Mexican stamp

CNN reported The Mexican government has issued a postage stamp depicting an exaggerated black cartoon character known as Memin Pinguin, just weeks after remarks by President Vicente Fox angered U.S. blacks. The series of five stamps released for general use Wednesday depicts a child character from a comic book started in the 1940s that is still published in Mexico.

Vanderleun: blogged It seems like only yesterday that the Vincente Fox, the President of the Oligarchy of Mexico was lauding his border-busting constituents for being willing to do jobs in America "not even blacks want." Wait. It was yesterday. Today, however, we see a kinder and gentler face of the Mexican government. A series of postage stamps that illustrates the the immense respect and sensitivity of Mexico to negroes the world over. Here's some samples of their usually worthless postage stamps which will soon be the most highly collectible items among philatelists of the Klu Klux Klan. Is it too much to hope that the United States issues a similar tribute using, say, Gordo and Speedy Gonzales?

La Shawn Barber blogged I don’t need more reasons to dislike Vicente Fox. The reasons I have are more than enough. His desire to dictate how we enforce our immigration laws, his disregard for the poorer, darker-skinned citizens of his own country (If you’re white, you’re alright!), and the self-interested, unethical, and open encouragement he gives them to invade our country (with George Bush’s complicity) fills me with so much disgust that I hope to meet him one day so I can tell him exactly what I think of him.

I don’t want illegal aliens removed from this land because Mexico is racist; I want them gone because they’re here illegally, have no regard for our laws and culture, seeking only America’s rich blessings and none of the responsibilities, and most of all, because they’re wreaking havoc on our health care and government school infrastructures, costing law-abiding American citizens millions.

But the people in power don’t care. They can afford private schools for their kids and doctors of their choice. Yet, some of these same people want socialized medicine, government doctors, so that we’ll have to wait six months for that life-saving surgery while they can afford the doctors of their choice. And I don’t say this often enough, so listen carefully: if you can’t afford private schools, homeschool your children! But I digress.

Michelle Malkin blogged It seems racism against black Americans is unacceptable, except when it's endorsed by the untouchable Mexican government. As CNN and many others are reporting, Mexican President Vicente Fox's administration has issued a stamp depicting an exaggerated black cartoon character known as Memin Pinguin. More on the comic strip here and lots of images at Blog Alice. More here. You'd think there would be more of an uproar about this. President Bush likes to recite his empty platitude that "Family values don't stop at the Rio Grande." Neither, apparently, does old-fashioned bigotry.

This seems like a very foolish act on the part of the Mexican government.