Stolen shameless from Jonah Goldberg:

GUADALAJARA, Mexico ? The boos nearly drowned out "The Star-Spangled Banner," and a few dozen fans chanted "Usama! Usama!" as the United States was eliminated by Mexico in Olympic men's soccer qualifying.

A loud anti-American crowd yelled the first name of Usama bin Laden (search), the leader of the Al Qaeda (search) terrorists who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks, as Mexico beat the United States 4-0 Tuesday night in the under-23 tournament, claiming a berth in the Athens Olympics (search).

As U.S. players left the stadium for their bus, several fans -- some clutching beers -- chanted "Usama! Usama!"

All right, all you bloody Texans who think you're all that and the proverbial bag of chips, time to get even. If "Don't Mess With Texas" is supposed to be anything other than a laugh line, I suggest you start shouting "Sam Houston!" when you see some Mexicans losing at a sports game, or perhaps "Cortez! Cortez!" The former works with the types who want to take back the Southwestern States (i.e. Mexican nationalists and La Raza types), and the latter will work with any of the sundry Indian groups comprising the Mexican underclass.

UPDATE: I heard about this sort of thing happening at RFK Stadium when the D.C. United were playing a game against someone; the local south-of-the-border contingent decided it was kosher to boo and heckle the Star-Spangled Banner. Sure it's soccer fans (strike one) and sure they were drunk (strike two) but I'm not a man who favors booing anyone's national anthem (even La Marseillaise, although one can snicker at that) so this is really something that gets me irritated.

Perhaps President Bush, when not too busy giving el Presidente Vicente everything he wants in terms of immigration policy, can mention it to him and get an apology.

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