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OUR SHARED HISTORY By: Thomas Medel (4-2-08) Americans of Latin Descent, we have been discriminated against by our fellow countrymen for years. Proof
positive, when you look at this site you can see men screaming at little children to go back to Mexico. These people
have to be clairvoyant since by looking at the color of their skin they must know that these kids must go back to Mexico.
But it’s not just these upright fair-skinned defenders of our borders who try
so hard to keep the brown skinned 5-year old invaders at bay and drive them back to their parent’s homeland. You
may remember President Eisenhower and his “Operation Wetback” in the 1950’s when he ordered that Mexicans
and Mexican-looking people be rounded up and deported to Mexico. That is representative of what the Republicans have
meant to Latinos in our lifetime. That is our shared history. That is why it is
imperative that we get out and vote Democratic in the coming elections. I’m not saying to vote for Hillary Clinton
and I’m not saying to vote for Barack Obama. One of them will be our candidate and voting for them will be the
only way to free ourselves so we can be called Americans of Latin Descent in our own country; the country we have worked for
and fought for. According to Republicans we do nothing but deplete every asset
this country has, but as the weeks go on, as the months go on, as the years go on, we will show you that we have devoted ourselves
to this country, we have given our lives to this country and even pound for pound, ounce for ounce we have the most dedicated
and decorated soldiers who have fought for this country. We are Americans of Latin Descent and no Republican should have to
say that we have to go back to our country because of the color of our skin.
SEND 'EM BACK! by: S.W.A.T.
(7/15/10)
I was reading the Time Magazine article,
Arizona's next Immigration Target: Children of Illegals ( http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1996064,00.html ) where you can see that Arizona's next line of defense
to combat illegal immigration is to send the children of illegals back to Mexico or wherever their parents came from. The
anti immigrant forces want to send these children back regardless of whether they were born here or not.
At first I was upset but then realized that this is a wonderful idea, especially if it's done retroactively
and that way we can ask that ask these Republicans, Tea-partiers, Right-Wing Conservatives, and racial/racist extremists,
to leave because our ancestors were here before any of them. In those days
our names were not Garcia, Gonzalez, Lopez, Perez, Martinez or Santiago. Our names were Cochise, Running Bull, Sitting Bull,
Young Bull and that's no bull, and that's who we are. So I want our readers to continue to become informed about these
issues so that we can actually stand up against these injustices and attacks whenever and wherever they arise. When so many
of our ancestors were killed or displaced we didn't know how to write as a people but now we do and we will keep writing about
Arizona and it's xenophobic laws and practices. Arizona, we have our eyes on you and to all those who wish to send so many
of our people back remember, there are many of us who are legal, who were born in this country and who vote. maybe one day
we will vote you out of this country.
SEND 'EM ALL BACK! by: S.W.A.T. (3-11-11) I was at the doctor's office the other day when I got into a conversation with
someone in the waiting area. This older Caucasian woman (and I only mention this to put into perspective her comments) begins
to tell me about "polacks" (her words, not mine) coming over here and taking jobs from "AMERICANS" and
then she moves on to tell me about Mexicans (I'm surprised she didn't say "wetbacks") do the same. She suggested
that all of these immigrants, especially the illegal ones be sent back to where they came from so that "Real Americans"
could get these jobs. No doubt inspired by the shenanigans in Arizona. I told her that I agreed with her only if the
removal of these immigrants became retroactive and thus affected her northern European ancestors who came here to colonize
and to take the lands away from the natives. Needless to say, she didn't like the sound of that so she got up and left. Here's a link to a great article
documenting the migration and population of the Americas before the Europeans arrived. Keep in mind that
America had been populated for 1,500 years before Columbus arrived. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC20009/
HIV CURED? by: S.W.A.T. (5-9-11) I'm a bit confused today.
I've been wrestling with my conscience regarding some information I got from my friend the Hispanic Inventor regarding a viral
load he received from a patient treated with his device. This patient, after just 8 treatments and after not receiving any
other type of treatment for HIV was tested and the viral load test results show that her HIV viral level is undetectable.
This would be a first in history but he has been persecuted because of his invention in the past. Wouldn't it be great if
he could share this with the world? But alas, he's just another spic. An inventor spic, but a spic nonetheless, just like
yours truly. MACHETE by: S.W.A.T. (5-18-11) I saw the
movie Machete a while back and have been thinking about it lately. This is a movie that every Latino should see, or in my
case see and then buy the DVD. Machete is a heck of a movie. Yes, it is a comedy, let's not elevate it to the level of Shakespeare,
but that is only because the director, Robert Rodriguez does not want to really commit himself and talk about Bubba. That is the same Bubba in Texas who'll pat you
in the back and tell you he's your friend but if he's riding the plains with his friends Little Joe and Big Hoss they'll use
Mexicans as target practice. Can you prove it? Well, I guess you'll have to speak to the dead Mexicans resting 6 feet under
the dirt. Are they out there? You better believe it. Has it been hidden from the public? Absolutely! So is the border better off because Bubba's been given a temporary
badge and make him an auxiliary Texas Ranger and he can now go after them as if they were rabbits, squirrels or possums. Robert
Rodriguez brought this to light a few times in his movie and I hail him for that. That part of the movie wasn't a spoof, that
part of the movie was true and maybe someone else, someone bigger than me will uncover it in greater detail. I'm just putting
it on the table.  WE SALUTE YOU, CARLOS SANTANA by: S.W.A.T. (5-18-11) Today Santana, who has remained quiet unlike
Robert Rodriguez who gave you a quiet interlude of what is going on around our borders, struck out against people such as
Rahm Emanuel the new mayor of the City of Chicago. We are going to show you in the next few days what Rahm Emanuel has in
common with the Republicans. We are going to teach you what a dictator he is and that the reason he is in power is because
the Hispanic community continues to give him the strength to do that. Today’s focus is not on Rahm Emanuel. Today’s focus is on Hispanics
standing up for other Hispanics. Although they are Americans they are still considered to be Hispanics. We are truly Americans
of Latino or Hispanic decent whichever you choose. When you look at Santana you can see all the indignation he suffered over
the years and although he has never said anything today he is standing up for his fellow man, his fellow American and country.
Yes, the immediate answer from the Republicans would be: He is not standing up for his fellow American. He is standing up
for those spics or those porkchops. You know all those nice nicknames that have been given to us. But we
are Americans and if we don’t stand up for the Hispanics all of us together then we will never be heard. When we allow our votes to
be split by people no matter who they are our greatest way back to freedom would be to vote Democratic and one aldermanic
or one city councilman’s seat at time and then one mayor’s seat at a time. Then we could be able to form our own
third party. Much like that woman who keeps her eye on the Russians just in case they get out of line every morning and then
she is going to call up the President and warn him. Isn’t she a slice of life? She is Republican but now she like to
associate with the hot beverage party or should that be hot air? Regardless of that the name of the game is to vote and Santana
is trying to tell you that. He is trying to tell you that educating yourself is always the best option which is what this
blog is about. We can only hope that this education you obtain gets passed down to your fellow next door neighbors. Education
such as the fact that we do have rights, such as when you drive through Lake Zurich, IL in the morning and you immediately
get pulled over because you drive a pick-up truck, look Hispanic, and have a Western hat on. They go through you with a fine
tooth comb searching the pick –up truck for everything except asking you for your driver’s license. These are
some of the indignations that you suffer here in the State of IL and in the City of Chicago. I will teach you more eventually.
Enough said about that, Santana we take our hat off to you. Then wait for next week and get ready for this: Rahm Emanuel is the new mayor
of the City of Chicago. He has a special detail that he inherited from the mayor to go out and destroy Hispanic small businesses.
And how do they do that you ask? The fellow in charge of the special detail is named O’Donnell. He goes out as a City
Inspector and harasses the building owners where the small businesses are at. Businesses that the alderman themselves have
targeted to close and for which there are surveillance videos proving that there are no drug sales going on around the business
but they are Hispanic locations and therefore they believe that there must be drugs in there. This is a special unit that
was given special powers by Mayor Daley. We are going to give you all the names of this special unit because we had someone
look it up for us the other day. This is the mayor’s task force. They only go after Hispanics in the City of Chicago.
They won’t dare to bother with the black areas because the Aldermen, reverends, and everybody else comes to the aide
of the black businessman. They do use it to bust the Arab businessman out of business too because the Arab businessman does
not have enough Arab clout and the Hispanics won’t stand up for themselves. So until you have a Hispanic
that stands up for himself or a Hispanic mayor in the City of Chicago that really does believe he is Hispanic and not act
as a puppet of the establishment, you won’t have the rights (and Rahm Emanuel will make sure you know that you that
you don’t have the rights). He is the boss of bosses. He is going to be the dictator of dictators. Yes, he is going
to make nice speeches but not as nice as president Obama which has done nothing for the Hispanic community across the nation.
You will soon learn more about Rahm Emanuel. GET READY
TO VOTE By: Thomas Medel (10-28-11) Our vote, the Latino vote, is taken for granted by the President of the United States. Our vote has always
taken for granted by every Caucasian President of the United States and now the first African-American President takes us
for granted as well. We have to look at what this President did for us…try NADA ….this is what this man has
done for Latinos. This man, who as a member of a minority should know what we go through. Let’s look at what the Republicans have done for the Cubans and our intention is not to criticize our Cuban
cousins. What I want to demonstrate to you is that the Cuban is benevolent and beholding to the Republican because they have
a law called left foot dry foot. The minute they hit land they receive a super care package which doesn’t exist that
much anymore. They do get a little bit of assistance, a lot of scrutiny, and then they are allowed in the country because
of persecution by their government just like they did with the Nicaraguans. Now as we look back the first people that came
from Cuba were white- collar, educated people. They ran the state of Miami and little by little they will run the state of
Florida and they are still Republican. We as Latinos tend to remember people who do things
for us but we also seem to forget people who don’t do anything for us, like our President. I would never tell you who
to vote for but I will ask you to think. Think about everything that he has not done for us and everything that he pledged
to do but hasn't. You have to remember that Obama comes from Chicago and this is a city that has the best politicians that
money can buy. You have to remember that he in some way, shape or form was appointed by ex-Governor Blagojevich, soon to become
incarcerated, that is, if he is not already. So as your journey through life keeps on going I believe that this time you should
consider voting Republican. Let’s look at the Republicans and see who they
represent. Today they have on a tie and suit but years ago they covered it up with a white sheet and those are exactly who
the Republicans are. Do they really want a Latino? No. Will they accept them? I beg you to take a look at the past Republican
Party nominations and so far they have featured two black men who are extremely well molded and educated
but they don’t even feature a Latino until the last Republican nomination. Prior
to that we were still cleaning the tables for them, sweeping the floors, and taking their orders at the table. So with all that being said this time and this time only I will be voting Republican. I know that many
other Latino friends will be voting Republican because the African-American man has done nothing for us. He continues to be
non committal to our needs and in doing so we suffer more and more injustices. If you look online and take a look at the polls
you can see that Latino voters are fed up with Obama. I would advise you to vote Republican for the presidency only and stay
with our local democrats. Now, do we want to vote for Herman Cain? Only if we can
electrify the fence around the White House so that he can’t get out because that is want he wants to do to our people
at the border. If we stand divided such as the Cuban majority being Republican and not Democrats then we will be divided forever.
We should always be Democrats as we are today but we should never be taken for granted as we have been by this President.
If the majority would vote for a Republican for President only perhaps the great wisdom of the tie and suit wearing Republican
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WANT SOME CANCER? by: S.W.A.T. the Spic With A Tie (11/17/09) Hi, the Spic-With -A-Tie here. Education, education, education.
Our history, our history, our history. Let's realize that Latinos are descended from Indians. And our ancestors came from
the Native Americans who came into this continent through the Bering Strait. So let's realize that we are descendants of the
American Indian who was here before the Europeans populated this land. Many of the descendants of these Europeans nowadays
claim that they are Italian, British, Irish etc. but rarely do they identify themselves as Americans even when telling us
we don't belong here. On this website however, we have always identified ourselves as Americans of Latino descent, emphasizing
our American identity. That doesn't mean much
at times as we'll see in this bit of history we will share with you today. Not only does this show the levels discrimination
can reach but also the hateful actions that people with racism in their heart are capable of. An example of this is Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads who in in 1932 was accused
by Puerto Rican Nationalist, Pedro Albizu Campos of carrying out experiments where he deliberately infected a number of Puerto
Ricans with live cancer cells. 13 of those patients died. The letter where he admitted this was brought to light by Albizu
Campos can be seen below. As the documents on the Latinos as Lab Rats page show, the FBI was aware and had a copy of the letter.
Of course, instead of being punished he was later placed in charge of two chemical warfare projects in the 1940s establishing
United States Army Biological Weapon facilities in the
U.S. and Panama. How ironic huh? Check out the Latinos as Lab Rats page for more info! TODAY'S FORECAST: RAIN ON THE LATINOS: by Thomas Medel (10-13-08) In today’s financial, social and political environment
in the United States, National Latino realizes that there is much strife and economic woe that will affect all of America.
The Latino, for all major purposes and intents is a hard working individual. The majority of Latinos who have come to this
country have always worked and produced in this country, yet we have always been considered to be Latinos, or “Hispanics”
and not Americans. If we want to shatter that image we must stand up for ourselves and for the Latino community as a whole. If
we do not stand up as a whole, we’ll become separate and we will never be integrated into the fabric of this country. There are people who are born in this country who consider themselves African or other nationalities
first, before first trying to become an American. It is my desire that we should strive to become and identify ourselves as
Americans of Latino Descent, never abandoning Latino because we that label has already been pounded into us, especially in
the city of Chicago. We’ll talk about that in the coming weeks but for now let’s keep it in the national picture. We are going to suffer just like every other American in this housing debacle. We
are going to suffer from not having credit available to us. Well, we are never going to have the same credit available to
us in an equal basis. The Constitution says that all men are created equal but that is never going to be true if your last
name happens to be Garcia, Melendez, or Rodriguez, and your skin tone happens to be of an olive complexion. Even if
your skin tone is white, if your name is still Rodriguez, or any of the above, there is a problem. More on that next week. In today’s financial, social and political environment in the United States, National Latino
realizes that there is much strife and economic woe that will affect all of America. The Latino, for all major purposes and
intents is a hard working individual. The majority of Latinos who have come to this country have always worked and produced
in this country, yet we have always been considered to be Latinos, or “Hispanics” and not Americans. If we want
to shatter that image we must stand up for ourselves and for the Latino community as a whole. If we do not stand up as
a whole, we’ll become separate and we will never be integrated into the fabric of this country. There are people who are born in this country who consider themselves African or other nationalities first, before first
trying to become an American. It is my desire that we should strive to become and identify ourselves as Americans of Latino
Descent, never abandoning Latino because we that label has already been pounded into us, especially in the city of Chicago.
We’ll talk about that in the coming weeks but for now let’s keep it in the national picture. We are going to suffer just like every other American in this housing debacle. We are going to suffer from not having
credit available to us. Well, we are never going to have the same credit available to us in an equal basis. The Constitution
says that all men are created equal but that is never going to be true if your last name happens to be Garcia, Melendez, or
Rodriguez, and your skin tone happens to be of an olive complexion. Even if your skin tone is white, if your name is
still Rodriguez, or any of the above, there is a problem. More on that in the next few weeks. RANDOM THOUGHTS
FROM THE SPIC-WITH-A-TIE by: S.W.A.T. (12-12-09) The other day I ran across a story in a Dallas newspaper where they were giving tickets to people for not speaking
English. That is a very Texas thing to do and if we allow this to continue we will never be able to survive. What
these officers have done is a travesty but us Hispanics are the only ones to blame. We had the ability to vote for a governor
of that state and of course it just happens that the I.R.S. investigates him because he owns a few banks. Both the I.R.S.
and the F.B.I. accuse him of money laundering and fraud. Well, it just turns out he wasn't guilty but that was too late to
save his political career. But hey, that's representative of the Bush era. remember his little brown ones? There's also the hotel owner who is forcing his employees
to change their Spanish names into English ones. But then we are always discriminated against. I can tell you from personal
experience ( I have witnessed it) that there is a Hispanic/Latino/Spic who has cured AIDS a few times with his
invention in two different countries. He will probably never get the chance to make a difference in the world because
the FDA is already shutting down his website . Who knows if the I.R.S. will come after his next but we'll keep
you posted about his adventures. One
thing I want to add in response to a question someone sent me. I could never be a Republican because the only time they would
invite you to dinner is when they want you to take out the garbage or serve and clean the tables. Thank you for taking the time to read this and don't forget to read my blogs and the news items
I have added to the news section.
A CHILD IN DANGER BUT DOES ANYBODY CARE? by Thomas Medel (10-23-08) Here's a story we were going
to feature on our discrimination page but decided it was so important I would write a blog entry about it. It is a story
about a family in the suburbs and more specifically a Latino mother and child. This is a story about a child in danger and
no one caring enough to do anything about her. Our story
begins with the mother going to the Schaumburg Police Department and makes a report that claims that a man has just tried
to kidnap her daughter. This man was lurking around the house and then tried to get the child into the car but she was smart
enough not to follow him. The mom chases the man but in the confusion writes down the wrong license plate number. She hires
a detective and three years later finds out the man's address. She goes back to the Schaumburg Police Department, goes to
the State of Illinois, goes to the Secretary of State and sends certified registered mail (which we have seen) and they do
NOTHING! Why? Because of their last name of Hispanic origin. Is this what we Latinos can expect from our tax dollars? Let
us know what you think. A NEW SPIC IN TOWN by Thomas Medel (7-20-09) We
are proud to announce that a past contributor to our site has joined us in a more permanent basis. He goes by the pen name
"The Spic With A Tie". This is a man whose experiences as an American of Latino descent make him perfect to write
for us. He will be sharing his thoughts on discrimination and the Latino experience in the United States with his first article,
which will be published here shortly. Let us welcome "The
Spic With A Tie!" A TALE OF TWO YUPPIES PT. 1 by: S.W.A.T. (3-26-10) I saw a news report that was just shown
the other day on Chicago TV about an incident that occurred at Arturo’s Tacos at 2100 N Western Ave Chicago, IL. This
place is an upscale taco place where a lot of yuppies go eat and yet a lot of policemen go eat there too. The food price is
reasonable there and I believe it is open 24 hours a day. I am truly investigating this a little further because the Spic
With A Tie has some inroads there and knows some of the employees and in talking to with some of the management there, it
seems that they're being set up by the Chicago Police Department to change their stories around. They probably
will change their stories because they are under threat of major Daley of losing their liquor license and to have building
inspectors go there. This is what happens in these instances. In this city they tell you to install cameras in your businesses and then the cops get
caught beating at a young polish girl, and by the way, that cop just got like two months probation. When he brutally beat
her and it was all over national TV. The policemen can beat you senseless in this town and there is nothing you
can do about it. Policemen can go into a party of a 21 year old girl and throw her down on the ground kick her, step on her,
and then call her a "big fat ass" because she is a Hispanic and there is nothing you can do about it. This really
happened in a club on the north side of the city. The surveillance video was on our local TV but it
did not make it to national news broadcasts. The Arturo's Tacos surveillance video showed two white guys getting beat up in the back of Arturo’s Tacos
by one uniformed policeman and two plain clothes policemen. Then there are policemen rolling up in their squad cars saying
"oh you are bloody and everything, go home and forget about it. Go home forget about it! Didn’t you
hear me? Go home forget about it." I am sure that investigators are not going to be able to find
the policemen responsible for this because those are policemen looking for policemen. These were two young yuppies
who had their faces pounded into the cement on camera. The other incident at the club I mentioned involved
around 30 Hispanics and the women got searched with the same glove up their private parts. The women got searched
with the same glove in front of policemen and policewomen. These Hispanic victims sued for 3 million dollars. So
far the owner of the building has had to remodel that building to make it look like the White House so that it
is in pristine shape. If major Daley had to do that with all of its buildings in the neighborhood it would be great. The thing is that the mayor is
only going to target those who let themselves be targeted. Yes you as Hispanics do nothing for each other. Thirty
Hispanics harassed and then the owner of the building harassed, then his family and now because of his last name they go to
the buildings he owns and they make those buildings continually have inspections. The Spic With A Tie owns a lot
of buildings. Well, in this economy the Spic With A Tie has put a lot of buildings for sale. The Spic With A Tie has enough
money not to put up with major Daley’s Hispanic injustice but Hispanic injustice goes on in this city because you allow
it. You do not go to the polls, you do not vote for people who are going to help you. A TALE OF TWO YUPPIES PT. 2 by: S.W.A.T. (3-26-10) Let’s talk about the people that are going to
help you. If this would have happened in a black community, this birthday party where they came in with M-16’s riffles
and they verbally abused kids and young Hispanic adults, the whole neighborhood would have been up for grabs but only if they
would have been black. African-Americans would have had their reverends, their representatives denouncing their injustice,
Jesse Jackson would have been leading the march of course we are going to march. We could've marched too. We could
have marched to Victoria we could've marched from here to Hong Kong and we could've protested but where
were your Hispanic representatives? Not one showed up in defense of these young adults. Not one of them. Can you
imagine that. Again, in a black neighborhood it would have been different. Let's watch what unfolds with two white yuppies in the back of Arturo’s getting
their face slammed in. Maybe the police will get a commendation for that. The cop who beat up the girl in the bar only
got two months for beating up a Polish girl, but she was just a Polish immigrant, right? She was not an American. Lets see
what happens to these two white guys. How many millions they are going to ask for or will the police department scare them
so bad and scare Arturo’s Tacos? That’s already been done, they are going to scare the hell out of Arturo and
he will back down and he will not tell the truth but the surveillance tape tells the truth. The employees will
not tell the truth because what comes next is called the I.C.E. . The I.C.E. will go in there and pull out all of his employees and will send
them all back to Mexico. That is the next stop. So Arturo, get
ready for a visit from I.C.E. while the City of Chicago gets another law suit. I this unjust world 2 white
guys equals 30 Hispanic kids. Let's see where the dollars
fall. The building inspections unjustly will keep rolling on as long as major Daley is left to go unchecked. I am not saying
take major Daley out of office. I am saying every time he deserves to get sued sue him for bigger and bigger dollars. Maybe
he will learn to hold back these animals in the Police Department.
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