I Farted Forcefully after Eating the Beans I Cooked.
Then I met an illegal who did not have a pot to Piss In and he stole my
Beans.
El Paso Gaso Hombre
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> I am not before you to argue that Chavez accomplished nothing, or that he
> is not a
> person of s"ignificance. He clearly is," said Hicks, a former executive
> director of
> the Los Angeles Human Relations Commission. "However, what remains
> disputable is
> whether or not his work and beliefs are worthy of recognition by all
> Americans.
> Honoring national figures in this way is something that should be
> carefully
> considered."
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> http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chavez8apr08,1,4610538.story?coll=la-headlines-california
>
> National honor for Cesar Chavez is pushed
> Two bills in Congress seek a monument to the farmworker icon.
> By Julie Cart Times Staff Writer
>
> There are national historic sites that honor the contributions of
> Revolutionary War
> heroes, commemorate the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln and even preserve
> the home of
> playwright Eugene O'Neill, but none that recognize a Latino.
>
> That may be about to change. The late labor leader Cesar Chavez is the
> focus of
> companion bills in Congress that would provide funds for the National Park
> Service to
> study how to honor Chavez: Is his story - decades spent unionizing and
> improving the
> working conditions of farmworkers - best told with a national trail, a
> historic site
> or a traditional landscaped park?
>
> The bipartisan bills are under consideration for the first time, despite
> previous
> attempts to nudge the proposal out of committee in both houses of
> Congress, said Rep.
> Hilda Solis, (D-El Monte), the legislation's House sponsor.
>
> "It's time," Solis said. "We've named roads and schools for him; we have a
> stamp with
> his portrait on it. It's not as though this person is someone who hasn't
> really
> earned this recognition."
>
> If the idea is approved, Park Service social scientists will consult with
> community
> leaders and make a recommendation to Congress, which has the sole
> authority to create
> a park.
>
> The proposal to honor Chavez is not without its opponents. In addition to
> those who
> object to the expansion of federal lands and holdings, other critics say
> Chavez's
> legacy is too unsettled.
>
> In his congressional testimony on the bills, Joe R. Hicks, vice president
> of the
> L.A.-based civil rights group Community Advocates Inc., said there is no
> national
> consensus about Chavez's contributions.
>
> I am not before you to argue that Chavez accomplished nothing, or that he
> is not a
> person of s"ignificance. He clearly is," said Hicks, a former executive
> director of
> the Los Angeles Human Relations Commission. "However, what remains
> disputable is
> whether or not his work and beliefs are worthy of recognition by all
> Americans.
> Honoring national figures in this way is something that should be
> carefully
> considered."
>
> Solis said that she was puzzled by opposition and that recognition for
> Chavez and
> Latinos was overdue.
>
> "We're the largest minority population; we're almost not a minority
> anymore," she
> said, adding that her bill is likely to move out of committee at the end
> of the
> month. "This is going to take years. But to me, this is already a small
> victory."
>
> Chavez was born near his family's farm near Yuma, Ariz. He and his family
> became
> migrant farmworkers after losing their land in the Depression. They
> relocated to
> California, and Chavez eventually settled in east San Jose.
>
> Beginning in the 1950s, Chavez worked to organize field workers and formed
> the
> National Farm Workers Assn., which later became the United Farm Workers.
>
> His efforts to improve working conditions in the fields led to the
> California
> Agricultural Labor Relations Act in 1975, which, among other things,
> protected
> farmworkers' right to organize.
>
> A follower of the nonviolent principles of Mohandas K. Gandhi, Chavez led
> strikes and
> boycotts. He sometimes fasted as a form of protest. His campaign to
> boycott table
> g.s became a nationally supported movement that lasted five years.
>
> "Cesar Chavez's legacy and his impact went far beyond the field that he
> worked in and
> the farmworkers he worked with. It went to the Midwest and places that
> never heard of
> farmworkers," said Paul S. Park, president of the Cesar E. Chavez
> Foundation.
>
> Chavez, who was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize, also
> worked to
> reduce pesticide use, became a vegetarian and lobbied for animal rights.
> He died in
> his sleep in 1993.
>
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