Reagan High School flies Mexican flag
by Owen Courrèges · 03/30/2006 9:43 amNot too smart, Bobbie. Not too smart at all:
Say it ain’t so, Principal Bobbie!"
Reagan High School Principal Robert Pambello was ordered to remove a Mexican flag Wednesday morning that he had hoisted below the U.S. and Texas flags that typically fly in front of his school — a symbol he agreed to fly to show support for his predominantly Hispanic student body.
[...]
The Mexican flag has become a lightning rod in the immigration debate that’s consumed the city and the nation this week. Students say the flag represents their pride in the contributions Mexicans make to this country. Critics, though, said watching young Hispanics in the streets with the red, green and white flags is more than they can stand. These youngsters are in the United States and should — at the least — carry the U.S. flag, they argue.
"The whole thing just makes my blood boil," said Bruce R. Wing, a 52-year-old Missouri City resident. "I want them all out of here."
Wing said the Houston Independent School District should fire Pambello.
HISD leaders said no decision has been made about possible discipline against the principal, who declined interview requests Wednesday.
This wasn’t in the barrio, either. Reagan High is right smack in the middle of the Houston Heights. That a principal there would find it appropriate to fly a Mexican flag is not only offensive, but also exhibits a level of stupidity that we should not have to expect from school administrators.
Still, I don’t believe that this scandal ought to make the school any more notorious than it already is, what with Dan Rather having graduated from there and all. However, if students go through with this plan, perhaps it might be time to bulldoze the school and start over:
Some Reagan students said they will try to raise a Mexican flag again today. They said they want it to fly at least above the Texas flag on the pole."Just because you’re in the country doesn’t mean you can’t show your culture," said Lewis Ramirez, 16, a sophomore at Reagan High
Geez, haven’t they taught these rugrats not to mess with Texas? It’s like the first thing you’re supposed to know when moving there. For shame!
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This article and others refer to the flying of the Mexican flag not as a symbol of sedition or loyalty to Mexico, but as a symbol of their Mexican Heritage.
OK..let’s give them the benefit of the doubt. But then the next time someone proud of their Southern Heritage flies the Confederate Battle Flag, I don’t want to here all the cries of racism.
You can’t have it both ways. Either flying a flag represents loyalty to another country/ideals or it represents heritage. You can’t accept the heritage argument for one group and reject it for another.
These llegals don’t understand. We have laws in this country. And their actions with both the US Flag and the Texas Flag are crimes. That is why we need tougher immigtation laws
‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free’.
Well, I for one, am ready to gag this lady and take the torch away from her.
Is the political backlash beginning?
http://redinktexas.blogspot.com/2006/03/call-to-protest.html
It was my understanding, and many times I am wrong, that the school district is a subdivision of the state, and is not authorized to fly the flag of a foriegn soverign nation. It may be a violation of state law, still checking.
The Revo lu’cion is about to begin between the illegals and the citizens.
Let ‘em fly the Mexican flag…south of the border!
…and, no wonder HS test scores are so low. How can an idiot teach anything or lead teachers? This guy eclipsed Peter’s Principle a long time ago. Fire him!!
…lasty, I noticed NONE OF THE LOCAL TV WEBSITES make mention of this incident. NONE…too afraid to offended their predominent viewership?
From a previous news article
Many of the 500,000 people who crammed downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to protest legislation that would make criminals out of illegal immigrants learned where, when and even how to demonstrate from the Spanish-language media.
For English-speaking America, the mass protests in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities over the past few days have been surprising for their size and seeming spontaneity.
But they were organized, promoted or publicized for weeks by Spanish-language radio hosts and TV anchors as a demonstration of Hispanic pride and power.
Fine, let them fly that Mexican flag all they want to, but withold all Federal and State funds from that school as long as it is flying on the school flag pole. Then wait and see how long that Mexican flag stays on the flag pole. Also parents need to be fined for students skipping school to protest. What is wrong with marching on Sat or Sunday?
I guess in the name of diversity and cultural pride, Mr. Pambello will fly the stars and bars next January to honor Robert E. Lee on his birthday.
I was listening to the radio station that took the place of KLOL a few minutes ago while out in the shop. In case anyone doesn’t know, KLOL wasa fixture on the local FM radio, album rock, they started in 1971 (I believe) and were loyal to their listeners. They were owned by Clear Channel and converted into a Hispanic hip-hop-something in spanish station to make more pesos, screw their loyal listeners! Anyway, I was listening to them talk about the recent events (all I could listen to was abuot 1 minute). A commercial came on and I remembered that these guys were responsible for publicizing the protests.
I had an eppifian.. epifa.. eppiffann… an idea…
If we hit them in the pocketbook and decided to not buy from, and let their sponsors know that we do not appreciete these stations helping people break our laws and thumb their noses at America and Americans….. regardless of our skin color, we are Americans and we all spend the same color of money!
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 11. STATE SYMBOLS AND HONORS; PRESERVATION
SUBTITLE A. STATE SYMBOLS AND HONORS
CHAPTER 3100. STATE FLAG
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
———-
§ 3100.057. DISPLAY ON FLAGPOLE OR FLAGSTAFF WITH FLAGS OF
OTHER STATES, OTHER NATIONS, OR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. (a)
If the state flag is displayed with the flag of another state of the
United States, of a nation other than the United States, or of an
international organization, the state flag:
(1) should be, from the perspective of an observer, to
the left of the other flag on a separate flagpole or flagstaff; and
(2) should not be above the other flag on the same
flagpole or flagstaff or on a taller flagpole or flagstaff than the
flagpole or flagstaff on which the other flag is displayed.
(b) This section does not apply to the United States,
including the armed services, if federal custom or practice
requires another manner of display.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 7.001, eff. Sept. 1,
2001.
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This is a perfect example of the type administrators that are running the majority of our schools and districts everywhere. This type of poor judgment and leadership is rampant in our school systems, and believe me, not just HISD.
Wake up Honkey’s , you are now the minority.
I pass a business on my way to and from work everyday that flies the Mexican flag. I think I will call them and say I am offended. Will the ACLU come to my defense? Will Jesse Jackson hold a prayer vigil? What will the response be? More to follow. . .
#9 m9777
LOL, the only ones still watching our local TV stations are members of the minority population,
Dang, I forgot, they are now in the majority.
Well, I guess I’ve lurked in the shadows long enough. Time to come out and join the discussion.
I have been amazed lately by the growing debate over who “owns” the United States – especially the southern states. It has been galvanized by recent talk of clamping down on border security and discussions of what to do about the millions of illegal “immigrants” who have flooded across our borders for decades.
This premise is in and of itself, based on a faulty assumption – primarily that the land ever belonged to them to begin with.
Accepting the idea that some part of the U.S. belongs to Mexico because it was once “stolen” from them necessitates that one accept the idea that it was once theirs to begin with. There are only two ways that this could be; either because it was once their native land, or because they conquered it and held it through Right of Conquest.
A brief look at the history of the area easily negates the former assumption. If any group can claim Mexico as their native land, it is the descendants of the Native Americans that lived in that region for centuries before the Conquistadores ever set foot in the Americas. Unfortunately, there are few of these descendents left - the Spanish Conquistadores methodically decimated the indigenous peoples as they conquered the land in the name of Church and State.
When the Conquistadores began their conquest of Mexico, there were an estimated 20 – 25 million Aztecs in the region. After they were finished, there were less than one million. Since that time, most have either died out, or interbred with Spanish descendants to the point that they are nonexistent as a political entity.
History tells us that the Aztecs took the land from the Toltecs, who in turn took it from the Mayans, who took it from the Olmecs. In short, one would be hard pressed to find the original “owners” of the land now known as Mexico.
Let us therefore, assume instead that the “Reconquistadores” are basing their claim on Right of Conquest. Clearly, considering the history of the Americas, that is their only option. Right of Conquest is basically a political term for “I’m strong enough to take it, so it’s mine.”
Granted, Wikipedia offers a slightly more technical definition:
“The right of conquest is the purported right of a conqueror to territory taken by force of arms. It was sometimes considered a principle of international law from the 16th to the early 20th centuries.”
A corollary to this “right” derives from the definition of the word “conquer” which is:
1. To defeat or subdue by force, especially by force of arms.
2. To gain or secure control of by, or as if by, force of arms: scientists battling to conquer disease; a singer who conquered the operatic world.
3. To overcome or surmount by physical, mental, or moral force: I finally conquered my fear of heights.
Clearly, the Conquistadores did conquer and subjugate the existing peoples of the region as they expanded the Imperial territories of Spain. While this is obviously not an acceptable method of expansion in modern times, things were different then and, right or wrong, it was the way things were done.
The conquest of Mexico began, as stated above, with the subjugation of the Aztecs by Spanish Conquistadores. Ten generations later, in 1810, class warfare between Spanish born Mexicans, Mexican born descendents of Spanish born, and Indians and crossbred Mestizos, led to another bloody war. The War for Mexican Independence lasted ten years, and culminated in the establishment of a new nation. This was yet another instance of the land being taken by force.
This brings us to the point at which the “Reconquistadores” seem to want to freeze time. A newly formed, independent nation controlled the land now known as Mexico, as well as much of the land that is now part of the Southern United States. Unfortunately, history does not stand still.
Beginning in the 1820’s, the newly independent Mexico realized that they did not have the population necessary to hold much of their northern territories, and so issued an invitation for settlers willing to convert to Catholicism, and declare allegiance to Mexico. Thousands of Americans accepted the offer, and moved to the new lands. Before long though, many of the settlers in Texas became disenchanted with a government that they saw as corrupt.
In 1835, civil war erupted in the Mexican Territory of Tejas. This was not a battle with the United States. It was a battle fought between citizens of Mexico, amongst themselves, for the right to govern themselves independently. Its resolution was the formation of the independent Republic of Texas in 1836 with the Treaty of Velasco. Still, Mexico did not immediately accept the Treaty, claiming that it was signed by Santa Anna while under duress, while he was a prisoner of the Texans. Over the next several years, the Republic of Texas and Mexico engaged in a series of savage border battles which caused much of the U.S. citizenry to openly sympathize with the Texans. Partly because of these continued hostilities with Mexico, Texas later joined the United States by way of The Treaty of Annexation April 12, 1844, which was approved by the U.S Congress on July 4, 1845.
Meanwhile, westward expansion of the United States via “Manifest Destiny” further eroded the already strained political relations between the US and Mexico. When attempts to purchase the lands in 1835, and again in 1845 were rejected, the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846. At stake was the ownership of much of the land Mexico claimed. The U.S. – Mexico War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and the cession of vast lands from Mexico to the United States. They had been acquired the same way that Mexico had acquired them, through Right of Conquest.
Recall the definitions listed above. The definition of the verb “conquer” indicates that it is not enough to simply invade a land - the invader must also be able to “secure control of” the land.
Therefore, if the people of one of Mexico’s territories take up arms, declare their independence from Mexico, and successfully repel the Mexican government’s attempts to bring them back under their rule, then they have successfully seceded from Mexico, and are de facto, independent. From the time that Texas successfully gained independence from Mexico, Mexico had no further say in what Texas could or couldn’t do.
And from the time the United States won the U.S. – Mexico War, and Mexico ceded its Northern Territories to them, Mexico had no further say in those lands, either.
By the precedent of their own history of acquisition by Right of Conquest, Mexico has absolutely no right to any of the land presently held by the United States.
[Sm1ley looks down to find that he has apparently found himself a soapbox, and sheepishly steps down off of it].
Sorry to go off like that, folks. Hypocrisy just sets me off, and someone claiming to own part of the U.S. because it was taken from them in the same manner that they took it to begin with is hypocrisy - pure and simple.
#13
Great Idea boycott all the sponsors of KLOL - then they won’t be laughing or protesting anything.
I told one guy at our office after he claimed how proud he was of the students - that this could easily begin a civil war and that would get nasty fast as this ain’t LA.
Funny thing is when I was in a foxhole I never notice what color the guy was.
I have an idea.
These immigrants, whether legal or illegal, are saying that they have built America, and that they are doing jobs that Americans are refusing to do. If that is the case, they can prove this, by going back to wherever they came from, and watching America fall on its face. When we say, “Ok, you were right. Please come back”, think of the satisfaction they will have. I can’t think of a better way for them to drive their point !!!
now, i’m one least of native Texans to be seen as a “true” Texan. (i mean speaking russian, loving snow-skiing; if that aint “not” Texas, i dont know what is).
However, as smiley above and mr. hendee’s better half will tell you; Texas won its independence with a very few brave men from mexico.
There is no way the mexican flag ever flies above the Texas flag !(at least not within my sight and reach of my pocket-knife).
FedUpCracker - LMAO - what a great moniker for this thread!
Dugger Says: (post 16)
sm1ley
#19
Thanks for the history lesson! These people have no concept of their own history much less American history
e-mail I sent to half of the city of Houston leaders.
—————-
>To: rpambell@houstonisd.org
>Subject: Flying the MEXICAN FLAG???!!!
>Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:29:32 -0600
>
>Mr. Pambello,
>
>What exactly compelled you to fly the Mexican Flag at your school? In your
>effort to appease angry students you went against the very basics of
>American Flag etiquette.
>
>
>4. When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies
>are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the
>latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent
>staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered
>last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United
>States or to the right of the flag of the United States (the viewer’s
>left). When the flag is half-masted, both flags are half-masted, with the
>US flag at the mid-point and the other flag below.
>http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html
>
>
>I believe you handled this in a very irresponsible manner. Instead of
>this action, you should make the students understand that those people that
>are here illegally should embrace the country they live in rather than fuel
>the hatred shown by students across the city. I, as a tax paying citizen
>of Houston would like an explanation immediately. I personally do not
>have children attending HISD schools yet I still have to pay very high
>taxes to pay for the rest of those people that attend.
>
>I expect a response. Additionally, I will be writing to the Bill White
>and the HISD superintendent to get additional feedback on this matter.
>
>J Loera
#19
Lots of information..
Being of Hispanic decent myself I really dislike the notion that all Hispanics agree with the protest going on concerning Immigration reform. I think it’s sorely needed.
I personally dislike anyone coming here from any country for a better life then living off tax funded social services as well as burdening our school and health care systems.
We pay enough in Taxes now we can’t afford to carry everyone. If you came here to work hard, follow our laws, and honor this country the United States of America before your own then “Welcome to America”. If not “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out”.
#19 Sm1ley
Well said, but the true motivation of these protesters is not to take back what they think was stolen from them. Their desire, plain and simple, is to milk the system for all it’s worth because their liberal leaders on both sides of the border have brainwashed them into believing that they are entitled to everything and that they shouldn’t have to do anything to earn it.
Children will be children (as long as we let them).
#2. And what laws are those? Please elaborate!
If they love Mexico that much they need to go back. I don’t care if some of these kids were born here…ship them back with their parents!
I think you march is too late!
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=d5ed6dff-2718-4de5-a296-b17a30d9b2f2&f=00
#10. And what is wrong with that?
#17. I drive by one that has 20 different flags flying outside, what does that have to do with anything?
To Sm1ley #19
That was great. Hey I was standing below the soapbox and listening attentively, and I agree.
And all this time people thought a civil war would be between the blacks and the whites. My, how times have changed.
That does it, I’m going to get out my dusty old confederate flag! I am SO sick of seeing Mexican flags all over the place. Did I wake up in Mexico this morning? How the hell did that happen?????
The Texas flag has the right to be at the same height as the US flag. It is the only state that has that right.
You’re welcome, neocon (#25)
Sorry to go off into the weeds like that. I guess I just get tired of people with selective memories making claims that have no relevance to the modern world. I am partly native american, and I figure that if anyone has a right to whine about who “owns” the Americas, I can jump right in there with them. However, the reality is that THIS is the world we live in, and complaining about the past is useless.
If we end up with a single terrorist in Texas who snuck a satchel nuke into Houston, does anyone really think he will care whether he kills Caucasians or Latinos? The border issue is should NOT be a matter of appeasement. Security should be the only consideration.
#38,
I love Texas too, but that is urban legend.
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/texasflag.asp
Sm1ley
I for one am glad you are not “lurking in the shadows” anymore! Welcome!
Boycott businesses that prefer Mexico to the US. Boycott Businesses that advertise on Spanish Radio,TV, and Print!!!!!!!!!!!!
SEND A MESSAGE. TO BUSINESS AND POLITICIANS!!!
THIS WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR POLITICIANS AS WELL WHEN BIG COMPANIES BEGIN TO PULL ADS AND BUCKLE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL CAN DO. I CAN’T GO TO THE BORDER LIKE DJ, OR NOT SEND IN MY TAXES. BUT…I CAN SPEND MY MONEY WHERE I PLEASE!!!!
LET’S DO IT!! IT’S DO-ABLE. WE CAN DO WITHOUT BUYING A CAR OR BUYING A PARTICULAR BRAND OF SOFT DRINK, BEER, TOOTHPASTE, WHATEVER PRODUCT OR SERVICE!
#38
Nope, on separate flagpoles, any state flag can fly at same height as the US Flag. On the same flagpole, the US flag must be flown at a higher position.
#42
Sounds good - but since I don’t speak mexican - I have no idea which company to boycot.
It’s time to have a national language - and only that language is allowed on the airwaves.
By the way the language would be english.
Day 3 - I am going INSANE. My BP has gone up. I will not watch any local or national news. I have to calm down. But as I was driving in to work I see all these mexicans driving POS’s and I am about to commit ROAD RAGE. Then I realize calm down….remember that Rancher in South Texas who lost his ranch to some illegal. &%$#@^$%#*%
dpal what is a POS?
#46
A piece of s**t.
Send ‘em all back. We still got Taco Bell.
Thanks Buddy - Well forgot to mention POS with NO INSURANCE
re #28…remain silent among your friends and associates makes you no different that a “peaceful Muslim” remaining quiet in regards to Muslim terrorists. Make a difference…speak up publicly-make some real noise…don’t just BLOG it.
#44. WOW I sure hope you are acting stupid and you are not really that stupid! Since when do we speak American? lol
IF They raise there flag we might raise ours and kicke their AStricks
#28
Well said - it’s the legal immigrants who will win this issue but only when they are outspoken enough to be heard
Did this principal fly an Irish flag 2 weeks ago? I didn’t think so.
#51
Yep - I said MEXICAN because that is the group causing the problem…. I did not see flags from any other Central American country - only Mexico. You walk down a street in the USA carrying a flag of another country be it England, Spain, or Mexico telling me what our government should do…. Me and you have problems. If you are here legaly then your are an American not a mexican-american or african-american. I’m sick and tired of all this PC cr*p being shoved down my throat. Arm the border and stop the illegals any way you have too.
#28
That saying I heard is, ‘don’t let the door hit your where the good Lord split you’. So I like your verbage too.
#45
To this day, I don’t understand how that happened. Firstly, they were illegal, secondly, they were trespassing. ILLEGAL folks.
Tejano
Check and see and you will find that there are laws covering both the height and placement of the American Flag and the Texas flag both.
Hey guys, don’t feed the trolls.
Fire him!
No Matter How You Package It, Illegal Is Illegal
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13651
#39
“…does anyone really think he will care whether he kills Caucasians or Latinos? “…
Latinos are Caucasians.
#28 Yesterday I asked for Mexican decendants to participate and speak their mind.
It appears the intelligencia here would rather spend their time with Tejano than with someone who would contribute to better understanding of the divisions in the Mexican community.
They cannot differentiate between Americans of Mexican descent and illegal migrants. This to all creates a terrible sociatal problem. A divide between two groups of Americans that think the same but are being cleved by ignorance.
I live in the barrio.
2 P.M. 9/11/01 I walked out side to the curb a big black chevy pickup whirved around the street corner, it had a Mexican driver, it had an American flag mounted on the left and right front fenders.
I gave a thumbs up and received same.
I am sick and tired of “GROUP ELITISM”
We AMERICANS, very very few of us do not have ancestors from another land, are descendants of immigrants.
All Americans should ackowledge all Americans and together deal with illegal migrants.
The guy is lucky he didn’t accidentally raise the confederate flag. He’d be hanging from that pole about now.
#65
You’re the man to do it.
“Just because you’re in the country doesn’t mean you can’t show your culture” - But I guess you can show your clASS.
Unfortunately, this is a problem that our government “allowed” to happen and I think the reasonable thing to do is to allow the illegals to “earn” their citizenship over a 5 to 10 year period (it shouldn’t be any easier than the legal emigration process) or be required to go back. But before I agree to that I want the government (whether it be the federal, state or local government, I don’t care who) to (1) shut the border and (2) I want the illegals to not receive any more free benefits until they earn their citizenship.
What we don’t want is another 20 million illegals in 10 more years. And we are tired of handing out freebies to people who broke our laws to get here in the first place.
What I really, really don’t understand is what they are so damn proud of (displaying their Mexican flags and chanting viva Mexico)… the Mexican government is incredibly corrupt (at almost all levels), medical care is terrible, public education and transportation laughable, jobs and opportunities non-existent, they obviously left for good reasons - so what’s there to be proud of.
What’s interesting is how Mexicans (that really live in Mexico) treat and talk to Mexican-Americans (real American citizens) that travel down to Mexico on vacation or business. I have a couple of Mexican-American friends and it’s kind of eye-opening to say the least.
Unfortunately, this native 5th generation Texan doesn’t think he’ll be able to retire in Texas. My sister and parents have already moved and I’ll probably have to seriously consider moving my family and business elsewhere. Taxes are too damn high and services are deteriorating rapidly. Heaven forbid that you get sick and need to go to an emergency room in Houston.
Hoisting Mexican flag outside Reagen School, a public property was insulting. America and Mexico are not at war with each other and Mexico did not win the war to hoist it’s flag.
Those responsible for this deplorable act must bear consequences in fines, jail or community service.
The tolerance of American people has been tested to it’s limit.
#68 They want American benefits/privileges under Mexican flag.
How ridiculous that sounds?
Rahman, that’s probably the first thing you have said here that I agree with you on. It’s ridiculous to ask for the benefits of living here while flying the Mexican flag.
Anybody who thinks that this is about heritage is completely wrong.
Does this man still have his job? Why?
Give e’m hell!
rpambell@houstonisd.org
Welcome back, DJ…
#55. Yeah but you said “speak mexican” please tell me you are not that ignorant to believe Spanish=Mexican! LMAO!
Do you speak American?
The principal should be fired from the school for his disgraceful action! So far I just see excuses for what he did and how wonderful of an educator he is… What proper disciplinary action did he receive?
http://www.click2houston.com/education/8366425/detail.html
Tejano, the Mexican dialect of Spanish IS distinct from Castillian Spanish, for that matter, it is distinct from the dialect of spanish spoken in El Salvador or Venezuela as well. While it may very well be poor grammer, technically he has a point. Spanish speakers from all of the above places may be able to understand each other, but the idioms used are distinctly different.
“In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man’s becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American…
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile…We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language…and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
–Theodore Roosevelt, 1919
Further Tejano, I have worked with a number of Scotsmen and a few token Englishmen as well. We both speak languages called English. But I must tell you, understanding a Scotsman, even when both the speaker and the listener are sober is a real chore many times. The Scotch variant is damned near a whole different language, the “English” version is not much different.
#75. Sure whatever! And I speak American, not Canadian, nor English! So all these idiots that want this country to be ENGLISH only are going to have to change too!
Pambello is a sorry excuse for an American citizen. This kind of thing makes more people dislike hispanics. Exposure and protest like this is uncalled for. Not the way decent people act.
First of all, the Amarican flag was flown with all proper respect. Mr Pambello did not disrespect the American flag in any way. He followed all US Government flag procedures.
The US Flag was the largest and flown on top. The Texas state flag was bellow the US Flag and the Mexican Flag below that. Again following all the rules setup by the US Government.
I seriously doubt that most of you critizing Mr Pambello have any clue how to properly fly the American flag. Well he does… so I guess that makes him the better American Citizen.
I dont understand why the technicalities of flag flying is so pertinent to this discussion. People you are missing the point. The flying of the Mexican flag in an American institution is completely counterproductive to the respect of the successes of our country.
Mexican culture is beautiful, have pride, let’s learn about it, assimmilate to it, mysoginization people.
However, let’s not use culture as a dividing force within the boundaries of our own nation. If you are a Mexican working in the US to send money home, have respect that the US is providing for your family. If you are the notorious failing Mexican-American student, do something… educate yourself and become a great Mexican-American. Can pride and nostalgia comsume so much of your time?
I do not skip education to yell and raise flags of those who I have descended from. Nor did they, which is why I am able to go to university today!
I was wondering if a Mexican-American soldier in the US Army is given a patch of a Mexican flag or an American flag to put on his/her shoulder? Think.