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>2003</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/11/operation-endgame-purge-legal-immigrants" hint="Thanks to the 1996 Immigration Act, which was signed into law by President Bill Clinton, green card holders convicted of even the most minor of crimes can be stripped of their legal status and shipped out of the country. Before 1996, there were only four categories of crime that would have led to the expulsion of a legal permanent resident. The immigration law expanded the number of crimes that could lead to removal to over 50, and so broadly defined their terms that a combination of shoplifting and not returning a library book could be enough to get a person expelled. The law is also retroactive, so people who committed minor crimes decades ago can be subject to deportation. And finally, the law provided for mandatory detention of immigrants undergoing removal proceedings, which ensures the mostly privately run immigrant detention centers are full and turning a profit.">Operation "Endgame" </a> <a href="http://cryptogon.com/docs/endgame.pdf" hint="U.S. Department of Homeland Security<br><br />Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement<br />Form M-592 (8/15/03)<br /><br />ENDGAME<br />Office of Detention and Removal Strategic Plan,<b <br>Detention and Removal Strategy<br />for a Secure Homeland">[pdf]</b></a><i> the Clinton administration, minor misdemeanors can get legal immigrants deported. Naturally, it's made a good business.</i><br /><br /> Since 1996, there have been a couple of other legislative breakthroughs that have helped boost the numbers of immigrants who are sent back where they came from. In 2003, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took over jurisdiction of immigration law enforcement. A year later, the DHS launched "Operation Endgame", a program designed to ensure that all deportable aliens are removed by 2014. In 2005, funding for immigration law enforcement was increased to $10bn, so the getting rid of undesirables plan is in full force and seems to be working out nicely. In 1997, according to the DHS, 51,000 immigrants with criminal convictions were sent home. In 2010, more than 500,000 immigrants were apprehended and 169,000 criminal aliens were deported (pdf). (As a point of interest, it should be noted that the vast majority of these deportees do not have white skin: 83% of the apprehended aliens in 2010 were Mexican or Latin American, and those from African countries make up most of the rest. It's hardly coincidental that the same population is more likely, in general, to be arrested, imprisoned and subjected to racial profiling.)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>2005</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 | <a href="http://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/summary-of-the-sensenbrenner-immigration-bill.aspx" hint="H.R. 4437 would make mandatory an employment eligibility verification system. This system would replace the current verification system, the Basic Pilot, which employers <i><b>may use voluntarily</b>. This bill <i><b>would require</b></i> employers to verify all new hires beginning two years after enactment and all existing employees not previously verified no later than six years after enactment.<i><b>(From voluntary to mandatory)</b></i>">H.R. 4437</a> AKA <b>"The Sensenbrenner Bill"</b><br />
Co-Sponsors: Representative James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Representative Peter King (R-NY)<br /><br />
SUMMARY: On Dec. 16, 2005, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (H.R. 4437) passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 239 to 182. This legislation, sponsored by Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Homeland Security Chairman Peter King(R-NY), seeks to address illegal immigration by strengthening interior enforcement of immigration laws and enacting additional border security measures. Provisions to establish a guestworker program are not included in this legislation. This document summarizes key sections of the bill that relate to state and local government.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">H.R. 4437 was <i><b>the straw that broke the camel's back</b></i> and is recognized as the cathalist for awakening a sleeping giant, which resulted in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_United_States_immigration_reform_protests#Timeline" hint="Timeline of Marches in 40 Cities: March 10 - May 25 <i>(Incomplete list, as an example, san francisco was not included and had a 100,000 people marching down Market St. To City Hall. If SF was exluded, how many more cities were left out?)">massive protests sustained for 10 weeks across the country</a>, with a movilization of more than a million people between March 10, 2006 to May 25, 2006. The largest was held in <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/26/local/me-immig26" hint="A crowd estimated by police at more than 500,000 boisterously marched in Los Angeles on Saturday to protest federal legislation that would crack down on undocumented immigrants, penalize those who help them and build a security wall along the U.S.' southern border.<br><br />Spirited but peaceful marchers -- ordinary immigrants alongside labor, religious and civil rights groups -- stretched more than 20 blocks along Spring Street, Broadway and Main Street to City Hall, tooting kazoos, waving American flags and chanting, 'Si se puede!' (Yes we can!).<br /><br />Attendance at the demonstration far surpassed the number of people who protested against the Vietnam War and Proposition 187, a 1994 state initiative that sought to deny public benefits to undocumented migrants but was struck down by the courts. Police said there were no arrests or injuries except for a few cases of exhaustion.">Los Angeles</a> where an estimated more than 500,000 people took to the streets. </p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>2006</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_United_States_immigration_reform_protests#May" hint="In 2006, millions of people participated in protests over a proposed change to U.S. immigration policy. The protests began in response to proposed legislation known as H.R. 4437, which would raise penalties for Illegal immigration and classify undocumented immigrants and anyone who helped them enter or remain in the US as felons. As part of the wider immigration debate, most of the protests not only sought a rejection of this bill, but also a comprehensive reform of the country's immigration laws that included a path to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants.<br><br />A major demonstration in Chicago on March 10, 2006 estimated at 100,000 people was the initial impetus for protests throughout the country.[1] The largest single demonstration occurred in Los Angeles on March 25, 2006 with a march of more than 500,000 people through downtown.[2] The largest nationwide day of protest occurred on April 10, 2006, in 102 cities across the country,[3][4] with 350,000–500,000 in Dallas. Most of the protests were peaceful and attracted considerable media attention. Additional protests took place on May Day.">'Great American Boycott of MAYDAY 2006' for immigrant rights.</a> The national call for a May 1 “Great American Boycott of 2006: No Shopping, No School, No Work” to demand full rights for immigrant workers and their families is gathering momentum. This call, initiated by the March 25th Coalition Against HR4437—a grassroots coalition that grew out of the Los Angeles action that brought hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers into the streets last month—has likened the May action to the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://www.liberationnews.org/5-lessons-of-the-2006-immigrant-rights-struggle-that-still-ring-true-today-2/" hint="On Dec. 16, 2005, the racist, anti-immigrant “Sensenbrenner” bill (the Border Protection, Anti-terrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act, HR-4437), passed in the House of Representatives. The bill was a real threat to all undocumented people and their families. <br><br />If the racist bill had become law, approximately 12 million undocumented workers and their families would have been subject to arrest on felony charges, simply for living and working in the United States. The law would have converted immigration violations to felonies rather than civil offenses. This would have been another escalation of the war on immigrants. It also It also provided additional money for work site and border raids.<br /><br />A huge mass movement arose quickly throughout the United States demanding full rights for undocumented workers. “Amnesty Now!” was the main demand on the streets.<br /><br />The protests involved millions of people and included marches and rallies in cities across the country. High school and middle school students played a significant role in the organizing, through walkouts, hunger strikes and community organizing. Online organizing spread the people’s message of amnesty, and forced the larger, well-funded immigrant rights groups to listen.<br /><br />Ultimately, the Sensenbrenner bill was defeated. More recently, the movement made significant gains with the Nov. 20, 2014, executive action expanding protection from deportation to 4 to 5 million undocumented residents.">Lessons of 2006 immigrant rights struggle that ring true today.</a><br />Over the last five months, many new young leaders have risen up against police brutality, murder and racism, in the names of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and many others. The Twitter hashtag #blacklivesmatter has been voted “the word of 2014” by the American Dialect Society.<br /><br />
As new young leaders continue the struggle against state racism and police terror, it can be helpful to reflect on a not-so-distant immigrant rights struggle that took place about nine years ago.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>2006 - 2007</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2007/03/01/return-to-sender/" hint="The titles that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attaches to its operations reveal a great deal about the logic behind current U.S. immigration policy.<br><br />Among the most suggestively titled is the ongoing Operation 'Return to Sender,' one of the largest such operations in U.S. history. The program, supposedly designed to target 'fugitive aliens,' has resulted in the indiscriminate round up of over 13,000 undocumented migrants in cities throughout the United States. The cynical name given to this even more cynical operation implies a sender, a receiver — and an object. The object, or rather objects, are migrant workers and their families.<br /><br />Operation Return to Sender is an instrumentalist policy that ignores the humanity of migrant workers. It refuses to recognize that migrants have hopes and dreams, that they have a legitimate need to eat and think and act. It denies family ties and affective relationships. It also ignores the central role that undocumented workers play in the U.S. economy and the factors that brought them to the country in the first place.">"Operation Return to Sender,"</a> Is the name for a massive sweep of illegal immigrants by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency that began on May 26, 2006.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">The sweeps netted illegal immigrants from 14 countries in all, including Mexico, Honduras, Ukraine, India, Japan, Poland and Trinidad and Tobago.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">An ICE press release from June 14, 2006 claims that Operation Return to Sender ended June 13, 2006. However, this is contradicted by numerous citations that the operation is ongoing, including one from the Contra Costa Times newspaper dated March 9, 2007, which quotes ICE as having arrested 13,000 more people from mid-June 2006 through January 2007, and also outlines the ACLU of Northern California's involvement in filing FOIA requests to find out more information about how ICE is conducting this operation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Raids in Marin County, California under "Return To Sender" occurred in early March 2007, showing that the operation continues</p>.
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">On June 6, 2007 ICE arrested 29 individuals in New Haven, Connecticut as part of Operation Return to Sender and arrested a few days later in nearby North Haven. Some of these individuals had no criminal or immigration history.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>2008 - 2014</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/secure-communities-fact-sheet" hint="What are the concerns about Secure Communities?<br><br />Who does the program target? ICE has stated that it “prioritizes the removal of criminal aliens, those who pose a threat to public safety, repeat immigration violators,” and “the most dangerous and violent offenders.” However, the program has not focused exclusively on convicted criminals, dangerous and violent offenders, or threats to public safety and national security. According to DHS data, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, 26% of all Secure Communities deportations were immigrants with Level 1 convictions; 19% of those deported had Level 2 convictions; and 29% were individuals convicted of Level 3 crimes (minor crimes resulting in sentences of less than one year). Twenty-six percent of those deported had immigration violations and no criminal convictions.[i] ICE statistics show that some jurisdictions’ numbers for Level 3 and non-criminal deportations are well above the national average.<br />Obstacles to community policing. Unlike the 287(g) program, Secure Communities does not require an MOA between ICE and the local jail, sheriff, or police department, and local police officers are not directly enforcing federal immigration laws. Nonetheless, there are still concerns about local police being seen as immigration agents. If ICE maintains a presence—even a technological presence—in a local jail, the public will likely associate the local law-enforcement agency with immigration enforcement. Since ICE announced that the program is now mandatory for all jurisdictions, local communities will automatically be included in the data sharing. While this decision may be challenged in court or may be subject to other kinds of limitations, such as local communities declining to receive the information, the link between federal and local enforcement is now definitive.">What is Secure Communities?</a> Officially, <a href="https://www.ice.gov/secure-communities" hint="https://www.ice.gov/secure-communities"> (S-Comm)</a> Secure Communities was an immigration enforcement program administered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from 2008 to 2014.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">As of September 27, 2011, Secure Communities was available in 1,595 jurisdictions in 44 states and territories. ICE plans to implement Secure Communities in each of the 3,100 state and local jails across the country by 2013. ICE reported that, as of September 30, 2011, over 11,000,000 fingerprint submissions have resulted in 692,788 database matches. As a result of Secure Communities, ICE had removed more than 142,000 persons.Secure Communities (s-comm) is an American deportation program that relies on partnership among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the interior immigration enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security, is the program manager.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>2014</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.colorlines.com/articles/goodbye-secure-communities-hello-priority-enforcement-program" hint="The President asked Secretary Johnson and Attorney General Eric Holder to undertake a rigorous and inclusive review to inform recommendations on reforming our broken immigration system through executive action. This review sought the advice and input from the men and women charged with implementing the policies, as well as the ideas of a broad range of stakeholders and Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle. Our assessment identified the following ten areas where we, within the confines of the law, could take action to increase border security, focus enforcement resources, and ensure accountability in our immigration system.">Goodbye, Secure Communities. Hello, Priority Enforcement Program.</a> The controversial Secure Communities (s-comm) program is coming to an end under Obama's executive action on immigration. A new program called the Priority Enforcement Program, or PEP-Comm for short, will take its place. But will it be much better?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">In his announcement Thursday, and then nearly verbatim in Las Vegas Friday, Obama stressed new targets for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): "Felons, not families. Criminals, not children. Gang members, not a mom who's working hard to provide for her kids," the president said. "We'll prioritize, just like law enforcement does every day."</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Those dichotomies raise concerns for some. "I was thinking about how certain communities are over-policed à la Ferguson," says Angela Chan, policy director and senior staff attorney at the Asian Law Caucus. "This juxtaposition forgets the reality that some communities are over-policed and over-criminalized."</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">Like PEP, s-comm, its predecessor created a path to deportation. The program--which began in 2008 under George W. Bush and escalated under by Obama--required local jails and prisons to hand over the fingerprints of anyone being processed to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including people who hadn't yet had their day in court. If ICE deemed the person a threat it would issue them a so-called detainer, a 48-hour hold in a local jail or prison. Although detainers were supposed to last up to two days, many were extended by weeks or months at a time. And although s-comm was created to catch undocumented immigrants, it often swept up U.S. citizens, even those who hadn't been convicted of a crime. Some local agencies and entire states refused to cooperate with s-comm because the detainers weren't warrants issued by a judge. Rather, they were the result of decisions made by a federal agency plagued with problems.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>2014</b></p>
</p>The program was replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Communities_and_administrative_immigration_policies" hint="As the courts sort out the legality of President Obama's executive action to grant amnesty and work permits to 5 million illegal aliens, the Obama administration is moving forward on other portions of the president's executive actions announced last November. According to the House Judiciary Committee, the Obama administration has begun implementing its Priority Enforcement Program (PEP) that prohibits U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from targeting most illegal aliens for removal, including most of those who come into contact with state and local police.<br><br />Under the new policy, agents can still detain illegal aliens from jails and prisons, but are told to no longer detain individuals charged with drug possession, or theft or fraud if it involved stealing an identity to try to further their unlawful presences in the U.S. ">Priority Enforcement Program (PEP)</a> in July 2015. is a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program designed to identify immigrants in U.S. jails who are deportable under immigration law. Under Secure Communities, participating jails submit arrestees’ fingerprints not only to criminal databases, but to immigration databases as well, allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to information on individuals held in jails. Unlike other ICE-local partnerships, Secure Communities gives ICE a technological, not physical, presence in prisons and jails. Unlike the 287(g) program, no local law-enforcement agents are deputized to enforce immigration laws through Secure Communities.
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="https://www.nilc.org/PEPnotafix.html" hint="Detailed s-comm v. PEP Comparataive Analyses">Why ‘PEP’ Doesn’t Fix s-comm’s Failings</a> On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced executive actions to change some aspects of our immigration system. One of these announcements, outlined in a memo whose subject is “Secure Communities,” eliminated the widely discredited Secure Communities (s-comm) program and replaced it with the Priority Enforcement Program (PEP).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;">We continue to learn more details about PEP, but what we already know raises serious concerns that PEP suffers from the same problems that led to s-comm being terminated. Like s-comm, PEP will result in the permanent separation of families through deportation and will threaten public safety by eroding trust between communities and the police.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><b>2015</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; 650px;; padding:10px; 10px;"><a href="http://www.truthaboutpep.com/" hint="There is an emerging consensus the United States should end its failed experiment enlisting local sheriffs and police as frontline enforcers of civil immigration law. And despite a rancid political environment in Washington, DC, a social movement is growing that envisions and demands a US immigration policy with deportations reduced down to zero.<br><br />Despite a wide range of views about the future of immigration reform, there is universal agreement across the political spectrum that transparency must be a cornerstone of effective policy. Even as the US debates whether and how to modernize its immigration laws to bring them into alignment with constitutional values, there is unanimous support for DHS (Department of Homeland Security) to be more transparent and accountable.<br /><br />In furtherance of these goals, this website will serve to Uncover the Truth about DHS's Priority Enforcement Program (PEP). It will be a place to look past slogans and hyperbole, where questions are raised and information is shared.">In the News</a></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/17/opinion/the-great-sanctuary-city-slander.html?_r=0" hint="Lawmakers in Washington and around the country are in an uproar over what they derisively call “sanctuary cities.” <br><br />The Senate is voting Tuesday on a bill from David Vitter of Louisiana to punish these cities by denying them federal law-enforcement funds. <br /><br />These laws are a false fix for a concocted problem. They are based on the lie, now infecting the Republican presidential campaign, that all unauthorized immigrants are dangerous criminals who must be subdued by extraordinary means.<br /><br />They have seized on the tragic death of a woman, Kathryn Steinle, shot in July on a San Francisco pier by an unauthorized Mexican immigrant, to denounce that city’s sanctuary policies and those of other cities. Donald Trump, who began his campaign by slandering Mexico as a nation of drug-toting rapists, used the accused, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, as exhibit A. <br /><br />What is clearly false is the claim that he moved to San Francisco to take advantage of its sanctuary policies. He was sent there by federal officials to answer an old, minor drug charge, then released.">The Great Sanctuary City Slander</a> (Editorial, New York Times, October 16, 2015)</li><li><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-profiling-20151015-story.html" hint="An internal email from a Department of Homeland Security lawyer is raising questions about the ongoing use of ethnic profiling by local police against immigrants, despite an Obama administration effort to stop using the justice system to round up low-level suspects for deportation.<br><br />Two Honduran men, waiting for a ride to their construction job, were detained by Louisiana police in May on loitering charges because they looked Latino, according to a Sept. 21 Homeland Security email that was released inadvertently and obtained by the Los Angeles Times.">Homeland Security Email Points to Ongoing Racial Profiling by Police</a> (LA Times, Joseph Tanfani and Brian Bennett, October 15, 2015)</li><li><a href="http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/sheriff-steve-bernal-publicly-addresses-ice-at-the-jail-for/article_18ac9212-745e-11e5-8d3d-3b5ec465c3d9.html" hint="For the first time since allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to set up shop at the jail, Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal publicly shared the details behind his decision with the Monterey County Board of Supervisors.<br><br />On Oct. 14, the BOS received a letter from Bernal that said he initiated a pilot program in mid-August, which authorizes immigration agents to work inside the jail to look for individuals who have been flagged as a priority for deportation.<br /><br />The program operates under the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's Priority Enforcement Program (PEP). The intent, he says, is to 'to prevent the release of inmates who are considered threats to public safety.'">Sheriff Steve Bernal Publicly Addresses ICE at the Jail for the First Time</a> (Monterrey County Weekly, Ana Ceballos, October 19, 2015)</li><li><a href="http://newamericamedia.org/2015/10/domestic-violence-survivors-urge-san-francisco-to-reject-new-deportation-program.php" hint="SAN FRANCISCO, CA— Maria Hernandez, who came to the United States from Mexico in the early ‘90s, was afraid to report her domestic abuser. But it wasn’t just her abuser’s “control” over her, she says -- she feared involving the police because of her immigration status.<br><br />“I lived for ten years in a situation of abuse,” she says through a translator. “I saw on TV when women would denounce something that was happening to them or would call the police, they would end up arrested.”<br /><br />Hernandez, now an activist with Mujeres Unidas y Activas (United and Active Women), is speaking out against a new federal deportation program known as PEP (the Priority Enforcement Program), in which local law enforcement cooperates with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport undocumented immigrants being held in custody. ">Domestic Violence Survivors Urge San Francisco to Reject New Deportation Program</a> (New American Media, October 14, 2015)</li><li><a href="http://www.wbaltv.com/news/casa-de-maryland-protests-priority-enforcement-program/34704630" hint="ANNAPOLIS, Md. —Immigration activist organization Casa de Maryland descended on the State House Thursday to protest Gov. Larry Hogan's decision to support the Priority Enforcement Program, which asks local officials to notify the feds about immigrants being released from jail.<br><br />'We are here to send a clear message to the Hogan administration our communities will not stand while the state works voluntarily with immigration and customs to get our people deported,'<br /><br />'They have arrested folks who pose no threat to public safety and those folks have been caught up in a deportation dragnet,' said Gustavo Andrade with Casa de Maryland. 'We have to protest that.' protesters said.">Casa de MD Protests Priority Enforcement Program</a><span style="background-color:transparent;line-height:1.5"> (WBAL-TV, Lisa Robinson, August 13, 2015)</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2015/08/29/icefails/" hint="This month in the state of Georgia there are two immigrants who could be deported and separated from their families after being charged with nothing else but driving without a license.<br><br />According to this recent TRAC report, detainers issued by ICE in April 2015 included:<br /><br /><li>68% of individuals who had never been convicted of a crime;</li><li>81% of people without any felony convictions;</li><li>82% of individuals who had never been deported or ordered deported in the past;</li><br /><br />These numbers show that there is a glaring incongruence between the messaging being presented by the White House and high-level DHS officials to the public and the implementation of enforcement practices. <br /><br />It confirms what immigrants have been seeing in their communities: that ICE continues to raid homes and workplaces, that parents continue to be torn away from their children and that there is still little consequence when ICE doesn’t meet what should be minimum requirements </a></li>">Immigration Agency Continues to Fail at Meeting its Own Standards More Blog, Tania Unzueta, August 29, 2015)
<li><a href="http://immigrationimpact.com/2015/08/05/priority-enforcement-program-launch/" hint="Among the executive actions on immigration unveiled last November was the announcement that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would end the controversial Secure Communities program and replace it with the new Priority Enforcement Program (PEP). After months of planning, DHS officially launched PEP last month. The agency has begun a full court press on implementation, attempting to enroll states and locals into the program. However as the Washington Post reports, DHS faces significant challenges in bringing local law enforcement agencies and governments into the fold.<br><br />PEP began with a memo issued on November 20, 2014 by Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, in which he seemingly acknowledges some of Secure Communities’ shortcomings and recognizes the need to end it. In its place, he announced the launch of PEP, a program that purports to focus efforts on apprehending individuals actually convicted of specified crimes. In theory, this makes it less of a dragnet than the previous program. PEP also reportedly allows locals to design how they will participate.The memo states:<blockquote>“I am directing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to discontinue Secure Communities. ICE should put in its place a program that will continue to rely on fingerprint-based biometric data submitted during bookings by state and local law enforcement agencies to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for criminal background checks. However, ICE should only seek the transfer of an alien in the custody of state or local law enforcement through the new program when the alien has been convicted of an offense listed in Priority 1 (a), (c), (d), and (e) and Priority 2 (a) and (b) of the November 20, 2014 Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented Immigrants Memorandum, or when, in the judgment of an ICE Field Office Director, the alien otherwise poses a danger to national security. In other words, unless the alien poses a demonstrable risk to national security, enforcement actions through the new program will only be taken against aliens who are convicted of specifically enumerated crimes."></blockquote>">DHS Faces Challenges as it Rolls Out Priority Enforcement Program</a> (Immigration Impact, Wendy Feliz, August 5, 2015) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2015/07/sheriff-candidates-turn-cold-ice/" hint="City Council is putting pressure on the Travis County Sheriff’s Office to stop reporting undocumented immigrants who are processed at the county jail to immigration authorities.<br><br />While the body voted Thursday to approve a one-year, $6.58 million interlocal agreement with the county that will allow those detained by city police to continue being processed and housed at the county jail, Council attached a symbolic amendment to the agreement ostensibly aimed at reversing Sheriff Greg Hamilton’s practice of cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify undocumented immigrants, some of whom are then deported.">Sheriff Candidates Turn Cold on ICE</a> (Austin Chronicle, Caleb Pritchard, July 28, 2015)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-protesters-ice-jails-arrested-20150715-story.html" hint="Three people were arrested in Duarte on Wednesday after blocking an intersection in a protest over local police agencies' collaboration with federal immigration officials.<br><br />The arrests were made after a heated a community meeting held by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department about a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement program in local jails.<br />The Sheriff's Department has been seeking public input about how it should cooperate with ICE's new Priority Enforcement Program, which asks jails to notify federal agents when inmates that it believes are in the county illegally are being released.<br /><br />The issue has gained national attention in recent weeks after the July 1 shooting death of a woman in San Francisco, allegedly by an immigrant in the country illegally. ">Protesters Opposed to ICE in Los Angeles County Jails Arrested</a> (LA Times, Kate Linthicum, July 15, 2015)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.statesman.com/news/news/latinos-desconfian-de-nuevo-programa-de-seguridad/nmzpq/?ecmp=statesman_social_facebook_2014_ahorasi_sfp" hint="Con carteles en mano y al ritmo de canciones de protesta, más de 70 personas se reunieron frente a la cárcel del condado de Travis para manifestar su malestar ante el Programa de Prioridad de Aplicación de la Ley (PEP) el martes 7.<br><br />Dijeron que la iniciativa federal no se enfoca en deportar a criminales peligrosos, sino que es utilizada para capturar sin distinción a inmigrantes indocumentados, la mayoría sin antecedentes penales, y forzar así su expulsión del país, lo que socava aún más la confianza de las comunidades inmigrantes en los agentes de la ley.<br /><br />Sus detractores dicen además que el nuevo programa no es más que Comunidades Seguras (S-Comm) disfrazado, el cual ayudó a deportar al menos a 19 inmigrantes cada semana desde Travis entre 2009 y 2013, según registros oficiales.">Latinos desconfían de ‘nuevo’ programa de seguridad</a> (Statesman, Marlon Sorto, July 16, 2015)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2015/07/santa_ana_pepcomm_ociyu_raiz.php" hint="“Hey, hey, ho, ho, PEP-Comm has got to go!”Immigrant organizations kicked off a press conference in SanTana yesterday with chants calling on the city council to denounce a new federal deportation program. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rolled out the “Priority Enforcement Program” (known as “PEP-Comm”) in place of its disgraced “Secure Communities” predecessor last November.<br><br />Activists with Orange County Immigrant Youth United (OCIYU) and RAIZ say there's no significant difference between the two in calling on city leaders to reject the re-branding.<br /><br />T“he new PEP program maintains the engine of S-Comm,” OCIYU's Hairo Cortes said in Spanish at the press conference. “Programs like this don't bring security to the community.” Activists argued that PEP still strikes fear into the heart of immigrants just as S-Comm did before DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson announced its end in a memo.">Immigrant Activists Give Stern 'PEP' Talk to Santa Ana City Council Over New ICE Program</a> (OC Weekly, Gabriel San Roman, July 15, 2015)</li><li><a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sf-immigrant-advocates-20150714-story.html" hint="">S.F. Immigrant Advocates Call for 'Sober' Dialogue in Wake of Killing</a> (LA Times, Lee Romney, July 14, 2015)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-false-framing-of-kathryn-steinles-killing" hint="">The False Framing of Kathryn Steinle's Killing</a> (San Francisco Magazine, Joe Eskenazi, July 7, 2015)</li>
<li><a href="http://grassrootsleadership.org/blog/2015/07/all-they-did-was-change-name-texas-sheriff-exposes-pep-comm-deportation-program" hint="">"All they did was change the name," Texas Sheriff Exposes PEP-Comm Deportation Program</a> (Grassroots Leadership Blog, Cristina Parker, July 2, 2015)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/judge-backs-immigrant-rights-group-in-spat-with-sheriff-david-clarke-b99513109z1-306064321.html" hint="">Judge Backs Immigrant Rights Group in Spat with Sheriff David Clarke</a> (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Marion Renault, June 3, 2015)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/immigrant-rights-group-sheriff-david-clarke-spar-over-records-request-b99495448z1-302843061.html" hint="">Immigrant Rights Group, Sheriff David Clarke Spar Over Records Request</a> (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Bruce Vielmetti, May 6, 2015)</li>
<li><a href="http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/sheriff-dont-work-with-ice.html/" hint="">Sheriff, Don't Work With ICE</a> (Dallas News, Letter to the Editor, May 25, 2015)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20150520-dallas-meeting-with-ice-chief-sheriff-erupts-in-anti-deportation-chants.ece" hint="">Dallas Meeting with ICE Chief, Sheriff Erupts in Anti-Deportation Chants</a> (Dallas News, Dianne Solis, May 20, 2015) </li>
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<li><a href="https://www.districtsentinel.com/i-c-e-director-clarification-rings-hollow-to-group-stonewalled-in-bid-for-info-on-new-deportation-policy/" hint="">ICE Director Clarification Rings Hollow to Group Stonewalled in Bid for Info on New Deportation Policy</a> (District Sentinel, Sam Knight, March 23, 2015)</li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">San Francisco California, December 15, 2011</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">It must be called for what it is and the public should, at least, know about it.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">The behavior of the San Francisco Archdiocese <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_sole">Corporation Sole</a> on the matter of Our Lady of Guadalupe's Sanctuary in San Francisco is below contempt. Even by the loosest standards to measure human behavior, theirs, on December 12, 2011, is beyond the pale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">To wit: On November 15, 2011, Señorita Clementina Garcia Landgrave, personally hand-delivered a letter to the Office of the Archdiocese requesting them to open the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, (Located on 908 Broadway St. San Francisco in the Russian Hill District) So members of our Community could honor Our Lady on her day by serenading her with the traditional Mexican Mañanitas, following a primarily Mexican San Francisco tradition that started 87 years ago (December 12, 1924). It followed a 480 year old tradition of honoring her that started in the Great Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City, at El Tepeyac, where our Mexican-Native-American Ancestors had been honoring her for far longer than that, to even before the genocidal european invasion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">A staff person took the letter from Srta. Clementina, dated and signed its receipt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Last Dec. 12, Monday, we did arrive at the Church and found its doors closed and locked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">We can not think of anywhere in the world where there is a temple dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe that has been closed on a December 12, even without asking; in our culture and traditions, it is a given. And it happened in San Francisco California.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">In our hearts, albeit laden with sadness, it didn't make a difference in fulfilling our commitment to our devotion, we knew we'd be there, rain or shine, open or closed doors, we wanted to do what our ancestors have been doing for so long; and we did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><b>For The Record:</b> I learned on Tue. Dec. 13, 2011, from an reliable source, that a letter from the Archdiocese dated Nov. 30, 2011 was received on Fri. Dec. 9. The envelope's Postmark is Dec. 7, 2011. In it, according to my source, it names our church and Dec. 12, but no answer to the petition of <i>'if they would please open the doors of the SF Church of Our Lady of Guadalup so we could honor her as is has been traditionally done in that church and on that Day'</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Instead it says that <i>'devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe is a most precious treasure of Hispanic Catholic Spirituality".</i> It suggests not to be devoted to any particular <i>'building'</i>, like this one <i>'that once served as a place of worship'</i>, pointed to the pilgrimage from South San Francisco to the San Francisco Cathedral (Aprox. 10mi.) Held on the Saturday closest to December 12 and urging us to go to other parishes which also have the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">There are several factors at play worth considering for the purpose of a closer understanding of past incidents that culminated in the event of Dec. 12, 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">The Church was built in 1875 with the money of Mexicans who were then living in that area - around a street aptly named Street of The Mexicans - and their allies, mainly from Spain and Portugal to receive Ministry in Spanish. It was burned to the ground in the fire of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The framed image of our Lady survived the fire because a young Mexican couple rescued and buried it in the ground, thus preserving it for the temple that was rebuilt in 1912. It is probably the first church in SF built with reinforced concrete.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Citing decline of churchgoers mainly due to changing demographics and over the pleadings and objections of the parishioners, it was closed in 1991 alongside 3 other parishes in the first round of church closings in the San Francisco Archdiocese. Upon learning that the Archdiocese was going to sell Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and that it may even be demolished (High price value land), members of the Latino Community mobilized to stop the sale and possible demolition. The two year struggle that ensued ended in 1994 when they saw the result of their efforts in petitioning and lobbying the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and The Historic Preservation Commission, when the church was designated San Francisco Historical Landmark # 204. Under this status the sale was stopped and non-parish uses for it were considered. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 caused slight damage to the building that housed the St. Mary's Chinese School, hence the children had to be relocated until retrofitting upgrades and repairs to the building were made, the church of Our Lady fit the bill, albeit cramped, it could provide temporary shelter for them, the parishioners were told, their requests that the church be returned to the community were put aside because it was for the children's need. Fittingly, it was Our Lady of Guadalupe Church that was going to provide refuge for them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">No soon after a three year term for housing the school was agreed on, word came down from the Archdiocese that it was going to be for five years, members of our community protested the unilateral change of terms to no avail. Church Officials estimated that the retrofitting costs to the old building were prohibitive, a decision was made to sell the old building and with its sale proceeds buy an empty lot and build a brand new school building. It turned out to be sixteen and one half years that the school was housed at Our Lady's Church. The St. Mary's Chinese School brand new approx. $27 million total cost, 4 1/2-story building was ready to be occupied in June 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Prior to this, over the past few years through <i>'friendly' </i>channels in the Archdiocese, word was coming that the Archdiocese planned to sell the church as soon as it was vacant again. Attempts to have the Archdiocese inform us of its plans for the church, or to acknowledge that members of our community wanted to have the church for our community. Or to have an opportunity to talk or negotiate were futile. Back in the 90s, our community's representatives made a serious offer for the church to the Archdiocese. Nothing came out of it. In early 2011, we were still trying to get a meeting with legal representatives of the Archdiocese to discuss the final disposition of the church, or at least to let us know their plans for it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">In a letter dated June 3, 2011, from F.A.N.S. de Guadalupe and the Latino Heritage and Landmark Preservation Foundation, in reference to a January 31, 2011 letter where a meeting to discuss the sale of the church was requested. On February 28, 2011, a letter from Monsignor Tarantino, Vicar for Administration/Moderator of the Curia, was received granting a meeting with him and father Mois&eacute;s Agudo, archdiocesan vicar for Spanish-speaking, to be held on March 11, 2011. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">During this process and also early this year, we discovered an online listing for the sale of Our Lady of Guadalupe, referred to as St. Mary's Chinese School (A former catholic parish) For $3.5 million, listed on 11/19/2010 and Set Off-Market on 3/18/2011. But for whatever reason, on the meetting of March 11, 2011, when queried about the listing and why we were not being told by the Archdiocese about it, a factually incorrect statement was made, <i>"That the church was Off-Market"</i>, that statemente was made a week before it went Off-Market. Our representatives let it go at that. It was not until 05/03/2011 in a letter from Reverend Monsignor James T. Tarantino who told us what they were not going to do <i>"There are no plans now or in the future to reopen the church building as a parish or for any other religious purposes",</i> to <i>"Strongly encourage"</i> Us and <i>"Solicit our help"</i> To support an Icon of the Italian-American Community, The Shrine of St. Francis, and pointing out the <i>"Numerous other parishes named after our Blessed Mother that our Mexican-Latin-American communities should attend",</i> but no answer to the question of whether or not, the Archdiocese of San Francisco Corporation Sole, still considers the sale of this church a viable option.<br /><br />When the long requested meeting with legal representatives of the Archdiocese was finally held on March 11, 2011, it was suddenly cut short, but not before our representatives were told again to attend other parishes, that Our Lady of Guadalupe was <i>'just another church'</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">The last speaks volumes to our having failed to convey to the Archdiocese that for our community, or maybe it does show the stark reality of an uncaring and complete intransigent Corporation which refuses to admit that Our Lady of Guadalupe Sanctuary is not <i>'just another church'</i>, or just <i>'another building'</i>; for us it is infinitely more than that. Our position is that it was built and was paid twice by our community. Therefore, it belongs to our community. We have been asking that negotiations toward reaching an agreement do take place. No yes or no, only ignoring us first and then evading the question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Furthermore, these discussions must include the matters of prior understandings regarding the final disposition of the church and its condition before it is returned to our community. We also need to talk about the Crown for Our Lady, made by Mexicans, many women donated even their wedding rings to be melted down to make the Crown. It does not belong to the Archdiocese, but they took it and its whereabouts are unknown to us. The Archdiocese also has the church history's archives, our access to them was one extraordinary and extremely restrictive exception to date. There is much historical and cultural information that our community is being denied access to. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church is the only remaining structure in San Francisco built by Mexicans. It reminds us that Mexicans once lived in San Francisco in that era and before. There is not much on it anywhere else. We share that distinction with the Native Americans living here before us. Except by the scant Wikipedia entry full of omissions, it is like if Mexicans all of a sudden 'appeared' in the Mission Distrit. Other than that, any search about "Mexicans in San Francisco" Will yield results about taquerias, tacos and burritos and not much else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">In a letter dated June 28, 2011 and signed by "Most Reverend George Niederauer Archbishop of San Francisco" (Cc: His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI. Cc: Archbishop Pietro Sambi. Cc: Monsignor Tarantino) where he informs us that: <i><b>"-- It is now the intent of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to sell the property and use the proceeds to complete the final phase of St. Mary's Chinese School. --"</b>,</i> He goes on to cite Archdiocese's statistics of Hispanic Ministries (Not Latino? These are not interchangeable by definition or by culture.), he continues by noting, <i>"those are merely highlights of Hispanic Ministry in this Archdiocese. As your shepherd I urge you to become involved in this fine and effective ministerial outreach, and to conclude your efforts to re-open a church that has been closed for twenty years and is located in a neighborhood where virtually no Hispanics live and worship".</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Perhaps our good Archbishop, being from Los Angeles and not using it, has not heard about the excellent San Francisco Public Transportation System, in addition to other modes of transportation, including our feet; because in San Francisco's 7 X 7 miles area, it seems that when it comes to districts situated on the side of the Bay, many areas are within 'walking distance' from each other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Just for reference: <br />- Off BART at the Embarcadero station: Muni Lines #10 and #12, Travel time: about 16 mins, Cost: $2.00 - one bus every 15 mins during able hours.<br />- San Francisco Caltrain Station, route from San Jose through the Peninsula -- Muni line #10, Travel time: about 22 mins, Cost: $2.00 -- Muni Line #30, Travel time: about 27 mins, Cost: $2.00 (Since this line cuts through the Financial District (Kearney)and the heart of the highly populated Chinatown neighborhood, there seems to be one Muni bus #30 coming down the street every time you look).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">After that letter arrived and on one occasion, Srta. Clementina sarcastically quipped <i>'the Chinese Community's School was housed in Our Church for sixteen and one half years, they have a brand new building, the Archdiocese wants to sell the church to finish paying off for their school and the Latino community gets less than a one hour meeting where mostly we were told to forget about it all?</i> And that our request for a follow-up meeting was answered over the phone with a...(?) <i>"You are not entitled to a meeting". 'It hardly seems fair',</i> she lamented. Stating again that <i>'Our community was the one who built that church and has been telling them that it belongs to our people. That we want to return it to them'</i>. No response to even exploring for a mutually beneficial solution and agreenment to settle the matter.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There is one fact of which the Archdiocese of San Francisco must be completely clear, we are not going away, even if our church is sold, the buyer(s) will inherit us. One must hope that, for a change, the SF Archdioces is honest enough to inform any prospective buyer of that fact. We will continue to fight, we will challenge any sale. We will inform any buyer that they entered into a deal over a property which has been for twenty years, and still is, in active dispute. That they entered into a deal with the SF Archdioces for a property that doesn't belong to the San Francisco Archdiocese Corporation Sole. That in reality is 'legal theft' of Mexican people's sweat and tears that is being carried out by acts of absolute abuse of Eclesiastical Power.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">After all those years of dealing and struggling with the San Francisco Archdiocese, we knew how heartless, abusive and cold The Corporation is, but to not open Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on December 12? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Surprisingly, we were actually shocked to witness that they can also be asinine and vindictive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">The fight to save Our Lady of Guadalupe Church since its closing has lasted around twenty years and has spanned the times of three San Francisco Archbishops: John R. Quinn, William Levada and now, George H. Niederauer, with each one of them being at their respective times, "The San Francisco Archdiocese Corporation Sole".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">An appropriate definition or characterization of their actions in regards to the Catholics in the San Francisco Bay Area who are petitioning them to return Our Lady of Guadalupe Church to our community and specially the ones who were bringing the traditional Mexican Mañanitas to Our Lady on Dec. 12 2011, escapes us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">But upon reviewing the history of "The Longest Standing Struggle in The U.S.A" That has been waged by catholic parishioners. It is being waged in the Archdiocese of San Francisco against their Catholic clerical Hierarchy. There exists a famous question made by the army's chief legal representative, Joseph Nye Welch. On June 9, 1954 during the Army-McCarthy hearings, made on the 30th day of the hearings which I feel it is most appropriate for the de facto ultimately responsible 'legal person', The San Francisco Archdiocese Corporation Sole, aka The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><i><b>"...You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Aurora Grajeda</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Ad Hoc Committee To Save and Preserve Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in San Francisco</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">(415) 368-8406</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Related documents @ <a href="http://www.scribd.com/cihuamexica/">scribd.com/cihuamexica/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">For anyone interested in expresing an opinion on these issues to the San Francisco Archbishop, George H. Niederauer, call (415) 614-5589, fax 415-614-5522, or email <a href="mailto:info@sfarchdiocese.org">info@sfarchdiocese.org</a> -- We hope the calls and emails keep coming.; He needs to hear from members in our communities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">"Charity is commendable, everyone should be charitable. But justice aims to create a social order in which, if individuals choose not to be charitable, people still don't go hungry, unschooled or sick without care. Charity depends on the vicissitudes of whim and personal wealth; justice depends on commitment instead of circumstance. Faith-based charity provides crumbs from the table; faith-based justice offers a place at the table."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://elrinconcitodeaurora.net/">El Rinconcito de Aurora</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://elrinconcitodeaurora.blogspot.com/">El Rinconcito de Aurora</a> [@ Blogger]</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://www.elrinconcitodeaurora.net/graphics/stophate3.gif" /> <a href="http://hladc-sf.blogspot.com/">Hispanic / Latino Anti-Defamation Coalition SF</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><b>* Se&ntilde;orita Clementina Garcia Landgrave</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">She has been there since the beginning of the struggle. It was not her intention to be so involved, but 'it happened', she found herself in it ever since. She has been heading the group F.A.N.S. de Guadalupe (Feligreses y Amigos de la Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe). She has no title, expects no thanks or recognition. But I think it is important for people to know about her inspiring story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">She thinks of herself as 'only a messenger' and one of the few survivors left of a dying generation of people committed to saving our church, hence she is also a historian for those periods. <a href="http://hechoencalifornia1010.com/">Dr. Marcos Guti&eacute;rrez</a> calls her <b><i>'The Guardian at the Gate",</i></b> she keeps updating and reminding us on everything RE Our Church. She coordinates the group's activities and tasks, including handling communications, mailings outreach, public relations and when needed and when <i>"allowed"</i> by our local media stations, a reluctant spokesperson in the Spanish format media. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">She is eighty years old, Mexican-born, emigrated to the United States of America 50 years ago. Has done her share of hard work in providing services in Spanish and a myriad of duties in Banking Institutions. While she confides that her gait is not <i>'as brisk as it used to be',</i> still insists in being at the forefront of the group's activities, like the event we held on Dec. 12, and as was her attending Tuesday's (Dec. 13) Annual meeting of the parishioners of St. Brigid, a slightly younger sister struggle to save their own church too. She went to meet old friends and allies in the efforts. They are among the people that Julian Guthrie, who was present at the meeting, wrote in her book we suggest to read, and who knows? Maybe to remember the ones now departed. Her commitment is <i>"until the church is returned to our community or until her death, whichever comes first".</i> As with most all seniors, she has serious health problems and her biggest fear is to just drop dead one day and not fulfilling her mission to save the church. Her hope/dream is to one day go back to Mexico City to spend the rest of her life with her only family left; her sister and her descendants. New generations, many yet to meet and know. She hopes that when she goes to her final resting place, it is with the knowledge that <i>"the church of Our Lady of San Francisco is finally safe from the Archdiocese and is in the hands of a responsible Latin-American Community, its friends and allies to maintain and preserve for many generations to come".</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><b>** Suggested reading</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><b><i><a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-08-19/entertainment/29903937_1_joe-dignan-catechism-class-church-organ">"The Grace of Everyday Saints"</a></i></b> By Junian Guthrie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Julian tells the story of parishioners of <a href="http://www.st-brigid.org/index12.htm">St. Brigid's </a>church, banded together in a struggle to save their church after it was closed in 1993. And what they found, specially within themselves and about the San Francisco Archdiocese and how they 'play'.</span></div>
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When I heard of Donald Trump's proposal as his position policy for “solving” the Undocumented Immigration "Problem" It brought back the memory of what US President Barack Obama expressed in his presentation at the 2011 Washington Correspondents dinner RE Trump's decision making..</div>
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While referring to the -- not really 'organized' in the whole Organization -- Anonymous Collective/Family, as it's members refer to it, in general, I'm including people who wear masks and claim to be members of it and other people who embrace it and give voice to the Collective's messages or causes.
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Last night I saw the video published on May 4, 2013 and titled "A Message to Anonymous" (Below) It echoed what I've experienced personally after having been subjected to very nasty bullying by people wearing Anonymous masks and their unmasked allies just for being a member of the #UniteBlue Community, which at the creation of an Advisory Board, one of it's members was an individual who had pleaded guilty to sex crimes and currently is awaiting sentencing.
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After this fact became known to the #UniteBlue Advisory Board, the individual in question either resigned or was dismissed from the Board and is no longer a member of the UB Community.
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This fact didn't stop the people that the video refers to, from vigorously and viciously harass, bully, label as pedo supporters, actually accusing people of being a pedo themselves, threatening with, and actually doxing and swatting Unite Blue members, or people who didn't join in chorus of their cause/crusade/jihad against pedophiles (Pedos), or even worse yet, anyone who denounced these intimidating tactics as unacceptable; in a civilized society, these merit not less than an stern condemnation for being despicable and cowardly -- This drama has been going on unabated for the better part of two months, or more.
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Convoluted as they are, hence so difficult to understand, are their motives or objectives; as best as I can ascertain from my personal experience and own research on the matter, these range from "Wanting the 'pedo' off twitter", which I believe it's a matter that should be taken with the entity that has the power to permanently suspend anyone violating it's rules => Twitter, and not with regular people, as they have been so mercilessly doing.
https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311-the-twitter-rules#
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One component in this dirty campaign, which could be comical if it weren't so pervasive, is this psychotic type of phobia against UniteBlue members who are likened to cultist followers/pedo supporters -- and anything to do with UB Twibbons -- controlled by a master-mind coding expert who, on behalf of the GOP, is out to <a href="http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2013/02/25/uniteblue-one-hashtag-to-rule-them-all/">'control' it's members via #Hashtags </a> and some kind of indoctrination, maybe brainwashing; I kid you not, it's a one cracked-nut conspiracy theory after another, forwarded by a clique of elite 'Twitter personalities' who have a dismal history of previous smear campaigns against perceived enemies, and even with their own members if one of them dares to speak up when they refuse to let themselves be abused; these targets were mostly women,
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Their operational structure is relatively simple, once an individual is targeted, attacks on his/her honesty, credibility, integrity, etc., begin. These are followed with posts by clique's members in various sites which in turn are tweeted and re-tweeted relentlessly by members of the clique and their followers, who in all fairness must be said, the latter in most cases ignore the real intentions behind the campaign but that do believe the propaganda that the former gives as the reason for the attacks. (Smear campaign).
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One of the clique's most useful tools appears to be an obscure and very secretive online 'news' entity. Literally nothing is known of it's background, though, rumor has it is of Canadian origin, other than that rumor, nothing. Not where it is based, who owns it, the editor/s, etc., and yet, it has been very effective being the spearhead of the clique's actions and frequently cited as the source (via) of the information which in turn, belittling any 'down to earth' logic, it is believed by many people as factual, hence, it's warnings on UniteBlue's GOP conspiracies, the danger of being in dreaded lists, the unimaginable danger of adding a UB twibbon to their profiles, have led people to, in wholesale mode, unfollow UB members and to echo the anti #UniteBlue fear mongering of which many appear to have succumbed to it themselves.
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Once the criminal record of the individual who was briefly a member of the UniteBlue Advisory Board become known, the clique enrolled or recruited the aid of what appeared to be members of the Anonymous Collective/Family, who dove with gusto into what was the focus of one of their campaigns, hunting pedophiles (Pedos), but it was done with such reckless and irresponsible disregard of people's opinions, freedoms or political affiliations, with actions reminiscent of the infamous vigilante executions and lynchings of times past, where the guilt or the innocence of the targets became a secondary consideration as long as they 'got' the target, kind of like in 'let God sort them out'.
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As of this moment and due to the anonymous nature of Anonymous, it is not possible to assert who is really a member of the Collective and who is not, but I'm of the opinion that the Anonymous Movement has the best interest of the people's freedoms foremost in their actions, and that anyone who claims to be a part of the Anonymous Collective/Family and that yet, engages in divisive actions and actually hurts people, and/or their legitimate causes, or that puts their families or friends at grave risks, does not represent what I understand to be the core values of the Anonymous Movement.
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I do not support or oppose Anonymous per se, for instance: if the Collective does an expose of a dastardly action/s by a governmental or corporate entity that the mainstream media fails to report or covers up, I'm in favor of it, as it was when I become aware of the call for an online blackout to protest CISPA, I tweeted and shared the call for action. By the same token, what the apparent members of the collective have been doing in collaboration with the above mentioned clique in Twitter, I've been not only been opposed to it, but <a href="http://azmoderate.com/2013/04/16/when-is-cyber-bullying-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-821">I made a stand</a> and engaged in an spirited push back.
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After seeing the video 'A message to Anonymous', I wholeheartedly agreed with the message, as it should be obvious for anyone who read this long Diary, I wanted to share it with others, but as I soon realized, I was reluctant to do it, I had to ask myself the question of if I felt intimidated into not doing something that may displease the Anonymous Collective/Family.
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Lets just say in answer to the question I posed to myself, I have a healthy respect for the Anonymous Collective/Family, but albeit the prospect of rubbing the Anonymous Collective/Family the wrong way is intimidating, I wasn't intimidated enough into cowing in fear; therefore silenced, hence, I shared it in the morning, both in Twitter and Facebook and I'm sharing it in this Diary.
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But, how about other people? Will they be intimidated to the point of keeping silent? Also, is it not the aims of the Anonymous Collective to safeguard the freedoms of the people such as freedom of expression, opinion and to congregate/associate without fear of becoming targets of vicious smear campaigns or other kinds of persecutions?
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For anyone who wonders and may feel inclined to ask why I do not offer 'evidence' to backup what I'm saying; it is because the purpose of this post/Diary is not to indict anyone, it is just a colloquial narrative intended as a preface to other Diaries where evidence in support of, and to attest to my veracity, will be posted in the near future.
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<b>UPDATE 1x</b>
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Since in one comment with this provocative subject <b>"Troll Alert: Going on for MONTHS & not a"</b>, I was asked to <i>"Pls provide meaningful evidence or withdraw diary."</i> a Kossack, notwithstanding that I did state the purpose and intent of this Diary in the Footnote (Immediately above), I felt that to put a stop to such comments, I'd include at the foot some screenshots which backup some of my claims, so people like the commenter, who is doubtless aligned to the forces I'm denouncing in the diary, I know because he gave himself away in the comment itself.
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<img alt="The women that OpTrollBill3 is talking about, are on their fifties and sixties, I'm one of them, I'm 66 yrs old. The reason we became targets is because we made a stand against being called pedo supporters, defenders, or being pedos, which many UB members were called that just because we are UniteBlue members who refused to take the abuse and spoke up. Some of us pushed back against their ignominy and will continue to do so because such despicable conduct should not be tolerated or encouraged by being silent" src="http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/Anonymous%20vs%20UniteBlue%20Community%20Members/041313-optrollbill3MaybeIshouldcallsocialservices_zps83210a4f.jpg" height="XXX" title="The women that OpTrollBill3 is talking about, are on their fifties and sixties, I'm one of them, I'm 66 yrs old. The reason we became targets is because we made a stand against being called pedo supporters, defenders, or being pedos, which many UB members were called that just because we are UniteBlue members who refused to take the abuse and spoke up. Some of us pushed back against their ignominy and will continue to do so because such despicable conduct should not be tolerated or encouraged by being silent" width="YYY" /><br />
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Anon OpTrollBill3 doing her/his 'thing' - (For some info mouseover the pic)- This Anon has at least 4 Twitter accounts whence he launches his attacks; OpTrollBill, OpTrollBill2 and OpTrollBill4. And mind you, this is only one of many Anons engaged in these activities, some of them wear masks, some don't. Some of them have some variations of Anon in their Twitter handles or in names, and some don't; but all have one thing in common, they proclaim being part of the Anonymous Collective which they also refer to, as the Anonymous Family. -- I direct your attention to OpTrollBill3's mocking reference to maybe 'call social services', for those who ignore it, it refers to something very seriously dangerous, it's Anon code for 'Swatting', which means a false 911 call to a governmental entity, such as the police swat team to their target's place of residence. In this case, social services because some of the women he references, live in a senior community. Here is an instance of such a call against an <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130315/11504322340/security-reporter-raided-swat-team-after-someone-put-bogus-911-call.shtml">online security reporter</a>. This is 'Swatting'</div>
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<img alt="The resistance he is talking about is anybody's guess but her/him-self and maybe her/his confederates, as best I can discern, the problem is that we are not doing the same thing they are doing, which is scaring people off being UniteBlue members or they'll be labeled pedo supporters. Something like that, if it sounds really crazy, it's because it is pure, unadulterated cacomanic nuttery" src="http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/Anonymous%20vs%20UniteBlue%20Community%20Members/041313-optrollbill3-libertarian-ButbecauseImalibertariantheysayIamtryingtodestroyUniteBlue_zps4720fa88.jpg" height="XXX" title="The resistance he is talking about is anybody's guess but her/him-self and maybe her/his confederates, as best I can discern, the problem is that we are not doing the same thing they are doing, which is scaring people off being UniteBlue members or they'll be labeled pedo supporters. Something like that, if it sounds really crazy, it's because it is pure, unadulterated cacomanic nuttery" width="YYY" /><br />
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Of course you are not trying to destroy UniteBlue Ms./Mr. OpTrollBill3, what gave you the idea that anyone would ever think that a Right Wing Libertarian, as yourself are, would even ever consider preventing Liberal/Progressive Tweeps from joining in a UniteBlue Community to advance a progressive agenda and work toward democratic majorities in both houses of Congress during the 2014 and 2016 election cycles?
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Impossible too, to even imagine that you could engage with other people of your political persuasion and even some who call themselves Liberal/Progressive, but whose actions contradict what such a person would do, which is collaborate with you to scare people into believing that there's a UniteBlue Overlord who will take over the Liberal/Progressive Movement using twitter hashtags, twibbon and the... Oooooh, so terrifying lists. Nah, nobody could believe that.
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<img alt="An extraordinary behavior is that while it appears it is perfectly acceptable to imply guilt by a no longer existing association and adding your handle so you know they are talking about you, on the other side, persons who add their handle in a tweet, it is highly objectionable and merits the Troll label." src="http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/Anonymous%20vs%20UniteBlue%20Community%20Members/041213CaptAnon-wants-to-block-CM-Politaire_zps2b72d173.jpg" height="XXX" title="An extraordinary behavior is that while it appears it is perfectly acceptable to imply guilt by a no longer existing association and adding your handle so you know they are talking about you, on the other side, persons who add their handle in a tweet, it is highly objectionable and merits the Troll label." width="YYY" /><br />
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<img alt="This screenshot was taken on April 23, 2013. Ploting a new strategy with other allies to help them" src="http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/Tranny/Anonymous%20vs%20UniteBlue%20Community%20Members/captanonamerica-joining-w-kicanon_zpsc0f59f98.jpg" height="XXX" title="This screenshot was taken on April 23, 2013. Ploting a new strategy with other allies to help them" width="YYY" /><br />
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And yet more connections between Right and Left Wingers working together to bring down #UniteBlue, this is a suggestion to ask <a href="http://wonkette.com/508227/former-south-carolina-gop-head-loves-the-troops-so-much-he-wishes-this-one-vet-had-come-home-in-a-body-bag">URWNJ</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Todd+Kincannon&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a">Todd Kincannon</a> to allegedly help 'get Bill off Twitter'... By scaring off tweeps from joining UB and join them by doing the same. Apparently, they have Matt Osborne, an alleged Liberal/Progressive very involved in the anti-UniteBlue Campaign since even before Anonymous joined them. As for Roseanne Barr? Ha ha ha ha ha, she knows all about what they are trying to do and last week she told some of them to basically go and perform an acrobatic act of sexual nature upon themselves. I just adore Roseanne, she kicks ass and takes no BS from anyone.</div>
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Like any other opportunistic coward <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">RightWingNut</span>, after the Debt Ceiling Brouhaha ended, he comes out of hiding from "The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">MittNess</span> Protection Program" (Politico coined it), one has to wonder what this very sick puppy takes credit for.</div>
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And that's about all the words this double-faced job killing 'entrepreneur' /business man deserves; other that exposing his every misdeed from the smallest to the most egregious.</div>
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Furthermore, by shamelessly being 'a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">legend</span> in his own mind' and promoting himself as such, thus creating a narrative full of Myths; henceforth, at El <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Rinconcito</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">de</span> Aurora he shall be known and referred to, as "The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Mitthological</span> Romney"</div>
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<span class='st_blogger_hcount' displayText='Blogger'></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794095320758100201.post-49071621872875666732011-03-16T02:03:00.000-07:002011-03-16T03:10:45.981-07:00"Los Monólogs de La Vagina" Regresa a San Francisco<center><table width="475px"><br /><br /><tr><br /> <td><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><a title="V-Day es un movimiento global de activistas que trabaja para detener la violencia contra mujeres y niñas. V-Day es un catalizador que promueve eventos creativos de concientización, recauda fondos y revitaliza el espíritu de organizaciones anti-violencia existentes." href="http://www.vday.org/home" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img src="http://www.vday-sf-spa.org/imgs/graphics2011/vday2011logospa250.jpg" width="250" align="center" border="0" /></span></a><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">V-Day San Francisco en Español 2011 [TVM] ORGULLOSAMENTE PRESENTA UNA PRODUCCIÓN DE: "Los Monólogos de La Vagina" Del premiado guión de Eve Ensler "The Vagina Monologues"</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a title="Box Office en linea del Teatro Victoria, 2961 16th Street San Francisco, CA (415) 334-3307" href="http://www.victoriatheatre.org/boxoffice.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">TEATRO VICTORIA</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">, UN SOLO DÍA MARZO 20, 2011 - DOS FUNCIONES 3:00 p.m. y 6:00 p.m.</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">COMPREN SUS BOLETOS</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a title="Box Office en linea del Teatro Victoria, 2961 16th Street San Francisco, CA (415) 334-3307" href="http://www.victoriatheatre.org/boxoffice.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img height="15" src="http://www.vday-sf-spa.org/imgs/graphics2011/en_linea__ta_11187_hand.gif" width="160" align="left" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><a title="Compre sus boletos en persona, locaciones en donde comprarlos, cupo limitado, no se la pierdan" href="http://www.vday-sf-spa.org/vdsf11.php/2011/02/27/title-1" alt="Compre sus boletos en persona, locaciones en donde comprarlos, cupo limitado, no se la pierdan"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img height="15" src="http://www.vday-sf-spa.org/imgs/graphics2011/en_persona___10450_hand.gif" width="160" align="right" border="0" /></span></a></p> <div> </div> <div> </div> <a title="Download Web Flyer JPG" href="http://www.elrinconcitodeaurora.net/vdaysfspa/download.php?f=imgs/graphics2011/for-web-v2.jpg" alt="Download Web Flyer JPG"><img src="http://www.elrinconcitodeaurora.net/vdaysfspa/imgs/graphics2011/for-web-v2.jpg" width="500" align="middle" /></a> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">V-Day San Francisco en Español 2011, se enorgullece de ser un participante en el V-Day 2011 de la campaña V-Day. Nos han concedido los derechos para una producción benéfica de V-Day de la premiada obra de</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">_ Eve Ensler, Los Monólogos de la Vagina (En español) , en dos presentaciones el Domingo, Marzo 20 2011, en el Teatro Victoria en San Francisco para recaudar fondos y levantar conciencia para las organizaciones locales que trabajan en detener la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">En 2010, más de 4000 eventos a beneficio de V-Day se llevaron a cabo, producido por activistas voluntarios en 130 países de todo el mundo, la educación de millones de personas sobre la realidad de la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas, tanto a nivel local como mundial.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">En 2011, V-Day de San Francisco en Español, seró uno de los miles de eventos en todo el mundo, canalizando su energía creativa en hacer una diferencia en el marco de la campaña de V-Day. Es nuestra intención hacer de V-Day de San Francisco en Español 2011, un gran éxito. Esto será posible, en gran parte, a través de la ayuda y la generosidad de los patrocinadores.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">Parte de lo que hace este evento tan especial, es la oportunidad que ofrece a las empresas y organizaciones en las comunidades locales - a participar en este movimiento global, para celebrar y honrar a las mujeres y las niñas en su vida y de la comunidad, para formar parte de una voz colectiva, una voz que se niega a ser ignorada, una voz que dice <strong>NO</strong> a la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">Todos los beneficios de nuestro evento serán donados a estas organizaciones, Casa Rosalie en San Francisco California y Casa Amiga en Ciudad Juárez, México.</span></p> <p><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Aurora Grajeda Organizadora de V-Day San Francisco en Español 2011 (TVM) y,<br />Co-Productora de "Los Monólogos de La Vagina" (Marzo 20th, 2011)<br />415.368.8406<br /></span><a href="mailto:aurora-grajeda@comcast.net">>aurora-grajeda@comcast.net</a><br /><a href="http://www.vday-sf-spa.org/">http://www.vday-sf-spa.org/</a><br /></p></span> <hr /> <br /><i>"Tu tienes que ser el cambio que quieres ver en el mundo."</i><br /><b>-- Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi</b><br /></td><br /></tr><br /></table></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><span class='st_sharethis_hcount' displayText='ShareThis'></span>
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<br /><td><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face="Arial"><STRONG><FONT color="#ff0080" size="5">¡FELIZ DIA INTERNACIONAL DE LA MUJER!</FONT></STRONG></FONT><A title="V-Day es un movimiento global de activistas que trabaja para detener la violencia contra mujeres y niñas. V-Day es un catalizador que promueve eventos creativos de concientización, recauda fondos y revitaliza el espíritu de organizaciones anti-violencia existentes." href="http://www.vday.org/home" target="_blank"><FONT face="Arial"><IMG alt="" src="http://www.vday-sf-spa.org/imgs/graphics2011/vday2011logospa250.jpg" width="250" align="center" border="0"></FONT></A></P> <p style="text-align: center;">V-Day San Francisco en Español 2011 [TVM]<br /> ORGULLOSAMENTE PRESENTA UNA PRODUCCIÓN DE:<br /> "Los Monólogos de La Vagina" Del premiado guión de Eve Ensler<br /> "The Vagina Monologues"</p>
<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Box Office en linea del Teatro Victoria, 2961 16th Street San Francisco, CA (415) 334-3307" href="http://www.victoriatheatre.org/boxoffice.htm" target="_blank">TEATRO VICTORIA</A>, UN SOLO DÍA<br /> MARZO 20, 2011 - DOS FUNCIONES <br /> 3:00 p.m. y 6:00 p.m.</p>
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<br /><p>_ Eve Ensler, Los Monólogos de la Vagina (En español) , en dos presentaciones el Domingo, Marzo 20 2011, en el Teatro Victoria en San Francisco para recaudar fondos y levantar conciencia para las organizaciones locales que trabajan en detener la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas.</p>
<br /><p>En 2010, más de 4000 eventos a beneficio de V-Day se llevaron a cabo, producido por activistas voluntarios en 130 países de todo el mundo, la educación de millones de personas sobre la realidad de la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas, tanto a nivel local como mundial.</p>
<br /><p>En 2011, V-Day de San Francisco en Español, seró uno de los miles de eventos en todo el mundo, canalizando su energía creativa en hacer una diferencia en el marco de la campaña de V-Day. Es nuestra intención hacer de V-Day de San Francisco en Español 2011, un gran éxito. Esto será posible, en gran parte, a través de la ayuda y la generosidad de los patrocinadores.</p>
<br /><p>Parte de lo que hace este evento tan especial, es la oportunidad que ofrece a las empresas y organizaciones en las comunidades locales - a participar en este movimiento global, para celebrar y honrar a las mujeres y las niñas en su vida y de la comunidad, para formar parte de una voz colectiva, una voz que se niega a ser ignorada, una voz que dice <strong>NO</strong> a la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas.</p>
<br /><p>Todos los beneficios de nuestro evento serán donados a estas organizaciones, Casa Rosalie en San Francisco California y Casa Amiga en Ciudad Juárez, México.</p>
<br /><p><br />Aurora Grajeda
<br />Organizadora de V-Day San Francisco en Español 2011 (TVM) y,<br />
<br />Co-Productora de "Los Monólogos de La Vagina" (Marzo 20th, 2011)<br />
<br />415.368.8406 <br />
<br />aurora-grajeda@comcast.net<br />
<br />http://www.vday-sf-spa.org/<br />
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<span class='st_blogger_hcount' displayText='Blogger'></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794095320758100201.post-62739881773588485362011-01-24T10:00:00.000-08:002011-02-11T10:07:30.323-08:00URGENT, 2bdeported Tues. (on dialysis) JonathanSanchez, Mexica Guerrero-Danza Maestro, Stockton<br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>Source [ConsejoQuetzalcoatl]<br /><br />On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:44 AM, <a href="mailto:malinalcihuatl@yahoo.com">Malinalzihuatl</a> wrote:<br /><br /> I got news about Jonathan Sanchez, my guerrero (dance teacher), in stockton born in Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico.... immigration has him detained in the san joaquin county jail in stockton, ca and they plan on deporting him on Tuesday. But Luis Magana is trying to get attorneys for him. The family called me telling me that immigration people r tormenting him because he is refusing to sign the release documents to deport him back to mexico. They can not deport him if he does not sign. He is real sick because they r not feeding him properly and is scared and crying. He has no active kidneys. He needs dialisis 3 times a week to clean his blood in order to live. His kidneys do not function and each dialisis takes 4 hours to do. He has maintained not only his aztec group tlalok with a tube sticking out of his chest for 1 and a half years but has maintained his folklorico group as well including his local presentations and attending some aztec ceremonies with me. Luis Magana political activist from Stockton needs anyone who is willing to support the release of Jonathan call him for further info at (209) 405-1213.<br /> I went to visit Jonathan today w a dancer who was under age but they did not allow me to see him because I had an under age person w me. Being that i work for the state dept. of health in administration legal section they were going to allow me to see him even though he already had his 2 visitors for the week even after i showed them my badge. i did not see him. Urgently i am requesting help. I am not knowledgeable about politics. All I know is that Jonathan can not live without his dialisis. He wont survive en Mexico if they deport him. In mexico is cost $150 US Dollars to pay for one session in cleaning his blood. HE Needs 3 a week which totals to $1,800 Dollars a month in mexico which is about 18,000 pesos a month. In Mexico u have to pay up front the money or else they will not serve u. Jonathan is only 20 years old...Please call his aunt Leticia Nieto (209) 390-6414 to see how u can help.<br /><br /> <a href="mailto:malinalcihuatl@yahoo.com">Malinalzihuatl</a></blockquote><br /><br />Want to help Johathan?<br />Call San Joaquin County’s Sheriff’s Office and ask to speak with Sheriff Steve Moore (209) 469-4400<br />If ICE asks for Jonathan Sanchez’s “A” number: A-200869492<br /><br />--<br />Dorinda Moreno, Fuerza Mundial / FM Global<br />Hitec Aztec Communications, Elders of 4 Colors 4 Directions<br />U.S. Representative and Liaison, International Tribunal of Conscience<br /> (becoming a permanent forum for Migration and Displacement)<br /><br />From the National Council of La Raza,<br />Dream Crushers and Dream Believers<br /><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5H%2BuBYnsBDJf02KFj9IWUaL40%2FNz3Q00" target="_blank">Download your copy of the We Will Not Forget ad here and put it on your fridge!</a><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=&type=blogger&post_services=email%2Cfacebook%2Ctwitter%2Cgbuzz%2Cmyspace%2Cdigg%2Csms%2Cwindows_live%2Cdelicious%2Cstumbleupon%2Creddit%2Cgoogle_bmarks%2Clinkedin%2Cbebo%2Cybuzz%2Cblogger%2Cyahoo_bmarks%2Cmixx%2Ctechnorati%2Cfriendfeed%2Cpropeller%2Cwordpress%2Cnewsvine");</script></malinalcihuatl><div class="blogger-post-footer"><span class='st_sharethis_hcount' displayText='ShareThis'></span>
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<span class='st_blogger_hcount' displayText='Blogger'></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794095320758100201.post-62682943853452453172010-10-29T19:00:00.000-07:002010-10-30T00:00:25.814-07:00ANOTHER CAMPAIGN TO SUPPRESS LATINO VOTE: Arpaio just sent this shocking message to his followers:Last week we were shocked and angered at the viciously un-American Ad aimed at Latinos/Hispanics asking us NOT TO <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">VOTE.</span><div><br />The now extreme Republican Party, with it's army of right Wing Extremists, are fully engaged in a-not-much-discussed campaign to suppress, by any means necessary, the Latino/Hispanic Vote in the upcoming election.<br /><br />Earlier today, I received and email from <a href="http://americasvoiceonline.org/blog/entry/take_action_against_arpaios_attempt_to_block_voters/">AmericanVoiceOnline.org</a>, alerting us to an email sent by AZ's Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio addressed to all of his followers, creating and disseminating an image of a 'fraud bogeyman' and inciting to organize against Latino/Hispanic Voters, by once again, targeting this much maligned and abused Community, as the villains in this elections, hence creating a climate of mistrust, antagonism and anger for Brown people, thus making it justifiable and acceptable for his "Army", to harass and intimidate them around the <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">voting polls. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /><br />This is the text of his message</span> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /><blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br /> <div><em><img alt="Maricopa County's infamous Sheriff Joe Arpaio" src="http://americasvoiceonline.org/page/-/americasvoice/images/joe.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="10" />"STOP ILLEGALS FROM STEALING THE ELECTION! Our <span style="font-weight: bold;">grassroots army</span> of VOTER FRAUD PREVENTION VOLUNTEERS will stand vigilant across the nation. We will be the first and strongest line of defense to ensure that only legal citizens vote on November 2nd."</em></div></blockquote><br /><div> </div><div><a href="http://americasvoiceonline.org/blog/entry/take_action_against_arpaios_attempt_to_block_voters/"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">From </span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://americasvoiceonline.org/blog/entry/take_action_against_arpaios_attempt_to_block_voters/">American Voice Online</a>.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>Bogus accusations of "illegal voters" crop up every election, and every election they are proven false. <strong>What's truly frightening is that, this year, Arpaio is recruiting an "army" to block people from voting in the name of "fraud prevention."</strong></em></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">As would be expected, Fox News is again at the Vanguard on yet another dirty campaign to suppress the vote a minority by having as guests Right Wing Operatives to push this campaign, one of them is Ultra Right Wing Blogger, Michelle Malkin, whose participation in this propaganda channel can be seen in this video, where she declares "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zMok1wo58">'We Are All Voter Fraud Police Now'":</a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">Least be left unsaid, The Latino/Hispanic voters need to be prepared for the MOST LIKELY EVENTUALITY that their<br />eligibility will be challenged, we need to be civil but strong on the conviction that we have the right to vote, if there is harassment or intimidation, it needs to be reported to the Election Officials present.</span></div><div style="align:center"><object width="600" height="361"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t7zMok1wo58?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t7zMok1wo58?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="361"></embed></object></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:6;"><strong>OUR VOTE IS OUR VOICE.</strong></span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.866ourvote.org/"><img title="Election Protection 'Protect Our Vote' National Hotline" alt="Election Protection 'Protect Our Vote' National Hotline" src="http://americasvoiceonline.org/page/-/americasvoice/images/protectourvote_headers.png" align="middle" border="0" hspace="0" width="600" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">In Solidarity</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">Aurora Grajeda</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">San Francisco</span></div></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><span class='st_sharethis_hcount' displayText='ShareThis'></span>
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<span class='st_blogger_hcount' displayText='Blogger'></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794095320758100201.post-1126521216527376292010-10-23T17:39:00.000-07:002010-10-23T19:06:29.431-07:00After The 8 Years Of The Bush/Cheney Disaster, Now You Get Mad?<div style="align: right; padding: 10px;"><table width="75" height="20" ALIGN="RIGHT" BGCOLOR="#FF9900"><tr><td><meta name="title" content="After The 8 Years Of The Bush/Cheney Disaster, Now You Get Mad?" /><meta name="description" content="You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President. - You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate Energy policy and push us to invade Iraq. - You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed. - You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed. - You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us. - You didn't get mad when we spent over 800 billion (and counting) on said illegal war. - You didn't get mad when Bush borrowed more money from foreign sources than the previous 42 Presidents combined. - You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars in cash just disappeared in Iraq. - You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people. - You didn't get mad when Bush embraced trade and outsourcing policies that shipped 6 million American jobs out of the country." /><link rel="image_src" href="http://elrinconcitodeaurora.net/graphics/jpgs/posts/tea-party-signs.jpg" /><script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;}</script><style> html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } </style> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<url>" class="fb_share_button" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Share</a></td></tr></table></div><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=arial size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>"Folks: Lets keep a copy in our pockets for quick reference when speaking with our ... 'friends' on the other side" -- Dorinda</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.
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<br />You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate Energy policy and push us to invade Iraq.
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<br />You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.
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<br />You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.
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<br />You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.
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<br />You didn't get mad when we spent over 800 billion (and counting) on said illegal war.
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<br />You didn't get mad when Bush borrowed more money from foreign sources than the previous 42 Presidents combined.
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<br />You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars in cash just disappeared in Iraq.
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<br />You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people.
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<br />You didn't get mad when Bush embraced trade and outsourcing policies that shipped 6 million American jobs out of the country.
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<br />You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.
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<br />You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden. You didn't get mad when Bush rang up 10 trillion dollars in combined budget and current account deficits.
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<br />You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.
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<br />You didn't get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans, drown.
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<br />You didn't get mad when we gave people who had more money than they could spend, the filthy rich, over a trillion dollars in tax breaks.
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<br />You didn't get mad with the worst 8 years of job creations in several decades.
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<br />You didn't get mad when over 200,000 US Citizens lost their lives because they had no health insurance.
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<br />You didn't get mad when lack of oversight and regulations from the Bush Administration caused US Citizens to lose 12 trillion dollars in investments, retirement, and home values.
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<br /><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">You finally got mad when a black man was elected President and decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, job losses by the millions, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, and the worst economic disaster since 1929 are all okay with you, but helping fellow Americans who are sick...Oh, Hell No!! </SPAN></FONT><BR clear=all>
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<br /><SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV align=center><FONT size=+1>On November 2 we defend the dream (each other, democracy, the Earth):</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=center>
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<span class='st_blogger_hcount' displayText='Blogger'></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794095320758100201.post-2025884654709157332010-10-13T19:11:00.000-07:002010-10-13T20:37:25.536-07:00Respectfully, Mr. President: Thank You! -- ("Obama has not done anything?") CHECK THIS OUT!!!<FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are lots and lots of Progressives(?) clamoring "Barack Obama has not done anything", No, I'm not exaggerating, that's what many, many are saying -- while some of them may be parroting Republican Operatives' 'Talking Points", some of these voices are actually Republican Operatives in our midst, including many who infiltrated or sold out in the pro-immigrant rights movement; their goal? </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, not to difficult to figure out, isn't? Bottom line is, many gullible folk are believing them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, after reading "ThisIsMyTime" Post with a list of some of President Obama and Dems' accomplishments in spite of vicious attacks and blatant obstructionism, do you think these voices are telling the truth to us all?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most of us know someone who is repeating the Right Wing lies, send them this information, ask them to read it and then ask them to repeat what they've been saying.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Millions of us worked very hard to elect President Obama and we accomplished this historic and revolutionary act, take credit for your hard work and foresight, but let's not slip into complacency, the work is far from done, there is so much that needs to be corrected/changed, let's continue with our pledge to work for change, to pressure our Representatives to act, after all, this is the bargain we entered with then Candidate Barack Obama, just to be clear, this is what we agreed on "That we were going to help/make him do it", for,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"WE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR" And,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That "YES, WE CAN - SI SE PUEDE"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aurora</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <H3 class="post-title entry-title"><A href="http://grassroots4obama.blogspot.com/2010/09/obama-will-triumph-so-will-america-by.html">Obama Will Triumph -- So Will America by Frank Schaeffer</A></H3><A href="http://grassroots4obama.blogspot.com/2010/09/obama-will-triumph-so-will-america-by.html"></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <HR> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>by </STRONG><A href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1797:president-obama-signs-the-ryan-white-hivaids-treatment-extension-act-&catid=122:media-advisories&Itemid=55"><STRONG>ThisIsMyTime</STRONG></A><STRONG> [Daily Kos]</STRONG> <br />Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 08:56:57 AM PDT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As the battle for control of Congress has tightened and the so called enthusiasm gap is evaporating, we must continue speaking to voter about what Democrats in Congress have accomplished.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you are a democrat and you have an enthusiasm gap, I am hoping that this could change your lack of enthusiasm.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The facts are in the last 23 months, the following are things that I think are worth keeping scores about what President Obama and the Democratic congress have accomplished that get over looked without an ounce of credit by some who are always disappointed about something.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>More below the fold...<br /><A href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/13/905956/-Respectfully,-Mr.-President:-Thank-You!"><STRONG>ThisIsMyTime's diary</STRONG></A><STRONG> ::</STRONG> :: </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Crossposted at <A href="http://www.thepeoplesview.net/">The People's View</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think it is important to not only speak to voters about the fact we are moving forward together but remind activists to see what they have been resisting.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know about you but I am ready to go and these are the reasons why I have more Enthusiasm than ever:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=5>Health Care Reform:<br /></FONT></STRONG> Coverage <A href="http://www.healthcare.gov/law/provisions/ChildrensPCIP/childrenspcip.html">can't be denied to children </A>with pre-existing conditions.<br /> Adults up to age 26 <A href="http://www.texastribune.org/texas-health-resources/health-reform-and-texas/young-adults-can-get-back-on-parents-insurance/">can stay on their parents' health plans</A>.<br /> <A href="http://www.latimes.com/sns-ap-us-health-care-qa,0,5788906.story">Free</A>preventive care.<br /> <A href="http://www.healthcare.gov/law/timeline/index.html">Rescinding coverage</A> is now illegal.<br /> Eliminating<A href="http://www.latimes.com/sns-ap-us-health-care-qa,0,5788906.story"> lifetime limits </A>on insurance coverage.<br /> Restricting <A href="http://www.standupforhealthcare.org/blog/the-ban-on-lifetime-and-annual-limits-can-impact-you">annual limits </A>on insurance coverage.<br /> More options <A href="http://www.healthcare.gov/law/provisions/appealing/Appealing Health Plan Decisions 2/moreinfo.html">to appeal coverage decisions</A>.<br /> <A href="http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/07/20100701a.html">$5 billion in immediate federal support </A>to affordable Coverage for the Uninsured with Pre-existing Conditions.<br /> <A href="http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2010/3/25/health-reform-boosts-funding-to-community-health-centers.aspx">$10 billion investment in Community Health Centers</A>.<br />Create <A href="http://www.progressivestates.org/node/25180">immediate access to re-insurance </A>for employer health plans providing coverage for early retirees.<br /><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062200349.html">Made an $80 billion deal</A> with the pharmaceutical industry to contribute to cut prescription drug costs for the nation's seniors reduce the size of the "donut hole" in the Medicare (Part D) Drug Benefit.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=5>Economy:</FONT></STRONG><br /> The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)<A href="http://buythebookcv.blogspot.com/2010/02/financial-exhibits.html"> has worked</A>. The Economy Has Been Growing - take a look at the <A href="http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3252">graph of GDP growth </A>between 2007 thru 2010.<br /> US auto industry rescue plan -- <A href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/credit_crisis/auto_industry/index.html">Detroit making profits again </A>and at least 1 million jobs saved.<br /> Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 that extended Unemployment benefits <A href="http://www.fileyourtaxes.com/resources/News/2009/WHBA-2009.html">up to 20 weeks and more</A>.<br /> <A href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/16/increase-minority-access-to-capital/">Provided $14.7 billion</A> in small business loans increasing minority access to capital.<br /><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/us/politics/11cong.html">The $26 billion aid to states package </A>preventing large-scale layoffs of teachers and public employees.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=5>Banking and Financial Reform</FONT></STRONG><br /> Signed a<A href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-signs-sweeping-bank-reform-bill-into-law-2010-07-21-12200"> sweeping bank-reform bill </A>(the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act)into law<br /> Managed the <A href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9961/01-16-TARP.pdf">$700 Billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)</A> that <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/business/23tarp.html?_r=1&ref=business">Banks have repaid 75% of TARP funds</A>, bringing the cost down to $89B as of June 2010.<br />Cuts Salaries <A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/pay-czar-cuts-salaries-fo_n_540849.html">For 65 Bailout Executives</A><br />Closed<A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/04/obama-tax-haven-plan-read_n_195702.html"> offshore tax safe havens</A>, tax credit loopholes on companies that use the tax laws to ship American Jobs oversees. <A href="http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/America_Jobs_Summary.pdf">HR 4213</A>.<br />Signed into law the <A href="http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=1794">Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act </A>to fight fraud in the use of TARP and recovery funds, and to increase accountability for corporate and mortgage frauds.<br />Signed the <A href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aM5MWbboKysM">Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/7/908506/-Obama-VETOES-Big-Banks-notarization-sweetheart-deal">VETOED Big Banks' notarization sweetheart deal</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=5></FONT></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=5>Education</FONT></STRONG><br />Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 <A href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pell-grant-amount.html">that increased the amount of federal Pell Grant awards </A>and <A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/30/obama-to-sign-student-loan_n_518159.html">enabled the stripping of banks privileges as intermediaries for student loan servicing</A>.<br />Created <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/info/race-to-the-top-fund/">the Race to the Top Fund</A>, a <A href="http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/executive-summary.pdf">$4.35 billion program to reward States that submit the best proposals for change</A>.<br />As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, f<A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education">unded over $100 Billion for reforms to strengthen Elementary and Secondary education, early learning programs</A>, college affordability and improve access to higher education, and to close the achievement gap.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=5>Jobs </FONT></STRONG><br />The $787 billion economic stimulus package has created or saved nearly<A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/12/AR2010011203737.html"> 2 million jobs </A>slowing<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpKxO-lmYs&feature=player_embedded#!"> the bleeding</A><br />Jobs for Main Street Act (2010)injected $27.5 Billion for Highways, $8.4 Billion for Transit into the country's transportation system to create jobs and spur economic activity.<br />A <A href="http://www.industryweek.com/articles/obama_unveils_33_billion_jobs_package_20960.aspx?Page=1&SectionID=2">$33 Billion Jobs Package </A>that will allow Small businesses to get $5,000 tax credit for new hires.<br />A $26 billion State Aid Package Jobs Bill <A href="http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S1692301.shtml?cat=565">saving 300,000 teachers and public workers jobs from unemployment</A>.<br />The Auto bailout saved <A href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/5/obama-auto-industry-bailout-saved-1-million-jobs/">1 million jobs</A>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=5>Green Energy</FONT></STRONG> <br />Implemented renewable fuels mandate of <A href="http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/renewablefuels/index.htm">36 billion gallons by 2022</A>, four times what we currently consume.<br />Automakers will be required to meet a fleet-wide average of <A href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/tough-gas-mileage-standards-finalized.html">New Gas Mileage Standards at 35.5 MPH by 2016</A>.<br />A <A href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/green-stimulus-bill-60-billion.php">$60 billion investment in renewable and clean energy</A>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=5>Housing</FONT></STRONG> <br /><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/business/19housing.html">$275 billion dollar housing plan</A> - $75 billion dollars to prevent at-risk mortgage debtors already fallen victim to foreclosures and $200 billion to bring about confidence to offer affordable mortgages and to stability the housing market.<br />Established "<A href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/06/22/96322/obama-administration-vows-to-end.html">Opening Doors</A>" to end the homelessness of 640,000 men, women, and children in the United States in 10 years.<br />Provided <A href="http://www.agc.org/cs/advocacy/legislative_activity/economic_stimulus_draft/infrastructure_spending_chart/Native_American_Housing_Block_Grants">$510 Million for the rehabilitation of Native American housing</A>. ref<br />Provided $2 billion for Neighborhood Stabilization Program to rehab, resell, or demolish in order to stabilize neighborhoods.<br />Provided<A href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-111publ5.pdf"> $5 billion for Weatherization Assistance Program </A>for low income families to weatherize 1 million homes per year for the next decade.<br /><A href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/498/provide-grants-to-encourage-energy-efficient-build/">Provided grants</A> to encourage states and localities to take the first steps in implementing new building codes that prioritize energy efficiency.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><br /><STRONG><FONT size=5>Medicaid/Medicare/Social Security</FONT></STRONG> <br />giving <A href="http://truthhugger.com/2009/05/07/one-time-250-comes-from-social-security-not-irs/">$250 economic stimulus check to 55 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients in 2009</A>.<br />Cutting prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients by <A href="http://www.planprescriber.com/medicare-part-d/donut-hole/">50% and began eliminating the plan's gap ("donut hole") in coverage</A>.<br />Passing as part of <A href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-3962">H.R.3962 (Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010)</A> a <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/health/policy/25medicare.html?_r=1">$6.4 billion measure reversing a 21 percent cut </A>in physician payments that would have started a flood of rejections by some doctors of seniors covered by Medicare.<br /><A href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/57/expand-eligibility-for-medicaid/">Expanded eligibility for Medicaid to all individuals under age 65</A> with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level ($14,400 per year for an individual).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=5>Military Veterans and Families <br /></FONT></STRONG>Implemented<A href="http://www.fedshirevets.gov/pdf/Vets_Initiative_Strategic_Plan.pdf"> a strategic plan </A>to <A href="http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/military_spouses_federaljobs_100108w/">increase the hiring of Veterans and Military spouses </A>throughout the Federal civil service.<br />Provided for <A href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/18/pentagon-to-pay-for-families-of-fallen-soldiers-to-travel-to-dover/">the expenses of families of to be at Dover AFB when fallen soldiers arrive</A>.<br />Passed <A href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-407">the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009 increasing the rates of compensation for veterans </A>with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans.<br />Declared the end of the war in Iraqi <A href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/iraqremarks">bringing back nearly 100,000 U.S. troops home to their families</A>.<br />Donated <A href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/11/obama-to-give-1-4-million-nobel-peace-prize-award-to-10-charities/">250K of Nobel prize money to Fisher House</A>, a group that helps provide housing for families of patients receiving medical care at military and Veterans Affairs medical centers</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=5>LBGT </FONT></STRONG><br /><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/02/AR2010060204654.html">Extended benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees</A><br /><A href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000629/1">Signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act</A><br />Instructed HHS to require any hospital receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds (virtually all hospitals) <A href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63F0BV20100416">to allow LGBT visitation rights</A>.<br /><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/us/06gender.html">Banned job discrimination based on gender identity throughout the Federal government </A>(the nation's largest employer)<br /><A href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1797:president-obama-signs-the-ryan-white-hivaids-treatment-extension-act-&catid=122:media-advisories&Itemid=55">Signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act</A><br />Extended the Family and Medical Leave Act to cover <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/us/politics/22rights.html">Gay employees taking unpaid leave </A>to care for their children of same-sex partners<br />Lifted the <A href="http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/HIV_travel_ban_finally_lifted-8082.aspx">HIV Entry Ban</A>.<br /><A href="http://http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/13677/obama-administrations-hud-policies-would-ban-discrimination-based-on-gender-identity">Implemented HUD Policies that Would Ban Discrimination Based On Gender Identity</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Well, there is more but you see we have done a lot. We have the tools to shape the message. We need to move forward together and focus on what we will accomplish forward in the coming years. That is why we have to work hard for the next three weeks to GOTV.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>These are my kids at the One Nation March about a week ago. They are fired up as I am. Are you?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT> <DIV align=center><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/ThisIsMyTime_2010/Pic558.jpg" width=600 align=middle border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes indeed, there is more, check out this list:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <H1><FONT size=5><A href="http://www.equalitygiving.org/Accomplishments-by-the-Administration-and-Congress-on-LGBT-Equality">Accomplishments by the Administration and Congress on LGBT Equality</A></FONT></H1> <DIV> <H3>No one should rest until we have full LGBT equality. But after eight years of Republican disrespect, progress is being made. In its first 20 months, the Obama Administration has...</H3> <P></P> <P><FONT size=4></FONT></P> <TABLE width=169 align=left border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="WIDTH: 200px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(201,167,119)"> <P><STRONG>By Andrew Tobias</STRONG> | <A href="http://www.equalitygiving.org/Contact-Author">Contact</A> </P> <P><IMG height=200 alt="Democratic National Committee DNC Equality Tobias" src="mhtml:mid://00000107/!http://www.equalitygiving.org/files/Democratic-National-Committee-Equality-Tobias/Democratic-National-Committee-DNC-Equality-Tobias.jpg" width=200 border=0> </P>DNC treasurer Andrew Tobias is the author of several books, including <EM>The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need</EM> and <EM>The Best Little Boy in the World</EM>.<br /><br /></TD> <TD style="WIDTH: 15px"> <br /></TD></TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> <TD> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; 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href="http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/06/02/White_House_Announcement_on_Partner_Benefits/">further</A>, in 2010 <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-by-the-President-on-the-Presidential-Memorandum-on-Federal-Benefits-and-Non-Discrimination-and-Support-of-the-Lieberman-Baldwin-Benefits-Legislation/">Endorsed</A> the Baldwin-Lieberman bill, The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009, to provide FULL partnership benefits to federal employees <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/10/30/honoring-legacy-ryan-white">Signed</A> the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-signing-ryan-white-hivaids-treatment-extension-act-2009">Lifted</A> the HIV Entry Ban effective January 2010 <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/">Released</A> the first Presidential PRIDE <A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-pride-month">proclamations</A> since 2000 <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmEpD2sh0HA">Hosted</A> the first LGBT Pride Month Celebration in White House history <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Background-on-Medal-of-Freedom-ceremony/">Awarded</A> the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harvey Milk and Billie Jean King, joining past recipients such as Rosa Parks <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/a_transgender_political_first">Appointed</A> the first ever transgender DNC member <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/06/125083.htm">Issued</A> diplomatic passports, and provided other benefits, to the partners of same-sex foreign service employees <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2009/HUDNo.09-206">Committed</A> to ensuring that HUD's core housing programs are open to all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/10/20091021a.html" target=_blank>Conceived</A> a National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders -- the nation's first ever -- funded by a three-year HHS grant to SAGE <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights/administration-will-testify-senate-landmark-employment-non-discrimination-act">Testified</A> in favor of ENDA, the first time any official of any administration has testified in the Senate on ENDA <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-reception-commemorating-enactment-matthew-shepard-and-james-byrd-">Signed</A> the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which expanded existing United States federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability -- <FONT size=3>the first positive federal LGBT legislation in the nation's history</FONT> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt">Hired and appointed a record number of qualified LGBT Americans (like <A href="http://www.glli.org/presidential">these</A>), including more than 20 Senate-confirmed appointments <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse#p/u/2/EqaW8hVSh0c">Sworn in</A> Ambassador David Huebner <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.hud.gov/news/speeches/2009-06-23a.cfm">Changed</A> the culture of government everywhere from – among others – HUD and HHS to the Export-Import Bank, the State Department, and the Department of Education <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language:EN-US;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language:EN-US;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Appointed Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, instead of conservatives who would have tilted the Court even further to the right and virtually doomed our rights for a generation. <SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Yjc5NmYxZWZkZjY0NzQxNGNhYWFiOTVkMzhiNjA0YTg=">To wit</A> (quoting McCain): </SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,0)">"I've said a thousand times on this campaign trail, I've said as often as I can, that I want to find clones of Alito and Roberts.</SPAN></STRONG> I worked as hard as anybody to get them confirmed. I look you in the eye and tell you I've said a thousand times that I wanted Alito and Roberts. I have told anybody who will listen. I flat-out tell you I will have people as close to Roberts and Alito [as possible]."</SPAN> </P> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#34738951"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"></SPAN></A></FONT><A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#34738951">Named</A> open transgender appointees (the first President ever to do so) </P> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"> <P class=MsoNormal><A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#34740161">Banned</A> job discrimination based on gender identity throughout the Federal government (the nation's largest employer) </P> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt">Emphasized LGBT inclusion in everything from the President's historic <A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-to-the-NAACP-Centennial-Convention-07/16/2009">NAACP</A> address ("The pain of discrimination is still felt in America. By African American women paid less for doing the same work as colleagues of a different color and a different gender. By Latinos made to feel unwelcome in their own country. By Muslim Americans viewed with suspicion simply because they kneel down to pray to their God. By our gay brothers and sisters, still taunted, still attacked, still denied their rights.") . . . to the first paragraph of his <A href="http://www.democrats.org/a/2009/09/family_day_2009.php">Family Day</A> proclamation ("Whether children are raised by two parents, a single parent, grandparents, a same-sex couple, or a guardian, families encourage us to do our best and enable us to accomplish great things") and his <A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-mothers-day">Mothers Day</A> proclamation ("Nurturing families come in many forms, and children may be raised by two parents, a single mother, two mothers, a step-mom, a grandmother, or a guardian. Mother's Day gives us an opportunity to celebrate these extraordinary caretakers") . . . to creating the chance for an adorable 10-year-old at the White House Easter Egg roll to tell <A href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7306401&page=1">ABC World News</A> how cool it is to have two mommies . . . to including the chair of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce along with the Secretary of the Treasury and the President of Goldman Sachs in the small audience for the President's economic address at the New York Stock Exchange . . . to welcoming four gay couples to its first<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; 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mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-unhide:no; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --></A><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.baltimoregaylife.com/news/national_news/out-gays-attend-white-house-state-dinner.shtml">State Dinner</A></FONT> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/10/obama-hrc-speech-video-pr_n_316529.html">Recommitted</A>, in a televised address, to passing ENDA . . . repealing Don't Ask/Don't Tell . . . repealing the so-called Defense of Marriage Act <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-national-prayer-breakfast">Spoken out</A> against discrimination at the National Prayer Breakfast ("We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are -- whether it's here in the United States or, as Hillary mentioned, more extremely in odious laws that are being proposed most recently in Uganda.") <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/02/mike-mullen-calls-for-rep_n_446067.html">Dispatched</A> the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to call on the Senate to repeal Don't Ask / Don't Tell, in the meantime dialing back on discharges <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt">Launched a <A href="http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/LGBT_Discrimination_Study">website </A>to gather public comment on first-ever federal LGBT housing discrimination study<A href="http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/LGBT_Discrimination_Study"> </A> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.towleroad.com/2010/03/yesdterday-presdient-obama-announced-that-he-would-make-fifteen-recess-appointments-and-expressed-his-frustration-with-a-lac.html">Appointed</A> long-time equality champion Chai Feldblum one of the four Commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.thetaskforce.org/press/releases/pr_062009">Eliminated</A> the discriminatory Census Bureau policy that kept our relationships from being counted, <A href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1MOQt0DqjJyug18zATl_nHDokJwD9ET5CM02">encouraging</A> couples who consider themselves married to file that way, even if their state of residence does not yet permit legal marriage <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt">Produced U.S. Census Bureau PSAs featuring <A href="http://www.youtube.com/user/uscensusbureau#p/c/49091729A6064524/2/Ju4ia-HZvsg">gay</A>, <A href="http://www.youtube.com/user/uscensusbureau#p/c/49091729A6064524/4/516x-iE6Lu0">lesbian</A>, and <A href="http://www.youtube.com/user/uscensusbureau#p/c/49091729A6064524/2/Ju4ia-HZvsg">transgender</A> spokespersons. <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/15/hospital.gay.visitation/index.html">Instructed</A> HHS to require any hospital receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds (virtually all hospitals) to allow LGBT visitation rights. <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13573">Appointed</A> Retired Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer, an early public champion of open service in the military, to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2010/HUDNo.10-119">Required</A> all grant applicants seeking HUD funding to comply with state and local anti-discrimination laws that protect LGBT individuals. <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/06/142922.htm">Adopted</A> transgender recommendations on the issuance of gender-appropriate passports that will ease barriers to safe travel and that will provide government-issued ID that avoids involuntary "outing" in situations requiring ID, like hiring, where a gender-appropriate driver's license or birth certificate is not available <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/politics/11gender.html?ref=todayspaper">Extended</A> domestic violence protections to LGBT victims <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt">Publicly <A href="http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights/mississippi-lesbian-banned-prom-invited-white-house">invited</A> shunned MIssissippi high school prom student to the White House <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.law.ucla.edu/WilliamsInstitute/pdf/FMLA_Final.pdf">Extended</A> the Family and Medical Leave Act to cover employees taking unpaid leave to care for the children of same-sex partners <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/LGBT Housing Discrimination">Issued</A> guidance specifically to assist LGBT tenants denied housing on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/July/13/national-aids-strategy-document.aspx">Issued</A> a National HIV/AIDS Strategy praised as "long-overdue" by the Task Force, Lambda and others <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt">Successfully <A href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/international_gay_rights_group_opposed_by_gop-ers.php">fought</A> for UN accreditation of IGLHRC (the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission) -- against Republican attempts to block it <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://www.lgbtpov.com/2010/08/us-education-departments-kevin-jennings-to-call-for-national-plan-to-deal-with-bullying/">Convened</A> the first-ever anti-bullying summit to craft a national strategy to reduce bullying in schools. <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><A href="http://laglc.convio.net/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=13263">Awarded</A> $13.3 million to the LA Gay & Lesbian Center to create a model program for LGBTQ youth in the foster care system. </LI></OL> <P>The Administration will continue to make steady progress on our issues whether we help strengthen its hand or not. 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<br />By Frank Schaeffer
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<br />Before he'd served even one year President Obama lost the support of the easily distracted left and engendered the white hot rage of the hate-filled right. But some of us, from all walks of life and ideological backgrounds -- including this white, straight, 57-year- old, former religious right wing agitator, now progressive writer and (given my background as the son of a famous evangelical leader) this unlikely Obama supporter -- are sticking with our President.
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<br />Why? -- because he is succeeding.
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<br />We faithful Obama supporters still trust our initial impression of him as a great, good and uniquely qualified man to lead us. Obama's steady supporters will be proved right. Obama's critics will be remembered as easily panicked and prematurely discouraged at best and shriveled hate mongers at worst.
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<br />The Context of the Obama Presidency
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<br />Not since the days of the rise of fascism in Europe, the Second World War and the Depression has any president faced more adversity. Not since the Civil War has any president led a more bitterly divided country. Not since the introduction of racial integration has any president faced a more consistently short-sighted and willfully ignorant opposition - from both the right and left.
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<br />As the President's poll numbers have fallen, so has his support from some on the left who were hailing him as a Messiah not long ago; all those lefty websites and commentators who were falling all over themselves on behalf of our first black president during the 2008 election.
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<br />The left's lack of faith has become a self-fulfilling "prophecy" -- snipe at the President and then watch the poll numbers fall and then pretend you didn't have anything to do with it!
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<br />Here is what Obama faced when he took office -- none of which was his fault:
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<br /># An ideologically divided country to the point that America was really two countries
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<br /># Two wars; one that was mishandled from the start, the other that was unnecessary and immoral
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<br /># The worst economic crisis since the Depression
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<br /># America's standing in the world at the lowest point in history
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<br /># A country that had been misled into accepting the use of torture of prisoners of war
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<br /># A health care system in free-fall
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<br /># An educational system in free-fall
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<br /># A global environmental crisis of history-altering proportions (about which the Bush Administration and the Republicans had done nothing)
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<br /># An impasse between culture warriors from the right and left
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<br /># A huge financial deficit inherited from the terminally inept, irresponsible Bush Administration.
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<br />And those were only some of the problems sitting on the President's desk!
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<br />"Help" from the Right?
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<br />What did the Republicans and the religious right, libertarians and half-baked conspiracy theorists -- that is what the Republicans were reduced to by the time Obama took office -- do to "help" our new president (and our country) succeed? They claimed that he wasn't a real American, didn't have an American birth certificate, wasn't born here, was secretly a Muslim, was a white-hating "racist," was secretly a communist, was actually the Anti-Christ, (!) and was a reincarnation of Hitler and wanted "death panels" to kill the elderly!
<br />They not-so-subtly called for his assassination through the not-so-subtle use of vile signs held at their rallies and even a bumper sticker quoting Psalm 109:8. They organized "tea parties" to sound off against imagined insults and all government in general and gathered to howl at the moon. They were led by insurance industry lobbyists and deranged (but well financed) corporate "commentators" from Glenn Beck to Rush Limbaugh.
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<br />The utterly discredited Roman Catholic bishops teamed up with the utterly discredited evangelical leaders to denounce a president who was trying to actually do something about the poor, the environment, to diminish the number of abortions through compassionate programs to help women and to care for the sick! And in Congress, the Republican leadership only knew one word: "No!"
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<br />In other words, the reactionary white, rube, uneducated, crazy American far right, combined with the educated but obtuse neo-conservative war mongers, religious right shills for big business, libertarian Fed Reserve-hating gold bug, gun-loving crazies, child-molesting acquiescent "bishops," frontier loons and evangelical gay-hating flakes found one thing to briefly unite them: their desire to stop an uppity black man from succeeding at all costs!
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<br />"Help" from the Left?
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<br />What did the left do to help their newly elected president? Some of them excoriated the President because they disagreed with the bad choices he was being forced to make regarding a war in Afghanistan that he'd inherited from the worst president in modern history! Others stood up and bravely proclaimed that the President's economic policies had "failed" before the President even instituted them! Others said that, since all gay rights battles had not been fully won within virtually minutes of the President taking office, they'd been "betrayed"! (Never mind that Obama's vocal support to the gay community is stronger than any other president's has been. Never mind that he signed a new hate crimes law!)
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<br />Those that had stood in transfixed legions weeping with beatific emotion on election night turned into an angry mob saying how "disappointed" they were that they'd not all immediately been translated to Heaven the moment Obama stepped into the White House! Where was the "change"? Contrary to their expectations, they were still mere mortals!
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<br />And the legion of young new supporters was too busy texting to pay attention for longer than a nanosecond. "Governing"?! What the hell does that word, uh, like mean?"
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<br />The President's critics left and right all had one thing in common: impatience laced with little-to-no sense of history (let alone reality) thrown in for good measure. Then, of course, there were the white, snide know-it-all commentators/talking heads who just couldn't imagine that maybe, just maybe, they weren't as smart as they thought they were and certainly not as smart as their president. He hadn't consulted them, had he? So he must be wrong!
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<br />The Obama critics' ideological ideas defined their idea of reality rather than reality defining their ideas - say, about what is possible in one year in office after the hand that the President had been dealt by fate, or to be exact, by the American idiot nation that voted Bush into office. twice!
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<br />Meanwhile back in the reality-based community - in just 12 short months -- President Obama:
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<br />#Continued to draw down the misbegotten war in Iraq;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Thoughtfully and decisively picked the best of several bad choices regarding the war in Afghanistan;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Gave a major precedent-setting speech supporting gay rights;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Restored America's image around the globe;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Banned torture of American prisoners;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Stopped the free-fall of the American economy;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Put the USA squarely back in the bilateral international community;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Put the USA squarely into the middle of the international effort to halt global warming;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Stood up for educational reform;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Won a Nobel Peace Prize;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Moved the trial of terrorists back into the American judicial system of checks and balances;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Did what had to be done to start the slow, torturous and almost impossible process of health care reform that 7 presidents had failed to even begin;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Responded to hatred from the right and left with measured good humor and patience;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Stopped the free-fall of job losses;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Showed immense personal courage in the face of an armed and dangerous far right opposition that included the sort of disgusting people who show up at public meetings carrying loaded weapons and carrying Timothy McVeigh-inspired signs about the "blood of tyrants" needing to "water the tree of liberty";
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />#Showed that he could not only make the tough military choices but explain and defend them brilliantly;
<br />(But that wasn't good enough for his critics)
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<br />Other than those "disappointing" accomplishments -- IN ONE YEAR, President Obama "failed"! Other than that, he didn't "live up to expectations"!
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<br />Who actually has failed...
<br />...are the Americans who can't see the beginning of a miracle of national rebirth right under their jaded noses.
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<br />Who failed are the smart ass ideologues of the left and right who began rooting for this President to fail so that they could be proved right in their dire and morbid predictions.
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<br />Who failed are the movers and shakers behind our obscenely dumb news cycles that have turned "news" into just more stupid entertainment for an entertainment-besotted infantile country.
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<br />Here's the good news: President Obama is succeeding without the help of his lefty "supporters" or hate-filled Republican detractors!
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<br />The Future Looks Good
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<br />After Obama has served two full terms, (and he will), after his wisdom in moving deliberately and cautiously with great subtlety on all fronts -- with a canny and calculating eye to the possible succeeds, (it will), after the economy is booming and new industries are burgeoning, (they will be), after the doomsayers are all proved not just wrong but silly: let the record show that not all Americans were panicked into thinking the sky was falling.
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<br />Just because we didn't get everything we wanted in the first short and fraught year Obama was in office, not all of us gave up. Some of us stayed the course. And we will be proved right.
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<br />P.S. If you agree that Obama is shaping up to be a great president, please pass this on and hang in there! Pass it on anyway to ensure that his "report card" gets the attention it deserves.
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<span class='st_blogger_hcount' displayText='Blogger'></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794095320758100201.post-62450094801849087602010-06-05T18:40:00.000-07:002010-06-05T18:53:52.271-07:00Neoliberalism Triumphant<P><STRONG><FONT size=4><A href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/5/873189/-Neoliberalism-Triumphant">DailyKos</A></FONT></STRONG></P>by <A href="http://richard-lyon.dailykos.com">Richard Lyon</A> Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 01:16:04 PM PDT <P>The 1980s brought the dawn of a neoliberal era in the Anglo-Saxon world. That era has continued to the present day in much the same way that the social democratic era persisted from the 1940s to the 1970s. When the neoliberals came to power they had a well developed agenda that had been building for 30 years. They promptly and aggressively set about implementing it.</P> <DIV></DIV><!-- polls come after this --> <DIV>These three diaries provide background for this diary.</DIV> <DIV id=extended> <P><A href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/2/872303/-Globalization,-A-Pictorial-History">Globalization, A Pictorial History</A></P> <P><A href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/3/872608/-Neoliberals:-Where-Do-They-Come-From">Neoliberals: Where Do They Come From?</A></P> <P><A href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/4/872893/-Birth-Of-Neoliberalism">Birth Of Neoliberalism</A></P> <P>During the 1950s and 1960s the business and financial elite grudgingly tolerated the regime of social democracy. They chafed at its regulatory restrictions and tax rates. They strongly backed the campaigns that led to the election of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. At last it was Morning In America and Nirvana In Albion. <br /><IMG alt=" title=" hspace=10 src="http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss349/RichardLyon/neoliberal origins/Thatcher_Reagan.jpg" align=left vspace=10> </P> <P>At this point let us compare some of the basic policy positions of social democracy and neoliberalism. As with any political and economic movements there is no universal dogma to which all people who are associated with the movement consistently adhere. However, there are some basic areas of difference that have remained consistently apparent.</P> <P>Social Democrats Neoliberals</P> <P>Fair Trade Free Trade</P> <P>Regulated Markets Deregulated Markets</P> <P>Labor Rights Labor Flexibility</P> <P>Mixed Economy Privatization</P> <P>Economic Democracy Tax Cuts</P> <P>I am going to confine this discussion to the Regan administration. The Thatcher government was not fundamentally different in its basic philosophy and approach and the two governments worked in close concert on international issues. We will start with a look at the international economic policies of the Regan administration. They developed into what has become known as the Washington consensus and it is this group of policies that have been most frequently associated with the term neoliberal in the general media. However, it is my view that the domestic economic policies that became popularly known as Reaganomics are an integral part of neoliberalism.</P> <P>The Breton Woods conference of 1944 developed two international financial institutions The International Monetary Fund and what eventually became known as The World Bank. The conference proposed the development of an International Trade Organization. It was more difficult for that organization to see the light of day. It got off to a start as the General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade in 1947 and eventually emerged as the World Trade Organization in 1995.</P> <P>Originally the stated purpose of these organizations was to bring financial stability to the world after the chaos of the Great Depression and WWII. Their governance and organizational structure were developed in a manner that assured that they would be consistently dominated and controlled by an American-British coalition.</P> <P>Reagan had an explicit policy objective of moving the programs of these international organizations in a neoliberal direction. The IMF has by far been the most notorious of the organizations in its policy initiatives. <br /><IMG alt=" title=" hspace=10 src="http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss349/RichardLyon/neoliberal origins/imf-f.gif" align=left vspace=10> <br /><p>It is the sledge hammer that has been used to open the economies of the world's poorer countries to the domination of global capital. The core approach is the</P> <P><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Consensus#List_of_recommendations">Washington Consensus</A></P> <P></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <OL> <LI value=1>Fiscal policy discipline;</LI></OL> <P> 2. Redirection of public spending from subsidies ("especially indiscriminate subsidies") toward broad-based provision of key pro-growth, pro-poor services like primary education, primary health care and infrastructure investment; <br /> 3. Tax reform – broadening the tax base and adopting moderate marginal tax rates; <br /> 4. Interest rates that are market determined and positive (but moderate) in real terms; <br /> 5. Competitive exchange rates; <br /> 6. Trade liberalization – liberalization of imports, with particular emphasis on elimination of quantitative restrictions (licensing, etc.); any trade protection to be provided by low and relatively uniform tariffs; <br /> 7. Liberalization of inward foreign direct investment; <br /> 8. Privatization of state enterprises; <br /> 9. Deregulation – abolition of regulations that impede market entry or restrict competition, except for those justified on safety, environmental and consumer protection grounds, and prudent oversight of financial institutions; <br /> 10. Legal security for property rights. </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Third world countries facing financial crises have been forced to adhere to policies in compliance with the WC as a condition of stabilization and development loans from the IMF and World Bank. Rather than possitive economic development, this approach has often resulted in serious economic disruption and increased poverty. Indigenous agriculture has been supplanted by imports from agribiz creating a flood of migrants in search of a means of survival. <br /><IMG alt=" title=" hspace=10 src="http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss349/RichardLyon/neoliberal origins/maricopab.jpg"> </P> <P>The fundamental goal of Reagan's domestic economic policies was to roll back the New Deal. To this day his devoted followers are campaigning to have his head replace that of FDR on the dime. The programs and policies became known as Reaganomics. One of the memorable notions is that of trickle down wealth. If we allow the rich to get richer, somehow we are all supposed to benefit. <br /><IMG alt=" title=" hspace=10 src="http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss349/RichardLyon/neoliberal origins/reaganomics_unemployment.jpg" align=left vspace=10> <br />The general outlines of the program were:</P> <P> 1. Reduce government spending, <br /> 2. Reduce income and capital gains marginal tax rates, <br /> 3. Reduce government regulation of the economy, <br /> 4. Control the money supply to reduce inflation.</P> <P>One of his first dramatic acts upon taking office was to destroy the air traffic controllers union Patco. Yet when he ran for reelection four years later, large numbers of blue collar union members proudly supported him under the banner of Reagan Democrats. Ronald Reagan's greatest achievement was to be the country's unequaled champion in the sale of snake oil. He did it with a Democratic majority in congress. George H. W. Bush essentially continued the same policies during his administration.</P> <P>By the beginning of the 1990s neoliberalism had become so entrenched that traditional social democratic parties despaired of ever holding office again if they followed the platforms of their predecessors. This quandary gave rise to what became known as the Third Way movement. It proponents have claimed to be seeking a synthesis between neoliberalism and social democracy.</P> <P>In 1992 in the teeth of a difficult recession Bill Clinton won the presidency running on a platform of the New Democrats. A few years later Tony Blair became UK prime minister on a platform of New Labour. Bill and Tony became a dynamic trans-Atlantic duo equal to Ronnie and Maggie. <br /><IMG alt=" title=" hspace=10 src="http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss349/RichardLyon/neoliberal origins/Clinton_Blair.jpg" align=left vspace=10> <br />Gerhard Schröder leader of the German Social Democratic Party followed a somewhat similar path.</P> <P>One of the impacts of eights years of the Clinton White House was to cut into the ratings of the more traditional soap operas. The administration never lacked for entertainment. It has now been long enough to close the books on the Clinton administration and conduct a political accounting. On the economic front the net effect was a continuation of the neoliberal policies of the Reagan/Bush era. Clinton actively participated in the advancement of those policies in several instances.</P> <OL> <LI value=1>The establishment of NAFTA the North Atlantic Free Trade Area.</LI></OL> <OL> <LI value=2>The full establishment of the World Trade Organization with its committment to open free trade.</LI></OL> <OL> <LI value=3>The repeal of New Deal income assistance programs replaced by "workfare".</LI></OL> <P>Clinton had the good luck to be riding a major bubble in the stock market during most of his presidency. There is little plausibility that his policies had much to do with its beginning or with its end. It did provide him with the opportunity to establish a balanced budget.</P> <P>While neither Clinton nor any other Democratic president would ever engage in Regan's union busting antics, the policies of the Clinton years were decidedly detrimental to the American labor movement. Manufacturing and technology jobs declined and union membership in the private sector continued to shrink.</P> <P>A five member majority of the United States Supreme Court gave us George W. Bush and his compassionate conservatism. Economically what this turned out to be was to cut taxes for the wealthy, maintain government programs at essentially the same level to keep the middle class happy, drastically increase military spending with two wars and pay for it all by gargantuan increases in the public debt. Like Clinton he was helped by a housing bubble for much of his presidency. Unlike Clinton the bubble burst in a spectacular explosion before he could get out the door.</P></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><br /> <DIV></DIV></FONT><div class="blogger-post-footer"><span class='st_sharethis_hcount' displayText='ShareThis'></span>
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<br />Are the Spirit and Provisions of SC/CIRCA being observed and followed?
<br /><div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >By Aurora Grajeda
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<br /></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:font-size:100%;" >No doubt, Immigration is the hottest issue in the United States, anti-immigrant sentiment is running at a feverish pace thus allowing for decisions that many consider ill thought out and badly implemented.
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<br /></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >The first thing that needs to be said is that this is a very old and recurring story, it's genesis can be traced back roughly 152 years, since then, it keeps erupting every time there are difficult economic times which result in the need to find the 'guilty' ones, time and time again, immigrants have been the preferred choice for scapegoating, rather than taking an honest look at the real causes of both, the economic downturns and the mass migration of people affected by US Corporatist Policies.
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<br /></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >While this post is not about the history of anti-immigrant sentiments in the United States, it is important to mention that it is very old indeed and that many groups have been the targets, the nationalities or ethnic characteristics may change, but the words and the actions, do not; Mexicans, Chinese, Italian, Germans, Japanese and who can forget the anti-Irish ignominies? All of these were/are fueled by a mixture of Racism, Xenophobia, Nativism, etc.
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<br /></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >The Anti-Immigrant Rage is as old as the Nation Itself.
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<br /></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >The latest examples are the SB1070 Arizona Law and The Secure Communities programs rapid expansion, California is one of the States which signed on to participate, in San Francisco, it is scheduled to be in effect June 1st., yes, tomorrow, and is planned to be implemented in all the US by 2013.
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<br /></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >San Francisco's Sheriff, </span><a href="http://www.sfsheriff.com/sheriffs.htm#J__Michael_Hennessey"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Michael Hennessey</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >, is one of the many Law Enforcement Officials raising the alarm and voicing concerns that this program in reality will make our communities less safe, will interfere with their Law Enforcement duties and will add economic burdens to their already cash-strapped municipalities.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sheriff Hennessey, voiced his concerns directly to California's Attorney General Jerry Brown with a <em><strong>request to allow San Francisco </strong></em></span></span><a href="http://www.sfbg.com/2010/05/25/insecure-sanctuary" target="_self"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><em><strong>to opt out of Secure Communities</strong></em></span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><em><strong>, ICE’s latest </strong></em></span><a href="http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2010/05/17/supes-sf-lets-opt-out-ices-automatic-fingerprint-referral-program" target="_self"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><em><strong>federal-local law enforcement collaboration</strong></em></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em><strong>.
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<br /></strong></em> </span></span></div> <div><strong><em></em></strong> </div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div><a href="http://www.gaidh.sfbg.com/politics/2010/05/26/immigration-update-good-news-bad-news"><em><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >AG Brown’s letter</span></em></a><em><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >:
<br />"Dear Sheriff Hennessey:
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<br /></span></em></div> <p><em><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >I am writing in response to your letter regarding the Secure Communities program developed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The program is scheduled to be rolled out in San Francisco next month. You requested that the California Department of Justice (DOJ) block ICE from running checks on the fingerprints collected in San Francisco. The Secure Communities program is up and running in 169 counties in 20 states, including 17 counties in California. <strong>Because I think</strong> this program serves both public safety and the interest of justice, I am declining your request...</span></em></p><p><em><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span></em></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">... </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">I appreciate your concern. <strong>But I believe</strong> that working with the federal government in this matter advances important and legitimate law enforcement objectives. </span></em></span></p> <p><em><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Sincerely, </span></em></p> <p><em><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >EDMUND G. BROWN JR.
<br />Attorney General."</span></em></p></blockquote> <p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Albeit the high regard in which CA AG J. Brown's opinions are held, as California's Top Law Enforncement Officer, his <strong>"I think.."</strong> and <strong>"I believe..."</strong> Fall far short of what is to be expected of such High Ranking Law Enforcement Officer as an explanation as to why Sheriff Hennessey's requests is being declined.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="Arial;font-size:100%;">CA AG J. Brown, needs to be asked to expand on how the participation of California with the Secure Communities Program came to be the State's decision to participate, who was involved in this decision? Was the Law Enforcement Community consulted on how this would impact their duties? The answer to this question appears to be in line with what the Appropriations Committe expected from ICE to ascertain before implementation of CIRCA, also, an explanation is owned to the people of California to this question: Did the Attorney General entered into, and is following the dictates, of a <em><strong>MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with individual states prohibits them from providing information about Secure Communities to the media, without first getting the consent of ICE?</strong></em></span></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >There seems to be a veil of secrecy RE this program, so I thought it could be a good idea to inform myself a little more about it, here are a couple of points on what I found out, I hope that better prepared persons also do take a closer look to determine, not only what it is, but if the provisions and the spirit of the bill are being observed and followed, are they?</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span></p> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div><strong><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >“Secure Communities: A Comprehensive Plan to Identify and Remove Criminal Aliens (Secure Communities/CIRCA) -- ( H.R.2892 -- SC/CIRCA)</span></strong></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>[From the:] </strong></span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&dbname=cp111&sid=cp111Ct6ND&refer=&r_n=hr157.111&item=&sel=TOC_161885&"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>House Report 111-157 - DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2010</strong></span></a>
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<br /></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >In the 2008 and 2009 Appropriations Acts, Congress provided $350,000,000 in unrequested funding to initiate the Comprehensive Identification and Removal of Criminal Aliens (CIRCA) program, which ICE has renamed `Secure Communities.' In addition, in the 2009 Appropriations Act, Congress directed that at least $1,000,000,000 of ICE's budget be used to identify aliens convicted of crimes, and <em>to ensure their removal <strong>once they have been judged deportable</strong></em>.
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<br /></span></div></blockquote> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="Arial;font-size:100%;">Using the funds previously appropriated for Secure Communities, ICE has instituted an effective pilot program that locates criminal aliens through coordination with local jail facilities, while maintaining the clear division between the law enforcement roles of Federal and local officers. In brief, the ICE system known as `Interoperability' allows local law enforcement agencies to check fingerprints of individuals booked on criminal charges against both national criminal and immigration databases.<em> If an individual is identified through this system as illegally present in the United States, ICE can take appropriate <strong>steps to ensure the most dangerous of these criminals <u>are deported upon completion of their jail sentences</u>,</strong> while those convicted of lesser crimes are identified and deported as resources allow.
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<br /></em></span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em><strong>While the Committee supports Secure Communities, it also believes <u>ICE must work to make sure the program's implementation does not negatively impact other aspects of the judicial system</u> and allows for appropriate transparency for those prosecuted for immigration violations. <u>In particular, the Committee has heard concerns from some jurisdictions that ICE detains individuals in immigration custody while criminal charges are still pending against them, effectively trumping the administration of criminal justice</u>.</strong></em> To minimize this occurrence, it is imperative for ICE field agents to maintain regular communication with local jails and courts on the actions ICE takes relative to individuals who are identified through the local booking process. Furthermore, in order to track the program's performance and effectiveness, the <em><strong>Committee expects ICE to maintain and regularly update performance data from the locations where the Secure Communities program has been implemented, and to report frequently on the results of the program, both to the public and the Congress.
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<br /></strong></em></span></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >In addition to its Secure Communities initiative, <strong><em>the Committee believes ICE must do more with its existing programs to ensure that it is focusing its efforts <u>on those who represent the greatest threats to society and civil order</u>.</em></strong> Whether it be efforts to locate at-large criminals through the Fugitive Operations program, disrupt transnational criminal gangs through targeted investigations, or more effective use of the Interoperability system at prisons where ICE personnel are already stationed, the agency must make sure it is doing all that it can to find and remove criminals who have been judged deportable. In an analysis of its 2009 budget, ICE reported to the Committee that it will spend $1,411,795,000 on these efforts, well in excess of the $1,000,000,000 Congress directed be allocated to these activities. Recognizing the increased funding provided both for the Secure Communities program and other activities related to apprehending criminal aliens, the Committee directs ICE to use not less than $1,500,000,000 of its 2010 budget to address this issue.</span></div></blockquote> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>
<br />H.R.2892
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<br /></strong><b>Title:</b> Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010
<br /><b>Sponsor: </b></span></span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d111&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD003+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Price++David+E.%29%29+00930%29%29"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Rep Price, David E.</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > [NC-4] (introduced 6/16/2009) Cosponsors (None)
<br /><b>Related Bills:</b> </span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HE00573:"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >H.RES.573</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >, </span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HE00829:"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >H.RES.829</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >, </span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN01298:"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >S.1298</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >
<br /><b>Latest Major Action: </b>Became Public Law No: 111-83 [GPO: </span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/toGPObss/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ083.111"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Text</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >, </span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/toGPObss/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ083.111.pdf"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >PDF</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">]
<br /><b>House Reports: </b></span></span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/R?cp111:FLD010:@1%28hr157%29"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >111-157</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">; <span class="label">Latest Conference Report: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/R?cp111:FLD010:@1%28hr298%29"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >111-298</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > (in Congressional Record </span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r111:FLD001:H11196"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >H11195-11257</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >) </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Through SC/CIRCA, each of ICE’s Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) field offices will be notified of any potential immigration match from these automatic database checks and can take action quickly even if the dangerous criminal alien is no longer in custody.
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<br /></span></div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.2892:"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >There are 6 versions of Bill Number H.R.2892 for the 111th Congress</span></a>
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<br /></div> <div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>1 . </b>Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 (Reported in House)</span></span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:1:./temp/%7Ec111NuJcEl::"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[H.R.2892.RH]</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[</span><a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2892rh.txt.pdf"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >PDF</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >]
<br /><b>2 . </b>Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)</span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:2:./temp/%7Ec111NuJcEl::"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[H.R.2892.EH]</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[</span><a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2892eh.txt.pdf"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >PDF</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >]
<br /><b>3 . </b>Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 (Placed on Calendar in Senate)</span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:3:./temp/%7Ec111NuJcEl::"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[H.R.2892.PCS]</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[</span><a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2892pcs.txt.pdf"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >PDF</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >]
<br /><b>4 . </b>Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 (Engrossed Amendment as Agreed to by Senate)</span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:4:./temp/%7Ec111NuJcEl::"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[H.R.2892.EAS]</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[</span><a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2892eas.txt.pdf"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >PDF</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >]
<br /><b>5 . </b>Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Print)</span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:5:./temp/%7Ec111NuJcEl::"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[H.R.2892.PP]</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[</span><a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2892pp.txt.pdf"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >PDF</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >]
<br /><b>6 . </b>Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)</span><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:6:./temp/%7Ec111NuJcEl::"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[H.R.2892.ENR]</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >[</span><a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2892enr.txt.pdf"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >PDF</span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >]
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<br />Originally posted at <a href="http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/">Hullabaloo</a>
<br /><h3>Sunday, March 14, 2010<a name="9082474986019661890"> </a>
<br /></h3> <a href="http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cheating The Honest Men</span></span></a>
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<br />by digby
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<br /><a href="http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2010/03/03/santelli-on-predatory-lending-you-cant-cheat-an-honest-man/#more-1384">Matt Taibbi</a> watched an exchange between Janet Tavakoli and Rick Santelli in which the former tried to explain why the financial crisis wasn't precipitated by a bunch of poor people illegally obtaining loans and observed that Santelli wasn't having any of it:
<br /><blockquote><p>While she’s saying all this stuff, Santelli, who is one of the fathers of the Tea Party movement, is shaking his head furiously, video-scoffing at everything she’s saying. When he finally does get a chance to speak, this is what he says:</p> <blockquote><p>Here’s my problem with this. It takes two to tango. You can’t cheat an honest man.</p></blockquote> <p>You can’t cheat an honest man? What the fuck does that mean?</p></blockquote>That one's a doozy, for sure. Have you ever heard that before?
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<br />Taibbi then gets to the heart of the problem with the tea partiers and their cheerleaders like Santelli:
<br /><blockquote><p>This whole scene sort of encapsulates what’s wrong with the Tea Party movement. The movement, and let’s admit this, has some of its roots in legitimate grievances about government waste and some not-entirely-inaccurate observations about what’s left of the American welfare state. Of course what resonates most with the suburban whites who mostly make up the Tea Party are stories about minorities and immigrants using section 8 housing, food stamps, Medicaid, TANF and other programs, with the Obama stimulus being for them a symbol of this ongoing government largess. The heat of the Tea Party movement comes from the racial frustrations that actually exist out there, in the real world outside New York and LA, as urban expansion and immigration increasingly throw white and nonwhite communities together, with white Tea Party types more and more often blowing gaskets over increased crime rates, declining school standards, and mislaid or wasted tax revenue.</p> <p>That this perception that minorities are the prime or sole consumers of government entitlement programs is absurdly inaccurate — white people, for instance, are overwhelmingly the largest nonelderly recipients of Medicaid, <a href="http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparebar.jsp?ind=158&cat=3">making up 42.8% of the program’s rolls nationwide</a>, compared to 22.2% for blacks and 27.9% for Hispanics — is beside the point. The point is that the Tea Party is built largely on this narrative of “personal responsibility,” where the central demons are unwed black and Hispanic mothers and absent black and Hispanic fathers, who are, let’s face it, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/04/08/out.of.wedlock.births/index.html">not uncommon characters in the American melodrama</a>.</p> <p>Which is another subject for another time, but let’s just say this: the Tea Party movement contains a lot of people who are far more impressed by what they can see with their own eyes than with what, for instance, they read about. I’ve been to Tea Party events where global warming was dismissed by speakers who, without irony, pointed to the fact that there was snow on the ground outside. And while very few people have ever actually seen a CDO manager or a Countrywide executive, or were aware if it when they saw them, the Tea Party folks sure as hell have seen who their neighbors in foreclosure are.</p> <p>The Fox/CNBC types have very cannily latched on this narrative to rewrite the history of the financial crisis. They know that Tea Partiers will go for any narrative that puts blame on poor (and especially poor minority) homeowners, because the idea of poor blacks and Hispanics borrowing beyond their means fits seamlessly with their world view. But this is a situation where poor minorities were really incidental to a much larger fraud scheme that culminated in a welfare program — the bank bailouts — that dwarfs the entire “entitlement” infrastructure. But the millions of people who are actually in the Tea Party movement seem to have absolutely no idea that their so-called leaders, the Santellis of their world, are shilling for tax cheats and crooks and welfare bums of the sort they would despise (perhaps even more than their black and Hispanic neighbors), if they could actually see them.</p></blockquote>Unfortunately all the elites, political and otherwise, have a vested interest in keeping the rubes focused on the blacks and browns so it's hard to see the mechanism by which they will be revealed. And that's the whole purpose of right wing populism.
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<span class='st_blogger_hcount' displayText='Blogger'></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794095320758100201.post-21542063797386650442010-02-01T06:58:00.000-08:002010-02-01T07:04:28.675-08:00Ciudad Juarez: The USA Drug Traffickers and Users' Killing Field.<div style="align: right; padding: 10px;"><table width="75" height="20" ALIGN="RIGHT" BGCOLOR="#FF9900"><tr><td><meta name="title" content="Ciudad Juarez: The USA Drug Traffickers and Users' Killing Field." /><meta name="description" content="In cities all across the US, the Newspaper Headlines scream news of the drug-related violence in Ciudad Juares and that's good, people need to know what's going on there, however, in the columns that I read, I have not come across headlines screaming that there is such a thing as 'The Laws Of Supply And Demand', I only hear profusely about the Supply, but there is a deafening silence about the Demand, specifically, that the USA is the Market where the Demand for Drugs is what makes possible the Supply from Mexico, or that the USA is the largest arms dealer and it is primarily responsible for the guns that end up in the hands of the Drug Suppliers who are doing the killing." /><link rel="image_src" href="http://elrinconcitodeaurora.net/graphics/jpgs/posts/juarez-children.jpg" /><script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;}</script><style> html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } </style> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<url>" class="fb_share_button" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Share</a></td></tr></table></div>
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<br />I feel that the top of my head will explode sky-high the next time I hear anyone say 'that Mexico needs to fix the drug trafficking problem' or asks 'why Mexico is not fixing.... blah, blah, blah' without going out in full force with a campaign to stop the drug market in the US or at least honestly admits that the demand makes the supply necessary.
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<br /><cite>Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, is Mexico's deadliest city. Authorities say turf battles between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels are largely responsible for a continuing wave of drug-related violence that cost more than 2,500 lives in 2009.
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<br />Throughout Mexico, drug-related violence has killed more than 15,000 people since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown on cartels three years ago.</cite>
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<br /><img src="http://elrinconcitodeaurora.net/graphics/jpgs/posts/juarez-children.jpg" alt="he Children of Ciudad Juarez" title="The Children of Ciudad Juarez" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="10">In cities all across the US, the Newspaper Headlines scream news of the drug-related violence in Ciudad Juares and that's good, people need to know what's going on there, however, in the columns that I read, I have not come across headlines screaming that there is such a thing as "The Laws Of Supply And Demand", I only hear profusely about the Supply, but there is a deafening silence about the Demand, specifically, that the USA is the Market where the Demand for Drugs is what makes possible the Supply from Mexico, or that the USA is the largest arms dealer and it is primarily responsible for the guns that end up in the hands of the Drug Suppliers who are doing the killing.
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<br />Now, when are we going to hear that the USA is going after the demand? Let's not forget, all that river of cash has to be going through somewhere, but I don't see how this could be accomplished without going through some banks.
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<br />What is the DEA is doing to crack down on this here in the USA? the FBI? Hmmmm, mum is the word.
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<br />Jan. 31, 2010: <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/1718999.html" target="_blank">13 young students killed at party in Mexico border</a>
<br /><blockquote>Feb. 1, 2010: <a href="http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Mexico_mass_shootings_kill_23_in_on_02012010.html" target="_blank">At least 23 people were killed</a> in separate mass shootings in northern Mexico as the country continued to reel from drug-related violence.
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<br />In Ciudad Juarez, gunmen drove up to a house where a high school party was in full swing and opened fire killing 13 people and wounding 17 others, the city public safety agency said.
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<br />Most of the victims were "youngsters," said the Chihuahua state attorney general's office.
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<br />It was the third mass shooting of youngsters in Mexico since September when, within two weeks, 28 youths were killed in two separate shootings at drug rehabilitation centers.
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<br />Most of the victims were students aged between 19 and 25, authorities said.
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<br />The war waged by several powerful drug cartels in Mexico has already left 15,000 people dead. The government has deployed 50,000 troops and thousands of police in an effort to put the violence under control.</blockquote>
<br />Jan. 5, 2010: <a href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakingnews/80740787.html" target="_blank">Gunman kill 13 people in single day in border city of Ciudad Juarez</a>
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<br />Jan. 12, 2010: <a href="http://thehiphopconsultant.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/mexicos-drug-war-has-69-people-murdered-in-one-day/" target="_blank">Mexico’s Drug War Has 69 People Murdered In One Day</a>
<br /><blockquote>Mexico opened the new year with what could be its most dubious distinction yet in the 3-year-old battle against drug trafficking — 69 murders in one day.
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<br />The country resembled a grim, statistical dart board Saturday as law enforcement and media reported the deaths from various regions, including 26 in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, 13 in and around Mexico City and 10 in the northern city of Chihuahua.
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<br />More than 6,500 drug-related killings made 2009 the bloodiest year since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the cartels in late 2006 and deployed 45,000 soldiers to fight organized crime, according to death tallies by San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute</blockquote>
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<br />Nov. 14, 2009: <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/15_people_killed_in_1_day_in_Mexican_border_city_.html" target="_blank">15 people killed in 1 day in Mexican border city</a>
<br /><cite><a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/15-people-including-child-3-women-killed-in-1-day-in-mexican-border-city-229589/" target="_blank">15 people, including child, 3 women, killed in 1 day in Mexican border city</a>
<br />CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Authorities say a 7-year-old boy, three women and a university professor are among 15 people who were killed in a single day in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.</cite>
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<br />Sept. 3, 2009: <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/03/mexico.killings/" target="_blank">17 patients killed in shooting at Mexican drug rehab center</a>
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<br />And it goes on, and on, and on... And the USA MSM silent about the Demand for Drugs in the good old USA, what? USA arm dealers?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><span class='st_sharethis_hcount' displayText='ShareThis'></span>
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<span class='st_blogger_hcount' displayText='Blogger'></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794095320758100201.post-55203050698155134052009-12-02T18:13:00.000-08:002009-12-02T18:41:52.464-08:00They murdered in Chiapas Mariano Abarca, leader opponent of the Canadian miner Blackfire<div style="align: right; padding: 10px;"><table width="75" height="20" ALIGN="RIGHT" BGCOLOR="#FF9900"><tr><td><meta name="title" content="'They murdered in Chiapas Mariano Abarca, leader opponent against the Canadian miner Blackfire x REMA" /><meta name="description" content="A Member of the Mexican Network of the Affected by the Mining (REMA), sustained a constant struggle against the transnational Canadian mining Co. 'Blackfire'. On August 17 he was kidnapped by the police - On Nov. 27, 2009, at 20:30 approx., Mr. Mariano Abarca Roblero was cowardly murdered in front of his house in the municipal head of Chicomuselo, Chiapas, Mexico." /><link rel="image_src" href="http://elrinconcitodeaurora.net/graphics/jpgs/posts/lahaine.jpg" /><script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;}</script><style> html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } </style> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<url>" class="fb_share_button" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Share</a></td></tr></table></div>
<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">From: </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lahaine.org/index.php?p=3161">la haine.com</a></span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">project of informational disobedience</span>
<br />29/11/2009
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<br /><div>A Member of the Mexican Network of theAffected by the Mining (REMA), sustained a constant struggle against the transnational. On August 17 he was kidnapped illegally by the police </div> <div> </div> <div>Today (November 27, 2009), at 20:30 approximately, Mister Mariano Abarca Roblero was cowardly murdered in front of his house in the municipal head of Chicomuselo, Chiapas, Mexico. According to witnesses, a person in a motorcycle riddled don Mariano Roblero with a firearm. His companion, Orlando Velazquez was gravely hurt and moved to the hospital of Comitán. Mariano Abarca leaves a wife and four sons.</div> <div> </div> <div>Don Mariano Abarca Roblero, a member of the Mexican Network of the Affected by the Mining (REMA), maintained a constant struggle against the Canadian transnational miner who, in the municipality of Chicomuselo, has placed it's principal interests with the development of the barita, gold and antimony by means of 10 mining authorizations. From June, Don Mariano held a sit-in at the municipal head with other members of the REMA demanding the exit of the Canadian Blackfire from the municipality.</div> <div> </div> <div>On July 10, Mr. Luis Antonio Flores Villatoro, Manager of Public Relations of Blackfire and original of Chicomuselo, interposed a demand addressed to the Canadian company against Mr Abarca. It includes crimes of 'criminal affiliation', 'organized crime', 'attacks to the routes of communication', 'damages to the patrimony of the company' and 'offenses on the peace', 'the corporal and heriditary integrity of the community and of the state'. The company interposed the declaration of two persons supposedly as witnesses of the facts, Mrs. Brenda Liliana León Valadez with residence in Canada and of Mexican origin ; and Mr. Willis Bradley Craig of Canadian nationality.</div> <div> </div> <div>In the same month, Mariano Abarca took part in a long sit-in in front of the embassy of Canada in the city of Mexico, where the affected by the mining Canadian companies participated, among them, the Wide Front Opponent (FAO - Frente Amplio Opositor) demanding the withdrawal of the transnational from the Hill of San Pedro in the state of San Luis Potosí. Some days later he took part in the Forum that was held in Congress about the mining, where he denounced the effects that the company Blackfire causes in Chiapas. In August 17 don Mariano Abarca was kidnapped illegally with luxury of violence by the police to be brought up in arraignment. </div> <div> </div> <div>In the following days, the government of the state tried to negotiate with Mariano Abarca his liberation in exchange for leaving the struggle of resistance against the mining or, of preventing the REMA Meeting II in Chicomuselo Chiapas by the end of the same month. Don Mariano Abarca chose remaining a prisoner rather than negotiate with that planning. Finally, the government of the state, due to the national and international pressure and the absence of elements to "indict" him ('Bound over'), decided to release him ten days after his violent detention. In September the Governor of the State came to Chicomuselo and verified the rejection of it's inhabitants to the mining Canadian company.</div> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size"> <form class="form_mask" name="translateAnotherPhrase" onsubmit="return t_formcheck();" action="/translate"> <div class="tap_new_mainTable"> <div class="tap_mt" id="trans"> <div class="tr_brst clearfix"> <div class="tr_instyle"> <div class="tr_ext clearfix"> <div class="PD_10" id="content">In recent days, Mariano Roblero Abarca filed with the corresponding authorities an "Administrative Act for the possible commission of criminal acts and the crime of THREATS AND THE ONES RESULTING of existing and sanctioned by Article 227 and 228 of the penal code in force in the State of Chiapas , against the CC. CIRO ANTONIO PEREZ and LUIS FLORES VILLATORO (Public Relations Manager Blackfire) and the person or persons found responsible (...) ". </div> <div class="PD_10"> </div> <div class="PD_10">The complaint Roblero Mariano Abarca affirms that "Once back in this town, I learned that the municipal agent of the colony New Morelia of the Chicomuselo Township, Chiapas, had filed and Act because of a complaint he had received, dated 20 'August twenty' 2009 'two thousand and nine', where Mr. CIRO ROBLERO had arrived in the Municipal Agency saying that they had already gone to seek the undersigned, MARIANO, to "break the/his mother with lead" ('quebrarle la madre a plomazos' (Translation of this vindictive Mexican slang expression is meaningless in English - plain language is '"to shoot him'')), so as not to be in further disagreement with the mine in Chicomuselo and that the undersigned and others were already in the list of business owners and the manager of the mine, the latter being LUIS ANTONIO FLORES VILLATORO, WHO RESIDES IN THIS TOWN and serves as Public Relations Manager of THE BLACK FIRE MINING COMPANY, a company that is working in the mine located in the <em>'ejido'</em> Greece (<em>'</em><span class="clickable" onclick="'dr4sdgryt(event,"><span class="i"><span class="clickable" onclick="'dr4sdgryt(event,"><span class="i"><em>land belonging to a cooperative'</em></span></span>)</span></span> of San Ramon in the municipality of Chicomuselo, Chiapas. </div> <div class="PD_10"> </div> <div class="PD_10">"The Administrative ACT by Don Mariano affirms that:</div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div class="PD_10">"3 .- In relation to the arrest of the undersigned by the administrative authority, I was released without finding me guilty of any crime and the arrest was due to a complaint made by the mining company, same as I am aware, now wants to cause me harm, then by the remarks of Mr. CYRUS ROBLERO PEREZ and that were expressed before Mr. NESTOR ORTIZ VELAZQUEZ, municipal officer of the ejido New Morelia of this municipality, I'm on the list of people the company has decided to harm, as it clearly refers to me and they have already gone to look for me and "break the mother with lead" (<em>See above</em>)</div> <div class="PD_10"> </div> <div class="PD_10">4 .- "I Manifesto to You that I went with the president of the <em>'commissary ejidal'</em> of the ejido Nueva Morelia, Municipality of Chicomuselo, Chiapas, and he said he had an act where it was established that the mining company had threatened several people and they have tried to run them over with cars, plus the talk of wanting to kill them, so I requested a copy of this Act and with this action I Exhibit it for you to act correspondely in simple copy, asking the authority to in turn "send official letter" ("<em>girar officio'") </em> to the President of the Ejido Commissariat PEREZ PEREZ HIPOLITO of said ejido, as well to Mr DIONICIO PEREZ GONZALEZ, who serves as chairman of the Supervisory Board of said ejido, to exhibit the original Act and after comparison with the copy that I display, they be given a <span style="font-family:Bookman Old Style;">return of ítems (or: of evidentiary ítems)</span>. </div> <div class="PD_10"> </div> <div class="PD_10">" 5 .- Given these facts, I turn to you so that Mr. CIRO ROBLERO PEREZ and Mr. NESTOR PEREZ VELAZQUEZ ORTIZ be heard in testimony, to testify regarding these threats, making clear to you that I have a justified fear that I might be caused harm inflicted by the threats inferred to my grievance. "</div></blockquote> </div></div> <div class="gg_img">Yesterday (26 November), CIRO ROBLERO PEREZ y NESTOR VELAZQUEZ ORTIZ did not submit to the subpoena to testify before the appropriate authorities in order to explain "the circumstances of the offense as time, place, manner of execution, etc.. , in order to determine if this record rises to preliminary investigation. "Therefore, next Thursday they would be presented to testify. Today, Mariano Abarca Roblero has been murdered. </div> <div class="gg_img"> </div> <div class="gg_img">For all these reasons, we hold responsible the governor Juan Sabines Guerrero for not having acted in a timely manner to prevent this crime that further blood-stains the state of Chiapas. The government was aware of the actions of the Canadian company and the conflict it generates with its mining concessions. </div> <div class="gg_img"> </div> <div class="gg_img">We hold responsible the Canadian company Blackfire, its Director General Artemio Avila Cervera, its Public Relations Manager Luis Antonio Flores Villatoro, and the State government of the violence incidents against fighters who defend the water, land, territory and the environment. </div> <div class="gg_img"> </div> <div class="gg_img">Therefore, we demand:</div></div></div></div></form></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size"><img style="display: none;" src="http://wzus1.reference.com/i/i.gif?t=a&d=d&s=di&c=ltr&ti=2&ai=51731&l=dir&o=0&sv=0a5c4256&ip=62d2c431&ord=7274869" border="0" height="1" width="1" /> - Immediate withdrawal of Canadian companies Blackfire and mining concessions in Chiapas.</div> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size"> </div> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size"> - Immediate Justice and punishment to the perpetrators and masterminds of the crime to it's ultimate consequences. </div> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size"> </div> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size">- Protection for the family of Mariano Abarca Roblero. </div> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size"> </div> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size">- Protection for Mr. Orlando Velazquez, his family and other members of REMA </div></blockquote> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size" dir="ltr"> Canada and their transnational corporations "Out of Chiapas and of Mexico!</div> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size" dir="ltr"> </div> <div class="contentright_v3 contentright_v3_size"><em>Otros Mundos, AC / FoE Mexico Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining (REMA)</em></div>
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<span class='st_blogger_hcount' displayText='Blogger'></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794095320758100201.post-48043114824473961792009-11-25T21:17:00.000-08:002009-11-25T22:39:47.843-08:00Have a bearable "NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING" On Thanksgiving Day<div style="padding: 10px;"><table align="right" bgcolor="#ff9900" height="20" width="75"><tbody><tr><td><meta name="title" content="Have a bearable 'NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING' On Thanksgiving Day"><meta name="description" content="My friends help me celebrate 'El Dia de Gracias' (Thanksgiving Day), reminding me it is a family get-together for a meal, for, to celebrate the 'Pligrim Story' As it is told, is to celebrate Genocide hidden on falsehoods."><link rel="image_src" href="http://elrinconcitodeaurora.net/graphics/erda/newposts/smallpoxblanket.jpg"><script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;}</script><style> html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } </style> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=%3Curl%3E" class="fb_share_button" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;">Share</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<br />My dear friends help to remind me that most of us celebrate on "El Dia de Gracias" (Thanksgiving Day), as a family get-together for a meal and to at least attempt (Sometimes futile) to strenghten de family ties; I guess it makes it easier for me to cope with the historical fact that celebrating
<br /><a href="http://www.pilgrimhall.org/museum.htm" target="_blank"><dfn title="The 17th-century Pilgrims are known through the writings and artifacts they left behind. There is much more to their history, however, than the 17th-century facts. There is also the 'Pilgrim Story'. That 'Story' is the celebration of a few selected moments which have fixed the Pilgrims firmly in America's collective memory. This Pilgrim Story has grown and evolved over time. As each succeeding generation looked to the past for inspiration and guidance, certain key elements of the 17th-century Pilgrims were emphasized. The attention focused on these key elements has sometimes obscured other parts of the Pilgrim Story, changing the perception of the Pilgrim experience. Often, these later interpretations of the 17th-century Pilgrims tell us less about the Pilgrims than about the emotional and political needs of the era in which the interpretations were created.">The Pilgrim Story</dfn></a> is to celebrate the omision in this story of the Genocide of many people, races, cultures, tradition, religions, etc., and to celebrate it as the story is told, is celebrating a <a href="http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2009/11/24/on-thanksgiving-why-myths-matter/" target="_blank"><dfn title="On Thanksgiving: Why Myths Matter - The Myth: The Pilgrims landed in 1620 and founded the Colony of New Plymouth. They had a difficult first winter, but survived with the help of the Indians. In the fall of 1621, the grateful Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving Day and invited the Indians to a big Thanksgiving-Day feast replete with turkey and pumpkins. That we believe in such myths is not, in and of itself, shocking. And that the US has achieved “greatness” through criminal brutality on a grand scale is not news. These arguments have been well-rehearsed and mud-slinging for its own sake does little. This myth matters because it can serve the purposes of unethical and anti-democratic interests. A key vehicle for taming history toward such narrow interests, remain our various patriotic holidays, with Thanksgiving at the heart of our social myth-building. From an early age, we are taught a wonderful story about the hearty Pilgrims, whose search for freedom took them from England to Massachusetts. There, aided by the friendly Indians, they survived in a new and harsh environment, leading to a harvest feast. It is a disturbingly pleasant fiction. Since history is not stable, but open to protestation and debate, I propose we replace our social practices of remembering 'Thanksgiving Day' with fasting and/or service to the homeless and hungry, done together with our families and our friends. Some indigenous people have offered such a model; since 1970 many have marked the fourth Thursday of November as a Day of Mourning in a ceremony on Coles Hill overlooking Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, one of the early sites of the European invasion of the Americas.">falsehood</dfn>.</a>
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<br />So, have a loving family get-together meal hoping that at least after the meal, or before as Grace is said, to say a few words of the, not forgotten, but put aside of the 'rest of the story', as the Regressive <dfn title="Paul Harvey (1918 - 2009)was a close friend of Reverend Billy Graham. When the church moved from its original location on Madison Street to the former Presbyterian Church on Lake Street, Harvey asked his friend Graham to preach at the dedication service. He and his wife regularly attended the Camelback Adventist Church in Scottsdale, Arizona during his winters there. In 2005, Harvey made the following contentious remarks in his radio broadcast: We sent men with rifles into Afghanistan and Iraq, and we kept our best weapons in their silos. Even now, we're standing there dying, daring to do nothing decisive because we've declared ourselves to be better than our terrorist enemies, more moral, more civilized. Our image is at stake, we insist. But we didn't come this far because we are made of sugar candy. Once upon a time, we elbowed our way onto and into this continent by giving smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans. Yes, that was biological warfare. And we used every other weapon we could get our hands on, to grab this land from whomever, and we grew prosperous. And yes, we greased the skids with the sweat of slaves. And so it goes with most great nation-states, which feeling guilty about their savage pasts, eventually civilize themselves out of business, and wind up invaded and ultimately dominated by the lean, hungry, up-and-coming who are not made of sugar candy.">Paul Harvey</dfn> used to say.
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<br /><blockquote><strong>On Thanksgiving Day, many Native Americans</strong> and their supporters gather at the top of Coles Hill, overlooking Plymouth Rock, for <dfn title="On Thanksgiving Day, many Native Americans and their supporters gather at the top of Coles Hill overlooking Plymouth Rock for the 'National Day of Mourning'">The "National Day of Mourning."</dfn>
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<br /><strong>The first National Day of Mourning</strong> was held in 1970. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts invited Wampanoag leader Frank James to deliver a speech. When the text of Mr. James’ speech, a powerful statement of anger at the history of oppression of the Native people of America, became known before the event, the Commonwealth "disinvited" him. That silencing of a strong and honest Native voice led to the convening of the National Day of Mourning.
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<br /><strong>The historical event we know today as the <dfn title="It was a harvest festival held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and their Native American neighbors and allies">"First Thanksgiving"</dfn></strong> was a harvest festival held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and their Native American neighbors and allies. It has acquired significance beyond the bare historical facts. Thanksgiving has become a much broader symbol of the entirety of the American experience. Many find this a cause for rejoicing. The dissenting view of Native Americans, who have suffered the theft of their lands and the destruction of their traditional way of life at the hands of the American nation, is equally valid.
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<br /><strong>To some, the "First Thanksgiving" presents a distorted picture</strong> of <dfn title="The total emphasis is placed on the respect that existed between the Wampanoags led by the sachem Massasoit and the first generation of Pilgrims in Plymouth, while the long history of subsequent violence and discrimination suffered by Native People across America is nowhere represented."> ("Beyond the Pligrim Story") the history of relations between the European colonists and their descendants and the Native People</dfn>. The total emphasis is placed on the respect that existed between the <dfn title="Wampanoag Location: Southeastern Massachusetts between the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island to the western end of Cape Cod. This also included the coastal islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. In 1600 the Wampanoag probably were as many as 12,000 with 40 villages divided roughly between 8,000 on the mainland and another 4,000 on the off-shore islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The three epidemics which swept across New England and the Canadian Maritimes between 1614 and 1620 were especially devastating to the Wampanoag and neighboring Massachuset with mortality in many mainland villages (i.e. Patuxet) reaching 100%. When the Pilgrims landed in 1620, fewer than 2,000 mainland Wampanoag had survived.">Wampanoags</dfn> led by the sachem Massasoit and the first generation of Pilgrims in Plymouth, while the long history of subsequent violence and discrimination suffered by Native People across America is nowhere represented. <a href="http://www.pilgrimhall.org/pilstory.htm" target="_blank" title="Beyond the Pilgrim Story">("Beyond the Pligrim Story")</a>
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<br /><strong>To others, the event shines forth as an example</strong> of the respect that was possible once, if only for the brief span of a single generation in a single place, between two different cultures and as a vision of what may again be possible someday among people of goodwill.
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<br /><strong>History is not a set of "truths" to be memorized</strong>, history is an ongoing process of interpretation and learning. The true richness and depth of history come from multiplicity and complexity, from debate and disagreement and dialogue. There is room for more than one history; there is room for many voices.
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">COMMENTS ON THE DAY OF MOURNING BY RUSSELL M. PETERS</span></strong>
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<br /><strong>Russell Peters is Wampanoag</strong>, born and raised in Mashpee, less than twenty miles from Plymouth Rock. Mashpee was considered an Indian community and was, in fact, an Indian District within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, until it was illegally dissolved in 1870.
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<br /><strong>Mr. Peters has been involved in Native American issues</strong> at a state, local and national level. He is the President of the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1976 to 1984, a member of the Harvard Peabody Museum Native American Repatriation Committee, a member of the White House Conference on Federal Recognition in 1995 and 1996, a board member of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, a board member of the Pilgrim Society, and the author of Wampanoags of Mashpee (Nimrod Press), Clambake (Lerner Publications), and Regalia (Sundance Press).
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<br /><strong>Mr. Peters’ notes that the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council</strong> is constantly working to improve the spiritual and material lives of their people. They are not opposed to demonstrations but are opposed to needless confrontations that serve no purpose for the Native American people they purport to serve.
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<br /><strong>"When Frank James, known to the Wampanoag people as Wampsutta, was invited to speak</strong> at the 1970 annual Thanksgiving feast at Plymouth, he was not prepared to have his speech revised by the Pilgrims. He left the dinner and the ceremonies and went to the hill near the statue of the Massasoit, who as the leader of the Wampanoags when the Pilgrims landed in their territory. There overlooking Plymouth Harbor, he looked at the replica of the Mayflower. It was there that he gave his speech that was to be given to the Pilgrims and their guests. There eight or ten Indians and their supporters listened in indignation as Frank talked of the takeover of the Wampanoag tradition, culture, religion, and land.
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<br /><strong>"This was a missed opportunity to begin a dialogue</strong> between the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims. Instead the `Day of Mourning’ began, and continues to this day. I commend Frank for taking the stand that he took, and we and our supporters recognize the token role the Wampanoags had played in this pageantry. It was not appropriate for the native people to feast in thanksgiving; instead we decided to fast and show by contrast our way of remembering our history.
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<br /><strong>"As the years went by, the numbers at the Massasoit statue increased</strong> and the presentations, skits and demonstrations did indeed show a contrast between feasting and fasting. Reporters arrived from local news media as well as the New York papers, the Atlanta Constitution, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times, and told the stories of the Wampanoag to the American people.
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<br /><strong>"Some of the Wampanoag people who live in the vicinity of Plymouth began to look at positive ways</strong> in which we could impact our lives, both past and present. It occurred to us that the Europeans had a history of the colonists, well documented, albeit quite Eurocentric. The history of the Wampanoag people in southeastern Massachusetts and Martha’s Vineyard was barely mentioned. Ironically, the Indian communities of Mashpee, Aquinnah (Gay Head) and Herring Pond still exist just a short distance away from the Plymouth Rock.
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<br /><strong>"The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head</strong> is a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe. Their Tribal roll lists 1000 Wampanoags. Under the leadership of their chief, the tribe conducts daily business, economic development, as well as community and social activities for its tribal members. The Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, of which I am President, has a tribal roll of 1200 Wampanoags. It conducts business and other related activities on a daily basis. Our annual Pow Wow took place in Mashpee on July 3, 4 and 5, 1998. We own and maintain the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum with plans to expand the facilities. We are very active in revitalization of our language which was taken from us by the colonists. And we are doing research and writing of the Wampanoag history, particularly concerning the relationship with the English and other European colonists during the early seventeenth century up to the present.
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<br />"These are some of the positive ways</strong> in which we can balance the scale of history and establish pride in the Wampanoag identity and heritage. Ours is as much a part of the American story as that of the Pilgrim, in fact more so since it was our land.
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<br /><strong>"While the `Day of Mourning’ has served to focus attention</strong> on past injustice to the Native American cause, it has, in recent years, been orchestrated by a group calling themselves the United American Indians of New England. This group has tenuous ties to any of the local tribes, and is composed primarily of non-Indians. To date, they have refused several invitations to meet with the Wampanoag Indian tribal councils in Mashpee or in Gay Head. Once again, we, as Wampanoags, find our voices and concerns cast aside in the activities surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday in Plymouth, this time, ironically, by a group purporting to represent our interests.
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<br /><strong>"The time is long overdue</strong> for the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags to renew a meaningful dialogue about our past and look towards a more honest future. Our history is a vital and dynamic part of pre-American and American history. We must be the ones who research, write, and interpret that history</div></blockquote>
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<br />Although not every person represented during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as transgender — that is, as a transsexual, crossdresser, or otherwise gender-variant — each was a victim of violence based on bias against transgender people.
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<br />The Transgender Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express love and respect for our people in the face of national indifference and hatred. Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgender people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, friends and lovers. Day of Remembrance gives our allies a chance to step forward with us and stand in vigil, memorializing those of us who’ve died by anti-transgender violence."
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