Wordsmith and bombast aficionado Don King made an appearance in
Corpus Christi yesterday to promote a bout this weekend in
Texas' City by the Sea, and delivered a rambling lecture that
the Corpus Christi Caller-Times says drew gasps from the
audience.  Those gasps mostly came from this line:  We even
brought in a Mexican-American to give him a chance to get out
and be at the front of the forefront. No more wetbacks running
up and down picking the fruits and things. Now, we're rolling,
you know what I mean.  (King later tried to clarify, stating
that "We all wetbacks, baby.")  Other subjects touched upon in
King's characteristic rant include Texas history (drawing
heavily, if inaccurately, on the Mexican-American War),
philosophy, theology, and a bit of anatomy and physiology.
Throughout, King (dressed in a bedazzled and Mount Rushmore-
airbrushed jean jacket) waved Texas, American, and Mexican flags
clutched in his fist alongside an ever-present cigar.  It's hard
to tell if Don King is losing it, because it se