Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Thank you!!!

I know: The economy is tanking, many people around the world are suffering, our country is in war, and one more time pitiful terrorists murder more innocent people, this time in India. But today I want to share why I’m feeling thankful:

I’m thankful because even if my daughter has suffered from a very tough disease over the past few years, and my son lost three weeks from school because he also got sick, both have recovered very well and both feel better and better every day. They both showed how strong they are, and that they are people that can effectively confront adversity. Thank You.

Even if my wife and me have faced our challenges over the years as a couple, our relationship gets better and better every day, and I’m lucky to have a partner with whom I can share the most important things in life, we can laugh together and we can talk for hours and hours without noticing how much time has passed. Thank you.

Our Latino media business has suffered a lot in the past couple of years, after the real estate and auto industry crashes, immigration raids and increased enforcement, and the migration of newspaper readers online…. But as many business around us file bankruptcy, ours continues to survive. Even if we have less employees than we had a year ago, our employees continue to sacrifice every day, working hard so that the Latino community will receive the best information and entertainment in Spanish. Thank you.

Just two months ago a filled up my gas tank with $63. Today I filled it up with $27. That’s $150 more in my pocket a month. Thank you!

Yes we can! Yes we did!. Obama won. He won big. He was elected by African American and Latino voters. Democrats also won big. Obama started by naming one of the best cabinets of advisers we have seen. Anti-immigrant politics were a complete failure for Republicans. Thank You.

US Senate majority leader Harry Reid recently said: "On immigration, there's been an agreement between (President-elect Barack) Obama and (Arizona Republican Sen. John) McCain to move forward on that. ... We'll do that." The Senate Majority Leader went on say that he did not expect "much of a fight at all," and expressed his optimism about passing common sense immigration reform in the near future. Why is Reid so confident? It may have something to do with the failure of anti-immigrant politics at the ballot-box, and the growing power of the Latino and immigrant vote. Thank you.

The Minnesota weather…Better leave that one alone.

We have hope again. Thank you.

1 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

That was very inspirational Alberto! Well done.

1:14 PM  

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