HOPE_Legislative_Agenda_for_2013 (wordpress.com)
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I very much appreciated the presentation by Joey Cardenas* last eve at the Seguin LULAC Council 682 meeting! (*Chair, Hispanics Organized for Political Education https://stacemedellin.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/hope_legislative_agenda_for_2013.pdf )
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However, “stubborn and generally out-spoken” as I am, I must make a “couple” of comments re yesterday’s session.
1.I do have some understanding of Hispanic positions on issues re …
o job opportunities in & attractiveness of high-paying fields even though they may be very socio-/eco-disruptive & destructive, e.g. the fossil energy/material industry,
o gun rights and control,
o impact of recent immigrants in the LRGV & elsewhere,
o right to life & freedom of choice,
o good & appropriate education opportunities for Latinos,
o etc., etc.
… THOUGH CERTAINLY NOT THROUGHLY (e.g., the extremely complex differences in mindsets, ethos, & voting tendencies of: Latinos in the LRGV and those established further north; recent immigrants; Californians; folk in various barrios of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Miami, Dallas, San Antonio, … ; Miami Cuban-Americans; Mexican-, Puerto Rican-, Salvadoreño-Americans … rich versus poor, rural vs. urban, Catholics vs. Protestant evangelicals, young vs. old, etc., etc..
2. Nevertheless, I must strongly emphasize that …
o “rampant” global climate change (& causal elements such as number of humans/individuals of domesticated species & conspicuous consumption and results such as loss of biodiversity & net primary productivity, and sustainable local agriculture production),
o killings with guns especially suicides & within family- and friend-/neighborhood-units in society, … as well as
o disparity &
o extreme poverty … (and
o military power–armaments including nuclear, guns, soldiers, … and INEVITABLE War vs. rigorous diplomacy and pacifism) …
must be seriously addressed by Latinos in concert with a profound & holistic adherence to:
o an ethic of reciprocity (the Golden Rule),
o the Precautionary Principle,
o the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, and
o ecological principles, processes, and values
… and NOW!!!
pbm
7 S’s / VV->^^
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