Monday, April 7, 2008

Reactionary, nationalistic Americans to do the patriotic thing and buy Russian or French vodka

A mini-controversy has erupted. Apparently, Swedish-made Absolut Vodka ran an advertisement in Mexico that appealed to Mexican nationalistic pride at the expense of Americans. The ad shows a map of Mexico with its pre-Mexican-American War boundaries that included a sizable majority of the current western United States.

Patriotic Americans are outraged at this serious threat to the territorial integrity of the United States. The very audacity of a foreign company appealing to the patriotism of its customers! It's not like Toyota advertises their trucks with American patriotism or any American company would appeal to the locals outside of the U.S. borders. At least one upset citizen has vowed never to purchase Absolut Vodka again, but instead Stoli or Grey Goose vodka.

It seems there is a sector of the population who is really up in arms on any perceived threat to the United States. These are most likely the same folks who think immigration is ruining the country. Some of the nuttier ones are worried about a "New World Order" or "North American Union" conspiracy.

Since any supporting evidence is used to further these conspiracy theories, even satire, here' s my contribution to rile the feathers of the reactionary conspiracy theorists. North America, perhaps less than fifty years from now? For added insult to injury, the capital of the new union is Detroit. Cuba gets southern Florida!

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