La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for May 31, 2011
May 30, 2011
June 01, 2011
Transcript:
Chepe: The US Navy has named a ship for farm worker labor rights leader Cesar Chavez. Pepe: What? But Cesar Chavez was a pacifist. Chepe: And a navy veteran. Yes... worst two years of our lives. Pepe: !?
Edcole1961 almost 13 years ago
You could pick worse.
lewisbower almost 13 years ago
Military life. Staring at a photo and wishing you were home.
pschearer Premium Member almost 13 years ago
A ship named for Cesar Chavez? What’s next, the U.S.S. Jane Fonda?
Yukoneric almost 13 years ago
¡? ¡?¡?¡?¡?
Dirty Dragon almost 13 years ago
Of course there’s a whole ‘nother angle here, given that it’s a cargo ship.. ‘Serving’ the fleet?
Trebor39 almost 13 years ago
Go Cesar Chavez! You were a good man hated by many but still a good man!
gladlythecrosseyedbear almost 13 years ago
cesar chavez put america first — unlike our members of congress, who all seem to put america second as they kowtow to a foreign ruler
pschearer Premium Member almost 13 years ago
My recollection is that after Chavez organized the table-grape pickers, the grape growers switched to wine grapes which are picked by machine, ending up with growth in California wines and a drop in grape-picking jobs. Meantime, the grapes in my refrigerator are from Chili.