One of the things I get asked most often in my business is whether social media works and whether it is beneficial to purchase likes and follows. Those of you that have put up a business page on Facebook or launched a website are immediately inundated with offers to drive traffic to your webpage or […]
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Well Done 84 Lumber
Yesterday, during the Super Bowl game, I saw a television commercial that absolutely blew my mind away. As many of you know, I have launched a boycott of businesses that support Donald Trump. Donald Trump hates Mexicans and as such he must be resisted. However, there are those courageous businesses that stand with immigrants, and […]
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RumpToon #14
Enjoy the game tonight and here is a little humor for today. I hope you like it.
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Una carta abierta para mis compatriotas mexicanos
English version follows below: Una carta abierta para mis compatriotas mexicanos: Soy un ciudadano mexicano que tiene varios años viviendo en los Estados Unidos y creo no equivocarme al decir que a todos nos molesta la forma en que Donald Trump sigue atacando a México y a los mexicanos. Nos encontramos en una situación muy […]
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The Legitimacy of Donald Trump
The unprecedented street protests against Donald Trump within his first ten days of office puts into question the legitimacy of his presidency. First, it was the Women’s March across the country. These were followed last weekend by the airport marches decrying the Muslim ban and the wall. The intensity of the protests and their emergence […]
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A Call to Action: Stop Trying to Kill the Friendship
The Wall is not the problem. The problem lies with the narrative that is being used to push forth the wall. The tone and the threats from Donald Trump are not diplomatic overtures for cooperation. Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign by demonizing Mexicans, like me, and México. Central to his theme is the wall […]
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Guest Editorial: Jaime O. Perez Drafts Peña Nieto Response
(Counterpoint: The following is a guest editorial submitted by Jaime O. Perez. Occasionally, I will publish counterpoints submitted by readers to my blog. To be considered for a counterpoint, please send me your comments in an article fashion on topical topics that I am covering on my blog. As I have written many times before, […]
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Why the Global Economy is Important
I have posted many blog posts about how El Paso’s economy is a failed economy that relies on taxes to keep the city solvent. The city’s economy basically recycles the same money around-and-around, with the local taxing entities taking out a chunk each time it comes around to them. Eventually the money will run out. […]
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More Proof: the Protected Class and Unfriendliness Towards Immigrants
For some time now I have been developing the thesis that in El Paso there is a protected class of citizen. It is class that can literally commit a crime in plain daylight and not worry about being arrested, much less prosecuted. I also, recently, and for the first time, revealed to you my feeling […]