But glad you found the blog! ;-)

Now if we removed the imperialism from Jared’s proposal and put it up to national referenda across the Americas on whether to join the US (under a petition procedure based on Article 4, Section 3 of the US Constitution), what would people think of that?

First, conquer the seven jewels of sub-Mexico–Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama (where we already have bases!), Costa Rica, Belize and Nicaragua. Next, in a multi-pronged squeeze, take Mexico–by land and by sea, if necessary! Finally, if there’s a peep out of Canada, we take her too in a mult-pronged squeeze from Alaska, the Northern plains and the Atlantic coast. This way, all of our “borders” are the sea itself, including The Arctic and the Panama canal; the oceans and the Gulf. Then we commit to the full ENFORCEMENT of the rule of legitimate LAWS and to the florishment of our extremely successful brand of capitalism! How about that?

Ken

Before you know it, we’ll have the continent and a half under our belt with half of the states speaking Spanish and the other half speaking English. Unless we provide a provision(and an actual attempt at creating bi-lingual children) for establishing a national or regional official language(as was done in Iraq’s constitution) we’ll be in hot water.

On the other hand, if Mexico votes Republican… God bless the South.

Besides, the beer metaphor was in your original. We just ran with it.

Before Mexico reclaims the Southwest, we’ll see China stake a clain to mineral-rich Siberia, where the Russian population is in the demographic death-spiral. That could get interesting.

That having been said, I’m a wine and booze guy, not beer so much. The Macallan 12, Baker’s or Knob Creek, big red wines, and only then, Belgian beers. Fairly standard choices, but it’s hard to go wrong with Macallan. Oh, and an occasional Bombay Sapphire up with olives.

2. How do we finance it? Geez, dude — we grab their oil!

What makes you think I don’t have colored lights and used cars on my property already? Have you BEEN to San Antonio?

I think there would be some resistence to this idea from the 18-20 year-old set. I mean, what’s the fun of going to Cancun if the drinking age is 21?

Maudite- Gimme gimme gimme. Strong as a bastard and tastes great. Good for having along with a giant piece of red meat.

Trois Pistoles- Back away from me with that shit. Strong as hell, but tastes fruity and weird, like it’s partially gone stale even if it hasn’t. I’d rather have a Stag.

Corona = Mexican Miller.

I do, however, want to be a guest on Sabado Gigante.

http://www.animatedatlas.com/mexwar/lincoln2.html

I think Robert Byrd tried his best to give grave, poetic speeches in opposition to the Iraq war before it started, but mainly came across as a boring, crazy old coot (I know, it’s shocking).

Here a couple of good quotes.

Lincoln blasts Polk for using patriotism and support for the troops as a tool to garner support for the war:

“That originally having some strong motive–what, I will not stop now to give my opinion concerning–to involve the two countries in a war, and trusting to escape scrutiny, by fixing the public gaze upon the exceeding brightness of military glory–that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood–that serpent’s eye, that charms to destroy he plunged into it, and has swept, on and on, till, disappointed in his calculation of the ease with which Mexico might be subdued, he now finds himself, he knows not where. ”

I love this too, where Lincoln rips on Polk for not expecting a prolonged war and not knowing what to do now that things haven’t gone according to plan. He ends his speech with this:

“Again, it is a singular omission in this message, that it, no where intimates when the President expects the war to terminate. At it’s beginning, Genl. Scott was, by this same President, driven into disfavor, if not disgrace, for intimating that peace could not be conquered in less than three or four months. But now, at the end of about twenty months, during which time our arms have given us the most splendid successes–every department, and every part, land and water, officers and privates, regulars and volunteers, doing all that men could do, and hundreds of things which it had ever before been thought men could not do,–after all this, this same President gives us a long message, without showing us, that, as to the end, he himself, has, even an imaginary conception. As I have before said, he knows not where he is. He is a bewildered, confounded, and miserably perplexed man. God grant he may be able to show, there is not something about his conscious, more painful than all his mental perplexity!”

But didn’t we already do this?? Enlightened nations no longer use military force for this sort of thing, do they? Don’t they use TREATIES! (http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/Policy/NAFTA/nafta.html)

What the heck, if it makes Tequiza® more readily available, I’m in. Is there a petition for this I can sign, or something?

p.s. the women don’t really need to be blond, if I get a vote.

Seriously though…. Interesting post Michael. I wouldn’t be
wholly opposed to this, but if we were to assimilate all of these people
“legally” into the US, most of them would come in well under the federal
poverty level. Where are we going to find the money to give them all welfare?

I doubt any invasion would be needed.I suppose if we told them to put it to a vote, they would vote themselves in. Their national pride can just become state pride.