y'all come back now, y'hear?

i have been getting some really funny emails lately. this one was entitled "the bush family vacation." even i, the political philistine, couldn't help but guffaw. the other one that had me smiling at its sad truths was:

two iraqi spies met in a busy restaurant after they had successfully slipped into the usa. the first spy starts speaking in arabic. the second spy shushes him quickly and whispers, "don't blow our cover. you're in america now. speak spanish."

here in the 'burbs of houston, there's nary a place you can visit where at least 50% of the conversations around you are spoken in spanish. you know...if i was going to move to mexico, i think i would make a point, and maybe even a priority, to learn spanish. but here in the friendly south, we just make sure all of the signs are printed in english and spanish.