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Senator Jeff Sessions: KKK members are nice people unless they smoke pot.	When the Judges Are Also the Prosecutors
By Patrick Osio, Jr./HispanicVista.co September 25, 2009 Racists deny being racists because they don’t see themselves as such, unaware they are typical products of their environment. Take Alabama Senator Jefferson (as in Jefferson Davis president of the Confederate states) Sessions – born and raised in Alabama by parents also born and raised in Alabama from a line of ancestors tracing back to the early 1880s. Sessions was born into racism, baptized and confirmed as he grew up and through family and peer experience absorbed racism disguised as pure and true patriotism and true Americanism. To Sessions that all people are not equal and whites are superior is an inherent acceptance of fact, not racism.	By Sal Osio, JD *Mi Punto de Vista* From the Publisher’s Corner September 25, 2009 Assume for this purpose that you are a rabid USC Trojan fan, like I am, and that our team is playing its perennial rival, the Irish of Notre Dame. Now assume that the referee is a former coach of Notre Dame and that his calls are one sided and biased in favor of the Irish - for instance an obvious incomplete pass is called a touchdown - so much so that USC loses what otherwise should have been a fair and competitive game on the gridiron. What would your reaction be? Trojan fans would be furious. They would call for an investigation.
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!	Obama Fails Hispanics
By Richard N. Baldwin T. /HispanicVista.com September 25, 2009 *From Mexico City* It is well known that one of the important qualifications of a politician is to be an accomplished liar. But I must add that the present administration in the US has exceeded anything that I have ever seen before, anywhere	By Raoul Lowery Contreras September 25, 2009 As of today, the Obama Administration, a skeleton organization due to lack of appointments, is a failure. This failure has profound and disastrous impacts on Hispanic America.
Time for the Yellow Dogs to Bite the Blue Dogs	Mexico on razor’s edge, Calderon takes lead
By Steven J. Ybarra, JD/HispanicVista.com Sepetember 25, 2009 *Notas por La Casa Politica* I am a, tired of watching the spineless so called Blue Dog Democrats bending over for Glenn Beck and the right wingnuts (like Limbost). I want to know what the hell the Yellow Dogs are doing to put the pressure on the “Blue Dogs.” I am a member of a union, and have been all my employed life; I want to know why the Unions and the rest of us who fought for health care as a worker’s right are not	Mexico on razor’s edge, Calderon takes lead in jumpstarting transformation, but will congress follow? By Carlos Luken Mexican President Felipe Calderon didn’t hold back during his recent nationally televised addresses. His frank conversations acknowledged in no uncertain terms that the country’s current situation was complex, even unfeasible if it continued without major structural and legislative overhaul.
The Mexican civil meltdown.	Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Crucial Force in America
By Carlos Luken General enthusiasm was raised to fever pitch with Mexico ‘s 2000 election outcome. Results supposedly steered the country’s entry into a new era of democratic life and civilian self-rule to a nation that until then, had been controlled for seven decades by autocratic rule.	By Manuel Hernández Carmona According to “Hispanic in the United States”, an updated presentation of the United States Census Bureau, there are 44.3 million people of Hispanic/Latino origin living in the United States mainland. Puerto Ricans who migrated to the United States before, during and immediately after World War II
Teachable moments at a border symbol	E-mails on illegal immigration are eye-opening
By Hector Tobar Los Angeles Times I tried to give my kids a "teachable moment" when we drove through Tijuana this summer. But in the end, I was the one who got schooled. I figured it's a dad's responsibility to pass on certain lessons about the way the world works. So I showed my boys, ages 10 and 12, the fence that divides the United States from Mexico.	By Hector Tobar A deeper look at the facts contained in chain letters reveals hyperbole, exaggerations and misstatements by opponents. The e-mail that popped into my inbox started with an insult and included an attachment full of "facts."
Ilegal immigrants debate could potentially block reform	President Barack Obama could learn from Franklin D. Roosevelt
Los Angeles Times Editorial Granting them coverage is an explosive issue, but the charged debate shouldn't derail needed changes to the current health system. Opponents of healthcare reform argue that Congress would give illegal immigrants health insurance at taxpayer expense. The claim stirs a lot of resentment, particularly in border states struggling to cover the costs that undocumented immigrants impose on hospitals, schools and other public services. And although there may be valid reasons to improve the healthcare services these immigrants receive, it's a step lawmakers can't take without jeopardizing the reform effort as a whole.	The arguments against healthcare reform -- It's socialism. It will hurt private business and create a huge bureaucracy -- echo the ones made against Social Security, but FDR took control of that debate. By Nancy J. Altman Los Angeles Times Opponents have unleashed a torrent of hyperbolic claims and heated invective in an effort to stop President Obama's healthcare reform. But the president shouldn't be surprised by the rhetoric.
California association formed to promote Baja California medical tourism.	As U.S. Health Row Rages, Many Seek Care in Mexico
Baja California Medical Tourism Association is a state of California non-profit association From the Mexico border north through the Greater Los Angeles Region there are 24 million residents millions of them are faced with the need for affordable high quality medical services. To reach this vast audience the Baja California Medical Tourism Association (BCMTA www.BajaCaliforniaMedicalTourismAssociation.org) was organized as a state of California non-profit association for mutual benefit with offices in Tijuana and San Diego.	By Tim Gaynor NACO, Mexico, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Retired police officer Bob Ritz has health insurance that covers his medical and dental care in the United States. But every few months he drives from his home in Tombstone, Arizona, to this small town in northern Mexico to avoid the healthcare costs that aren't paid by insurance. "I pay $400 a month for my health insurance, and it's still cheaper to come to Mexico," says Ritz, 60, as he stood outside a sun-bleached pharmacy in Naco, a few hours drive southeast of Phoenix.
NEW AMERICANS IN THE PEACH AND VOLUNTEER STATES:	Seniors Remain Wary of Health-Care Reform
Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are an Economic Powerhouse in Georgia and Tennessee Washington D.C. - The Immigration Policy Center has compiled research which shows that immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are an integral part of Georgia's and Tennessee's economies and tax bases and are a growing share of voters in each state. As workers, taxpayers, consumers, and entrepreneurs, immigrants and their children are an economic powerhouse. As voters, they are a growing political force. As these states work towards economic recovery, immigrants and their children will continue to play a key role in shaping and growing their economic and political landscape.	Administration Aims to Reassure Older Americans Fearful of Losing Access to Care By Ceci Connolly Washington Post Staff Writer Senior citizens are emerging as a formidable obstacle to President Obama's ambitious health-care reform plans. The discontent in the powerful and highly organized voting bloc has risen to such a level that the administration is scrambling to devise a strategy to woo the elderly.
What the Drug War Needs is a Debate, Not a Disingenuous Battle Plan	State HMOs deny 1 in 5 claims, analysis shows
By Steve Schaffer, COHA Research Associate In what was to become a growing trend throughout much of Latin America, the Mexican government unleashed its security forces against the drug cartels several years ago in what ended up being a failed effort at interdiction. The strategy was then to change: On August 23, 2009, Mexico City announced that it would be eliminating jail time for possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana.	By Lisa Girion Los Angeles Times California HMOs reject one out of five medical claims, according to an analysis by the California Nurses Assn. of data the companies submit to the state. The analysis -- the first of its kind based on state government-collected data -- concluded that from 2002 through June 30, 2009, five of the largest insurers in the state rejected 31.2 million claims for medical care, or 21% of all claims.
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