Hispanics For Romney #juntosconromney

Here's a great Twitter thread that features Hispanics for Romney. Great to know these good people are out there: it is #juntosconromney ("together with Romney").

Not all Hispanics are Democrat-deluded. A Twitter hashtag #juntosconromney ("together with Romney") is for Hispanics who are voting for Romney. Some of them have some great things to say! I especially like those of Stephen Sanchez and Marisa Marshall -- see the link here. Bueno, mis amigos!

Here's a screen grab of some of the tweeters:

Cinco de Mayo!! Hola, Hispanics!

Ah, it's that storied day of celebration of a Mexican victory over the French, Cinco de Mayo.

Good thing it falls on a weekend, otherwise lots of high school students wearing American flag t-shirts would be scolded and sent home.

Just for the record, I have come to know a lot of Hispanics, many of them from Mexico, here in Hollister.  For the most part, they are very good people:  hard workers, good friends, good neighbors, and good customers.  When they learn that I am studying Spanish, that I think Spanish is a beautiful language, and that Hispanic culture has a lot of worth and beauty, they respond with warmth and friendship.  I don't view Hispanics as "the enemy."  Some are, most are not.

My Spanish teacher at Gavilan College and I have become rather close friends.

Do you know that I can sing "Besame Mucho" and "Cielito Lindo" completely in Spanish?  Also "Rancho Grande" and some other tunes.  When I sing these songs, the alley cats of Hollister join me in the chorus until someone calls the police.  It's fun anyway.

Does this mean that I support illegal immigration?  Not on your life.  But the great majority of Hispanics I have met over the past year are here legally.

One more thing:  Hispanic women are hot, hot, hot!!  Just the facts, ma'am, that's all.

Yes, race is often important -- but it is not all-important.  Keep things in perspective.

The Three Tenors Sing "Cielito Lindo" (My Favorite Spanish Song)

I'm taking my first semester of Spanish at the local community college here in Hollister, and enjoying it very much.  Learning a foreign language has always been easy to me for some reason, and I am getting a solid A in the class. (That's me in the sombrero - it's a Photoshop.) I know we as conservatives often attach negative feelings to many things Spanish, Mexican or Hispanic, because of the influx of illegal immigrants, the gangs and the drugs.  However, Hispanic culture is often rich and beautiful and we should not be blind to those qualities.

A song I have loved since childhood is the Spanish song from Mexico, "Cielito Lindo."  Per Wikipedia,

"Cielito lindo" is a popular Ranchera song from Mexico, written in 1882 by Quirino Mendoza y Cortés (c. 1859–1957).[1] It is roughly translated as "Lovely Sweet One". Although the word "cielo" means sky or heaven, it is also a term of endearment comparable to sweetheart or honey. "Cielito" can thus be translated as "sweetie"; "lindo" means cute, lovely or pretty. Sometimes the song is known by words from the refrain, "Canta y no llores". ["sing and don't cry"]

Commonly played by mariachi bands, it has been recorded by many artists in the original Spanish or in English and other languages using the melody of the song. In recent decades it has come to be widely known as a theme song for Mexicans, particularly at international events, like the FIFA World Cup.

When I was a kid I didn't know the words so would just sing, "Ay, ay, ay, ay!  Oh my sombrero!"  That's all I knew and it was wrong.  The refrain is quite famous.  It goes:

Ay, ay, ay, ay,
Canta y no llores,  [Sing and don't cry]
Porque cantando se alegran, [Because singing gladdens,]
Cielito lindo, los corazones. [My dear, our hearts.]

The full words and translation of this great song can be found here.

Finally, here singing a shortened version of the song are the "Three Tenors" [the Spanish singers Plácido Domingo and José Carreras and the Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti]:



A longer version, with a lovely children's choir, can be viewed here.