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    First Rose Parade float sponsored by Mexican gov in 40 yrs

    Officials unveil first Rose Parade float sponsored by Mexican government in over 40 years

    By James Wagner Staff Writer
    Posted: 12/15/2009 08:12:12 PM PST

    In honor of the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence and 100 years since the country's revolution, the Mexican government is sponsoring its first Rose Parade float in over 40 years.

    "With this float we're going to tell 40 million people watching on TV that it's Mexico's birthday," said Juan Marcos Gutierrez-Gonzalez, the Mexican consul general in Los Angeles. "There's no better way to do it."

    In a presentation Tuesday announcing next year's year-long festivities for the county's historic milestones, officials from the Mexican consulate unveiled the frame of the float. It depicts moments and symbols of the independence and revolution. Across the middle, six-foot letters spell out "M xico 2010."

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    A rendering of the Mexico float for the 2010 Rose Parade. of the float stands a replica of a famous statue (El Angel de la Independencia) in downtown Mexico City. It will be flanked by the portraits of Miguel Hidalgo, a hero of the 1810 independence, and Francisco Madera, a father of the 1910 revolution.
    To the float's rear, an Aztec pyramid and calendar mark the country's origins.

    "I'm so thankful to have something so beautiful for Mexico," said Raul Rodriguez, who designed the float with the Mexican consulate's input.

    Rodriguez, who attended Santa Fe Springs High School, has crafted more than 500 floats over 35 years. He said he felt proud to honor his family's heritage.

    The float was built at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale with nearly $250,000 in private donations, officials said.
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    During the parade, 36 men and women dressed in traditional garb will dance around the float.

    At the end of the month, local volunteers, including Mexican community leaders and Girl Scouts, will help put hundreds of thousands of roses on the 55-foot long float.

    Several floats in recent parades have depicted Mexican themes, but an official float hasn't run in the parade since 1968. The Mexican government sponsored one that year to commemorate Mexico City's Summer Olympics.

    This year, Gutierrez-Gonzalez said the float is a gift for the 7.8 million first-generation and native-born Mexicans living the in the five-county region of Southern California.

    "I think Mexico is really going to make an impact," Rodriguez said. "I can't wait for New Year's Day."

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    This year, Gutierrez-Gonzalez said the float is a gift for the 7.8 million first-generation and native-born Mexicans living the in the five-county region of Southern California.
    Not really a gift to any other culture in California.
    Just an in-your-face flaunt about overwhelming the rest of us with their numbers and putting the Mexican government stamp on their invasion.

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    Wasn't it Vicente Fox that said, "anywhere there is a Mexican, there is Mexico?"
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    With this float we're going to tell 40 million people watching on TV that it's Mexico's birthday," said Juan Marcos Gutierrez-Gonzalez, the Mexican consul general in Los Angeles. "There's no better way to do it."

    In a presentation Tuesday announcing next year's year-long festivities for the county's historic milestones, officials from the Mexican consulate unveiled the frame of the float. It depicts moments and symbols of the independence and revolution. Across the middle, six-foot letters spell out "M xico 2010




    Yeah....and knowing Mexico's tendency to send their little double meaning messages to their invaders, what else are they conveying?
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    200 years and still a shithole.
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