Put your happy face on!

Because according to the New York Times, Latin Americans love President Bush!

It's obvious! Just look at the picture they have plastered all over their web site of him smiling and shaking some kind of Brazilian tambourine with a pair of enthusiastic natives! They LOVE him! You can't deny it!

Especially because the Times story tells endearing anecdotes like the one about the time Brazilian President Lula da Silva referred to the G-spot in a press conference, to the amusement of his people and the embarassment of ours! Hilarious!

But, oops, they forgot to mention the thousands of unhappy Latins who weren't interested in anything Bush was selling. In Mexico, in Brazil, in Guatemala, in fact all over the damn place South of the U.S. border there were organized and sometimes disorganized protests, ranging from peaceful to riotous. But that don't bother Shrub! No way! 'Cause he LOVES Latin America!

The one thing I didn't see anywhere in the past month was an article that asked the question, "Why are all these thousands of people so incredibly pissed off?"

Hmmmmm...