Ambulance Chasers Circling The Wagons

Now, not even 48 hours after Alec Baldwin shot and killed a woman on a movie set, we hear that there were prior safety issues on the set.

Rumors of previous misfires on the prop gun, the hiring of non-union members to cut corners and save money, camera crew walking off the set in protest of working conditions before the accident happened, etc. 

I have to ask, with so much advancement in visual effects and computer generated images, why use prop guns? The last thing anyone expect is to be killed by a gun on a film set. 

Original vintage motorcycle oil painting by artist David Uhl.

Discuss.

Two Wheel Tuesdays

Not sure if you noticed, how often I keep going back talking about my trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area, the Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort.

The trip was by far the best vacation I have ever been in two wheels. What an experience. While places like the Sturgis Rally, Daytona Bike Week, and Laconia Motorcycle Week are at the top of some of my motorcycle buddies list, the Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap is my favorite and easily one of the best destination drives for any motorcycle or car enthusiast. It is also one of the most scenic and dangerous drives. I am glad I made the trip and spent a week there, when I did.

Racismo En Puerto Rico En El Siglo 21 - Y Tu Abuela Donde Esta?

En nuestra querida isla es comun escuchar la frase "en Puerto Rico no existe el racismo". Sin embargo, si ponemos atencion a la radio, la television, a los periodicos o entablamos una conversacion con alguien, no tardara mucho en salir a relucir como el racismo esta arraigado en nuestro diario vivir. 

Leer los comentarios en los periodicos locales sobre la nueva Miss Universe Puerto Rico, Michelle Colón Ramírez, denota la envidia, el odio y el racismo que todavia en el 2021 existe en nuestra isla. A pesar que somos descendientes de tres razas, nuestro pueblo niega sus raices negras e insultan y discriminan a puertorriqueno/as de piel negra. 

Eso explica el porque a pesar que somos una mezcla de indigenas Tainos, europeos y africanos, el 80% de las personas que participan en el censo en Puerto Rico se identifican como personas de raza blanca. Asi es la vida en nuestro acomplejado pueblo de Macondo. 

Ya lo dice el poema de Fortunato Vizcarrondo, "eres blanquito enchapao, que entra en sociedad, temiendo que se conozca, la mamá de tu mamá." Y tu abuela donde esta?