[SoothingDave]

There was an article in the paper abotu some Hispanic groups complaining about the beer and alcohol industry and how they have made Cinqo de Mayo into some type of drinking holiday and not the noble, family event it once was.

Never mind that the holiday is little celebrated in Mexico and is a unique American phenomenon.

Never mind that 10 years ago I had never heard of such a thing and never would have, had it not been for Corona and Dos Equis.

Remember I made this point long ago, that these types of groups are failing to see the honor of being assimilaed into the American mainstream? That instead of being earnest and boring, that sharing an ethnic holiday with the American people is a much better way to go about being incorporated into the public.

That letting Coors and Budweiser make Juneteenth a party holiday for all Americans to celebrate the end of slavery, together, is miles ahead of today's somber remembrances.

SD

[malakhi]

There was an article in the paper abotu some Hispanic groups complaining about the beer and alcohol industry and how they have made Cinqo de Mayo into some type of drinking holiday and not the noble, family event it once was.

Um, they don't need to celebrate it as a "drinking holiday" if they don't want to.

[al_c]

Ugh! Cinco de Mayo?! One of my peeves. I think CD can vouch for me here ... Cinco de May seems to be becoming more celebrate here than our own independence day. Why, oh, why do we celebrate Mexico's independence day on this side of the Rio Grande?!