mi casa es su casa which was a courteous phrase used by those of Spanish decent that lived in Mexico and the southern US. It was a gesture of friendship and true hospitality.
I have heard it and understood it and enjoy those memories as a child.
It has lost its meaning.
I’ll never set foot in Mexico again.
It has changed and not for the better.
What saddens me is how much they had and probably will never have again.
If the history is correct Santa Anna spared the women and children at the Alamo. His counterpart today would pimp them out.
I’ll never go to Mexico again either. I had three good, cheap vacations. Those days are gone.
The last time I was leaving, at the airport the agent was rattling Spanish at me. That was understandable since I tan really dark really quickly. (Heck, if I walk to the mailbox I get tanned, lol) I asked if he could speak English. He kind of sneered and said “Yes, but why should I?” Of course he was right...I was leaving. Not coming in to drop a lot of money in his country.
I don’t vacation often. But if I do, it will be in the US. Lots of things I haven’t seen in this country. Or this state for that matter!
The added benefit...I won’t have to deal with the infernal airlines.
Can you say “My house is your house” in Mayan.
That is the language from there.
Now we will have, press #1 for English, #2 for Spanish, #3 for Mayan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan_languages
I am a legal immigrant from Canada and during the first campaign of the One against McCain I helped run the Republican office here and our most dedicated volunteers were from Communist countries and would always ask “Where are the Americans that were born here?”
When I first got my green card I had to sign a statement that I would not be dependent on the government for any reason.
When I got sworn in, hubby asked where I wanted to go eat to celebrate, I told him let’s go have Mexican food and a few Margaritas to celebrate all these Hispanics that just got sworn in. (Of course I love Margaritas anyway and was joking, but, that was years ago and there were plenty coming in legally.
I am beyond po’d here about this mess, Obama is doing more to transform America than I thought he would do.
I thought he would wait to do more after the election this year, but, I think he thinks he has lost the Senate and now why wait.
God Bless America, please.