My status during the Vietnam War

My lottery number was 274. Even though I knew I would not be subject to the draft, I applied to become an officer in the Marine Corps. To this day, I believe that the reasons the Marines did not accept me were racial.

Sons of Zapata

Farm Workers Strike, Starr County Texas. 1960s

James Talarico and his racist whistle?

I hate to burst Talarico’s bubble, but he won in 2018; he should give a lot of credit to Beto O’Rourke, whose very large tail helped get a lot of Democrats elected for the first time, including Lina Hidalgo here in Harris County.

Puro Mēxihcano.

Puro Mēxihcano, sangre de indios, Aztecs, Apache, Navajo, and probably several others, throw in some Irish, French, Jewish,, we represent the world.

Some Family History

My roots, probably more exiting than Roots the mini-series. Most of my ancestors were people who lived on the frontier for decades, fighting Indians, and Gabachos. They did not flee they remained here choosing to be Americans.

Houston we have a problem, No Money

Updates Click the images to watch the video; it is on Facebook, and I don’t believe you need a Facebook

The Sound of the Accordion and Vallenatos

Twentieth Century Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez declared himself a big admirer of the genre – he even dubbed

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