Did you see all those people in AMERICAN cities waving the ITALIAN

[Redstone]

flag?? What's wrong with them?? They're in AMERICA now, they should be waving the AMERICAN flag, and ONLY the AMERICAN flag!!!!

I swear, I never saw anything so disgraceful.

Redstone

[jobycom]

1. LOL

Nicely done! :applause:

[Redstone]

2. Well, dammit! There are AMERICANS who could make those pizzas!!

Redstone

[cboy4]

37. Nope, I disagree. Pizza making in the hot California sun -- yet another

job Americans won't do.

[Redstone]

64. Well, Americans WON'T make those pizzas because the EVIL Corporate

OVERLORDS who run Vinnie's Neighborhood Pizza And Pasta, All-U-Can-Eat Manicotti Every Thursday, Senior Discounts Every Day, Friday Special Two Large Pies, One Topping Only $16.95, Please No Substitutions won't pay them a decent wage!

Redstone

[cboy4]

70. Please no substitutions . . .

:rofl:

[Redstone]

73. This is turning out to be a GREAT fight, isn't it? And I thought that

I was oblivious...

Redstone

[cboy4]

83. Yea, way to go. I thought of you more as a uniter and not a divider . . .

:spray:

This thread is too much!

[Redstone]

89. You know how it is with family. Every once in a while you have to have

a big old riot. Usually happens at a wedding, but there aren't many of those here.

Redstone

[trackfan]

136. Whaddaya mean pizza - that's a "patriot pie"

[bdamomma]

3. Are you serious???

what is wrong waving the Italian flag for a team who won the World Cup, are you just being sarcastic. My opinion I see nothing wrong with it, that is called pride.

[Redstone]

12. Well, if people here can get upset about the MEXICANS waving the

MEXICAN flag, why should the ITALIANS get a pass?

And there were PLENTY of people RIGHT HERE AT DU who were REALLY OFFENDED by those MEXICANS!!!

Redstone

[Lost-in-FL]

13. Don't they have the same flag?

I didn't know Italy was a town in Mexico. :silly:

[jobycom]

15. Are YOU serious?

:rofl: The OP was rather smooth, wasn't it?

[tyedyeto]

18. When people in San Jose booed the Canadian anthem

during the Stanley Cup play-offs, freepers everywhere were booing right along with them. Anti-Mexican antagonists were cheering them on. But an Italian flag... go for it? :shrug:

On edit: remember it was the Edmondton Oilers, a Canadian team, the Sharks were playing.

[Telly Savalas]

27. I don't get it when hockey fans boo the Canadian anthem.

Are they too stupid to notice that half of the players on their team are from Canada?

[Redstone]

52. Because half of them Hockey players are FRENCH Canadian!

And next thing you know, they'll want to be waving the FRENCH CANADIAN FLAG, right here in AMERICA!!!

Redstone

[MrSlayer]

4. Yes, a ton of them in my neighborhood.

Acting like jackasses over nothing.

[bdamomma]

8. I totally disagree

this is not nothing, this is as important as any American event including the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA playoff, why all the hostility, this is a every 4 year event, and millions of people watch soccer, football as it is called in other parts of the world.

[Redstone]

17. Check your PM, OK?

Well, those MEXICANS thought they had some kind of BIG DEAL going, too! But we PROUD AMURKINS got ALL IN A HISSY FIT over that, YES, WE DID!!

And say, ain't them Italians kinda on the BROWN side, kinda like them MEXICANS???

I say it's a TREND that we have to STOP RIGHT NOW before every Tomasso, Ricardo, and Geraldo is waving, I don't know, maybe a flag from BRAZIL or TONGA or God help us MAURITIUS, right here in our AMERICAN streets, and not thinking TWICE about doing it, either!!!

Redstone

[TankLV]

36. Sarcasm and irony is woefully lost on some people.

As replys to your OP prove.

But there is a big difference:

The Italians showing their flag were just showing support for a SPORT - like displaying a flag at some Italian festival or the Mexican flag a Cinco de Mayo celbrations, etc.

The issues framed by many is that Mexicans were ILLEGAL, and were clamoring for support for claiming CITIZENSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY by showing ANOTHER COUNTRY'S FLAG - aparently the TRUE choice of their REAL AFFECTIONS, not the supposed country THEY WISH TO BECOME CITIZENS OF.

Kinda like seeking a job one company by loudly and conspicuously displaying the logo/uniform of a competitor company - not smart at all.

BIG DIFFERENCE.

And that is why the Mexicans' display of their "flag" was INSULTING to many of us.

BAD PR.

But, then again, this "illegal" "legal" crap is just so much baggage.

The LAWS were changed AFTER most of the EUROPEAN immigrants came here as a knee-jerk reaction to those already here at the turn of the last century. If there were the same laws in place now that were in place then, there would be NO issues of "illegal" versus "legal".

I prefer to think of myself as a "citizen of the world" who just happens to reside in a particular geographic locale. I hope and pray for the day when this is the norm.

[Lost-in-FL]

41. How do you know they were Ilegals?

Cause they were Mexicans???

How many Italians waving the flag yesterday are here ilegaly? Didn't that crossed your mind??

[TankLV]

48. I don't and still don't care about that - I was trying to relate the

"thinking" that goes into such statements/feelings.

I modified my original post to be more clear.

Hope it helps.

[Lost-in-FL]

53. Glad you did

Cause your original post sounded like a freeper talking point.

Now it sounds more like a compassionate conservative.

[Redstone]

42. Gee, how did I know This was coming sooner or later? Yack, yack,

blather, blather, lecture, up in arms, LOTS OF CAPITAL LETTERS and misplaced "quotation" "marks," and on and on.

Snore.

Redstone

[TankLV]

44. I expected as much.

That's why I modified my original post to clarify.

Aloha.

[Redstone]

60. Vaya con Dios.

Redstone

[SlavesandBulldozers]

153. now you're saying "God" in Spanish too?

Just fyi, he goes by "God", that's what he calls himself - no more of this calling God his name in other languages like the heathen savages of other nations and colors do, or - perhaps - do you hate freedom?

[Redstone]

49. And why the quotes around in your post?

Because it's not a real flag? Or because it's not really theirs?

Redstone

[TankLV]

61. I'm using the quotes as one would use capitolization or bolding

to emphasize the words, nothing more.

(maybe I'm not as grammar-perfect as many here).

[Redstone]

65. OK.

Redstone

[EFerrari]

77. If they were GOOD Americans, they'd be playing BASEBALL!

Who wins the World Series EVERY year, humm?

:hi:

:)

[Lost-in-FL]

81. HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Don't go there!

[Redstone]

90. Oh, God Damn, that's SO funny! I think you get the prize for

"Best In Thread" tonight.

And there have been TONS of great posts in this thread. God bless DUers for making me laugh so much tonight!

Redstone

[EFerrari]

91. Really, what a blessing. Great thread, Redstone. n/t

[tyedyeto]

98. What about the real Amurikin sports?

Go 9-ers! And the 'turn left and crash' gang.

Toronto has baseball

[EFerrari]

100. Toronto is practically Syracuse. Doesn't count.

:spank:

[tyedyeto]

102. My bad....sorry

:rofl:

[Lost-in-FL]

104. You mean NASCAR?

Them Colombians are infiltrating NASCAR now. Can you believe that? **reciting pledge of allegiance**

http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/articles/20060709/755161.html

[EFerrari]

106. Colombia? Is that by Texas?

:rofl:

[Lost-in-FL]

109. Dunno!

Too high on pot.:rofl: Just kidding

[EFerrari]

113. That's another thing! They started The War On Drugs!

Those Columbian Italians! That was them!

:rofl:

[WindRavenX]

5. lol, I was in Astoria, NYC with my BF when Italy won...

...it was fucking amazing :D

So many happy people. It was amazing :)

[foreverdem]

154. Hey WindRaven X

I was in Astoria too. Were you on Steinway Street? If you were, wasn't it amazing? I never saw so many Italian Flags. Even the cop directing traffic had an Italian flag wristband on.

[WindRavenX]

155. Very close! I was on 38th and Ditmars!

:hi:friend! :D

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. HooBoy. Time to build a fence in the Atlantic ocean. This is HUGH!!!

[Redstone]

20. NO, we build the WALL in the MEDITERRANEAN!!! Stop 'em right

at the SOURCE, so we don't have to keep SENDIN 'EM BACK with our TAXPAYER DOLLARS!!

Redstone

[TheCowsCameHome]

25. Let's just cut the earth in half. (Cheaper and less maintainence).

[Redstone]

66. And hire Halliburton to do it! (Hey, don't let the Republicans hear

about this, OK?)

Redstone

[GOPisEvil]

7. I wonder if that dope from Geno's in Philly had HIS Italian flag out.

Well played, sir.

[Redstone]

22. Thank you, thank you very much. (Bowing deeply to those who get it.)

Redstone

[Moochy]

9. Build a bigger wall!

The Border wall with Italy is not tall enough!

[Redstone]

69. It will never be tall enough! They got them goddamn ALPS over there,

and even THAT didn't stop them!

Redstone

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

10. Yes, oddly, that particular immigrant group seems

quite narrow-minded when it comes to other immigrant groups and their language, when however, there are lots of this group who still do not speak English 60 years after coming here.
Go figure.

[Lost-in-FL]

11. Imagine if the French got the World Cup!!!

But God works in misterious ways. Imagine the French flag being waved in our streets. I cannot imagine all those communists biotches screaming "oh la la". I can imagine O'Reilly and other patriots outrage :sarcasm:

[bluerum]

16. Italy first, France second, Germany third. All major players in WWII.

[Lost-in-FL]

19. Two words: Preemptive strike!!

We have to attack them over there so they won't attack us over here!

[Redstone]

24. And didn't them French STEAL OUR FLAG'S COLORS for theirs?

RED, WHITE, AND BLUE is for AMERICANS ONLY!!!!

Redstone

[EFerrari]

14. They're hanging them out the window. My neighborhood looks like

it's been taken over by a coffee company.

[Redstone]

28. Well, you just MARCH RIGHT UP TO THEM and tell them to GO BACK

to ITALY, if they want to see ITALIAN FLAGS!!!

the NERVE of "those people!!!"

Red(neck)stone

[EFerrari]

74. We need a Constitutional amendment to outlaw

green. That'll fix 'em.

:rofl:

[bdamomma]

21. It is called Pride

what is wrong with that? can't people fly their countries flag to display their pride and a job well done. come on you guys!!!!!

[tyedyeto]

23. Pride? If the Mexican team had won...

would the sentiment be the same? Would the Mexican flag get that same respect if they won?

[Lost-in-FL]

29. Yup!!!

It would be all over FOX News.

[TankLV]

40. If it was for a sport, I'd have to say YES.

But then again, that would be comparing apples with apples.

The OP was trying to compare apples and oranges.

[tyedyeto]

57. My reply in post #18 was sports related

People booing another team's national anthem (Canadian) even though that was where the team was from.

So, why not the same outcry now? Have we distanced ourselves from this past May to where it no longer matters? I would hope so, but I think it will always depend on which country from now on.

[TankLV]

67. This is too true, unfortunately.

"Some animals were more equal than others" (probably misquoting again - from "Animal Farm").

What I have always found most curious - is how we are expecting tolerance from people who had a problem with accepting Irish and Italian and Polish immigrants - people ostensibly of the "same" race - when talking about white-hispanic or white-black relations.

(Damn this laptop keyboard - does anybody else have problems with the cursor jumping into unwanted places, whole sentences deleted and other annoying crap as much as I seem to?)

[Redstone]

78. Yes, I have a helluva time with laptop keyboards as well. You really have

to use one a lot before you get used to it. Especially if you use a big fat ergo keyboard most of the time like I do. (The Adesso Tru-Form; if you have problems with your hands, I recommend that you buy one.)

Redstone

[TankLV]

150. I was "trained" on an old "Smith Carona" as a condition to get my driver's

license by my mom - so this is an IMPROVEMENT!

I mostly use a mouse to DRAW - hence the frustration at typing.

My computer at work is a nice new desktop - and they gave me my old one to use at home - since we can't seem to find any mid-upper level help - as a way so I can work more hours without being across town.

I actually love what I do, so it could be worse!

Anyone want to practice architecture in Las Vegas?!?!

[TheCowsCameHome]

31. ....someone doesn't get it..............

[Lost-in-FL]

34. I think so

:shrug:

[GOPisEvil]

32. The point is that not everyone is free to feel that pride.

To wit:

[TheCowsCameHome]

38. Is that freep truck a classic or what?

[TheCowsCameHome]

43. .

[cboy4]

46. If that truck was driving around where I lived, it would constantly be

running over nails....

If ya know what I mean....

[sutz12]

51. That air dam has to cost him at least 5-6 miles per gallon.

:)

[TheCowsCameHome]

55. Where do you suppose that truck was built?

[Redstone]

127. It's a Ranger, right? That would indicate Hermosilla. And I don't

mean Texas, either.

Redstone

[TheCowsCameHome]

56. No problem. It runs on bull crap.

[U4ikLefty]

123. Isn't the truck a JAPANESE truck displaying that xenophobia...LOL?!? n/t

[Redstone]

124. That right there is a guy with some, ummm...issues.

Redstone

[Spazito]

26. LOL! Point made with perfect panache, well done! n/t

[Redstone]

39. (Hey, come over here so I can whisper to you, OK?)

Look, don't tell the people who don't get it, OK? This is turning out to be more fun than I thought.

Redstone

[bdamomma]

45. redstone your just kidding huh??? about this flag thing huh?

[cboy4]

58. Don't feel too embarrassed. I've also, uh, misinterpreted posts before...

:spray:

edit spelling

[Moochy]

59. Hey Redstone.. use *SPOILER* next time

--> You are giving it away... <-- :yoiks:

[tyedyeto]

62. Spoiler? The game was yesterday...

not this afternoon.

[Redstone]

79. Not a hope in hell. This is WAY too much fun.

Redstone

[Spazito]

96. LOL, it certainly has been a fun read as I continue to check back to

see the varied responses!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

120. Yes, it's rare that I get to laugh so much in a GD thread.

I guess some people needed dripping smileys.

[cboy4]

30. There are even DUers puting Italian flags on their sig lines.

It's outrageous and it's disgusting! :puke:

[Cha]

33. Yay! Italy won!

Is Cindy still in Italy?

[survivor999]

35. You're just envious because the US sucked!

:)

[TheCowsCameHome]

47. That's it. I've ordered my last Italian pizza. No more. Ever.

Well, until the next one or until I'm hungry again, which ever comes first.........

[Lost-in-FL]

50. Damn Mexican ilegals and Italians teamed up to create

The Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell... what an outrage!!! :sarcasm:

[TheCowsCameHome]

54. I though Taco Bell was a telephone company - They serve food there?

I don't get out much...........

[EFerrari]

94. Lol! n/t

[Richard Steele]

82. Same here! Nothin' but AMERCAN pizza fer me from now on!

[EFerrari]

149. I love that strip. n/t

[Bjornsdotter]

63. Roflmao

Nicely done!

Cheers :toast:

[smokey nj]

68. In celebrating Italy's victory.......

weren't they celebrating America's defeat? Shame on them. Edited to add :sarcasm: I didn't think I'd be taken seriously.

[cboy4]

71. . . .

:spray:

[Lost-in-FL]

76. Now, now...

:popcorn: :popcorn: :D

[cboy4]

84. LOL!!! That you had to add "sarcasm"

:spray: :rofl:

[smokey nj]

88. LOL......

At me, or the person who didn't get it?

[cboy4]

97. At the person!! LOL!!

:spray:

[RagingInMiami]

72. If they love Italy so much, why don't they just move back?

And it's bad enough they were waving their damn flag, but they had no respect for the law by dancing in the streets. They were committing ILLEGAL acts of jaywalking and I know they violated several noise ordinances.

And it's because of them that I have no health insurance right now. And it's because of them that the salaries of corporate CEOs are 262 times the average American worker when only 40 years ago, CEOs earned an average of 24 times the average worker.

And the worse thing is, it's so hard to tell them apart from Mexicans. Even their damns flags are alike. We are being invaded, I tell you. Invaded.

[EFerrari]

75. Maybe they ARE Mexicans -- trying to pull a fast one!

lol

[Redstone]

80. Hey, you KNOW you have to look out for those swarthy ones...I bet the

Greeks will be next!

Redstone

[EFerrari]

86. Greeks are just Italian Mexicans with the wrong flag.

:rofl:

[Redstone]

92. Oh, Jesus. You made me drop my Powerbook on the floor because I

laughed so hard at that.

WE MUST STOP THE MADNESS!

Redstone

[EFerrari]

99. You started it. You first.

:evilgrin:

[Lost-in-FL]

144. Hey you two, stop flirting already!

Them traitors! :rofl:

[EFerrari]

146. I bet you have one of them flags right where your family eats.

:rofl:

[adwon]

85. Ironic

Everyone I knew was cheering for France. :P

[LSK]

87. K&R

[ComerPerro]

93. no kidding

[klook]

95. I think we need a Guest Sports Fan program

for people like this. Because there are some sports Americans just won't watch, even for $40 an hour. :evilgrin:

[Redstone]

101. I can't take much more. I don't think I've ever seen so many DUers

be so funny for so long. And your post is right up there among the best.

Thanks for the laughs.

Redstone

[klook]

112. Heh.

Thanks. *blush* You have quite a few gems in this thread yourself.

But some of the funniest, don't you agree, are the ones that get all serious--like, "How do you KNOE they are ilegalls?"

My eyes are wet and my stomach is hurting. A good old-fashioned aerobic chuckle session is just what the doctor ordered tonight! Thanks to all the hilariously creative posters.

[Redstone]

114. Amen. This was one for the books.

Redstone

[EFerrari]

103. Oh no.

:rofl:

[tyedyeto]

116. Or should we Fan Sports Guests?

[Redstone]

131. Yes, if they get too warm. You know how hot it gets in those countries

that have the Swarthy People.

Redstone

[EFerrari]

133. That's why they have all those kids.

To hold the fans.

lol

[Fermezlabush]

105. It's OK, as long as they don't try to sing the anthem in Italian

Plus, I am now wondering - is it OK to burn them Italian flags? :shrug:

[EFerrari]

108. In some churches, they talk Italian ALL the time.

They're REWRITING THE BIBLE!

[Lost-in-FL]

110. The Bible was written in ENGLISH!!!

:sarcasm:

[EFerrari]

115. Every Word!

:rofl:

[Redstone]

118. I swear to you that when I was an altar boy, I once heard a priest say:

"In Nomine Patre, et Fili, Et Cetera and so on, amen."

I'll never forget that. No sooner than I'll forget the time we altar boys found the wine cupboard.

Redstone

[EFerrari]

122. He probably did say that.

:hi:

[Fermezlabush]

139. Yeah, but those are not true Christians - or so Bob Jones tells me

Are you now saying Jesus was a foreigner?

[EFerrari]

141. Jesus was not illegal!

:rofl:

[tyedyeto]

119. But...

the English-Italian-Spanish-Greek version has been sung many times.

How dare you say we can't sing it that way now?

:hide:

[EFerrari]

129. That was then, I'm talking about now.

:rofl:

[JVS]

107. Go back to Italy!

[imlost]

111. Beautiful! I can't stop laughing. Me voy a murrir! :) n/t

[Gloria]

117. I'm suspicious....all those EYEtalians in BOSTON, which we all

know is in Commie-land Massachussetts!! Maybe John Kerry is really Eyetalian, forget all that FRENCH talk!

[EFerrari]

126. That's what I thought but, I didn't want to say anything.

You know.

I bet he knows Maria.

:rofl:

[Redstone]

132. Wel, the Repubs told us he's part Jeeeeuw...I wouldn't be surprised to

find a Mario in the woodpile as well...all them brown people, you know how they are.

Redstone

[hopeisaplace]

121. lmao...Vivolis (in Florence, Italy)..best ice cream in the world..

was there in the 70's...stuffing my face, when someone from behind the
counter pointed to a post card that said JFK used to order his ice cream
from there...OH MY GAWDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...lol!

[EFerrari]

125. Eastern Liberal. Budd's wasn't good enough.

He probably used olive oil, too.

[hopeisaplace]

130. lol :)

probably garlic too. :)

[EFerrari]

135. You lie down with Italians, you wake up with their basil.

:)

[EFerrari]

128. Okay, Redstone. You win. This is starting to hurt now.

:)

[Redstone]

134. Yes, I'm laughed out too. Gotta hit the rack; there's work tomorrow.

Fun while it lasted, yes? And I'll bet the most fun in GD in a long damn time.

Thank you, thank you, DUers. You guys are great. (Especially you, EF.)

Redstone

[EFerrari]

137. Oh, you just had to bring up that F, didn't you.

Thanks a lot.

[Redstone]

138. Hey, it's the second letter: "SF." And expat. Therefore EF, if you look

backward and cut all the other letters out. Right?

At least that's the way it works for me.

Redstone

[EFerrari]

142. You're obviously not dyslexci.. I am, and that's because there's

a Paulo in my DNA, no doubt. :)

[hopeisaplace]

140. awww yesss..you're going to the mattresses

:rofl: couldn't resist :)

[EFerrari]

143. Ouch. Or is that, ay?

:shrug:

[hopeisaplace]

145. :), lol

[tyedyeto]

147. Thanx for the yucks tonight, Redstone

I got a kick out of it and still didn't score a goal.

:yourock:

[RagAss]

148. Help !!!!....Mexicans are waving Italian Flags !!!!

:rofl:

[question everything]

151. And of course all of them are illegal immigrants who do not want

to be deported. Who protest the U.S. Congress passing laws about immigration.

You have yet to answer a simple question:

Would you let immigrants burst into your home, take over your bed, your kitchen, your job?

I really wonder how many of you, who support an open border, know of anyone who lost a job because of these law paying illegal people. Sure, blaming the employer. Simple, weasel way of facing the problem.

And how many more laws do you think should be broken. How about someone who break into your home and rob you? Hey, he is just hungry.

This may be a joke for you, but it is very real for people in California who see their cities being over run by illegal immigrants, who see the quality of their schools and health care being deteriorated to accommodate illegal immigrants and their children.

But, hey, who care about specifics, if all you need is to sit in your spacious, air conditioned room and click on your keyboard without lifting a finger to squarely face the problem and decide about a course of action.

And it is the Mexican flags during the demonstrations that sent many voters to tell their Representatives not to give up, no amnesty, no guest workers, no consideration.

[Redstone]

156. So when exactly was it that "the immigrants burst into

your home, took over your bed, your kitchen, your job?"

Did you call the cops? Did they complain that your mattress was lumpy? Did they wash the dishes after themselves when they took over your kitchen? How did your former boss react when he or she saw soemone different sitting at your desk?

Redstone

[Telly Savalas]

159. Bet ya didn't realize Goldilocks and the Three Bears was an allegory

about illegal immigration.

[EFerrari]

161. So was Hamet!

:rofl:

[Cybergata]

157. That's exactly what happened to Native Americans and ...

Mexicans after the U.S. invasion and occupation of the Southwest, except that those "illegal aliens" took their houses, their beds, their kitchens, their jobs and many of their lives. Too bad the Mexicans didn't build a wall on the U.S. Mexican border in 1845.

[tyedyeto]

158. Chill

The OP says NOTHING about undocumented workers.

What is the difference between Italian flags being waved around this country and the Mexican ones in early May? The color of the skin of those waving them.

BTW, I live very close to the Mexican border here in AZ and see undocumented workers occasionally. Do I call the Border Patrol? No way! I'd rather see punishment for the employers than the people seeking a better life than the one they left behind. Can you blame them? All they want is what's best for their family. If you tell me you'd never, ever seek a better rate of pay (I'm talking about utter poverty here) and lifestyle for your family if you were in their position, I'd have to say you were not being completely honest.

You want to make $1-$5 per day? Go live there and report back to us what it's like.

On edit:

Have you walked a mile in their shoes, border or no border? Do you KNOW what economic poverty is like in their country? Have you ever worked for an 8 hour day and been paid 1 or 2 dollars (or the country's equivalent)?

[EFerrari]

160. Why don't they just stay home and fix their own country -->

100,000 in Mexico protest Obrador loss <-------misleading headline

By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 8, 8:38 PM ET

MEXICO CITY - More than 100,000 defiant supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador massed Saturday in a bid to overturn his narrow election defeat with protests that threatened to widen Mexico's regional and class divisions.
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Lopez Obrador told the huge crowd he would present allegations of fraud to the nation's electoral court Sunday and request that every one of more than 41 million votes be recounted, to expose what he called wrongdoing that cost him the election.

"We are going to ask that they clean up the elections. We are going to ask that they count all the votes — vote-by-vote, poll-by-poll," Lopez Obrador said to wide applause.

He called for nationwide marches that would converge on Mexico City in another rally July 16, provoking groans of disappointment when he told demonstrators not to block highways.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060709/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_elections_105

[iconoclastNYC]

152. Oh DID I EVER.

Hear in AStoria, NY......my apt overlooks an intersection which is the main drag....and they get in thier cars....and honk and wave thier flags and scream....for a couple hours....until the police break them up....then they come back later.....

It was insanity. I was planning on being away during this time but I screwed up. I was worried a riot would break out.