If you're a Puerto Rican who's been living under a rock like I have, you probably missed the epic "fuck you" Rene Perez blasted at the island's governor during the MTV Latino Awards. He called out the governor of Puerto Rico for pink-slipping 20,000 government workers and punctuated his rant with a "son of the greatest whore".

Here's the transcript:

"América Latina no está completa sin Puerto Rico y Puerto Rico no es libre. Hoy 15 de octubre los puertorriqueños marcharon contra el desempleo, porque el gobernador de Puerto Rico los dejó sin trabajo y el gobernador de Puerto Rico es un hijo de la gran puta. Yo lo puedo decir porque sé y porque tengo influencia. Hoy los puertorriqueños estamos de pie"

"Latin America is not complete without Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico is not free. Today, on the 15th of Octber, Puerto Ricans marched against unemployment because the governor of Puerto Rico left them without jobs and that governor of Puerto Rico is the son of the greatest whore. I can say that because I know and have influence. Today Puerto Ricans, we are all standing on our own feet".

He obviously wasn't well prepared in what he had to say, but it's still and awesomely epic moment.

The Peabody Awards are out and my first thought is, "Why in the bloody hell are they giving an award to NBC for their Olympics coverage?" But then there's well deserved awards like the one to YouTube and two which I didn't comment (because I don't watch the shows): Lost and Entourage.

Other winners include :

NBC Coverage of 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony and Zhang Yimou (NBC)
I thought it was actually quite crappy the coverage with restricted web access and fucked up advertisement breaks.

This American Life: The Giant Pool of Money (Public Radio International/NPR)
Absolutely deserved. It is such an amazing documentary about the factors involved in the current economic crisis that I find myself referring to it constantly as background historical and theoretical information.

Coverage of 2008 Presidential Primary Campaigns and Debates (CNN)
CNN had indeed the best team covering the elections.

The New York Times Web site (www.nytimes.com)
Their's may be an example of the future of online newspapers but they still suck at attribution and linking back to bloggers (in the main newspaper articles, not the blogs. Their bloggers are actually quite cool.)

Saturday Night Live Political Satire, 2008 (NBC)
Sadly, the only funny stuff to happen on SNL in like 20 years ... maybe with the exception of "Dick-In-A-Box".

Avatar: The Last Airbender (NICK)
Best. Animation. Show. EVER! Ok, not the best ever because their ending actually sucked a little (am totally opposed to Aang and Katara getting it on. Still, it's really like nothing we've had in kids TV in this country. It is truly exceptional and brilliant.

Onion News Network (www.theonion.com)
This truly blew me away, but ONN is like extremely Daily Show. They really are pushing parody and satire to the limit.

YouTube (www.youtube.com)
Broadcasting and cablecasting will never be the same no thanks to YouTube. For that, they should get a Noble Prize in Computer Science as well.

From The Peabody Awards :: An International Competition for Electronic Media, honoring achievement in Television, Radio, Cable and the Web :: Administered by University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication:
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Sorry peeps but more papichuloness coming your way.

Pe (Penelope Cruz) and Be (Benicio del Toro) were the big winners of the night at Sunday's Premios Goyas. Given that Jennifer and Maegan already covered Pe in their blog, the onus of giving props to our fellow boricuas falls onto me.

Benicio was completely unprepared, even admitting he had not seen any of his co-nominees movies. No wonder since he's been traveling all over the world trying to get people to see "Ché". But it was a heart-felt thank you in his heavy San Juanero accent; which he capped with a thought : "My performances are usually so much more better up here in my head. Yet what's important is to try and to try passionately".
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I am deeply honored October 12, 2007 : 8:32 AM

I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This award is even more meaningful because I have the honor of sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- the world's pre-eminent scientific body devoted to improving our understanding of the climate crisis -- a group whose members have worked tirelessly and selflessly for many years. We face a true planetary emergency. The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.
My wife, Tipper, and I will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of the award to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan non-profit organization that is devoted to changing public opinion in the U.S. and around the world about the urgency of solving the climate crisis.

Who knew big Al had a blog? Would that make him the first President blogger ... or would that be John Edwards' honor?

This one is going to make the right wing nutosphere go absolutely bat shit --along with a few liberals and progressive. Last night during the Latino Netroots podcast Nic mentioned Al Gore's imminent departure to Europe. I said it was to go pick up his Noble Peace prize.

Boy, you would have thought I said he was going out there to skin some puppies.

La Bloguera brought up the excellent point that Mr. Gore was vice-president when Clinton bombed Sudan but also when the Clinton administration passed the horrid anti-immigration laws that we are now contending with. Check out her rant at about 41 minutes into podcast.

BTW : I am listening to the podcast right now and it's really, really fun.

Check out the committee's press release : The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007; and another naysayer at What has Al Gore done for world peace?

Last night at Nic's Latino Netroots podcast #2 we talked about a whole variety of topics.

Roberto Lovato gave us an in-depth report about the 2nd Annual Latino Congreso.

Marisa Treviño gave us her perspective on how traditional media coverage of immigration and other important issues impact the debate.

Louis Pagán helped us sort out ways in which the Latino blogosphere could more efficiently get our message out and influence the political discourse about issues of importance to Latinos.

I chimed in on some of the historical issues involving US involvement in Latino America and how that interventionism is reflected in the way latino influentials are treated by the political machine here in the US.

La Bloguera cracked us up telling us of the Mexican ambassador's awful adventure “outside the walls” of the White House during the celebrations for Hispanic “Hysteria” Month.

Chequéalo.