Aserejé

Me trying to remember the lyrics to the Las Ketchup song "Aserejé" while at El Patio Español for the San Francisco Spanish Consulate's 'Día de la Hispanidad' celebration:

Not mine originally, but I've edited this and added a couple of things.

The Rules for November 5th

To keep the peace and keep a lot of folks from getting nervous, I think we should develop a list of (a)acceptable celebrations and (b) behaviors we should probably avoid – at least for the first few days:

1. No crying, hugging or shouting 'Thank you L-rd!' – at least not in public.

2. No high-fives unless the area is clear and there are no witnesses.

3. No laughing at the McCain/Palin supporters.

4. No calling in sick on November 5th. They'll get nervous if too many of us don't show up.

5. We're allowed to give each other knowing winks or nods in passing. Just try to keep from grinning too hard.

6. No singing "We've Come This Far By Faith" loudly (it will be acceptable to hum softly).

7. No bringing of barbeque ribs or fried chicken for lunch in the company lunchroom for at least a week (no chittlings at all) This may make us seem too ethnic.

8. No leaving Kool-Aid packages at the water fountain. This might be a sign that poor folks might be getting a break through.

9. No 'Cupid Shuffle' during breaks. This could indicate a little too much excitement.

10. Please no "Moving on Up" music. We are going to try to remain humble.

11. No doing the George Jefferson dance unless you're in your office with the door closed.

12. Please try not to yell "BOO-YAH!" Same applies to Dave Chappelle's "BYAAAAH!!"

13. Try to refrain from saying, “I know there’s a G-d, I know there’s a G-d!” when McCain supporters walk by your office or cube.

14. Attempt to be understanding when McCain supporters are overheard using Florida Evans' famous words: “Damn, damn, DAMN!!!”

15. Doing the Running Man, Cabbage Patch, or a backhand spring on the highway is 100% okay.

16. No step shows in corporate vestibules at lunch time (applies to Greeks only).

17. No excessive distribution of emails with slideshows of Martin, Malcolm, (optional Kennedy Bros. and Jesus) and Obama.

18. (On Nov. 5,6,7,8 and until you receive further notice) No jumping ahead of white folks in grocery store lines because "WE in charge NOW!"

19. No honking of horns with chants of "Obama, Obama, Obama" in the following places: hospital parking lots, workplace parking lots, fast food parking lots... Big Lots.

20. No running through the streets shouting, "I can see Russia from the 'hood!

21. For expectant moms: please consider names other than Barack for your infant sons. However, if you do choose to honor your child with that name, please observe the following guidelines:


22. Aw heck! Do what you gotta do...this has been a long time coming:)


If I've missed anything, feel free to add to the list. I just want to make sure we're all on the same page when Obama brings this thing home on November 5th.

Let Me Get This Straight...

* If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different."
* If you grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, well now, THAT's a quintessential American story.

* If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.

* Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.
* Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded.

* If you spend 3 years as a community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.
* If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive.

* If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising two daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.
* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian.

* If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
* If while governor you staunchly advocate abstinence only (with no other option in sex education in your state's school system) while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you're very responsible.

* If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent America's.
* If you're husband is nicknamed "First Dude", with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.