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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

The real problem with Mexico

Talk all you want about the 12-20 million illegal aliens pouring across our border. The real trouble comes from the Mexicans who are staying put on their own side of the Rio Grande.
Reuters reports that Mexican farmers are setting fire to their crops of blue agave and planting corn for ethanol use instead.
Where's the National Guard when you really need them? This is just the kind of thing that calls for direct military intervention.
Look, I understand the need to wean ourselves off our dependence on foreign oil. Nobody wants to pay $4 a gallon for regular unleaded.
But man, no blue agave means no tequila and there are some things in this world that you shouldn't have to give up, no matter what.
I mean, sometimes a Tequila Sunrise or three is just what the doctor ordered for a wild romantic night.
If Mexican farmers want to burn down the Mexican Jumping Bean factories to make room for some corn, I've got no problem. But for the love of all that's holy, save the blue agave!
The agave tragedy story can be found at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18926019/

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

guess it'll be a long, cold summer for Sue..no worries, just ask your neighborhood illegal gardeners, dishwashers and car wash employees for some of their stash..:}

1:57 PM, May 30, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So they're going from tequila makin's to rotgut, eh? All is not lost.

11:50 PM, May 30, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

aye carumba!

1:50 PM, June 02, 2007  

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