A Different One, You Fool
Yesterday, the Googles honored Cesar Chavez on his birthday.
A pack of damfools, being led off the cliff of dumb by Michelle Malkin, thought it was a picture of Hugo Chavez and were outraged, outraged I tell you, that on the day of the resurrection of our Lord that Google was honoring a commie.
I suppose the real irony is that they were looking at Google when they saw the picture. They could have looked it up.
I guess a small lesson is in order for Malkin’s minions.
Your Handy Guide to Hispanics or Can’t We Just Call Them All Pedro?
Fidel Castro is not the same person as Julián Castro.
Fidel Castro
Julián Castro
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José Cruz is not the same person as Penelope Cruz. Jerry Garcia is not the same person as Ruben Garcia, Jr.
And then there’s this: On February 11, the Republicans launched a Twitter account called GOPespanol, in an attempt to speak to all three GOP Hispanics, and presumably to attract more Hispanics to the GOP.
All that is just dandy, except …
Don’t get ahead of me here.
Republicans in congress are now pushing to make English the official language of the United States again.
Two Republican members of Congress have once again introduced legislation in the House and Senate to make English the official language of the United States.
Congressman Steve King (who is not the same person as Billy Jean King) and Senator James Inhofe (who is hardly a person at all) have introduced the legislation.
Now, I’m not suggesting that there’s a message here that’s more mixed than a Betty Crocker cake or that GOPespanol is pandering but …. oh hell, that’s exactly what I’m suggesting.
And finally,
Thanks to Malcolm and Craig for the heads up.
Yesterday, Someone on Twitter was bragging that they had convinced 30 people to switch to Bing, at Church!!
1Someone poured a thousand barrels of dumb into the water, I swear!
…and here’s a handy tip for all you non-Texans out there: Castroville and the Castro District are not the same (one is a wierd place…the other is a neighborhood in San Francisco).
2I can’t wait to watch Michelle Malkin when she discovers that some Hispanics are named Jesus! Let’s wait for right before Christmas to tell her.
3Oh, Rick! That comment is wonderful! I’m going to try to work it into some conversations.
4Remember this when Rick Perry was speaking at the National Assn. of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference?
“A joke about how perfect it was to appoint Jose Cuevas to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission because his name sounds like Jose Cuervo – a brand of tequila – fell flat. Perry struggled to regain his confidence as he described Texas as a land of opportunity.”
5And for lots of those offended Christians Easter is 5/5, you know the Orthodox kind.
6I believe March 31 has been officially recognized as Cesar Chavez Day in Texas since 2000.
7And they wonder why they lost the minority vote!
8The party of stupid strikes again.
The only thing wrong with that cartoon is that the little man’s back isn’t wet enough…
9Oh, bless their hearts.
One of Inhofe’s claims to fame is his position as one of the Senate’s chief deniers that climate change is happening, which is the equivalent of standing in the middle of the Mississippi River facing upstream and yelling “Stop!” real loud at the water. Now he’s doing the same thing with Hispanics.
10Maybe Enflish needs to be the official language of Repugs, so ehy can understand themselves and maybe something else occasionally. Anyway, according to my Brisith friends, we do NOT speak English. So there, all you foreigners! Including me, I guess.
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