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“Oh, the tales they tell,” begins Juanita with a delicious story this morning to go with the coffee.  “Good for us, their tales are taller than they are wide.”

“It seems that the Teabaggers have come up with a story that some Mexican drug lords have crossed the border at Laredo and seized two Texas ranches.  The Teabaggers know this to be true because someone told them.”

“But, the best part of this story is that there is a giant government cover-up to keep this story quiet because … well, I’m not exactly clear on that, except, of course, Obama is Hitler,” she grins.

“I have been to Laredo,” she says, “it’s on the border with Mexico, about 3 hours west of Corpus Christi.  It ain’t no damn hole in the wall.  The US courthouse there is big enough to play football in.  There’s a major university, three professional sports teams and one helluva Jalapeno Festival every year.”

“The Mayor of Laredo is Raul Salinas, a wonderful man, and a former US Capitol Police Officer and retired FBI Agent,” she grins.  “I suspect all this adds something to the Teabaggers’ tall tale – FBI, feds, black helicopters, conspiracies, Mexicans, Area 51, Hillary Clinton, secrets,  oh hell, I dunno whatall.”

“Anyway,” she continues, “they contend that all this secret invasion of the United States by Mexican drug lords is just one more reason why Barack Obama is Hitler AND Mexican AND a drug dealer AND in cahoots with notorious  floozy woman Carmen Miranda.”

“Listen up, there are 200,000 people in Laredo and not one of them – not even one – can keep a secret.  Everybody knows that.  Except, of course, people who have never been to Laredo or, incidentally, can read.”

“So, the Teabaggers can stay busy blogging about fiction and wishing it was fact.  Hell, it works for our local Republicans, what with their chairman having a post on their website talking about his suspicions for the 2010 primary elections with a post dated in July.  Uh, the primary took place in March.  Somebody’s been asleep for a loooong time or the upcoming general election is a conspiracy.”

“Damn, these guys are fun,” she grins.