¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can / ¡Sí, Se Pedo!

Can What?? And, Who Is Stopping You?? I guess I don’t understand today’s boycott mantra being screamed today.

I listened to talk radio all day (thanks to KFI for providing local coverage and for not broadcasting Dr. Laura and limiting Rush to only 2 hours!!!) and watched live TV coverage every so often…

Some thoughts about today:
Early on was no big deal (maybe people went to work??), most businesses were not harmed (financially) and most freeways and roads were clear and enjoyable to drive. Paul and I ate lunch at Chipotle, they were open and served food (and weren’t too crowded)… the only indication of a boycott was the small note on the door asking for patience while they prepared our food today and the only delay came from the moron in front of us who couldn’t decide how much rice rice and sour cream (or creme fresh, you frenchy you) she wanted in her burrito. No big deal, what’s the point of this boycott?

Later (as people got off work) there were more people gathering to watch ‘Presidente Villaraigosa’ address his crowd… Watching and listening to interviews (or people screaming nonsense into microphones) of crowd folk was often hilarious.

Probably one of the most enjoyable events today was John and Ken (of their show on KFI ) being interviewed on FOX 11 News for being behind the counter-boycott / spend all you can. FOX 11 anchors John Beard and Christine Devine (who was very upset and had a nervous warbling voice) had them on only to battle their counter-boycott… what they didn’t know (because they obviously didn’t hear the hours before) is J&K were only going on to point out how biased (and negative) the TV coverage has been and to present the other side’s POV (positive effect the boycott / march had). Stuff like this never makes it on to the TV NEWS and it was funny to hear them try to hold TV news accountable and then to hear FOX field reporter Tony Valdez cut in just to push the reconquista movement… ON THE LOCAL EARLY EVENING NEWS (IN THE USA)! J&K were able to get tons of great statements out and I think they made the TV NEWS look lame, it was Awesome! I’m sure it’ll be on the KFI site, it was a pretty classic moment!

The whole boycott is pretty silly (and was ineffective to many)… I think the argument / tag line ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ is also lame (and probably didn’t showcase what they thought it should)… Isn’t the issue is over illegal immigrants not legal… In fact, most of my family is here as a result of legal immigration and they didn’t march! If you take shortcuts to get in, cheat the system and hide under the radar… you don’t deserve to be here legally (through amnesty), there are legal methods for a reason.

The boycott / march also proved that there are too many people in LA / SOCAL (probably because too many of them came here illegally) and it was nice to not have them around to cause our normal daily congestion. In fact the only negative effects I can see from this boycott / march would be the extra strain put on the police and the over-crowding (if you had to deal with it) in march areas. For most of us it was a great day!

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