{"id":5297,"date":"2006-05-05T15:36:27","date_gmt":"2006-05-05T19:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/05\/05\/may-5th-menudo\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:57","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:57","slug":"may-5th-menudo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/05\/05\/may-5th-menudo\/","title":{"rendered":"may 5th menudo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"a6612\" name=\"a6612\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">The Spanish word &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fragua.org\/tlfnews\/06-2IN.HTM\">menudo<\/a>&#8221; has several meanings.  It is not only the official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivacincodemayo.org\/recipe.htm\">soup\/stew<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">of <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivacincodemayo.org\/history.htm\">Cinco de Mayo<\/a><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">, it also means &#8220;small change.&#8221;   Of course, the term is probably best <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">known in the non-Hispanic community as the name of a certain <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menudo_(Boy_Band)\"><font color=\"black\">Boy Band<\/font><\/a>.  <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Here is a  <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">handful of &#8220;menudo&#8221; blurbs for <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the Fifth of May, which prove that small can be priceless:<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/MenudoDVD.gif\" alt=\"MenudoDVD\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>  The history of Cinco de Mayo gives an ironic twist to the week that saw <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">much <em>sturm und drang<\/em> across the nation over the May 1st activities supporting immi-<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">gration (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/04\/30#a6570\">prior post<\/a>)  <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">As the folks at <em>VIVA! CInco De Mayo<\/em> (San Marcos, TX) <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivacincodemayo.org\/history.htm\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">point out<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">:<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8220;So, why Cinco de Mayo?  And why should Americans savor this day as well?  <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">5, 1862.<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8220;&#8230; <font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\">When the battle was over, many French were killed or wounded and their <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\">cavalry was being chased by Diaz&#8217; superb horsemen miles away.  The Mexi-<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\">cans had won a great victory that kept Napoleon III from supplying the confed-<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\">erate rebels for another year, allowing the United States to build the greatest <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\">army the world had ever seen.  This grand army smashed the Confederates at <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\">Gettysburg just 14 months after the battle of Puebla, essentially ending the <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\">Civil War.<\/font><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/withoutMexicanS.gif\" alt=\"withoutMexicanNS\" \/><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0002VEZ3U\/qid=1146401113\/sr=11-1\/ref=sr_11_1\/102-9892500-1392132?n=130\"><em><font color=\"black\" face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"1\">  a day without a mexican<\/font><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8220;It might be a historical stretch to credit the survival of the United States to those <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">brave 4,000 Mexicans who faced an army twice as large in 1862.  But who knows? <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8221; . . .<\/font><font face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Mexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans.  <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"2\">That&#8217;s why Cinco de Mayo is such a party &#8212; A party that celebrates freedom and liberty.  <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"2\">There are two ideals which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"2\">to protect, ever since the 5th of May, 1862.  VIVA! el CINCO DE MAYO!!&#8221; <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/sparkyN001.gif\" alt=\"sparkyN\" \/>  Political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow posted<font color=\"black\"> &#8220;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/thismodernworld.com\/2879\"><font color=\"black\">Another unsolicited testimonial<\/font><\/a>&#8221; at his <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><em>This Modern World <\/em><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">weblog yesterday (May 4, 2006).  Regular readers of <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> surely know <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">already how much we appreciate TT&#8217;s insightful (and painfully humorous) commentary &#8212; <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">see, <em>e.g.<\/em>, <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/09\/26#a4908\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">this post<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> and <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/04\/14\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">that one<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">.   But, Tom probably doesn&#8217;t.  So, we want to add one more <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">unsolicited [does fishing <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">for compliments count?] testimonial about Tom&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workingforchange.com\/column_lst.cfm?AuthrId=43\"><em>This Modern World<\/em><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">comic strip.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8220;Every week, Tom Tomorrow finds a way to (a) insightfully lampoon <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the inept-amoral Bush Administration and\/or the cowardly and <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">self-serving Democrats; and (b) make me smile and want to share <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the newest strip with all the thoughtful and\/or witty people I know.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">david giacalone, editor,<em> f\/k\/a<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/HellHandbasketTT.gif\" alt=\"HellHandbasketTT\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thismodernworld.com\/hellbook.html\"><em><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\">Hell in a Handbasket<\/font><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">This week, my copy of Tom&#8217;s newest book-compilation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thismodernworld.com\/hellbook.html\"><em>Hell in a Handbasket<\/em><\/a>, arrived <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">and it has made my long sessions in the f<em>\/k\/a<\/em> Bathroom\/Library most enjoyable.  His <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">October 3, 2002, strip would have been a wonderful adjunct to last weekend&#8217;s post <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8220;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/04\/29#a6563\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a question for True Majority<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">,&#8221; and  I wish I could link to it. The strip starts with Senators <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Clinton and Daschle voting to give Pres. Bush the authority to go to war, but threatening <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">to spring into action after the election.  After a few more years of Democratic waffling, it <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">ends in 2143, with the cryogenically preserved brains of the two Senators considering <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">whether to issue a statement supporting the restoration of democracy.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/sparkyG.gif\" alt=\"sparkyG\" \/>  <em>Note<\/em>: you can find each week&#8217;s new TMW strip at <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.workingforchange.com\/column_lst.cfm?AuthrId=43\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Working for Change<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">. <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">It&#8217;s TMW archive goes back to Feb. 4, 2003.  If the strip is not available in <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">one of your local newspapers, complain about it.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>   When the hassles of putting together a weblog every day seem far too <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">great, I can always get some sustenance from my &#8220;Referer Page,&#8221; which reminds <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">me just <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">how often Mr. Google and Ms. Yahoo! send their little querists to our humble <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">website.  For example:<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><em>May 5, 2006<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">As happened in November 2005, a Google search today for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;c2coff=1&amp;rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2005-07%2CGGLD%3Aen&amp;q=democratic+morality\"><font face=\"Arial\">democratic morality<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\">&gt; <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">placed our post <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/11\/03#a2643\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\">towards a &#8220;democratic morality&#8221; and majority<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\"> in the #1 spot.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">There are more than a 9 million results now; last November there were 4.6 million.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;q=meaning%20of%20virtual%20firm\"><font face=\"Arial\">meaning of virtual firm<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\">&gt;  The first result out of 13 million in this Google search <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">was our post decrying the loose use of language by the first-user-techies. See <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/06#a737\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\">Can We Talk About &#8220;Virtual&#8221; English?<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=legally%20insane%20kentucky&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=\"><font face=\"Arial\">legally insane Kentucky<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\">&gt;  Okay, this is rather inadvertent, but still fun in a Prof. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">Yabutty kind of way.  Our <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/06\/07#a3949\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\">Kentucky says every blawg post is an ad<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\"> is the first <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">Google result (out of 1.2 million) for this query.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Poetic-Justice-Funniest-Meanest-Lawyers\/dp\/0873370724\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/08\/NoloSharkS.gif\" alt=\"noloShark\" height=\"49\" width=\"60\" \/><\/a>   <font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"1\"><em>  <\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/\"><em><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\">nolo.com<\/font><\/em><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><em>May 4, 2006<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-07,GGLD:en&amp;q=how+to+spell+goombah\"><font face=\"Arial\">how to spell goombah<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\">&gt;  This Google search led directly to our educational <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$6388\"><font face=\"Arial\">post<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">&#8220;goomba goombah gumba gumbah,&#8221; where &#8212; as the title suggests &#8212; we equivocated<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">(with explanation) on just how to spell this Sicilio-American slang term, but gave <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">a great lecture on its meaning.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;q=mph900\"><font face=\"Arial\">mph900<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\">&gt; Our discussion of this leading edge bit of police gadetry was the #1 result <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">(out of only 28) in this Google search.  See <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/04\/24#a6531\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\">Old Dorp: less backwards! less appealing?<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">In case you forgot:<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.remingtonelsag.com\/mobile-system.htm\"><em><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\">Mobile Plate Hunter 900<\/font><\/em><\/a><font face=\"Arial\"> from <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.remingtonelsag.com\/\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\">RemingtonELSAG<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\">. MPH900 is at the leading <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">edge of license plate recognition technology.  What does that mean?  Mounted<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">atop a police vehicle, the device can: <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">&#8220;scan 20 license plates a second and then feed the information into <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">a computer database to determine if the owners are wanted for any-<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">thing from unpaid parking tickets and lapsed vehicle registration to <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">murder and robbery.&#8221; [&#8220;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/aspstories\/storyprint.asp?StoryID=473421\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Plate Hunter 900 has your number<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">,&#8221;  <em>Times <\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"-0\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><em>Union<\/em> [Albany], April 20, 2006 (reprinted <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schenectadyny.info\/cgi-bin\/Blah\/Blah.pl?m-1145524661\/\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">here<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">) ] <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> Speaking of inspiring search engine results and Cinco de Mayo, you will find this <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">entry on our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$4187\"><em>TISK!<\/em> pt. 3<\/a> page: <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><em>August 10, 2005<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>+&#8221;new jersey&#8221; +soup slurping<\/strong>&gt;  #1 out of 856 results in this Google search <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">was the May 4, 2005 dual posting of <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/04#a3789\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">omertaEsq? gagged in new jersey<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"> (about <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">N.J. lawyer disciplinary procedural rule 1:20 &#8211; 9(a), which has been interpreted <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">to bar anyone filing a complaint against a lawyer from making the complaint <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">public) and <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/04#a3786\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">cuatro de mayo &#8211; soups and sticks<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"> (about Mexican Menudo soup), <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">which included this haiku from Kobayashi Issa: <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">plum blossom scent&#8211;<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">slurping it in<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">with the vegetable soup<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3522\"><font color=\"red\" face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"1\"><strong>Kobayashi Issa<\/strong><\/font><\/a><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"1\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><font size=\"1\">translated by <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/03#a1610\"><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">David Lanoue<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">  <\/font>     <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">We tried this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-07,GGLD:en&amp;q=%22new+jersey%22+%2Bsoup+slurping\">same Google search today<\/a>, and had slipped to the #2 slot, <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">behind <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dumbguide.com\/dumb-laws\/more-new-jersey-laws\/\">Dumb.com<\/a>&#8216;s listing of dumb New Jersey laws &#8212; which says that <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">soup-slurping is <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">unlawful in NJ (a Commentor there disagrees).  There were fewer than 900 returns <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">last year, but over 10,000 today. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/05\/checkedboxs.gif\" \/> Don&#8217;t forget, there are dozens of additional examples of <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">strange,<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> silly or supurb search <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">engine results on our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$6327\"><em>Inadvertent Searchee<\/em><\/a> pages.  <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>  Earlier this week, we <em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/04\/28#a6556\">wondered<\/a><\/em> &#8220;When is Cinco de Mayo?&#8221;  My celebration (big <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Mexican dinner with friends) won&#8217;t be until Sunday.  Whenever yours may happen, <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">may it be with much menudo and many amigos.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Heaven&#8217;s River<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">     of stars<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">   in my soup<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"> <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/03#a1610\"><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">David G. Lanoue<\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><font size=\"1\"> from his <font color=\"black\">novel <\/font><\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haikuguy.com\/\"><strong><em><font color=\"black\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">Haiku Guy<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Helvetica\" size=\"2\">dusty <\/font><font face=\"Helvetica\" size=\"2\">cookbooks:<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Helvetica\" size=\"2\">his soup can <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Helvetica\" size=\"2\">in the sink<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Helvetica\" size=\"2\">      <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Helvetica\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\">          <\/font><font size=\"1\">   <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><font color=\"black\" size=\"1\"><em>dagonsan<\/em><\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Helvetica\">                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/pinataG.gif\" alt=\"pinataG\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish word &#8220;menudo&#8221; has several meanings. It is not only the official soup\/stew of Cinco de Mayo, it also means &#8220;small change.&#8221; Of course, the term is probably best known in the non-Hispanic community as the name of a certain Boy Band. Here is a handful of &#8220;menudo&#8221; blurbs for the Fifth of May, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1nr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12659,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5297\/revisions\/12659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}