Cheesetastic
All that were missing Friday were hot dogs, as a miniature Fourth of July took place at the Capital building to welcome 200 of the newest Americans, complete with waving flags and cheesy American music.
Special guest speaker Rep. Anh Joseph Cao, R-Louis — the first Vietnamese-American to be a member of Congress — addressed the new Americans with his own American cultural acclimation.
“I got my first taste of pizza and needless to say I didn’t like it because it did not taste like rice,” Cao said.
The citizens walked across the stage to receive their certificates in a ceremony reminiscent of high school graduation, sans cap and gown. They watched a video address by a giant pixilated Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and viewed an early nineties montage of Americana flashed across the screen as “Proud to Be an American” rang out in the background.
Somebody should assure all of those new citizens we don’t listen to Ace of Bass anymore before they head back home.
