The Mexican flag is back on the streets of Los Angeles after several years of political exile.
Four years ago, Miguel Haro was among half a million people who marched for immigrant rights in downtown L.A. At the urging of organizers and Spanish-language disc jockeys, he left his Mexican flag at home and waved an American flag instead.
Concerned that the Mexican flag carried the wrong message, Mexican American political leaders and other activists launched a largely successful effort to have people at public events, particularly protest marches, wave the American flag, believing it to be a better symbol for their case.
But with the World Cup in full swing, Haro proudly has affixed his Mexican flag to his Toyota RAV4 and cheered for the team of his parents. The American flag is fine for politics, he said, but this is soccer.My allegiance is to America, no doubt about it, and I’d think I wouldn’t have to prove it," said Haro, a 25-year-old utility worker. "But when I wave the Mexican flag for soccer, it’s strictly cultural. It’s showing I’m proud of my Mexican background."
After years of being downplayed at large political rallies that regularly punctuated the L.A. landscape, the World Cup has given the Mexican flag some of its big event presence back.
The red, white and green banners hang from cars on the freeway, wave inside countless bars and eateries during games and are even held proudly by cyclists riding through downtown L.A.
With the Mexican team having survived preliminary rounds and scheduled to play Sunday against Argentina in the Round of 16, fan loyalty — and flags — are likely to be at a highly visible peak.
To some, it is a disconcerting image.
In Southern California’s huge immigrant communities, home-nation flags are ubiquitous.
During the World Cup, sales have been brisk for South Korean flags as well as countries with big soccer followings such as Brazil, England and Spain. Displays of those banners are largely noncontroversial.
But the Mexican flag is different. The American political debate over immigration — illegal immigration in particular — is largely a debate over Mexicans. And few symbols in that debate have carried as much political weight as the Mexican flag.
The presence of Mexican flags at protests and marches over the last decade became flashpoints, with critics saying the displays suggested that immigrants felt loyalty to Mexico rather than the United States.
"Anytime a flag gets caught up in national politics, it becomes a potent symbol," said Jaime Regalado, a political science professor at Cal State L.A.
But the widespread display of the flag at soccer matches — and the relative lack of controversy surrounding it so far — suggest that the symbolism is less inflammatory when put in the context of sports, not politics.
One indication of that changed reality is that some advertisers are now getting into the act.
In a Volkswagen commercial, a parade of fans, including American and Mexican soccer fans, march loudly down separate streets while hoisting their nation’s flags, only to meet in the middle, where they face off tensely. Then, after a moment, they happily exchange their national team jerseys.
Reality may not be quite that cheerful, but David Carter, executive director of the USC Sports Institute, said sports fans "regardless of their background and ethnicity tend to compartmentalize sports and other, everyday activities."
"Showing your heritage during a sports event," he added, "is very different than showing your heritage in a controversial way during a political demonstration."
These days, the flag is also big business.
More @ http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-adv-me-mexican-flag-20100624,0,2059218.story
I understand that these turds are products of their environment. They are raised to believe that their culture is great and that their country is best. (We all know that their culture is backwards and that their third world country sucks!) So to me it’s not shocking that they are waving their Mexican flags everywhere. What can I really say, they’re all a bunch of idiots. If they love Mexico so much then I guess it’s time to pack their bags and get a burrito to go and head down to Mexico.
Les Manns; Realty Executives Manns & Assoc.
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The Yoo Doctrine or Unitary Executive theory, are controversial since it is suggested the theory holds that the President’s war powers place him above any law.
Comments from debate where Yoo defends position of president torturing children.
Cassel: If the President deems that he’s got to torture somebody, including by crushing the testicles of the person’s child, there is no law that can stop him?
Yoo: No treaty.
Cassel: Also no law by Congress. That is what you wrote in the August 2002 memo.
Yoo: I think it depends on why the President thinks he needs to do that.
Here is a link, on this page you can listen to the entire debate in mp3 format to all the doubters who will deny the reality of the above comments.
http://rwor.org/johnyoo/index.html
If you caught a guy in your house that knew where the bomb was that was going to blow up your child’s school in 10 minutes, would you ask him politely if he would mind telling you where it was?
I have this oral report about Peter Drucker’s book "The New Realities" I need some revies about this book, I know "Executive book summaries" has one but i dont know where to download it. I need this urgent. If anyone knows about some links or reviews (summaries) about this book, please let me know 
You _want_ a review or summary.
You _need_ to learn how to do a web search.
http://books.google.co.il/books?id=WmAsWS9-fFsC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=drucker+the+new+realities&source=bl&ots=cNibt7Lkke&sig=UgzNZI5cKybvR3ibm_paDPEw8wo&hl=en&ei=GLr6StzcIcS1sgatrICWCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
http://www.fff.org/freedom/0190d.asp
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0765805332/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
I don’t know Hillary’s experience. She’s never run a city. She’s never run a state. She’s never run a business. She’s never met a payroll. She’s never been responsible for the safety and security of millions of people, much less even hundreds of people. So I’m trying to figure out where the experience is here. It would seem to me that in a time of difficult problems and war, we don’t want on-the-job training for an executive. The reality is that these are areas in which — maybe there are some areas in which she has experience, but the areas of having the responsibility of the safety and security of millions of people on your shoulders, is not something that Hillary has ever had any experience with
No. Hillary has more experience in her little finger than Bush had in his empty head when he ran for President. I suggest you look up Hillary’s long list of accomplishments, education is the key to asking relevant questions.
Isn’t it really fear of female outrage (and the resulting loss of advertising revenue) that encourages (male) media executives to portray women as know-all, do-all types and men as abject retards?
No conspiracy here – just the reality of 21st century media. I accept it, but can you admit it?
You forgot the astronomical price of gasoline.
…all those women in their Godforsaken SUVs
It just hit me!
fraxinuts26, how the heck are ya?
long time, eh?
There is something deeply wrong with television these days.
like this
Employers added 162,000 jobs last month, and employment numbers in the previous two months were revised upward.
GDP growth is a POSITIVE 5.6% (the highest growth in 6 years), after falling to NEGATIVE 6.4% under Bush.
IHS Global Insight says the economy has about 1.7 million more jobs today than it would have had without the stimulus.
The Conference Board Index of Leading Economic Indicators is up for the ELEVENTH consecutive month.
The manufacturing sector expanded in March at its strongest pace since July 2004. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said that its gauge of industrial companies rose to 59.6 in March from 56.5 in February. It is the EIGHTH straight month of expansion.
Americans killed on US soil by terrorists:
Under Bush……..3,000
Under Obama………..0
Is it because he is a lying liberal?
Because like most liberals, they dont have proof to back anything up
I would like to try out directing outside of my country. I have ten years of experience as Director. I am currently directing drama shows in ABS-CBN Channel 2, the largest television network in the Philippines. I have directed musical variety programs, comedy shows, reality programs and talk shows. Prior to directing, I have been an Executive Producer of some shows in ABS-CBN for five years. If there will be opportunities for me, I would like to direct drama shows, musical variety programs, talk shows.
You’d need to check with HR at the networks.