Bright Sunshiny Day

So we had four years of "Me the Man."

Now he's out of office and the days look much sunnier.

But I still have my firearms to preserve the sun shiny day.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81aY9aHz-Ro

True Tyrani

 So why is it taking so long for the new president to be determined?

As far back as I can remember we have never been in such a situation.

The president was recognized immediately.

Nowadays we have a dictator in office. And he does not want to be removed.

He is using all the tactics that he has already used on his contractors.

He hires them to build his projects.

And when the projects are complete he sues them.

He declares that they were not built to "his" specifications.

With the money that he has he stomps to the ground his adversaries.

My Edumacation

So, today I was at work. I was assigned to work with a guy I hadn't worked with before. No problem there. I can work people of different backgrounds, cultures, races, religious beliefs, educational levels, etc., etc., etc.

But anyway. At one point the guy came over to me and asked me where I grew up and when did I graduate from high school.

So I told him that I grew up in Oakland and that I graduated from high school way back then. Honestly I didn't remember the year. I simply don't think about it anymore. If I really care I can look for my diploma and it will have the date. But I think it was in 1986.

As I sat here and watched some YouTube videos I wondered why he would ask me when had I graduated from high school. Then it dawned on me that he probably thought I was some type of high school drop out or simply someone with little or no education.

WTF! What an ass-hole!

The grand-buffoon obviously doesn't know that I'm a college graduate. I have a Bachelor's degree in business administration. I also have an Associate's degree in general studies and I have a second Associate's degree pending as I type this. When I tested for the position I'm in I ranked 8th place out of hundreds of applicants.

This coming Monday I'm going to ask him in front of everyone else why he asked me when did I graduate from high school. And then I'm going to ask him "Do you have a college degree? Because I have two and a third one pending. How about you?" Tee-hee!

Protesters In Portland

 Today I read an article regarding some protesters in Portland, Oregon.

https://news.yahoo.com/protesters-knock-down-roosevelt-lincoln-073451782.html

Evidently they toppled over statues of former Presidents Roosevelt and Lincoln presumably for their hostility towards Native Americans. 

As I read that article I wondered how many of those protesters are Native American or at least have a significant amount of Native American in their background. I'm going to venture to say that very few, if any!

I'm approximately half Native American and half European, mostly Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese). To be exact, I'm 42% Native, 42% European, about 2% - 5% North African and the rest is undefined. For all practical purposes and intents I'm Mestizo, as described by Jose Vasconcelos in "La Raza Cosmica." It is from this notion of Mestizo and La Raza Cosmica that the name of my blog comes from.  Raza Nueva means New Race - a new culture, a new people.

Espanol Yndia Serrana...Produce Mestizo

(Spanish and Indian produce Mestizo)

I'm Mestizo, I'm a mix of Native American and White European. I'm a member of the new race, the new culture, the people, born when the white conquistadors intermixed with the native population. If anyone has anything to say about Christopher Columbus it should be me and my people, not those violent, destructive, anarchist protesters.

If anyone has gripes against Roosevelt and Lincoln for their hostility towards Native Americans it should be me and my people, not those protesters.

The world can rest assured that those protesters do not represent me! They do not speak for me! I do not need their assistance in any way, form, nor fashion. Those protesters are just violent and destructive anarchists. All they want is a reason to carry out their destructive behavior. 

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette was not French. She was born November 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria. She was born to Maria Theresa, empress of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I.

She was pledged to marry Louis-Auguste, the future King Louis XVI.

Their reign didn't go down in history very well. She was beheaded by the Revolutionary Tribunal. This is the same revolution led by Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary tribunal ended the French Monarchy.

Napoleon, as I have written in previous posts, is the weak link in the chain. It was Napoleon who sold the Louisiana Territory to the fledgling United States in 1803. Napoleon did not even lift a finger to fight for France's territories. He straight away signed on the dotted line and handed the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.

See my post "Cinco de Mayo," dated May 5, 2017.

Marie Antoinette was beheaded by the Revolutionary Tribunal. The French Monarchy ended and Napoleon took power, he sold out to the United States and the French and Spanish Empire in the New World ended.

Marie Antoinette is the one credited for the phrase "Let them eat cake."

Dark Day

The California fires we have been having these last several weeks are really taking their toll on our atmosphere.

I slept in today. First I woke up around 6:30 am but decided that I didn't really want to get up. So I simply rolled over and fell asleep again. Damn! I slept another six hours! When I woke up again it was a little past 12:30 pm.

It was mid-day but as I looked around my room I noticed that it was dark. As if it was just before sunrise. I looked at the window and noticed that it was dark. It definitely didn't look as if it was mid-day.

I immediately got out of bed and went to the window and pulled open the curtains. Wow! It was dark and grey outside. I had to see this so I got dressed and rushed out the door to the porch. I looked around and saw that the sun was not even visible through the overcast and smoke.

Here in the Bay Area overcast skies are common but enough sunlight makes it through so that the day isn't dark. But today was different. Due to the smoke from the northern California fires the day was exceptionally dark.

French in My Background

After taking a couple of DNA tests it turns out that I do indeed have some French in my background.

Not very much.

Mostly I have way more Native American and Spanish.

But somehow through my maternal lineage I'm distantly related to Marie Antoinette.

This doesn't surprise me. I knew that the French indeed made it into Mexico. That they somehow made it into my family I did not know.

But circumstances weren't always favorable to them.

See my posts:

Cinco de Mayo, posted May 5, 2017
Friday the 13th & A Full Moon September, posted 13, 2019

One day I and my brother in-law were talking about Mexican history. I brought up the subject of how the French had made the New World Anglo Saxon.

Later I found out that he was about 15% French.

Last year I went to Mexico for the very first time in about 40 years.

See my posts:

"Off to Mexico, I went," and "The Cemetery," posted January 17, 2020

I had the opportunity to see my favorite cousin again. In one of our conversations she said that she is part French.

WTF!!!!!

I eventually had the opportunity to have a beautiful conversation with her. And she confirmed to me that she indeed is part French.

This all left me dumbfounded.

After all the crap that I said about France it turns out that I have relatives with a French background and that I myself am distantly related to Marie Antoinette.

You gotta see my next post "Marie Antoinette."