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Here is one Mexicana that is celebrating.

Adam

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1.2 THAYERI
1.2 SPLENDIDA (1.0 ALBINO/ 0.2 HYPO)
1.1 CORNS SNAKES (0.1 SNOW/ 1.0 STRIPEDSUNGLOW)
0.1 REDFOOT TORTOISE
1.0 LEOPARD TORTOISE
0.1 PYXIE FROG
0.0.1 HORNED FROG
0.0.1 TADPOLES

LOVE that photo! LOL!
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Dan
www.SerpentsOnline.com

Yeah... that's great!

but Im boycotting mexican beer in retaliation to the "immigrant" boycotts out here in Cali.
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1 Eastern Blue Tongue Skink
2 Tarahumara Mountain Kingsnakes - Knoblochi
1 Thayer's Kingsnake - Thayeri
2 Golden Greek Tortoises
1 Pyxie Frog - 14 years old

well this is a mexican style beer that is brewed right here in Durango CO, generally i hate mexican beer but this stuff is delicious.

adam

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1.2 THAYERI
1.2 SPLENDIDA (1.0 ALBINO/ 0.2 HYPO)
1.1 CORNS SNAKES (0.1 SNOW/ 1.0 STRIPEDSUNGLOW)
0.1 REDFOOT TORTOISE
1.0 LEOPARD TORTOISE
0.1 PYXIE FROG
0.0.1 HORNED FROG
0.0.1 TADPOLES

I'm with you. And I'm an AMERICAN of mexican decent.

My family is made up of GARCIA'S, ARMIJO'S, PADILLA'S, CHACON'S, CASADOS,AND TAFOYA'S. We are not celebrating the day that the Mexicans won their independence from the French. That's not a feat worth celebrating anyway. A couple of high school girls and an good hobo could kick their A$$ anyway.

Chris GARCIA

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Vichris

Vichris Variables

We are not celebrating the day that the Mexicans won their independence from the French. That's not a feat worth celebrating anyway. A couple of high school girls and an good hobo could kick their A$$ anyway.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that Cinco de Mayo is not connected with Mexico's original independence movement. As I remember without Googling anything:

Mexico won independence from Spain in the late 1810's or early 1820's. The Mexican equivalent of Independence Day is September 16 or September 17 when a man (He may have been a priest.) wrote a declaration of rights similar to our Declaration of Independence. He wrote them at night and just read them to a crowd (or maybe posted them somewhere). Because he wrote all night, there's always been a question of which day to call "Independance Day." I don't remember Spain fighting as big a war as England fought to keep the colonies, but Mexico eventually won independence. Mexico wrote their own constitution around 1824.

The Cinco de Mayo battle happened because in the early 1860's the United States weren't united anymore and were fighting the War Between the States. The French figured that with the North and South fighting one another, no one would be able to enforce the Monroe Doctrine. During the Mexican-American war, the United States had landed on the beach and rolled up one road directly to Mexico City. Mexico had a respected military at the time, and no one expected such a rout. The French just assumed that they could repeat the same assault. They made it into the country a little bit before being pounded. The day that they were beaten was May 5 (maybe 1863).

All in all, there are reasons to celebrate. If the Mexicans hadn't won that day, then all of those illegal aliens coming over our border would be speaking French.

Bill
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.

And here I thought they were the words for; DRINK AND PARTY!!.LoL
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R.BICHLER

Technically you're right. It was Mexico's defeat of an occupying force from France. THEY always call it their independence from the French, although France never really ruled Mexico. Most people here think it was their independence from Spain.

My main bitc# is that I don't like people who aren't even citzens protesting and calling for boycotts when they are here illegally. If they want to protest go back to Mexico and protest there. Many of us here in NM have started out own boycott and we're in a much better position to have an impact than they are.

Basically I'm not in much of a mood to celebrate the 5th of May.
Now the 6th of May in the USA.......... that's another story.
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Vichris

Vichris Variables

I am an irish white guy from Connecticut, i didnt realize that this thread would cause such a comotion, i thought it was a cleaver way to post this pic, the great this about this country is that we can voice our opinions in an open forum. and i thought cinco de may was the celebration of mexico winning the battle at pueblo, that could be the same thing as independence though.

Adam

this is a picture of the biggest gummy snake i have ever seen.

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1.2 THAYERI
1.2 SPLENDIDA (1.0 ALBINO/ 0.2 HYPO)
1.1 CORNS SNAKES (0.1 SNOW/ 1.0 STRIPEDSUNGLOW)
0.1 REDFOOT TORTOISE
1.0 LEOPARD TORTOISE
0.1 PYXIE FROG
0.0.1 HORNED FROG
0.0.1 TADPOLES

and i thought cinco de may was the celebration of mexico winning the battle at pueblo, that could be the same thing as independence though.

I don't know whether you read my previous post, but this battle was not related to Mexican independence. Mexico won independence from Spain around 1820. The first Mexican constitution was written in 1824. The battle at Pueblo was in the early 1860's when France tried to capture Mexico in order to have a possession in this hemisphere. I don't really see this thread as a commotion, but I think it's good to recognize at least roughly what the history is.

Bill
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.

but I think it's good to recognize at least roughly what the history is.
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I agree; And Thanks for the History Lesson,its good to have a little memo once in awhile. I think I was absent that day in history class.

http://www.webspawner.com/users/rbichler/index.html
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R.BICHLER