Thursday, May 03, 2012

It's Satire! - Or Is It?

That thin line between reality and chaos: otherwise known as the Mexican border!

I always liked the Mexican border in the Colorado Desert between Arizona and Sonora, where Highway 2 between Hermosillo and Tijuana comes up within a few hundred feet of the parallel dirt road in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, with that thin border lying in-between.

The First-World Mexicans ride on the paved road knowing full-well they are passing through a blasted wilderness. The Third-World Americans ride on the dirt road knowing full-well they are passing through a park. Which interpretation is real, and which is fantasy? Just too surreal!:
If Governor Jan Brewer gets her way, Arizona radio stations will soon be prohibited from playing Latino music over the airwaves. On May 3, the Arizona House will vote on a bill that would ban any music that:

1. Promotes the overthrow of the United States government.

2. Promotes resentment toward a race or class of people.

3. Is designed primarily for listeners of a particular ethnic group.

4. Advocates ethnic solidarity instead of treating listeners as individuals.

According to the bill, “Any music that includes more than five words in a language other than English will be reviewed by an independent commission for seditious overtones.” By these standards, many popular artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Shakira, Pitbull and Selena Gomez will likely find their songs banned from Arizona radio stations. According to Brewer, this legislation is necessary to “curb the growing use of subversive music to manipulate young Latinos into hating the United States.”

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