¡Feliz día de la Independencia...

[a la izquierda]

a mis amigos mexicanos!

If you are in Mexico, I am incredibly jealous...get out tonight and enjoy the festivities. Just be careful!


Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara, Día de Independencia 2008

[ThatsMyBarack]

1. This will sound dumb, but....

I thought Mexican Independence Day was Cinco de Mayo....

[Xipe Totec]

3. ...

The Mexican War of Independance (1810–1821) was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities which started on 16 September 1810. The Mexican War of Independence movement was led by Mexican-born Spaniards, Mestizos and Amerindians who sought independence from Spain. It started as an idealistic peasants' rebellion against their colonial masters, but finally ended as an unlikely alliance between mexican ex-royalists and mexican guerrilla insurgency.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_War_of_Independence

[a la izquierda]

5. Well, you beat me to it...

every semester, when I get to the Battle of Puebla, I make my students repeat after me: Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Battle of Puebla, and NOT Mexican Independence.

[Xipe Totec]

8. November 20th is next n/t

[demosincebirth]

4. Thats how much we know. 16 de Septiembre, 1810.

[EFerrari]

10. El Cinco celebrates the battle of Puebla, not independence.

That's not dumb, you've just picked up on misinformation spattered all over by the corporate media.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Puebla

[Xipe Totec]

2. 200th Anniversary!

:party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

[a la izquierda]

6. I can't wait until October...

I'm going to Queretaro to present at a conference commemorating the bicentenario/centenario of the Revolution. Super excited!!

[EFerrari]

7. Voz de la guitarra mia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0jNkSk9tHw

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. There's so much about Mexican history that I don't know, and will never have time for.

Damn, what an underappreciated neighbor.

[a la izquierda]

12. well, if you ever want to read anything...

let me know. i can recommend some basic stuff.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. where's a good place to start?

[a la izquierda]

15. A brief history of Mexico that recently came out is...

Jurgen Buchenau´s Mexico Mosaic: A Brief History of Mexico. This will give you a nice overview. Older classics like Prescott's Conquest of Mexico are time honored; Friedrich Katz wrote an 1100 page bio on Pancho Villa. El Gran Pueblo: A History of Greater Mexico is also pretty good.

If you want specific stuff on Indians, or a certain event/person/time period, let me know.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

32. Nah, nothing specific.

I was in California a few weeks ago, admiring an old Spanish Mission. I was thinking about how it's so much older than much of PNW, where much of the Western history doesn't go back much more than 150 years. Then I was thinking even Californian history doesn't compare to that of Mexico.

[mmonk]

11. Muy bueno.

Viva la revolucion. Viva la México .

[malaise]

14. Lots of celebrations here in Jamaica

tonight and tomorrow.

200 years tomorrow - celebrate!!! :party:

[EFerrari]

16. Really? That's so cool!

I had no idea.

[malaise]

19. Love that graphic

:D

One radio station is broadcasting live from celebrations at the Pegasus hotel right now.
changed venue

[EFerrari]

20. Today I also celebrate my favorite uncle who took time out from the World Cup

in Guadalajara one year to take me to see the Orosco murals. He was lame and couldn't really walk very far but far enough that day to get a cab and stump around the exhibit until I got it. This is some of Orosco. :toast:

[a la izquierda]

23. One of my favorite places on the planet

is Guadalajara. I love the Orozco murals, especially "Man on Fire" (even though I don't think that's what it's called).

[EFerrari]

27. The one I remember is God as a dirty old man.

LOL

:)

[malaise]

24. Lovely

Thanks

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

40. The Isaac Asimov lookalike is Benito Juárez, right?

[malaise]

21. The Ambassador is on now

http://newstalk.com.jm/LiveStream.htm


There's a mariachi band visiting for the celebrations as well.

[a la izquierda]

17. Ancient cultures...

Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán, Summer 2009

[a la izquierda]

18. Haunting Landscapes

Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí, February 2009

[EFerrari]

22. Mariachi Vargas, "El son de la Negra"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-U82PriO0

[malaise]

26. I'm going to wear my Mexican poncho to work

tomorrow.

[EFerrari]

28. Latino America and the Caribbean, we're joined at the heart root, aren't we?

Maybe we can save this damn hemisphere.



lol

:grouphug:

[a la izquierda]

31. It sure as hell won't be the US!

[EFerrari]

33. Depends what you mean by "the US".

Not the entrenched State Department that sees everyone else as fair game, that's for sure.

The American people themselves, that's another story. Beleaguered as we've been for thirty years and more while our pockets were being picked and we were being blamed for it, I still don't give up on us. That's Santa Cruz, CA, not DF.



:)

[a la izquierda]

34. i meant the government...

and the racist folks, like my neighbor :)

[EFerrari]

36. We have a neighbor that planted cactus along his driveway

so no Mexican cars would disturb his American gravel.

And yet, when he needs a hand, he's over here in a heartbeat.

We'll figure it out. lol

:hi:

[malaise]

39. That's beautiful

We can't do worse than the rest of them :grouphug:

I bought my poncho at the 68 Olympics. :D

[EFerrari]

25. "Maria Bonita", Agustin Lara

one of Mexico's all time popular composers and mi Papi's drinking buddy. Bravo.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z0iHQvHSeA

[OregonBlue]

29. Have fun tonight. Viva Mexico!!

[EFerrari]

30. While we're at it, Linda Ronstadt, "Frenezi".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ldf9koTSM

[a la izquierda]

35. When I think Linda Ronstadt and Spanish...

I think of the Mr Plow episode of the Simpsons...
"Señor Plow no es macho, es solamente un borracho..." Lol...

[EFerrari]

37. LOL.

:rofl:

But you have to listen. She does a good job of reclaiming her heritage. lol

[lunatica]

38. Dieciseiz de Septiembre!! Viva la independencia!!

[rabs]

41. Y Andale -- hay que empinar el codo con unas copitas de tequila

Las Hermanas Padilla -- Y Andale ---

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-cpiCGKUr4&feature=related

Viva la raza !!!!!

[EFerrari]

42. LOL

:toast:

[a la izquierda]

43. i was just about to get up and make myself a margarita...

i reserve straight shots for the weekend.

[a la izquierda]

44. Is anyone watching the coverage on Univision?

The amount of cleavage is simply astonishing! Que vivan los boobies!

[rabs]

46. Thanks for the heads up

Arbol de la vida on ...

impressive show ....

[Odin2005]

45. Viva la Revolución! Viva la Libertad!

[pinboy3niner]

47. K&R

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. We watched through the TV

And lord was it worthy. Incredible! Echarón la casa por la ventana!

[felix_numinous]

49. K & R