John Redcorn Soothes Mother Earth

I remember it like it was yesterday, sitting in a dorm room watching the series premiere of “King of the Hill” and Joseph Gribble’s first appearance. The punchline of course was his appearance, nothing like perceived father Dale but closely resembling that of his mom’s “friend”, John Redcorn.

At that point I don’t think I had laughed harder at anything I had watched on television. Chris Rock’s “Bigger and Blacker” topped it a couple years later.

At any rate, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently said that God was “Bolivarian” (As in Simon Bolivar not Bolivia but who’s counting?)

Bolivia’s President, Evo Morales, recently attended the aftershock-tinged inauguration of Chile’s new President.

Here’s a shot from the ceremony (photo credit: Claudio Santana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images),

As seen in the pic, Evo Morales (left) appears to be manipulating the aftershocks.

God may not be “Bolivarian” but the luminaries in attendance should thank Him that Evo seemingly has things under control.

Hugo Chavez is an Indian

King Juan Carlos of Spain had the chutzpah to do what many have wanted to do, tell Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to “shut up”. I believe the King’s exact words were “¿Por qué no te callas?” [Why don’t you shut up?]

Look, I’m not advocating for this kind of outburst even if someone has it coming like Chavez certainly has for a long time, Hollywood celebrities and American ex-Presidents groveling at his feet notwithstanding.

Nor am I here to criticize Chavez’ policies or rants against the current American administration. Far be it for me to do this seeming how it is a cardinal sin for a Mexican to criticize the leader of another Latin American country. After all we are led to believe that Señor Castro is a saint and Cuba’s woes are the fault of the Norteamericanos.

Forget the fact that the only thing that unites Mexicans and Venezuelans is Spanish heritage, for the native populations of both countries are different. Which brings me to the main thrust of this post.

Naturally, Mr. Chavez was not thrilled with the King’s request and thus has demanded an apology from the monarch,

“Chavez demands apology from Spain’s king”

Now a quote from Chavez was of utmost interest to me,

Chavez claims he neither saw nor heard the king, as he (Chavez) was addressing Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero at the Ibero-American summit.

“If I had heard him … I would have stared him down like an Indian, because I am an Indian and a little bit black and white,” he said.

Stared him down like an Indian? Someone should inform El Presidente how effective the Indians were in defeating the Spanish Conquista of the Americas.

The fact that Chavez said this in Spanish gives testimony to how effective the Indians were.