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| Fifth Column |
| Los Angeles, Mexico |
| 2005-05-05 |
| --SNIP-- ...The Los Angeles Times chimed in with an editorial criticizing the governor for these and other remarks. The newspaper also chided him for failing to see the "humor" in a billboard advertising a Spanish-language newscast. The billboard, which has since been removed, showed the Angel of Independence, a well-known monument in Mexico City, in the center of the L.A. skyline, with "CA" crossed out after "Los Angeles" and the word "Mexico" in bold red letters put in its place (see photo above).... --SNIP-- ...The fact is that many Hispanic activists, Mexican citizens and perhaps even members of the Mexican government refuse to accept the legality of our 1845 annexation of Texas, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after the Mexican-American War, or the 1852 Gadsden Purchase. One of these activists is Charles Trujillo, a professor at the University of New Mexico. He predicts a new, sovereign Hispanic nation within this century encompassing much of the American southwest and part of northern Mexico. States have the right to secede under our original Articles of Confederation, he contends, and this will be accomplished by the electoral pressure of future majority Hispanic populations in these states.... --SNIP-- |
| Posted by:anonymous2u |
| #15 I agree. There's an infinitely better chance of the US eventually bordering on Guatemala than Mexico or whatever fantasy state this guy has in mind bordering on Colorado. |
| Posted by: Witt 2005-05-05 21:59 |
| #14 Welcome to the USA, new Territories of Sonora and Baja California! Let's see you mooks take 'em back... |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-05-05 16:11 |
| #13 I'd be curious at the reaction they'd get if an English Language station in Tijuana put up a sign saying Tijuana USA. I'm thinking the station would be burned down, if not harrassed by the Mexican government until it went bankrupt. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-05-05 15:08 |
| #12 Even if he manages to somehow get the Southern US states to join his fantasy land, how does he think he's gonna steal the chunks of Northern Mexico? Does he really think that the Southern US States will come with the national guard and US Army attached? This guy is delusional on so many levels. If chunks of the US returned to Mexico they'd be as bad as the Mexican states in a decade or less. A much better solution is the reverse, we turned chunks of Mexico into some of the most prosperous states in the Union. Invasion may be the only civilized answer! |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-05-05 15:07 |
| #11 It's time for a US Emigration policy, starting with Señor Trujillo. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-05-05 14:45 |
| #10 does anyone really think the thousands of Salvadoran, Nicaraguans, etc in LA would really want to be part of Mexico? Not to mention that Koreatown wouldnt stand for it :) |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-05-05 14:41 |
| #9 this will be accomplished by the electoral pressure of future majority Hispanic populations in these states.... It's rather amazing how few people will ever point this out for the racist garbage that it is... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-05 14:36 |
| #8 States have the right to secede under our original Articles of Confederation, he contends He is aware these were replaced, right? (To paraphrase P.J. O'Rourke, the Mexicans are eternally pissed that the US stole the part of Mexico with the good roads, power plants, clean drinking water, sewage treatment, and hospitals.) |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-05-05 14:25 |
| #7 Muérdame, assholes |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-05-05 13:21 |
| #6 Okay, perfesser. Let's see how much you enjoy being paid in pesos, muchacho. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-05-05 13:06 |
| #5 No mejores, Chuck. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2005-05-05 12:39 |
| #4 The professor doesn't believe in treaties? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-05-05 12:38 |
| #3 Nonsense. The only compassionate, non-racist thing to do is to teach the guy how to spell in English. |
| Posted by: too true 2005-05-05 12:37 |
| #2 If the good Dr. Trujillo were a professor of history instead of Chicano/Hispano Studies, he might be aware that the issue of seccession was settled rather decisively in 1865, just as the ownership of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California had been definitively determined earlier. Although he has selective grasp of world history, he seems to have some interesting hisotrical perspectives based on some of his videos for sale by the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico: ''Crypto Jews in the New World,'' by Dr. Charles Trujillo. ... âHistory and Roll of the Catholic Church in New Mexicoâ by Dr. Charles Trujillo The parents and taxpayers of New Mexico should ask for a refund. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-05-05 12:34 |
| #1 Over my dead body los pollos. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2005-05-05 12:03 |