Happy Cinco de Corona Vato

Today will be the "celebration" of Cinco De Mayo, a holiday hardly recognized in Mexico but celebrated with gusto north of the border. The reality is that the date is the anniversary of a small  battle  in 1862 where Mexican forces defeated a force of French occupiers. It was a minor episode as far as such things go.  To the north, the American Civil War was raging where the celebrated Mexican battle would have been considered a minor skirmish. Barely a footnote in history, if that.

 Frankly, Cinco De Mayo, has been utilized by advertisers in this country to sell more beer. It works too. Brilliant marketing. It is not, as many believe, a celebration of Mexican independence. Their Fourth of July it ain't.

Will it be long before South Side Slim finds it politically expedient to ditch Eric Holder? He probably needs to do it rather quickly.  It would be an embarrassment to the Administration for a sitting Atty General to end up cooling his heels in the slam. The man (Holder) is out of control.


Why would this Elizabeth Warren try to convince us that she is "native American?" That is a bit strange.  Assuming she is indeed  1/32 "Indian" that does not make her a minority. Ridiculous. She may be 1/32 Cherokee (or whatever) but she is 100 percent buffoon.
Actually I was, at one time, married to a woman who is dyed in the wool Native  (north)American, 1/2 Ottawa to be exact. She was "Playboy" magazine good looking but a horrible pain in the ass. Anyway  I learned a few things along the way. Everybody has heard that the old cliche that "Indians" tend to have problems with alcohol. After observing her (and her father) I can attest  that there may be something to that. Neither of them could tolerate even a moderate amount of firewater without making that leap into raging drunken psychosis.  Her father has since passed on. I miss him sometimes. My ex wife however..........

How about a real Native? The lovely (and talented) Hyapatia Lee for your viewing pleasure.

Getting Kinda Tired Of This BS

Well yesterday apparently a Mexican Flag was flown at the Klein ISD and some kid took it down. Reports and counter reports on the actual event have been flying hard and fast and who knows what the real truth is. It sure has generated a shit storm of controversy though. This is pretty reminiscent of the incident last week in California where some kids had to take off t shirts with the likeness of the American flag. I suppose so as not to "offend" kids of Hispanic descent during a "Cinco De Mayo" celebration. That is ridiculous, this is America after all and celebrations fitting to a foreign and somewhat hostile nation are out of order. It is like Americans celebrating the Russian Revolution that put the Marxists in power. Cinco de Mayo after all is just a "celebration" of a rather minor victory of Mexican troops over French troops and their Mexican allies. I doubt that many of the celebrants even know that. Not a major deal when one considers that just to the north in the United States there was a real war raging.

Conventional wisdom is that Cinco de Mayo got on the radar in the United States due to the marketing acumen of those who handle the Corona Beer account. If this is correct, then it is a brilliant campaign indeed that has unfortunately caused the unforeseen phenomena of becoming a source of controversy. Whether the "advertising campaign" story is correct or not is not really the question. The real question is should Cinco De Mayo celebrations have any place in the United States at all. Probably not.

Corona Beer sucks anyway. If I were to drink Mexican Beer at all it would be Negra Modelo, but I will not buy it either. I do kinda of like Dos Equis and the "Most interesting man in the world" television advertisements are brilliant but alas I also won't buy those products. I try to avoid buying products from a nation that is a potential enemy of our country. I don't buy the exceptional Tsing Tao beer from China for the same reason. Nuff said!