As part of his conservative Nation Action Party’s nation-wide celebration of 1) the Bicentennial call for independence from Spain (September 16, 1810), and 2) the centennial of the 1910 Revolution (November 20), President Felipe Calderon had a sign erected in the capital counting down the days to the eve of national revelry, September 15.
Immediately skeptics, critics and practical reality regarding government bicentennial plans made the sign seem a cynic’s toy. A ticking clock was not something that charmed most sectors of a citizenry weary of unchecked corruption obviously apparent among the constabulary, a bizarre judiciary, the army, and a national government that appears unable to begin the day without the comfort of countless payoffs. Further chaffing the national mood is the local chore of watching state and municipal governments collude with special interests to intimidate middle-class and lower-income targets so they may be more easily fleeced (i.e. the Tenacatita land grab so robustly escorted by armed Jalisco state cops).
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