Thread: Absolut vodka ad 'gives away' U.S. Southwest to Mexico

Company 'gives away' U.S. Southwest to Mexico


Posted: April 03, 2008
5:16 pm Eastern

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A new ad for Absolut vodka reconfigures North America according to the aspirations of many Mexicans, who believe the U.S. Southwest was stolen and should be returned.

Over a redrawn map of the U.S., the ad by the Absolut Spirits Co. declares, "In an Absolut World," noted columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin.

Major Hispanic civil rights groups in the U.S., such as the National Council of La Raza, are tied to movements advocating a "reconquista," or reconquest, of territory lost when Mexico signed the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo at the end of the Mexican-American War.

As WND reported in 2006, Rep. Charles Norwood, R-Ga., called on La Raza to renounce its support of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan – which sees "The Race" as part of an ethnic group that one day will reclaim Aztlan, the mythical birthplace of the Aztecs. In Chicano folklore, Aztlan includes California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas.

In 2002, a prominent Chicano activist and University of California at Riverside professor, Armando Navarro, told WND he believed secession is inevitable if demographic and social trends continue.

"If in 50 years most of our people are subordinated, powerless, exploited and impoverished, then I will say to you that there are all kinds of possibilities for movements to develop like the ones that we've witnessed in the last few years all over the world, from Yugoslavia to Chechnya," Navarro said.

"A secessionist movement is not something that you can put away and say it is never going to happen in the United States," he contended. "Time and history change."





Navarro said one could argue "that while Mexico lost the war in 1848, it will probably win it in the 21st century, in terms of the numbers," "But that is not a reality based on what Mexico does, it's based on what this country does," he insisted.

In a 1995 speech to Chicano activists, Navarro said demographic trends are leading to "a transfer of power" to the ethnic Mexican community in the Southwest. He notes that most studies show that within the next 20 to 30 years Latinos will comprise more than 50 percent of the population of California. This fact, and other cultural and social developments, are opening the door for "self-determination" and even "the idea of an Aztlan," he said in his speech.

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Sorry if this has already been posted

Added to Homepage:
http://www.alipac.us/article-3078--0-0.html

Please also see a long related thread regarding this issue:
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-110444-absolut.html

Talk to Bush... he is all for this idea

I WILL NEVER DRINK ABSOLUTE VODKA AGAIN.

SELL YOUR PRODUCT IN MEXICO! BOYCOTT ABSOLUTE!

CCUSA wrote:

SELL YOUR PRODUCT IN MEXICO! BOYCOTT ABSOLUTE!

I agree, ABSOLUTELY!

This fact, and other cultural and social developments, are opening the door for "self-determination" and even "the idea of an Aztlan," he said in his speech.

Self determination? What a racist, these people and their leaders have to be the biggest bunch of pinheads. First of all Mexican is not a race, most of them are mostly white, secondly they don't even really have Self determination in Mexico. So I guess it's easier to take over America! The dummies that live there don't want to be called racist and they feel sorry for the poor people. When are people going to wake up to the Armando Navarro's of the world?

yep... no more Absolut for me as well...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolut_Vodka

In March 2008 the Swedish government, owner of Absolut through its V&S Group, sold Absolut to the French firm Pernod Ricard.

Found an interesting link when searching this company
http://www.usenvy.com/boycott.html


ANQ

I wonder if it was some kind of insulting April fools joke?