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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Cinco de Mayo!!!
Cinco de Mayo aka "A Reason To Drink" Day is upon us. But what exactly is it's purpose minus a reason to get drunk? I initially thought that it was in celebration of Mexico's Independence from Spain, but upon doing some research, it is vastly more insignificant than that, but still a noteworthy day in the history of Mexico.
Cinco de Mayo is of course May 5th (duh). On this date back in 1862, a ragtag group of Mexican army soldiers were able to repel French forces in the not as much heralded Battle of Puebla. These troops, under General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin, were able to defeat a group of French soldiers greatly superior in number and equipment. Yes, as we see here, the French fail once again, a theme that will be repeated time after time in history.
Interestingly enough, Cinco de Mayo is popular more in United States than in Mexico. Yet another example of American habitual swagger jacking (see: St. Patrick's Day). Mexico's actual independence day is September 16th. Who knew? (I did. Thanks Wikipedia!)
So what it appears to be is that the makers of Corona and Tequila have adopted the holiday into an excuse to drink several Coronas and shots of Tequila. I have no problem with that, as I love to drink Coronas and take shots of Tequila. It can't be just coincidence that Coronas were on sale last week. As we see here, this "holiday" is simply another device to drive up the sale of alcoholic beverages. So in light of Cinco de Mayo, have one (several) of these...
Cinco de Mayo is of course May 5th (duh). On this date back in 1862, a ragtag group of Mexican army soldiers were able to repel French forces in the not as much heralded Battle of Puebla. These troops, under General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin, were able to defeat a group of French soldiers greatly superior in number and equipment. Yes, as we see here, the French fail once again, a theme that will be repeated time after time in history.
Interestingly enough, Cinco de Mayo is popular more in United States than in Mexico. Yet another example of American habitual swagger jacking (see: St. Patrick's Day). Mexico's actual independence day is September 16th. Who knew? (I did. Thanks Wikipedia!)
So what it appears to be is that the makers of Corona and Tequila have adopted the holiday into an excuse to drink several Coronas and shots of Tequila. I have no problem with that, as I love to drink Coronas and take shots of Tequila. It can't be just coincidence that Coronas were on sale last week. As we see here, this "holiday" is simply another device to drive up the sale of alcoholic beverages. So in light of Cinco de Mayo, have one (several) of these...
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