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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Power to the MexiCANs


A.Villaraigosa
Originally uploaded by Ramses 3rd.
Ever seen that dumb-ass movie called "Once Upon A Time In Mexico"? There is this cheap-ass bit of dialoge that Jonny Depp vomits out; he asks Danny Trejo: "Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T?"

Well, it looks like Antonio Villaraigosa is a MexiCAN! He kicked Jimmy Hahn the fuck out of office. The first time that's happened to a first term Mayor in LA since the 1970s?!?! And Villaraigosa is the first Latin mayor since the 1870s, two centuries ago!?! Just goes to show you that even though LA is a mostly Hispanic town, they never knew how ot organize themselves to take the political reigns and run shit.

Talk about fucking up, Jimmy! Apparently, the niggas in LA weren't going to get behind Jimmy 'cause he sacked Police Chief Bernard Parks (who is African-American) in favor of William Bratton, the white man who beat the shit out of New York in the 90s (under Guiliani); you know the head of NYPD during the Amadu Dialo shooting and the Abner Luima plunger up the ass trick by white coppers.

Blacks in LA weren't too happy about that [incididently, there have been some pretty fucked up treatment of LA niggas since Bratton came in to power - at least two widely publicized shooting where the cops unleashed well over a 100 bullets on unarmed, under-20 black men], so LA Niggaz stuck it to Jimmy Hahn and dapped up the Mexican. Who might be a good mayor -- but unless he figures a way to deal with the God-awful transportation issues in LA then he's just another hoe-ass the Donkey Party got elected.

Jimmy initially refused to give up the post, thinking that the results could swing his way. He must have been smoking the crack LAPD and the Feds have been piping in the South Central the last two decades.

This marks an interesting turning point for the city that houses the greatest propaganda machine the world has yet seen. But don't expect Hollywood to take notice of the Latins running the politics, they might seek to have those westside communities seperate from LA proper.

I'm surprised that niggas were even considered as a determining factor, 'cause Black people just get taken for granted politically. As they have no true option when it comes to voting. Any Black vote for the Elephant-ass Party is one that signifies "I'm a dumb-fuck who couldn't careless about people, the environment or the future BUT I'm going to claim that I do."

Now all that needs to happen is to have Michael Jackson be found guilty -- not that I think he is, but I want to see how the drama unfolds if that happens.

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