Hold De Mayo! I know that the 5th of May was a week and a half ago, but the media still keeps talking about the whole Mexican vs. American flag thing.

Before I go any further, let's get it clear exactly WHAT the 5th of May represents in Mexico.

An excuse to party.

(Courtesy Wikipedia)

Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a holiday held on May 5 that commemorates 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

Cinco de Mayo is a regional holiday limited primarily to the state of Puebla.

It's kind of like The Battle of Normandy. A little battle we like to celebrate in the U.S. on D-Day (June 6)

What? You don't celebrate D-Day? If it weren't for the success of the Normandy landings, the Nazis might not have been stopped. We might all be zig-heiling and goosestepping to work.

If the Mexicans hadn't won the Battle of Puebla, there might be a United and Confederated States. So, yeah, it's kind of important too. But why is it celebrated more in the U.S. than in Mexico?

I digress…

I despise Stinko De Mayo. Not because of it's historical significance (the slave-trading, cotton-picking secessionists from down South needed to be stopped), but because of how so many Hispanics use it as another means to resist integrating into American society.

America is a place, not a race. We are a land of all peoples. Our culture is a mix of cultures from around the globe. Remember the old term "melting pot"?

Apparently the "Mexicans" don't want to see it that way. They want to invade our country and force their culture on all the rest of us. Do they think the history of their country of origin is more important than that of African slave descendants? Or of the Irish potato famine survivors? Or of the Chinese workers who built the American rail road system? How utterly arrogant.

Even more disgusting than their racist you're-not-Mexican-you-suck ideology is the fact that they get so worked up on Stinko De Mayo and wave the Mexican flag in everyone's faces.

Newsflash: the current Mexican flag isn't the one used during the Battle of Puebla. The current Mexican flag wasn't adopted until 1968- a hundred years afterwards. Are all you el zealots flying the correct, historical flag?

I guess what really has me worked up though, is the four kids that wore American flag shirts (to their American school) on Stinko De Mayo, and were sent home. This is the United States, byotches. The Stars and Stripes is ALL OF OUR FLAG. Do the Irish get mad that people fly Old Glory on St. Patrick's Day? Do you see any drunken Germans ripping the Stars and Stripes down during Octoberfest? No. Because they are proud of their heritage and that they are Americans.

All you Stinko De Mayans can take your flag, tie up your belongings, throw it over your shoulder and march your disgruntled asses right back to Mexico. Because clearly you think it's better. No one's stopping you.

Oh, and just to clarify, since you all enjoy waving the Mexican flag around while burning Old Glory… guess what I'll be burning next Stinko De Mayo?