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You're wrong.
You don't see the costs of the logistics, buses, overtime, etc.
You just want what you want.
Why not give up all tuition reimbursement if you want a party instead?
It's discretionary spending.
Don't like it? Pay for your own party, don't re-enlist, don't join the military, have it off-base.
Geez, talk about whining.
How about those 8,000 people who will be having their pay cut, you don't seem to care about them one whit.
You want a party instead.
The military isn't a party and it's not supposed to be welfare.
Excuse me, that was 800,000 people taking a mandatory pay cut because of frivolous discretionary spending.
Seems like our right-wing friends fail to realize that Cinco de Mayo is more widely celebrated by non-hispanic Americans than by Mexicans (similarly to how the US has appropriated St. Patrick's Day in a way that Ireland could never imagine). Cinco de Mayo is only significant in the Mexican state of Puebla.
Seems like our right-wing friends fail to realize that Cinco de Mayo is more widely celebrated by non-hispanic Americans than by Mexicans (similarly to how the US has appropriated St. Patrick's Day in a way that Ireland could never imagine). Cinco de Mayo is only significant in the Mexican state of Puebla.
Where did you come up with that "factoid"?
Cinco de Mayo and April Fools' day are on about the same level.
Cinco de Mayo became a WH "event" back in 2001 and has been held annually since.
As far as the Ft Bragg event...donations were offered to continue it but Federal law prohibits it.
The 30 year tradition will have to take a spot on the shelf this year.
Priorities folks. DC is picking and choosing their priorities and the Ft Bragg July 4 event is not on their list.
Cinco de Mayo and April Fools' day are on about the same level.
I've lived in both Mexico and the US and experienced both first-hand. Cinco de Mayo isn't as big of a deal here in Boston (though it's impossible to get into a Mexican restaurant or tequila bar that day), but it was huge growing up in Georgia. My Mexican-American friends do NOT celebrate, except from the handful with roots in Puebla, and I was often asked about it when living in Mexico.
And a little trip to Wikipedia shows:
Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a celebration held on May 5. It is celebrated in the United States[1] and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla,[note 1][2][3][4] where the holiday is called El Día de la Batalla de Puebla (English: The Day of the Battle of Puebla).[5][6][7] It originated with Mexican-American communities in the American West as a way to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the American Civil War,[8][9] and today the date is observed in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride.[10] In the state of Puebla, the date is observed to commemorate the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.
It's ridiculous anyway. Why are we celebrating an event in the U.S. that was about a war between two different countries? What's it got to do with us?
I could care less if the US celebrates 5th of May or not. Crazy Americans celebrate all kinds of wierd stuff. BTW...Was St. Patrick an American? Where in America did Bastille Day happen?
The founding fathers wanted "the people" to celebrate. I don't need Ft. Sam Houston to have a fireworks show to have a good 4th celebration.
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