A tipping point has been reached. Many Americans have complained (myself included) about our diminished stature in the World, about how so many foreigners hate America. We have seen this manifested in a number of ways (surveys, incidents of attacks abroad, etc), but it has finally reached its tipping point: they are booing our beautiful women. And not just not any beautiful woman, Miss USA. The worst part was that this contest wasn't held in the Middle East, or a Muslim country. No, it was being held just south of our border, in Mexico.
What happened? Just a few years ago, if a beautiful white American woman traveled to Mexico on Spring Break she would be treated like a Honus Wagner baseball card: the holy grail for sex-deprived men. A moderately attractive American female could expect to receive catcalls, unprovoked groping, and more positive attention than she could ever dream of. I have little doubt that some fugly or slightly overweight girls took a trip down there for a boost of self-confidence. It must have been comforting for them to know there was a whole country of men South of the border willing to buy them drinks and yell "Bonita, tengo un coche para jodernos." (Don't translate that)
This problem is bigger than the fates of our mediocre ladies: this is the last straw for the Bush Administration. This episode has convinced me more than anything else that we have lost all respect globally. We provide Mexico's most desolate people with jobs and great music from bands like Third Eye Blind and Gin Blossoms (I think their radio is still in the 90's), and yet they boo Miss USA? What have we done wrong? And more importantly, what chance does a regular-looking gringo like myself have when he goes down there? We plucked a hottie from the middle of the Tennessee cornfields, dressed her up and paraded her down their runways wearing very little clothing, and she still got booed. What are they going to do to me? I guess it's going to cost me a lot more to bribe the cop after my next arrest in Tijuana.
Oh, and by the way, this happened, too:
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