Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez is no brave man

Marcelo Ebrard, in response to numerous provocations from Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez of Guadalajara, recently took a jab at the highly reactionary cleric by referring to him as a cavernal, or caveman. To this can be added another epithet: Coward. In response to Ebrard's current lawsuit against Sandoval and other high clergy, who have hurled around, with no evidence, accusations that Ebrard has bribed the Supreme Court, that Ebrard's party is "fascist," and so forth, Sandoval pathetically declared that it was not him, but the media, that are guilty of the "moral damage" Ebrard is suing Sandoval for. Why the media? Well, because they actually reported Sandoval's serious accusations. That's right, take no responsibility for your own statements, but shoot the messenger that reports them to the public as a whole...

It is clear that the Guadalajara cardinal is not even man enough to stand up for his own words: Not only a cultural caveman, he is also a coward.   

A present for Emilio "Etilio" González Márquez: Dramamine and alcohol ed manual

Couldn't help but noting this one: Nearly 2,000 students from Universidad de Guadalajara's Centre of Health Sciences, as part of a larger protest against sitting Governor Emilio González Márquez and his refusal to hand over federal funds owed to the country's second most important university, left for the governor a present of a box of Dramamine, against nausea, and a leaflet on how to drink responsibly, the former present a response to the governor's statement that gay marriages disgust him/make him nauseous ("Me dan asquito"), the latter a reference to González Márquez' very serious problems with... well,  engaging in irate speeches and acts while drunk out of his mind. 


Poor Jalisco: Stuck with Etilio for three more years, until 2013. Does any clearer example exist in Mexico that the country would be well served with reducing the terms for state governors to a maximum of four years?

Cárdenas 2012. Which one?

I've noted before how I am convinced Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas has never given up his dream that another Cárdenas will become president of Mexico, like his father Lázaro. While I was leaning toward the idea that he is above all promoting  his son Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, it seems the old caudillo and PRD founder has not given up his own ambitions at reaching Los Pinos, even at age 76: He recently noted to La Jornada that he is not promoting nor dismissing another run: "I'm neither blind or lame; I am healthy." The run-up to 2012 just got even more interesting.