La Migra Arizona Y Un Cinco De Mayo Mágico

The fifth of May is Cinco de Mayo, a happy holiday punctuated across the U.S. and Mexico by individuals enjoying parties, food and a fifth of tequila among the safe company of friends. The significance of Cinco de Mayo is tied into Mexico’s victory over France during the 1862 Battle of Puebla. When Cinco de Mayo isn’t official in the federal sense, people nevertheless celebrate it heartily, drinking to remember even when most of them will forget the good the Mexican-Americans have done in helping build America’s colorful cultural landscape.

Cinco de Mayo: A time for protests

Whispers of something less than family-friendly happening on Cinco de Mayo 2010 are swirling around Arizona. As a result of the controversial Arizona immigration law, Gov. Jan Brewer might have a Cinco de Mayo protest with which to contend. A large-scale political rally is brewing at the state capital. No faxing payday loansstores might have to lock their doors. Rumor Miller says even the Arizona police will show up at the rally to scream about how they don’t want to be sued for not following the letter of the new law. With speakers on both sides of the immigration issue like Tom Tancredo, Marry Matlin, Roland Martin and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the rally should be quite charged. In addition, some A-list celebrities might be there, including Salma Hayek, George Lopez, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Carlos Mencia and Perez Hilton. Hilton will, of course, be blogging the event. Potential attendees are being en! couraged to wear green, white and red to show their support of what is supposedly “in clear violation of the principles of the U.S.” That supposedly solid assertion about Arizona immigration law is actually very much up for debate.

Cinco de Mayo fans, it is getting thick in here

It could surely be worse; it could possibly be as The Spoof lampoons, where Gov. Brewer has cancelled anything fun about the holiday. There could be no parades, block parties, low-rider hydraulics contests, “Eva Longoria-Parker lookalike pageants,” margarita fests, “frijole fandangos,” weddings or anything else that could vaguely fall on the wrong side of la migra. Gov. Jan Brewer is spreading some tough love and will not be swayed by the namby-pamby antics of an Obama, Hillary Clinton, belly-dancing Shakira or Los Lonely Boys. No, Jan Brewer is visiting the this thing through, claims The Spoof. And possibly worst of all, Speedy Gonzalez and Slow Poke Rodriguez could be swapped out by the ethnically whitewashed Rapid Reggie and Moseying Maisy.

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