Comments on: Drowning our Misery with Cerveza this 5 de Mayo

By: A Reminder this 5 de Mayo

A Reminder this 5 de Mayo — Thu, 05 May 2011 21:49:06 +0000

[...] few years ago I wrote this post, which I still think is pretty relevant today. But I did want to share this article with about what [...]

By: Is the “Tequila Party” the Latino response to the Tea Party?

Is the “Tequila Party” the Latino response to the Tea Party? — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:02:30 +0000

[...] party” label, which carries with it many of the existing stereotypes and feelings about our community and its relationship to the alcohol industry. So I would consider another name for this [...]

By: Mariachi Politics Taken to a New Level with Carly Fiorina & Meg Whitman

Mariachi Politics Taken to a New Level with Carly Fiorina & Meg Whitman — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:53:10 +0000

[...] mariachis and marketing is one that I have explored on the blog, especially when it comes to 5 de Mayo events and the funding of our issue organizations (often underwritten by Anheuser-Busch or even Miller [...]

By: Latino issue organizations side with soft-drink and fast food industry

Latino issue organizations side with soft-drink and fast food industry — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:22:24 +0000

[...] the money coming from industries that contribute to our health problems. We have seen this with the alcohol industry and their continued sponsorship of organizations like MALDEF and [...]

By: WhatThe..

WhatThe.. — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:07:50 +0000

Asking MALDEF not to take money from the alchohol industry is like asking a the legislature not take Union money. Parasites need blood from their victim to exist, a symbiotic co-existence. They take only enough nourishment in order to exist but not to the extent of hurting their victim, because that would be asking for their own demise. The fact remains they cannot exist based soley on their own merits.

By: Professor Y

Professor Y — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:58:42 +0000

Its greedy sociopaths selling risky behavior (drunkedness) and destruction (DUIs) guised as a holiday celebration.
Any holiday (Cinco de Mayo, MLK Day, Super Bowl, Lakers playoff) will do!

By: pablo

pablo — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:23:46 +0000

It would be nice if you could find if there is an ethnic or gender gap in DUI related accidents or deaths.

By: webmaster

webmaster — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:07:20 +0000

DelToro,

I don’t know where you assume that we are blaming everyone except Latinos. Yes, Latinos need to assume responsibility for DUI, drinking excessively, etc., which is why some of us are asking MALDEF, NCLR, etc. to stop taking money from the alcohol industry. You come in here and start assuming what we think about the Irish and stereotypes, telling us that we live in our own world, etc.

You don’t add anything substantive to the debate. You assume that the people here live in an “all brown world” without knowing who they are or the history or perspective that they bring. You are thisclose to being banned from this blog forever. This is your notice.

By: DelToro

DelToro — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:29:08 +0000

jammer,

I too have read much here and have tried to understand how blaming everyone but latinos is going to change anything.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:56:52 +0000

http://blogs.abcnews.com/legalities/2009/05/white-house-for.html

“There’s also this argument against Sotomayor for the first nomination: Obama will get another nominee. Why squander an Hispanic pick now, so far from the election and with such a solid majority of Democrats in the Senate? Save the Hispanic vote for closer to 2012, and after immigration reform has failed–when Hispanics need a bone.”

Jan Crawford Greenburg, ABC News