With the number of Swine Flu cases growing fast and fears of a pandemic dominating the news, many Americans are calling for the nation’s southern border to be sealed to stem the flow of individuals — legal and illegal immigrants — from Mexico and beyond who might be infected with the new flu “cocktail.” I suggest we take matters one step further and cancel all Cinco de Mayo activities next week and replace them with CINCO DE MUSTARD activities.
In years past, I’ve called for an end to celebrations of Mexican culture and heritage as a means of protesting the spread of violence by Mexican drug cartels and the corruption inside the Mexican government.
This year, I say its time to safeguard this nation’s public health by sealing the border and, at the same time, celebrating with an All-American hot dog topper — mustard — on an Americanized version of the holiday, CINCO DE MUSTARD!
3 responses so far ↓
1 Clay Bowler // Apr 30, 2009 at 8:39 am
Be careful Bob, they are looking for an Obama Day. They might find fuel from your blog to declare it Obama Day since he is personally going to deliver us to the free-from-flu promised land. I kind of prefer Cinco de Mayo if you catch my drift. It’s not a huge preference, but it is a preference.
2 hotoffthepress2 // Apr 30, 2009 at 8:42 am
I can understand you not wanting to support Obama Day, but not supporting Cinco de Mustard? Say it ain’t so, Clay!
3 kitchentablepatriot // Apr 30, 2009 at 6:20 pm
We shouldn’t be celebrating Mexican holidays in the U.S…Cinco de Mayo isn’t even a national holiday in Mexico…it’s a regional thing to celebrate a minor victory battle in Puebla. Not a big deal down there. We need to shut our border down immediately, and put an immediate moratorium on all travel from Mexico via air., land, and sea until the threat of Mexican Swine flu subsides and the out-of-control drug cartel violence stops. Boycott Mexico…vacation and spend your U.S. dollars in the U.S. instead.
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