The reflexive outrage of the mouth-breathing anti-immigration crowd has sunk to a new nadir, according to the Chicago Tribune. Pizza Patrón, that Dallas-based chain of piemakers, announced earlier this month as part of a promotion they would accept payment in pesos. This move garnered hateful e-mails and death threats from the flaccid Lou Dobbs-wannabes of the world. Our suggestion: Pesos or no, get ye down to one of the Patron’s Austin stores to show some support.
Anyway, those hateful racists are nuts. Look at the Patrón. Shoot, you’d have to be crazy to cross that guy.
This article appears in January 12 • 2007.