St Louis has a vibrant Latino population, nothing like as large as cities in the southwest, but a decent sized neighborhood around St Cecelia’s. Mostly Mexican and mostly legal, incredibly hard workers especially in the building trades. Excellent bakeries, great street tacos, and every bar/restaurant has live music, even if it’s just a teenager with a guitar and a mike. This Saturday they will shut down about 8 blocks of Cherokee for Cinco de mayo for a wonderful street festival. For some reason among all the other local booths there are always drug paraphernalia vendors, pipes and bongs and roach clips, you know the stuff I mean. Not quite against the law, but the pot leaf t-shirts should clue you in.
Last year we were on our third cervesa, when Hizzhonor the Mayor comes thru working the crowd. Our Mayor always travels with a linebacker Police Sargent as driver/bodyguard, and he is kissing hands and shaking babies and waving to everyone. Slightly awkward moment at the booths with all the pot merchandise, but like a good politician he knows when to be slightly near sighted and just ignore it.
And just to give the political angle yes, there is a La Raza hardcore identity grievance democrat element, but they are in the minority. My black haired neighbors are mystified by the democrat support of abortion. Catholic doctrine I guess, but they are sincerely puzzled why anyone would think a baby is a punishment. They have a high preference for being paid cash to avoid taxes, and do not as a rule abuse welfare programs. (the exception is old people, the community seems to think that old people are ok to scam whatever type of government support they can. But if you can work- then you should work!) Oh, and the best compliment that a whitey like me can get is to be called ‘Prima’ it means ‘cousin’, it means you are OK, you are one of us.
Jim, Thanks for the great anecdote. I think Mexicans are some of the best people to come to this country. Family oriented. HARD working. Religious. Too many people can't differentiate between the criminals and activists vs. the good people, the latter being the vast majority.
Gee, you guys got all the hardworking religious folks? We got the gangbangers,the graffiti artists and the women who learned to game the welfare system quickly. The last stat I saw was that 30% of the Mexicans here legally were on welfare. I look forward to someday celebrating Mexican Independance Day.
I have no problem with Mexicans immigrating here, to come here and be USA citizens. I do have a problem with a rotating illegal guest worker program like we have now, combined with a under class of criminals preying on them and us.
Don't assume this is just nativist prejudice. I have a problem with visa over stays and illegal immigration of every nationality by the way (Mexicans are just part of it).
And Cinco de Mayo is a minor historic event in one Mexican state. It has been transformed into a major marketing event for avocados, beer and tequila. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
And Cinco de Mayo is a minor historic event in one Mexican state. It has been transformed into a major marketing event for avocados, beer and tequila. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
All holidays except Thanksgiving have been taken over by Madison Ave. Look @ Valentine's Day. It's way outta control. I like that it's a good day for restaurants but you get NY Eve quality meals. I don't do squat for these contrived Holidays and my bride is fine w/ that. No candy, flowers, etc. I make her nice meals on these days, wear a shirt for dinner, and don't fart. We don't buy those NY/Madison Ave. values.
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Or, as our esteemed and brilliant First Lesbian President Who Saved The Global Economy calls it, Cinco de Quatro.
LOL! That picture comes from western US. It's Hellman's in the East and Midwest.
I wonder if judge Willett would retweet that.
Gotta love that.
That time NASA found water on Mars...
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I heard that photo was taken at the Mayo clinic.
St Louis has a vibrant Latino population, nothing like as large as cities in the southwest, but a decent sized neighborhood around St Cecelia’s. Mostly Mexican and mostly legal, incredibly hard workers especially in the building trades. Excellent bakeries, great street tacos, and every bar/restaurant has live music, even if it’s just a teenager with a guitar and a mike. This Saturday they will shut down about 8 blocks of Cherokee for Cinco de mayo for a wonderful street festival. For some reason among all the other local booths there are always drug paraphernalia vendors, pipes and bongs and roach clips, you know the stuff I mean. Not quite against the law, but the pot leaf t-shirts should clue you in.
Last year we were on our third cervesa, when Hizzhonor the Mayor comes thru working the crowd. Our Mayor always travels with a linebacker Police Sargent as driver/bodyguard, and he is kissing hands and shaking babies and waving to everyone. Slightly awkward moment at the booths with all the pot merchandise, but like a good politician he knows when to be slightly near sighted and just ignore it.
And just to give the political angle yes, there is a La Raza hardcore identity grievance democrat element, but they are in the minority. My black haired neighbors are mystified by the democrat support of abortion. Catholic doctrine I guess, but they are sincerely puzzled why anyone would think a baby is a punishment. They have a high preference for being paid cash to avoid taxes, and do not as a rule abuse welfare programs. (the exception is old people, the community seems to think that old people are ok to scam whatever type of government support they can. But if you can work- then you should work!) Oh, and the best compliment that a whitey like me can get is to be called ‘Prima’ it means ‘cousin’, it means you are OK, you are one of us.
Jim, Thanks for the great anecdote. I think Mexicans are some of the best people to come to this country. Family oriented. HARD working. Religious. Too many people can't differentiate between the criminals and activists vs. the good people, the latter being the vast majority.
Gee, you guys got all the hardworking religious folks? We got the gangbangers,the graffiti artists and the women who learned to game the welfare system quickly. The last stat I saw was that 30% of the Mexicans here legally were on welfare. I look forward to someday celebrating Mexican Independance Day.
I have no problem with Mexicans immigrating here, to come here and be USA citizens. I do have a problem with a rotating illegal guest worker program like we have now, combined with a under class of criminals preying on them and us.
Don't assume this is just nativist prejudice. I have a problem with visa over stays and illegal immigration of every nationality by the way (Mexicans are just part of it).
And Cinco de Mayo is a minor historic event in one Mexican state. It has been transformed into a major marketing event for avocados, beer and tequila. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
The vast majority of mosquito's do not carry the zika virus.
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...
And Cinco de Mayo is a minor historic event in one Mexican state. It has been transformed into a major marketing event for avocados, beer and tequila. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
It's the Mexican St Paddy's Day.
All holidays except Thanksgiving have been taken over by Madison Ave. Look @ Valentine's Day. It's way outta control. I like that it's a good day for restaurants but you get NY Eve quality meals. I don't do squat for these contrived Holidays and my bride is fine w/ that. No candy, flowers, etc. I make her nice meals on these days, wear a shirt for dinner, and don't fart. We don't buy those NY/Madison Ave. values.
Visa over stays are a huge problem, particularly w/ Middle Easterners. I believe some of the over stays flew planes on 9/11.
Would anyone here not want the great deal maker to swap all the residents of Detroit w/ Tijuana. That would be the best deal he ever made.
3 of the 9/11 hijackers from saudi lived and fly in San Diego. Next to Shitroit, San Diego has the largest ME population in the country.
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