I know I don't post very often.  So you must be wondering what has gotten me to the computer and into the blog.  My fellow Hispanics.  Ah yes, they're at it again.  From the "this just isn't a good idea" department, today we have the Hispanic Economic Boycott.  I do this from time to time in posts, and I think I need to do it now to remind you I am Hispanic.  Before anyone starts to think I'm being racist, remember I am Hispanic.  Having said that, this Hispanic Economic Boycott is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.  The goal is to encourage Hispanics to stay home today, not go to work, and not spend any money.  It's supposed to show how much of an impact we, Hispanics, have on the economy.

In an Associated Press article I read on the online edition of the Tucson Citizen, one organizer, Elias Bermudez said, "We're trying to prove we are a vital part of the community, that our workers and our consumers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect."

What Bermudez, other boycott organizers, and any Hispanic who participates in this boycott don't realize the very people they claim to be standing up for are the people they are going to hurt the most.  This is one of the most disrespectful things Hispanics could do to Hispanics.

Many Hispanics are in the service industry.  They're wait staff and dishwashers; they clean hotel rooms and work in landscaping.  If they lose one day's pay that's a lot of money they won't get back.  A waiter or waitress depends on customer gratuity, tips.  There's no gratuity for a server who doesn't show up for work.  I guarantee if one doesn't show up for work, there will be others willing to take that job and work today.  When boycott organizers, like Elias Bermudez encourage Hispanics to skip a day of work, to not spend any money, he is encouraging Hispanics to hurt fellow Hispanics.  That's shameful!

Some boycott organizers say the boycott is to protest laws that are against illegal immigrants.  Let me get this straight.  A boycott to protest laws against people who have already broken laws?  It reminds me of a question I've seen and heard asked more and more recently.  "What part of ILLEGAL don't you understand?"