05-05-00
Why exactly do we celebrate Cinco de Mayo? It's not like most people gather in French restaurants to guzzle champagne and eat baguettes on Bastille Day every year. Maybe it's because Mexico is a hell of a lot closer.
Yesterday, I was listening to these women discuss the imminent currency conversion in Europe to the "euro" dollar. One of them was talking to the other specifically about how resistant the European people were to the idea. So, I had to chime in and ask her how she would feel if the President announced that the Powers That Be in North and South America got together and decided to make us all use "americos". Imagine how fucked up the economy would be if all the little Central American and South American economies were suddenly tied to ours. Black monday would look like a mild off white day.
I still have a hard time imagining a bunch of people in Chihuahua drinking Miller Lights and eating burgers on the 4th of July, though. Maybe I'm too cynical.
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