The Cruzer has some 'splaining to do!



Snort.

They also love militant Islam and hate Jews. And Cruz Bustamante won't say a bad word about them. Full details at Spiced Sass.

UPDATE: Cruzer makes it official - Bustamante Won't Renounce Ties to Chicano Student Group:

California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, the grandson of Mexican immigrants who counts improving race relations among his biggest pursuits, refused Thursday to renounce his past ties to a little-known Hispanic organization considered by critics to be as racist as the Ku Klux Klan.

Instead, Bustamante, who is running to be governor of California, praised the Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan, or MEChA, and said he still supports it.

"The students who are in MEChA today are just like the students when I was there, pretty much they are trying to get an education," Bustamante said during a press conference in which the first three questions related to his ties to the group.

And what an education it is:

MEChA has used violence in the past to make its case. At a July 4 celebration in 1996, members of the group, who call themselves Mechistas, were videotaped attacking black and white Americans protesting illegal immigration. In 1993, students at UCLA caused $500,000 worth of damage during protests to demand a Chicano studies department. MEChA has also been associated with anti-Semitic groups like Nation of Aztlan.

MEChA's motto is "for the race, everything. For those outside the race, nothing."

That sounds inclusive.

UPDATE 2: But wait, there's more - Bustamante Seeks to Regulate Oil Industry in California. The Butterball wants to regulate gasoline prices in California and had a big sad on because of those evil capitalists:

Bustamante did recognize that the oil industry adds significant revenue to the state's economy and employs thousands of well-paid workers in refineries. But he said because of the environmental damage that California faces as a result of being the home to these companies, the state deserves to get something back.

"Because California bears the burden of all the environmental risks, it is even more inexcusable that our prices are higher than states that have no refineries," he said, adding that the clean air standards demanded by the state add only 4 cents of tax to each gallon of gas.

And weird gasoline blends used nowhere else. Even more unfortunate for the fussy little fellow is the fact that California refines less than a third of its gasoline and brings the rest in from out of state refineries. Hmm, aside from Cruz lacking any clue, this could be a laboratory for practical economics. Kind of tough on the natives though.