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An AM New York articletitled "Changing of the Guard" hit the streets today launching from Jesse's recent remarks about Obama "talking down to black people," to a change in the consciousness of black leaders today and past.

I think Latino leaders too (God, I hope!!!), have this thought process present today, but do not have the national media presence such as Jesse or Obama.

Some good buddies of mine presented a clip called “Our Dos Centavos: Strategies for Latino Bloggers," from the Netroots Nation seminar.

While I haven't listened to the whole thing yet, my only suggestion is to put it on You Tube.

Texas, and Activists, and Bloggers.  Oh my.

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The latest pride and national bandwagon award goes to Corona and their attempt to alcoholize Latinos. 

Right on...Rah-Rah!  Corona! Latinos!!!  "...que linda la botella."  Yeah.

Go there for the interview.

MySpace is a winner in any demographic, which I guess leaves some wondering why it would go after a specific demographic and cater to it thus so...in this case Spanish speaking Latinos.  I think I could understand the surface argument of what the writer is saying:  why not have a universal MySpace.  But...in what Language?   Assuming that the same strokes are for all folks is ignorant and plain wrong, in other words you are living in a dream world.  Reality is there are many Latinos in the US who prefer to speak Spanish (not to say anything of those in the islands, South and Central America).

So why not a Myspace Latino, and a MySpace Korean...why not a MySpace in every language?  A true social network appreciates our differences and seeks to unite them, not wipe them out.

Sidenote:  Isn't it strange that computer applications such as MySpace is now part of our Culture? 

This post is over at my good buddy Mario Solis Marich, who not only has a blog, has an excellent good radio show. The post is entitled "THE SILENT (SILENCED) VOTER SURGE," and is recommended reading:

We have been inundated with the tag line that more people are voting or caucusing in the Democratic primaries than ever before. In fact that is true. The voter surge has been attributed to younger voters showing up for Barack Obama that is only partially true. In fact now that the dust is settling it is obvious that a sizable part of the voter surge has come from Latino voters. Latino voter turnout is double the number than that of 2004. [...] The media, comfortable with ignoring Latino voters, has for the first time paid some attention to this critical mobile voting block. But credit for the voter “surge” has been totally given to Obama even though Latinos have been largely Clinton voters.

"The right wing media is hard pressed to admit that the Latino sleeping giant has been awakened..."  Awesome post; go read.  (UPDATE:  A good friend points out that the comment in the post about Latino bloggers are blindly supporting him and not seeing his flaws, which is not true.  This is an argument that suggests Obama supporters think he is perfect; and is being used to discredit his supporters.)

More from Gallup (via The Politico):

The tracking data suggest [Clinton's] support advantage among
Hispanics may be eroding, at least on a national level. In the Feb.
5-9 data, Clinton led Obama by nearly 2-to-1, 63 percent to 32
percent, among Hispanic Democratic voters. In the most recent polling,
the two are essentially tied among this constituency, with 50 percent
preferring Obama and 46 percent Clinton.

Facts Vs. Bull

IT'S YOUR COUNTRY...REPRESENT

The Wall Street Journal, covers a slew of Latino bloggers and their electoral commentary.  This is a fantastic piece, and does a great job introducing and covering the varied Latino Blogosphere.

From California to New York, Hispanic bloggers are speaking up in ways that could influence Latino voters’ decisions just as their votes are becoming more relevant in the presidential race.

The bloggers’ politics vary widely. But with Super Tuesday right around the corner, their writings share a common tone: the urgency of an election year that is, as Latinopundit put it, “upon us like salsa on a taco.”

Life is full of ups and downs, and any one reading this blog regularly will attest that from time to time, LP just can't get around to blogging; this week is one of those weeks.  In the interim (I have a love/hate relation w/ this word), MSN has nominated The Three Caballeros as their top 10 winter movies (wouldn't it be great if life was one big cartoon?).

Link via Latin Baby.

I saw this aspiring Off-Broadway show last year; it had a lot of heart and was fun.  I hope it does well on Broadway.

This is another installment of the Latino Bloggers Series (formally known as "What Latino Bloggers Need To Do".

The Latino Blogosphere is now becoming more authoritative:  There are gossip sites, blog-journalists, witty-opinions, book reviews, independent voices, news sites, Venezuelan sites, activism, politics, marketers, authors. 

Note I said in the title that the Latino-blogosphere is maturing - not matured yet.  We can consider this the tip of the iceberg and the beginning of Latino Blogs maturing.  Just a few short years ago, Latino bloggers looked and felt like a faint aspiration of their author's intentions.  Those fledgling days are being outpaced by some of the strides made by Latino bloggers on a daily basis.  And now with election year upon us like salsa on a taco, we will see more establishments, organizations, reporters, shows, average Jose's look up Latino blogs than before.

Have you watched Grindhouse anthology by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino? You should; they are awesome.  Before Planet Terror, there are some faux trailers for movies that will never hit the big screen (or at least never intended to); although Machete will.

Nobody looks better throwing knives than our hero Danny Trejo, who plays a Mexican assassin hired by the US.  The trailer looks hilarious; and I enjoy Rodriguez's work, so I'll be seeing this one.  There are immigrants, politicians, assassins, victims, Mexicans and Americans.  You will eiter love it, or hate it.

I'm up to the second part of the book and I have to give props to Junot Diaz for writing a very engaging tale of a fat-nerdy Dominican kid growing up in New Jersey.  Constantly, we are told that Mr Diaz's voice is very unique, so I won't write the same (I think I just did). 

La Bloga, has a nice interview (you gotta love the La Bloga peeps).

From Amazon:  "This is the long-awaited first novel from one of the most original and memorable writers working today. Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku - the curse that has haunted the Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim. Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A true literary triumph, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao confirms Junot Diaz as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time."