BOYCOTT_WAIT
Ok, so yesterday, I said I would go along with the boycott of the Mexican places in town this month, but then I thought, HOLD ON TO YOUR SOMBRERO, IT IS CINCO DE MAYO THIS WEEKEND!!!! I wanted to Clarify that I still the love the Mexican culture, I love The food, the music, if I am not in my car and AM enjoying a cool beverage. I love their colors and their people. I just don't agree with them living here illegally, come on over, just be an AMERICAN!!! My Great-Grandparents came over on a ship from POLAND and entered thru Ellis Island, and we are now on a fourth generation of happy, blessed Americans. I think we can all be successful here, we just need to follow the great constitution that our fore-fathers penned years ago. So, I will boycott if you guys want me too, if it will help get the point across, I just don't want to hurt the business owners that did it the right way AND I am NOT, I repeat NOT giving up CORONA on Friday!!!!! I might even NOT, I repeat NOT give up Tequila as well. :) Enjoy yourselves, qué lo paséis bien!posted by Clicketynix at
9:16 AM
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Cinco History
The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico.
So, why Cinco de Mayo? And why should Americans savor this day as well? Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862.
The French had landed in Mexico (along with Spanish and English troops) five months earlier on the pretext of collecting Mexican debts from the newly elected government of democratic President (and Indian) Benito Juarez. The English and Spanish quickly made deals and left. The French, however, had different ideas.
Under Emperor Napoleon III, who detested the United States, the French came to stay. They brought a Hapsburg prince with them to rule the new Mexican empire. His name was Maximilian; his wife, Carolota. Napoleon's French Army had not been defeated in 50 years, and it invaded Mexico with the finest modern equipment and with a newly reconstituted Foreign Legion. The French were not afraid of anyone, especially since the United States was embroiled in its own Civil War.
The French Army left the port of Vera Cruz to attack Mexico City to the west, as the French assumed that the Mexicans would give up should their capital fall to the enemy -- as European countries traditionally did.
Under the command of Texas-born General Zaragosa, (and the cavalry under the command of Colonel Porfirio Diaz, later to be Mexico's president and dictator), the Mexicans awaited. Brightly dressed French Dragoons led the enemy columns. The Mexican Army was less stylish.
General Zaragosa ordered Colonel Diaz to take his cavalry, the best in the world, out to the French flanks. In response, the French did a most stupid thing; they sent their cavalry off to chase Diaz and his men, who proceeded to butcher them. The remaining French infantrymen charged the Mexican defenders through sloppy mud from a thunderstorm and through hundreds of head of stampeding cattle stirred up by Indians armed only with machetes.
When the battle was over, many French were killed or wounded and their cavalry was being chased by Diaz' superb horsemen miles away. The Mexicans had won a great victory that kept Napoleon III from supplying the confederate rebels for another year, allowing the United States to build the greatest army the world had ever seen. This grand army smashed the Confederates at Gettysburg just 14 months after the battle of Puebla, essentially ending the Civil War.
Union forces were then rushed to the Texas/Mexican border under General Phil Sheridan, who made sure that the Mexicans got all the weapons and ammunition they needed to expel the French. American soldiers were discharged with their uniforms and rifles if they promised to join the Mexican Army to fight the French. The American Legion of Honor marched in the Victory Parade in Mexico, City.
It might be a historical stretch to credit the survival of the United States to those brave 4,000 Mexicans who faced an army twice as large in 1862. But who knows?
In gratitude, thousands of Mexicans crossed the border after Pearl Harbor to join the U.S. Armed Forces. As recently as the Persian Gulf War, Mexicans flooded American consulates with phone calls, trying to join up and fight another war for America.
Mexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans. That's why Cinco de Mayo is such a party -- A party that celebrates freedom and liberty. There are two ideals which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder to protect, ever since the 5th of May, 1862. VIVA! el CINCO DE MAYO!!
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Clicketynix, at 10:33 AM
More Cinco Info from Mr. Hawk
Careful
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>Here is a little less..... slanted... historic perspective
>Less exageration too!
>
>Setting The Stage
>The battle at Puebla in 1862 happened at a violent and chaotic time in
>Mexico's history. Mexico had finally gained independence from Spain in
>1821 after a difficult and bloody struggle, and a number of internal
>political takeovers and wars, including the Mexican-American War
>(1846-1848) and the Mexican Civil War of 1858, had ruined the national
>economy.
>During this period of struggle Mexico had accumulated heavy debts to
>several nations, including Spain, England and France, who were demanding
>repayment. Similar debt to the U.S. was previously settled after the
>Mexican-American War. France was eager to add to its empire at that time,
>and used the debt issue to move forward with goals of establishing its
>own leadership in Mexico. Realizing France's intent of empire expansion,
>Spain and England withdrew their support. When Mexico finally stopped
>making any loan payments, France took action on it's own to install
>Napoleon's relative, Archduke Maximilian of Austria, as ruler of Mexico.
>France invaded at the gulf coast of Mexico along the state of Veracruz
>(see map) and began to march toward Mexico City, a distance today of less
>than 600 miles. Although American President Abraham Lincoln was
>sympathetic to Mexico's cause, and for which he is honored in Mexico, the
>U.S. was involved in its own Civil War at the time and was unable to
>provide any direct assistance.
>Marching on toward Mexico City, the French army encountered strong
>resistance at the Mexican forts of Loreto and Guadalupe. Lead by Mexican
>General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin, a small, poorly armed militia estimated
>at 4,500 men were able to stop and defeat a well outfitted French army of
>6,500 soldiers, which stopped the invasion of the country. The victory
>was a glorious moment for Mexican patriots, which at the time helped to
>develop a needed sense of national unity, and is the cause for the
>historical date's celebration.
>Unfortunately, the victory was short lived. Upon hearing the bad news,
>Napoleon had found an excuse to send more troops overseas to try and
>invade Mexico again, even against the wishes of the French populace.
>30,000 more troops and a full year later, the French were eventually able
>to depose the Mexican army, take over Mexico City and install Maximilian
>as the ruler of Mexico.
>Maximilian's rule of Mexico was also short lived, from 1864 to 1867. With
>the American Civil War now over, the U.S. began to provide more political
>and military assistance to Mexico to expel the French, after which
>Maximilian was executed by the Mexicans - today his bullet riddled shirt
>is on display in the museum at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City. So
>despite the eventual French invasion of Mexico City, Cinco de Mayo honors
>the bravery and victory of General Zaragoza's small, outnumbered militia
>at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
>[Sources: Encyclopedia Encarta, Encyclopedia Britanica, Prescott's
>Mexico:1900, HistoryChannel.com, other sources. Updated April 7, 2006]
>
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Clicketynix, at 9:49 AM
from meprintgirl email :)
Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England.
In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York.
This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico.
But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York.
The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost.
The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss.
Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as "Sinko de Mayo."
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Clicketynix, at 10:41 AM
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