Holidays in remembrance of bloody battles are the best. The fact that it's was a battle of Americans beating on the French makes it all that much better.
Ya'll doing anything for Cinco de Mayo ?
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Met 2012/05/05 16:16:24Get drunk on margaritas
+5I'm supporting my local Mexican community by dining in their fine establishments and getting drunk with them on their day of heritage.
Holidays in remembrance of bloody battles are the best. The fact that it's was a battle of Americans beating on the French makes it all that much better.
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- paul Met 2012/05/05 18:33:09
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reply - paul JenSemPa 2012/05/05 16:31:37+1I am surprised you don't have any of our illegals in Japan yet?
reply - JenSemPa paul 2012/05/06 12:04:54+1Well, the Pacific Ocean is just a tad wider than the Rio Grande.reply
- paul JenSemPa 2012/05/06 16:01:05Before you know it there will be Tacos in Tokyo, Salsa in the Ginza............be warned
reply - Dagon 2012/05/05 11:40:27
- lynda.a... Dagon 2012/05/05 14:30:26+2I thought it was interesting Cinco De Mayo was listed as an American holiday in www.earthcalendar.net. IOW not as a Mexican day of celebration.reply
- Dagon lynda.a... 2012/05/05 18:04:47
- BritPunk 2012/05/05 10:40:29No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+2Only heard of it sometime last year. But if you twist my arm I'm sure I can drink a few tequilas :-)reply
- Rod 2012/05/05 10:15:28No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+5I'm not Mexican so Cinco de Mayo means nothing to me. The "Battle of Puebla", which took place on May 5, 1862, is interesting from a historical standpoint but I don't celebrate that Mexican holiday. I am happy that the Mexican army defeated the French at the town of Puebla or our neighbors to the south of us might be speaking French instead of Mexican.reply
- ant0n1us Rod 2012/05/05 18:30:04+1I believe that the national language of Mexico is español, not "Mexican". I would not mind français, tho. The USA would be sandwiched then between two nations of francophones! LOL Go Quebec!reply
- Rod ant0n1us 2012/05/06 01:19:00+1You're correct. The language is actually Spanish with a Mexican dialect. Much the same as the differences between the US and Australia or UK. We all speak English with a different dialect. Some of the words that those three countries use are the same with different meanings. The same with Mexico and other Latin America countries. Thanks for the correction.reply
- cddjmikey 2012/05/05 09:34:08Gonna go out to eat+2AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY !reply
- Justin ... cddjmikey 2012/05/05 14:31:55+2Schwweeeet!reply
- cddjmikey Justin ... 2012/05/05 18:47:05It is HUMID as HELL !! I look like I jumped in a lake with my clothes on !! Ewwwwwww !!reply
- darwolf 2012/05/05 08:40:22No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+2I don't celebrate any holiday.reply
- SEA Jay 2012/05/05 08:16:57 (edited)Get drunk on margaritas+2Haven't drank since 2006, this might be the day I start. ? ? ?reply
- RobertChristopherLaity 2012/05/05 08:12:42No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+3The Fifth of May (Cinco de Mayo) is a MEXICAN Holiday. This is the United States. It is NOT a Holiday here and sfould NOT be. It represents MEXICAN History,NOT ours.reply
- BritPunk RobertC... 2012/05/05 10:43:23+2Yep but it's always nice to learn about other cultures and celebrate them.reply
- BritPunk RobertC... 2012/05/05 10:44:07+2Ps Don't Americans celebrate ST Patrick day, even if they aren't Irish ?reply
- lynda.a... BritPunk 2012/05/05 14:33:45+3Touche!!! Heck I celebrate Chinese New Year, Puerto Rican emancipation day, Bastille day too and I'm not Chinese, Puerto Rican or French either.reply
- lynda.a... RobertC... 2012/05/05 14:32:05+2Any thoughts on Cinco de Mayo being listed as an American holiday at www.earthcalendar.net. Its there if you want to check it out. My thought was surprising.reply
- Happy_Evil_Dude 2012/05/05 06:36:39No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+2I might go see the Avengers?reply
- Wolfman 2012/05/05 06:23:32Gonna go out to eat+3I'll be manning the Republican Party booth for awhile. Then I'll walkk toe fairgrounds to visit all the stuff.reply
- Mel 2012/05/05 05:48:35Gonna go out to eat+2Eal outreply
- Tim Upham 2012/05/05 05:24:05Gonna go out to eat+1I celebrate Cinco De Mayo, because we should learn about all holidays, and what they mean to us. Cinco De Mayo comes from when Mexico borrowed a lot of money from France. Mexico did not repay it, so France invaded and occupied Mexico. The French made the Austrian Archduke Maximillan into the puppet Emperor of Mexico. After defeating the French in battle, the Mexicans captured Maximillan and executed him. The Empress Carlotta went back to her native Belgium, where she died in an insane asylum. So we learn about our neighbor to the south of us, and that Cinco De Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day, like so many Americans think.reply
- Linda Tim Upham 2012/05/05 06:36:25 (edited)+2It's more like they kept their independence then, right?.reply
- Tim Upham Linda 2012/05/10 19:53:48Si Senora.reply
- JCD aka... Tim Upham 2012/05/05 08:02:07 (edited)+2Exactly. Our French Emperor Napoleon III had invaded Mexico at a time when America was busy fighting the Civil War. Some of us here in Paris, notably my local bar, commemorate the Mexican people's victory against foreign imperialists.reply
- Tim Upham JCD aka... 2012/05/10 19:52:51It just goes along with Napoleon's Declaration of the Rights of Man. So yes it does go along with French morals and values. They can have a nice celebration in places such as Paris.reply
- Lisa 2012/05/05 05:18:50No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+2but maybe I'll go buy some chips and salsa to celebrate lolreply
- iHeartChopin 2012/05/05 05:13:33Get drunk on margaritas+3Celebrating my birthday!!!!reply
- Justin ... iHeartC... 2012/05/05 14:33:30+2Happy Birthday amigo!reply
- toxic_phantom 2012/05/05 05:00:15No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+2im sleeping all day and enjoying my first day of no work in three straight weeks!!! and looking at the "super moon".reply
- Redskin 2012/05/05 04:59:20Get drunk on margaritas+2Goin out to ma buddy's house for a little fiesta and I'm probably gonna end up having his girl drive me back homereply
- B Lawrence 2012/05/05 04:57:34No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+3I'm not Mexican, and I could care less that they beat the French in a battle. I've never celerated it. I laugh in the face of European Americans that say happy cinco de mayo....idiots.reply
- Katie in Wonderland 2012/05/05 04:56:34No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+2But I have to go to a birthday party for one of my cousins. Fun -______-reply
- britinlincoln 2012/05/05 04:56:06No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+2ya mean apart from throwing their beer cans back over the fence cuz we get sick of 14+ hours of mariachi music u mean ? ay yai yai yai...........yo quiero taco bell ?reply
- pterodactyl 2012/05/05 04:49:04Get drunk on margaritas+2lolz may the forth be with you lolz happy national starwars dayreply
- themadhare ~IJM 2012/05/05 04:48:25No, its not really a holiday we celebrate+2It's a fantasyreply
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