Wednesday, 13th o September 2000
Vote for this guy!! Good solid character and he's an engineer!
Finally registered to vote here in Puerto Rico. Laura's sister, Nellie, kept bugging us (Miray, Laura, and me) until we finally got around to it. Feels good. Now I feel more a participating member of the island. As far as the candidates go, I don't believe that any make any sense except for the Statehood party, Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP).
Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) which is the commonwealth status party just wants to remain semi-autonomous. No vote in Congress, just the good will of the US. It's like having no responsibilities and living at home with mom and dad. It's gonna get old eventually. The only solution is to move out, get a job, and visit during the weekends, and don't bring home your laundry.
As far as the independence party goes, Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño I don't know what to say. Keep dreaming maybe? Hehe, get this, the party was founded by a guy named Gilberto Concepción de Gracia-Independencia. It can't be his real name. He must have changed it because it means "Gilbert Conception of the Blessed Independence". What a nut. I wonder what his mother said? Anyway, if Puerto Rico cuts loose I don't see it staying afloat. Too far out and too dependent on the US's economy. To become independent would be like moving out from your parents and becoming homeless but having too much pride to ever ask for help or just trying to do it on your own. Doesn't make sense either.
Really, the only fair choice is for the statehood party. It gives Puerto Rico power as a state and keeps it from falling off the face of the planet. I mean after 500 some years of being a colonial possession, how does it think it could hack it on its own? Commonwealth is just the same old mooching off your parents and eventually it gets old.