Awards, celebrations, dreams

Lamanzanilla receives recognition

    The World Heritage Organization has added Lamanz to one of its lists, receiving 3 big stars as a "world class shit hole". Organizers said there are many criteria for determining what's a shit hole, but in Lamanzs' case we can take it literally. Faulty sewers and overflowing septics have given Lamanz the smell of shit. Thus its special recognition. Residents need not feel too bad about this as Lamanz didn't receive the top status of 5 stars. Maybe next year if we all shit together....

More dreams

    Construction of new homes is picking up, (dont they ever read this?), with at least 8 active sites as of now. At least half of these aren't merely homes but mansions. It will be interesting to see, when all these are finished and their owners have lived in them for a few seasons how quickly the for-sale signs go up, as lamanz didnt turn out to be quite the paradise they had envisioned. (see above story) And what does lamanz get? Even more dream homes that were only beautiful to their owners and just a bunch of white elephants for everyone else to look at, but no one has any desire to buy and/or live in for themselves.

Gar(b)age sale sunday

    In a land where garage sales are unheard of, last sunday was a bonanza. .... with 2!!!  Returning gringos offing their unwanted items (pronounced 'junk') supplied the booty. Of course and as usual, anything that was actually worthy of any useful purpose never actually made it to the sales tables. One sale which was strictly a gringo affair found the cheaper folks trying to rid themselves of their useless shit and weasel out a few pesos for it. The other-'a charity affair'- was supplied by donations. In other words for those that were too lazy to even set up tables and try to hock the shit themselves. Then there were those that were both too lazy and too cheap to do either but not so lazy as to not add to their already mammoth pile of shit.

A big thanks

Its happening again. The yank day to give 'thanks' for the fact indians didn't have better weapons, and were ridiculously naive. Turkey and all the 'fixins' are on many a table. the diners in a few hours of course will likely be under it. All mexicans will be using the back entrance if they are there at all, which isn't likely. Local restaurants will likely have special sittings again. Remember to give thanks for ....ummmmm.... the rule of the chosen race, the holocaust of the indiginous populations for the greater [whiter] good, turkeys dont have vicious teeth, a reason for cranberries, football, small pox, religious nutters? The choices seem endless. Apparently though, there is one true traditional thanksgiving dinner being held. After the obligatory half gallon of beer the fun begins with the time honored tradition of 'the giving out of disease infested blankets to the indiginous'. Always popular with the left. Then, a quick trip to the grave yard for some looting. (locals expect a good haul this year,) After a be-heading or two in the casino (heads to be later displayed on poles in the jardin) there will be a pilgrimage up to some high-walled hill castle and a big dinner of stolen food (so no need to BYO-anything). For justification purposes, the following day is slated for shopping. God bless US.

Coyotes move north

    With the coyote business (smuggling illegals across the border) waning due to the ever decreasing desire to enter the usa, enterprising coyotes are finding a new market. They are moving north to smuggle Canadians across the border. it's not for the same reasons that latinos flow north as most Canadians don't want to go to the states . Its just that the damm place lies between them and their destination of Mexico. For years there was no problem crossing the "friendly" border in their packed rvs. Now things have begun to change.

    The upstart fascist agency called homeland (sounds like fatherland) security is getting its shit together and doing just what it was intended to do which is to label as many as possible as criminals. With its high powered computers it is able to search back through the years and find out all the facts about everyone who was ever born. Sometimes they can tell of things you did even before you were born. There is nothing you can hide so if you were convicted of  even spitting on the sidewalk 40 years ago, they know. (and likely have DNA evidence to boot) If you are Canadian, this is enough to turn you away at the border. The usa being the pristine place that it is, wants no criminal elements within its borders, even if it's just to pass through. Politicians and bankers excepted. Of course, if you want to spend a small fortune to apply for a waiver (that may or may not be granted) your criminal status may be removed. (until its time to renew it) Then you can enter. It is after all, still the land where the dollar rules. Canadians (and particularly the quebecois) with their reputation of not wanting to spend a buck find this kind of extortion unnacceptable. But how do they get their expensive rvs to the beaches of mexico? Enter the coyotes. With their experience along the southern borders they are finding the northern borders a snap. With hundreds, if not thousands, of unpatrolled crossings,and for a fee much less than a waiver, you will be led to one and then sent along your way into some remote area of the northern states. From there, the only tricky part will be to find your way to the nearest interstate. And then you are home free, next stop Mexico.