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Posted on 08/28/2003 5:11:39 AM PDT by SJackson
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | If California Governor Gray Davis' coffin nail, Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante, had been a member of the Communist Party U.S.A., it would not have been as frightening as his membership in MeChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan).
MeChA's Constitution preamble:
"Chicana and Chicano students of Aztlan must.promote Chicanismo within the community, politicizing our Raza with an emphasis on indigenous consciousness to continue the struggle for the self-determination of the Chicano People for the purpose of liberating Aztlan."
For the politically correct, "indigenous" means Indian-Native American, something Cruz Bustamante is not. He has no "indigenous" or Indian blood. So, Bustamante fails the "indigenous" test, he doesn't have a drop of indigenous blood.
Then comes the proposition of "liberating Aztlan." For the politically correct, "Aztlan" is an imaginary land from whence came the Aztecs of Central Mexico. These students and their sycophants insist that the Aztec Indians originated in what is now America's Southwest. Nonetheless, not even they claim the Aztecs came from California.
Despite MeChA's beliefs, there is no proof the Aztecs sprung from the ground like maize anywhere, much less Utah, Arizona or New Mexico. In fact, most anthropologists agree that the Aztecs might have been part of the waves of people who crossed a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska in what is now named the Bering Straits.
In the face of historical/anthropological scholarship, Mechistas like Cruz Bustamante fervently believe that the territory bought from Mexico after the Mexican and American War-- that includes California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and parts of Kansas and Oklahoma-- is Aztlan and that it truly should be "liberated" by Mechistas.
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A good question to ask the Lt Govenor in the debate--not that most folks would understand at first, but it would be nice to put Cruz on the spot, and it may force the media to pick up on the issue.
They already did, that's why they're recalling him.
Well, I've been around a good deal longer, and I'm with novacation on this one. George Bush hasn't done much to curb the flood of illegals into the country (I'm not giving much credit to state governments or Congress either, with the exception of Tom Tancredo). I like the guy on many issues, but on this one, he's AWOL.
Man o' man it would be great if we could nuke the Democratic Party . . . but we can't. Even traitors have mothers.
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