cinco de mayo

[Ted Samsel]

> 
> Cinco de mayo is not Mexican independence day nor does it celebrate the
> winning of the revolution with Spain.  It honors a particular battle by a
> particular figure credited with stirring the fight for independence which
> came several years later.  It is not celebrated in Mexico except for in
> Puebla where this guy comes from (I forget his name) and has in fact
> become an excuse for marketing in the U.S. as well as a holiday celebrated
> privately by Mexicans in California.  Mexican independence day is in
> September.  (Take all above facts with a grain of salt, shot of tequila,
> and squirt of lemon).

False. It is celebrated all over Mejico and commemorates the victory
of the Mexican army over the French at the Battle of Puebla (the Frogs
call it the Battle of Camarone and the French Foreign Legion has
a memorial to the fallen there every year on that date. It was the
worst defeat by the French until the battle of Dien Bien Phu, which
is also commemorated on that date). The Mexicans were commanded by
General Ignacio Zaragoza who was born in Goliad, Texas in the 1820's
I seem to recall. He was wounded at this battle and died from this
a few days after the battle.
> 
> If I were home in CA I would be drinking Cuervo and Coronas with my pals
> but instead I am stuck here in north Texas with all these fucking white
> people.

Que lastima! Doncha know where los vatos hang out in East Dallis? I do.
Coronas? Pitui! Negro Modelo o Bohemia son las mejores cervezas y
la tequila mas mejor es Herradura Anejo.

"When you go to Dallas,
take your razor and your gun,
there's so much sh*t in Dallas,
you bound to step in some."

Pinche guera!

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net 
  "I want the frimfram sauce with the orson-fay
         and chifaffa on the side...."