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I really don't like them much. And here is why. They treat the Nicaraguans like the U.S. treats Mexicans. While I don't like the Nicaraguans who try to get haughty, and I know I post some rather negative stuff about their Sandinista stupidiy, I have many who are friends that I adore. And I don't like the idea that Costa Ricans, who I consider the same as any other Central American, look down their noses at other Central Americans. It's a bit like one African American being uppity over another to me.

I know that Central Americans have this tendency to one up each other. I suppose it is not just a Central American thing either. But Costa Rica for me is a place I have no interest in setting foot in. My husband asked a few times if I wanted to go there and the answer has been the same every time. Anything I want to see in Costa Rica, I can see on the travel channel, thanks. I don't consider them more civilized by blood or culture. I consider them exactly the same as any other Central American. If they want to assume they are unique, more power to them. Get in line behind the Guanacos who claim they are the cat's meow of Central Americans; and the Chapines, and etc. etc. And since the only one of all of these foolish sorts that has any validity in the Gold Cup is Honduras, I'd say they can claim it, where the others are simply pretending. Take any of these bastards over the border to the U.S. and they'll soon get a reality check, because to most Americans not of Latino descent, they are just another "wetback." That's reality. And the more Indio they look, the less opportunity they get.