YES Network.com

May 5, 2012 -- 1:48PM, FW57Clipper51 wrote:

May 5, 2012 -- 1:07PM, 61in61 wrote:

We should all celebrate today. If the Mexicans hadn't defeated the French at the Battle of Puebla there probably would not have been a USA as we know it.

Joe,

I serious doubt that, because in 1865 the French were still contol in Mexico (see below), the United State had the biggest standing army in the world with th Union and former Confederate troops were ready to help the Mexicans kick out the French to regain their country's government and the US restoring their principle of Monroe Doctrine.

The Battle of Puebla was an inspirational event for wartime Mexico, and it provided a stunning revelation to the rest of the world which had largely expected a rapid victory for French arms.

Slowed by their loss at Puebla, the French forces retreated and regrouped, and the invasion continued after Napoleon III determinedly sent additional troops to Mexico. The French were eventually victorious, winning the Second Battle of Puebla on 17 May 1863 and pushing on to Mexico City. When the capital fell, Juárez's government was forced into exile in the remote north.

With the backing of France, the Habsburg Archduke Maximilian became Emperor of Mexico in the short-lived Second Mexican Empire. "Some have argued that the true French occupation was a response to growing U.S. power and to the Monroe Doctrine (America for the Americans). Napoleon III believed that if the United States was allowed to prosper indiscriminately, it would eventually become a power in and of itself.

Clipper

The French were going to supply the Confederates in the Civil war. The defeat at Puebla prevented the French from aiding the Confederates. Thus the North was able to be victorious at Gettysburg. If the French had been able to supply the South, the Civil war would have turned out much differently.

May 5, 2012 -- 4:55PM, JoeGNJ wrote:

May 5, 2012 -- 11:21AM, Stratocaster wrote:

May 5, 2012 -- 11:12AM, Lola wrote:

This thread has Joe G written all over it!

You might have to sober him up with some mint juleps. You know... the breakfast kind. You may be able to create the first "bloody-julep"

I drank mint julips this AM for breakfast to hydrate before my run. Margaritas tonite at dinner...then brews for the game. Nite cap of shots for the bushes while I'm looking at the Super moon!

So you have it covered.  Good stuff.  Great call in the morning, you don't even need to brush before the run!  Minty!!  ;)

May 5, 2012 -- 5:17PM, laurenfrances wrote:

I forgot today is Cinco de Mayo..I'm in the mood for some spicy Mexican cuisine ....

  

Shoot ... you're killing me ... just my speed!

May 5, 2012 -- 8:33PM, laurenfrances wrote:

Hey ..I just stepped outside to check out the moon.  I see no glimpse of it.....  Has anyone seen the "super moon"???

You have to watch at 11:34 p.m.