The shame of being Irish on St. Pat's day.

I know there are a lot of Irish on here. Did any of you go to your local St. Patrick's Day parade? I remember going when I was young and how great it felt. I grew up in a small town and no one I knew was Irish (I found out quite a few were later, isn't that always the way?). Being in a crowd of Irish was dizzzying. I went to Irish bars, of course, but a parade was amazing- thousands of Irish guys all having a great time! Toora loora loora indeed!

But it doesn't feel that way any more. It's all about the guys dressed up like Leprechauns and people with green hair. Most Irish are school teachers or bankers- why don't they show THAT on the news? Most Irish kids don't even go to the parade these days and those that do only care about the green beer and yelling "Kiss me I'm Irish" at the cops and tourists. I wonder if they even know how hard it was to be Irish 20 years ago or the potato famine? Kids today act like there never was a potato famine.

Do we even need a St. Patrick's day parade any more? I mean, we are everywhere these days. Irish Cops, Irish mayors, Irish Congressmen. (Even a couple Irish Senators although they deny it) You can get up and stop for coffee at an Irish Coffee Shop, read your Irish paper on the train and even wear a shamrock in public and no one blinks an eye. After years of trying to guess who might be Irish at work, I'm so sick of sheleighlies every where! I get it guys, you're Irish- I'm so shocked! NOT! I mean, most of you open your mouth and a pot o gold falls out- NO ONE is suprised!

So this St. Pat's day don't mind me if I wear orange and skip the corned beef and cabbage- I'm so over the rainbow.

I blame O'Hillary.

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Black Irish.

*rim shot*

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President Obama always marches in the St. Pat's parade- I know he's not perfect but I think he's good on Irish issues. Wasn't there some guy with a video accusing him of being Irish in the back of a limo?

I'll drink to that.

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Today you start accepting the Irish, tomorrow it will be the Danish!!! Wait and see.

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We're here, drink beer, get used to it!

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the palestinians feel your pain, joe. why must it always be the suicide bombers and the rocket firers and the people dancing in the streets cheering 9/11 who get the news stories?

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christ, i can't believe you people are going to make me get freakin' serious about the blankin' irish (of which i am half, me sainted mother bein' an o'something and all). the reason that the "good" irish are not lionized is becaue they have fully assimilated into american society and it's a given that they hold positions of authority and are pillars of society and are not all laying on the floor of the dublin house with dark green moustaches from the colored murphy's stout and singing danny boy. they made it. the big joke about them is that they're drunks. whoop-dee-doo. mexicans are lazy, 'ricans are thieves, blacks are morons, jews are cheap, japs are sneaky, wops are all in the mafia, wasps are all in the closet. who freakin' even believes those anymore? it's more of a joke that they can still be perpetuated. get the blank over it and have a blanking beer!

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I plan on having a little gas from reading that.

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Fondle me Lucky Charms, they're magically delicious!

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I say who cares if you're Irish or not...drink some Guiness, eat some corned beef, and have the best time of you're lives. St. Patty's day is the perfect excuse.

I think that some on here have missed the point that Joe made in his intial post. Don't take his editorial literally - understand it as satire, then go back and re-read it. It's really quite clever.