being a second class man....but yet you care ? Por Que? If some chick thinks you are "interested" then you will compensate her for her time.....but you want free chit.....I guess in your case you will forever regret what you thought was free.....I bet Tony the Tiger is way more expensive.
Too bad you were a pinche putho,culero, and if you think you are a 2nd class citizen then you would know better then any one , chi flatho......
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Second-class citizen is an informal term used to describe a person who is systematically discriminated against within a state or other political jurisdiction, despite their nominal status as a citizen or legal resident there. While not necessarily slaves, outlaws or criminals, second-class citizens have limited legal rights, civil rights and economic opportunities, and are often subject to mistreatment or neglect at the hands of their putative superiors. Instead of being protected by the law, the law disregards a second-class citizen, or it may actually be used to harass them.
Second-class citizenry is generally regarded as a violation of human rights. Typical impediments facing second-class citizens include, but are not limited to, disenfranchisement (a lack or loss of voting rights), limitations on civil or military service (not including conscription in every case), as well as restrictions on language, religion, education, freedom of movement and association, marriage, housing and property ownership.
The term is generally used as a pejorative or in the context of civil society activism and governments will typically deny the existence of a second class within the polity. As an informal term, second-class citizenship is not objectively measured; however, cases such as the American South under segregation (and apartheid in South Africa), the caste system of India and other countries, and the marginalization of religious and ethnic minorities and women in many countries worldwide, have been historically described as creating second-class citizenry.
By contrast, a resident alien or foreign national may have limited rights within a jurisdiction (such as not being able to vote, and having to register with the government), but is also given the law's protection, and is usually accepted by the local population. A naturalized citizen carries essentially the same rights and responsibilities as any other citizen (a possible exception being ineligibility for certain public offices), and is also legally protected.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Sell us accidently indicted by a "shotgun" or through strong, consistent old-fashioned reporting.?
Columnists
Katharine Armstrong to Caller-Times reporter Jaime Powell: 'I trust you'
We got the quail-hunting accident story the way dedicated journalists have tracked down news for years - through strong, consistent old-fashioned reporting.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
The next time someone argues that newspaper journalists are dinosaurs headed for extinction, I'll remind them of Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting accident on the Armstrong Ranch.
Radio stations and cable news channels didn't break that news; neither did local television news stations. You didn't see it first on national news Web sites or blogs or on the Sunday morning political talk shows.
Our own Caller-Times reporters were first with the story that Cheney had accidentally shot Austin attorney Harry Whittington during a quail hunt in Kenedy County.
We broke the national story at 1:48 p.m. Sunday with an e-mail alert and a story on our Web site Caller.com, 48 minutes before the Associated Press moved anything on the story and a full hour before CNN issued an e-mail alert.
We got the story the way dedicated journalists have tracked down news for years - through strong, consistent building of sources and good, old-fashioned reporting.
As on most weekends, we operated with a skeleton crew this past Sunday, with most staffers scheduled for work in the afternoon.
Because of the Armstrong family's long-standing professional relationship with reporter Jaime Powell, Katharine Armstrong called Powell around 8 a.m. Sunday and left voice mail messages to return the call. Powell, who was in Austin, did not immediately receive the messages.
Unable to reach Powell, Armstrong called the newsroom at about 11 a.m. and told reporter Kathryn Garcia about the shooting.
After that conversation, Armstrong called Powell again, this time reaching her on her cell phone, and also recounted the accident for her.
Driving back to Corpus Christi, Powell talked to Armstrong in detail, and Garcia reported the story fully. She confirmed the shooting with the White House, checked on Whittington's condition at the hospital and called the Kenedy County Sheriff's Office, who said at the time that they had no record of a shooting incident at the Armstrong Ranch.
Garcia contacted her editors and wrote the story, which then went through a quick editing process before being posted on Caller.com at 1:48 p.m. by New Media Manager Trent Spofford.
Once in the newsroom, Powell spoke to Armstrong again and said she wanted to talk with the vice president, whom she had met last year at the funeral of Katharine Armstrong's father, Tobin. Cheney came to the phone and briefly spoke with Powell - so far his only public comment on the matter.
Online Editor John Allen worked with the newsroom throughout the day and night Sunday, updating the story several times on Caller.com.
In Monday's paper, we provided more details, maps and photos for those readers who wanted more in-depth news. We continued to follow the story Monday on Caller.com, with news that the sheriff didn't investigate the accident until Sunday, and in today's newspaper.
The Associated Press and CNN picked up the story after us on Sunday afternoon, and news media organizations throughout the country, including The New York Times and ABC's "Good Morning America," credited the Caller-Times with breaking the story.
We fielded dozens of media calls Monday, with Powell and Garcia granting numerous radio, television and print interviews.
Meanwhile, the national press corps grilled White House press secretary Scott McClellan on Monday about why news of the shooting wasn't released by the White House or Cheney.
The vice president's main concern, McClellan said, was for Whittington's well-being. And he said that it was with the vice president's knowledge and consent that Armstrong called her hometown paper and Powell.
"You had a relationship with my father," Armstrong told Powell. "You and I had a relationship and that relationship had grown stronger after my father's death, and my family was comfortable with calling the hometown newspaper."
Maybe it's the pride in my staff talking, but I believe the White House press corps is whining just a bit because this news came first through a local daily newspaper's Web site and not following a mass press briefing thousands of miles away from the accident.
We got the story first by consistently working hard and professionally and gaining the trust of our sources. And because we did, the rest of the world got the story, too.
"We knew we needed to make it public," Armstrong told Powell. "It was a private weekend hosted by a private family, and we were comfortable calling the hometown paper and you. I trust you."
Caller-Times' employees work hard to establish that trust every day, and that, coupled with aggressive, thorough and accurate reporting, will secure our existence for decades to come.
Whether we deliver the news through a printed newspaper delivered on your lawn, or a Web site or the new technology of tomorrow, we'll still be the ones who gather the news and report it.
And if we do our job right, we'll still be the ones you trust.
Libby Averyt is vice president and editor of the Caller-Times. Phone: 886-3681; e-mail: averytl@caller.com
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Katharine Armstrong to Caller-Times reporter Jaime Powell: 'I trust you'
We got the quail-hunting accident story the way dedicated journalists have tracked down news for years - through strong, consistent old-fashioned reporting.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
The next time someone argues that newspaper journalists are dinosaurs headed for extinction, I'll remind them of Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting accident on the Armstrong Ranch.
Radio stations and cable news channels didn't break that news; neither did local television news stations. You didn't see it first on national news Web sites or blogs or on the Sunday morning political talk shows.
Our own Caller-Times reporters were first with the story that Cheney had accidentally shot Austin attorney Harry Whittington during a quail hunt in Kenedy County.
We broke the national story at 1:48 p.m. Sunday with an e-mail alert and a story on our Web site Caller.com, 48 minutes before the Associated Press moved anything on the story and a full hour before CNN issued an e-mail alert.
We got the story the way dedicated journalists have tracked down news for years - through strong, consistent building of sources and good, old-fashioned reporting.
As on most weekends, we operated with a skeleton crew this past Sunday, with most staffers scheduled for work in the afternoon.
Because of the Armstrong family's long-standing professional relationship with reporter Jaime Powell, Katharine Armstrong called Powell around 8 a.m. Sunday and left voice mail messages to return the call. Powell, who was in Austin, did not immediately receive the messages.
Unable to reach Powell, Armstrong called the newsroom at about 11 a.m. and told reporter Kathryn Garcia about the shooting.
After that conversation, Armstrong called Powell again, this time reaching her on her cell phone, and also recounted the accident for her.
Driving back to Corpus Christi, Powell talked to Armstrong in detail, and Garcia reported the story fully. She confirmed the shooting with the White House, checked on Whittington's condition at the hospital and called the Kenedy County Sheriff's Office, who said at the time that they had no record of a shooting incident at the Armstrong Ranch.
Garcia contacted her editors and wrote the story, which then went through a quick editing process before being posted on Caller.com at 1:48 p.m. by New Media Manager Trent Spofford.
Once in the newsroom, Powell spoke to Armstrong again and said she wanted to talk with the vice president, whom she had met last year at the funeral of Katharine Armstrong's father, Tobin. Cheney came to the phone and briefly spoke with Powell - so far his only public comment on the matter.
Online Editor John Allen worked with the newsroom throughout the day and night Sunday, updating the story several times on Caller.com.
In Monday's paper, we provided more details, maps and photos for those readers who wanted more in-depth news. We continued to follow the story Monday on Caller.com, with news that the sheriff didn't investigate the accident until Sunday, and in today's newspaper.
The Associated Press and CNN picked up the story after us on Sunday afternoon, and news media organizations throughout the country, including The New York Times and ABC's "Good Morning America," credited the Caller-Times with breaking the story.
We fielded dozens of media calls Monday, with Powell and Garcia granting numerous radio, television and print interviews.
Meanwhile, the national press corps grilled White House press secretary Scott McClellan on Monday about why news of the shooting wasn't released by the White House or Cheney.
The vice president's main concern, McClellan said, was for Whittington's well-being. And he said that it was with the vice president's knowledge and consent that Armstrong called her hometown paper and Powell.
"You had a relationship with my father," Armstrong told Powell. "You and I had a relationship and that relationship had grown stronger after my father's death, and my family was comfortable with calling the hometown newspaper."
Maybe it's the pride in my staff talking, but I believe the White House press corps is whining just a bit because this news came first through a local daily newspaper's Web site and not following a mass press briefing thousands of miles away from the accident.
We got the story first by consistently working hard and professionally and gaining the trust of our sources. And because we did, the rest of the world got the story, too.
"We knew we needed to make it public," Armstrong told Powell. "It was a private weekend hosted by a private family, and we were comfortable calling the hometown paper and you. I trust you."
Caller-Times' employees work hard to establish that trust every day, and that, coupled with aggressive, thorough and accurate reporting, will secure our existence for decades to come.
Whether we deliver the news through a printed newspaper delivered on your lawn, or a Web site or the new technology of tomorrow, we'll still be the ones who gather the news and report it.
And if we do our job right, we'll still be the ones you trust.
Libby Averyt is vice president and editor of the Caller-Times. Phone: 886-3681; e-mail: averytl@caller.com
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Monday, November 12, 2007
"I consider him a friend, and I don't throw my friends overboard."
Watts stands by besieged pal Celis
Web Posted: 11/10/2007 12:10 AM CST
John MacCormack
Express-News
CORPUS CHRISTI — Last Friday, a day after a grand jury here heard evidence against him on several potential felony charges, Mauricio Celis got a congratulatory phone call from an old friend.
"I wished him happy birthday," said Mikal Watts, a friend and political ally of Celis, and until recently a well-funded U.S. Senate hopeful.
Celis, who owns a law firm here, was celebrating his 36th birthday under legal siege. He's fighting civil and criminal allegations that he impersonated a lawyer and a peace officer, and that he stole from a client.
"I think he felt good," Watts said of Celis. "He's had two hearings against the attorney general and won them both, and a grand jury met for three hours and he was not indicted."
Linked by friendship, shared litigation and Democratic Party affairs, the two men from Corpus Christi have both been in the news lately, for very different reasons.
Celis, who does not have a law license anywhere in the United States, claims to be qualified to practice law in Mexico, but this remains under challenge.
Recent coverage
• AG sues man he says faked being a lawyer (Oct. 25, 2007)
• S.A. lawyer leaves race for Senate, citing family (Oct. 24, 2007)
The Texas attorney general's office is trying to shut down his law firm, charging deceptive trade practices. The next hearing on the matter comes Tuesday in Austin.
"He can practice law in Mexico, he is not practicing law in Texas, and he's not sharing in the fees of the firm," said Steve McConnico, Celis' lawyer.
Celis' troubles have been mounting steadily since another Corpus Christi lawyer began running TV ads in late September denouncing him as a fraud.
Then there was the early-morning episode in September in which Celis — clad only in a bathrobe and flashing a badge — tried to take a nude woman into custody outside a convenience store, according to a police report.
Watts, 40, a successful plaintiff's attorney who now lives in San Antonio, made headlines of his own two weeks ago.
On Oct. 23, with the Celis soap opera going full bore, Watts abruptly withdrew from his Senate race after raising and spending nearly $1.6 million.
His explanation that he quit to spend more time with his three children met with sarcastic disbelief by political commentators and insiders. Many speculated that Watts dropped his five-month campaign because of potential embarrassments posed by his friend.
"The general assumption in political circles is that it had to do with the Celis stuff. His family was there the whole time," said Ross Ramsey, editor of Texas Weekly, a political newsletter. "The interesting thing is how far everyone else has jumped away from Celis since these allegations came out. It makes you wonder what's so poisonous about him."
Had Watts met Republican incumbent John Cornyn in the general election, Celis could have been used to bludgeon him, said one Democratic political consultant in Austin who asked not to be named.
"I think Cornyn would have tried to play on the fears of white rural independent Texans. He'd say: 'Here's a guy in bed with a crooked South Texas politician,' which is code for 'Mexican American,'" the consultant said. "And if Celis gets arrested, you run his mug shot while saying, 'Here's Watts' best friend.'"
But Watts' former campaign manager said Celis wasn't the issue.
"Watts isn't afraid of a fight or bad press. We could have dealt with Mauricio. That wasn't the reason we dropped out of a U.S. Senate race. It was all about family," said Christian Archer, who also managed San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger's campaign.
In South Texas, where Celis cultivated a reputation as a political player and rainmaker, the coincidence of his troubles and Watts' withdrawal has fueled the rumor mill.
Among the more interesting items: Watts was said to be the godfather of Celis' eldest son Mikal Celis; Watts and Celis were said to own bars together; and Celis' wealth was said to have come from referring hundreds of cases to Watts for litigation.
Celis didn't return a call this week seeking comment. Watts, in an interview, said he had considered withdrawing more than a month earlier and released a copy of a draft of a letter dated Sept. 20.
The letter cited family issues and is virtually identical to the one Watts issued Oct. 23 when he left the race.
"I've never had more fun in my life. It was like being in trial every day. It was intoxicating," Watts said of the campaign, but he said he was not seeing enough of his children.
"I started to recognize in late August that I had a real problem at home," he said. "You only get to raise your kids once. I didn't want to give that up."
Besides, he said, he's hardly finished as a statewide candidate.
"I'm a young man. I'm 40 years old. There will be a Senate seat up in 2017, the year my youngest graduates from high school," he said.
Watts said he was surprised to learn Celis has a young son named Mikal and expressed astonishment at being mistaken for the child's godfather, saying: "I'm not even Catholic."
He acknowledged that he, Celis and others once were owners of the Havana Club, a bar in Corpus Christi, but said he sold his share years ago.
And, he said, case referrals received from Celis over the years have been few, representing "less than a drop in the ocean" of the thousands of cases his firm has accepted.
"I doubt I had a dozen cases involving Mauricio," Watts said.
Since Celis founded CGT Law Group International in late 2005, the firm has referred only two cases to him, Watts said.
"He's bright. He's generous with his money. He's a good businessman. He's knows politics, and he's very comfortable in Washington, D.C. He's also very well connected inside the Catholic Church," Watts said.
For Celis, the next rounds of struggle come next week when a Nueces County grand jury is expected to resume hearing evidence against him on several possible charges.
Also next week, a court hearing will be held in Austin over a bid by Attorney General Gregg Abbott to shut down Celis' firm over allegations he has been passing himself off as a lawyer.
"I don't know what the poor guy is going through in terms of legal issues. It's important not to judge," Watts said. "I consider him a friend, and I don't throw my friends overboard."
jmaccormack@express-news.net
Web Posted: 11/10/2007 12:10 AM CST
John MacCormack
Express-News
CORPUS CHRISTI — Last Friday, a day after a grand jury here heard evidence against him on several potential felony charges, Mauricio Celis got a congratulatory phone call from an old friend.
"I wished him happy birthday," said Mikal Watts, a friend and political ally of Celis, and until recently a well-funded U.S. Senate hopeful.
Celis, who owns a law firm here, was celebrating his 36th birthday under legal siege. He's fighting civil and criminal allegations that he impersonated a lawyer and a peace officer, and that he stole from a client.
"I think he felt good," Watts said of Celis. "He's had two hearings against the attorney general and won them both, and a grand jury met for three hours and he was not indicted."
Linked by friendship, shared litigation and Democratic Party affairs, the two men from Corpus Christi have both been in the news lately, for very different reasons.
Celis, who does not have a law license anywhere in the United States, claims to be qualified to practice law in Mexico, but this remains under challenge.
Recent coverage
• AG sues man he says faked being a lawyer (Oct. 25, 2007)
• S.A. lawyer leaves race for Senate, citing family (Oct. 24, 2007)
The Texas attorney general's office is trying to shut down his law firm, charging deceptive trade practices. The next hearing on the matter comes Tuesday in Austin.
"He can practice law in Mexico, he is not practicing law in Texas, and he's not sharing in the fees of the firm," said Steve McConnico, Celis' lawyer.
Celis' troubles have been mounting steadily since another Corpus Christi lawyer began running TV ads in late September denouncing him as a fraud.
Then there was the early-morning episode in September in which Celis — clad only in a bathrobe and flashing a badge — tried to take a nude woman into custody outside a convenience store, according to a police report.
Watts, 40, a successful plaintiff's attorney who now lives in San Antonio, made headlines of his own two weeks ago.
On Oct. 23, with the Celis soap opera going full bore, Watts abruptly withdrew from his Senate race after raising and spending nearly $1.6 million.
His explanation that he quit to spend more time with his three children met with sarcastic disbelief by political commentators and insiders. Many speculated that Watts dropped his five-month campaign because of potential embarrassments posed by his friend.
"The general assumption in political circles is that it had to do with the Celis stuff. His family was there the whole time," said Ross Ramsey, editor of Texas Weekly, a political newsletter. "The interesting thing is how far everyone else has jumped away from Celis since these allegations came out. It makes you wonder what's so poisonous about him."
Had Watts met Republican incumbent John Cornyn in the general election, Celis could have been used to bludgeon him, said one Democratic political consultant in Austin who asked not to be named.
"I think Cornyn would have tried to play on the fears of white rural independent Texans. He'd say: 'Here's a guy in bed with a crooked South Texas politician,' which is code for 'Mexican American,'" the consultant said. "And if Celis gets arrested, you run his mug shot while saying, 'Here's Watts' best friend.'"
But Watts' former campaign manager said Celis wasn't the issue.
"Watts isn't afraid of a fight or bad press. We could have dealt with Mauricio. That wasn't the reason we dropped out of a U.S. Senate race. It was all about family," said Christian Archer, who also managed San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger's campaign.
In South Texas, where Celis cultivated a reputation as a political player and rainmaker, the coincidence of his troubles and Watts' withdrawal has fueled the rumor mill.
Among the more interesting items: Watts was said to be the godfather of Celis' eldest son Mikal Celis; Watts and Celis were said to own bars together; and Celis' wealth was said to have come from referring hundreds of cases to Watts for litigation.
Celis didn't return a call this week seeking comment. Watts, in an interview, said he had considered withdrawing more than a month earlier and released a copy of a draft of a letter dated Sept. 20.
The letter cited family issues and is virtually identical to the one Watts issued Oct. 23 when he left the race.
"I've never had more fun in my life. It was like being in trial every day. It was intoxicating," Watts said of the campaign, but he said he was not seeing enough of his children.
"I started to recognize in late August that I had a real problem at home," he said. "You only get to raise your kids once. I didn't want to give that up."
Besides, he said, he's hardly finished as a statewide candidate.
"I'm a young man. I'm 40 years old. There will be a Senate seat up in 2017, the year my youngest graduates from high school," he said.
Watts said he was surprised to learn Celis has a young son named Mikal and expressed astonishment at being mistaken for the child's godfather, saying: "I'm not even Catholic."
He acknowledged that he, Celis and others once were owners of the Havana Club, a bar in Corpus Christi, but said he sold his share years ago.
And, he said, case referrals received from Celis over the years have been few, representing "less than a drop in the ocean" of the thousands of cases his firm has accepted.
"I doubt I had a dozen cases involving Mauricio," Watts said.
Since Celis founded CGT Law Group International in late 2005, the firm has referred only two cases to him, Watts said.
"He's bright. He's generous with his money. He's a good businessman. He's knows politics, and he's very comfortable in Washington, D.C. He's also very well connected inside the Catholic Church," Watts said.
For Celis, the next rounds of struggle come next week when a Nueces County grand jury is expected to resume hearing evidence against him on several possible charges.
Also next week, a court hearing will be held in Austin over a bid by Attorney General Gregg Abbott to shut down Celis' firm over allegations he has been passing himself off as a lawyer.
"I don't know what the poor guy is going through in terms of legal issues. It's important not to judge," Watts said. "I consider him a friend, and I don't throw my friends overboard."
jmaccormack@express-news.net
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