From the "Are you on drugs ? " Files

[tombogan03884]

I was going to put this in the classic joke thread, but it isn't a joke, it's a real news story.
It might have fit in BillT's "You can't make this up" thread, but he tends to focus on the grimmer aspects of human stupidity.
So, I'm starting a new thread for news of the ludicrous.

http://news.yahoo.com/mexicos-president-tries-change-countrys-name-162711977.html

Mexico's president tries to change country's name

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president is making one last attempt to get the "United States" out of Mexico — at least as far as the country's name is concerned.

The name "United Mexican States," or "Estados Unidos Mexicanos," was adopted in 1824 after independence from Spain in imitation of Mexico's democratic northern neighbor, but it is rarely used except on official documents, money and other government material.

Still, President Felipe Calderon called a news conference Thursday to announce that he wants to make the name simply "Mexico." His country doesn't need to copy anyone, he said.

Calderon first proposed the name change as a congressman in 2003 but the bill did not make it to a vote. The new constitutional reform he proposed would have to be approved by both houses of Congress and a majority of Mexico's 31 state legislatures.

However, Calderon leaves office on Dec. 1, raising the question of whether his proposal is a largely symbolic gesture. His proposal was widely mocked on Twitter as a ridiculous parting shot from a lame-duck president.

Calderon said that while the name change "doesn't have the urgency of other reforms," it should be seen as a relevant issue. "Mexico doesn't need a name that emulates another country and that no one uses on a daily basis," he said.

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[fightingquaker13]

He might be onto something. Maybe they should drop the "of Mexico" part instead and join the Union. I mean the border is meaningless anyway, and with NAFTA we're importing everything we use that doesn't come from China from them. At least this we could organize things politically down there and maybe get their economy working and stop the cartels. At least the roads would be better.

[alfsauve]

[ding] the light bulb comes on.

So this what Husein was mumbling about. Only he got his numbers off a little. We'd have 81 states plus DC South ( Mexico City).

[Solus]

There is a precedent .

The name should be changed to   "The Country Formerly Knows As The United Mexican States"

[ellis4538]

He needs to ask the drug lords permission to do that!

Richard

[Sponsor]

[billt]

I think Ol' Felipe has been sampling some of the drugs he's trying to clean up.

[santahog]

We are now... no longer the Knights Who Say 'Ni'.
We are now the Knights Who Say 'Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv'.

Therefore, we must give you a test.
Firstly, you must find... another shrubbery!

[mortdooley]

 If the Mexicans used birth control like the Americans there would be no one left to call it anything. There is at least 50 million illegal colonists here at probably even more scattered around the world.

[Jrlobo]

When the Mexican government re-brands the nation, want to bet that it includes parts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California already "owned" by the Mexican drug cartels? That is how the Mexican government will get cartel approval. That will be done in secret, of course, as a retaliation for Fast and Furious. That will force Obama to negotiate from behind, a position he has perfected.

[tombogan03884]

When the Mexican government re-brands the nation, want to bet that it includes parts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California already "owned" by the Mexican drug cartels? That is how the Mexican government will get cartel approval. That will be done in secret, of course, as a retaliation for Fast and Furious. That will force Obama to negotiate from behind, a position he has perfected.

On his world apology tour he wasn't bowing.
Barry O bends for his friends.