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Get a Free Vacation In Mexico – Or Die – Or Both
Well since nobody wants to go to Mexico because of the Swine flu, Hotels on the Caribbean are offering FREE vacations for 3 years if you contract Swine Flu while you are in Mexico. The reason is Swine Flu is killing Mexico tourism.
58 people have died from the Swine Flu as of this writing, and probably 58,000 have cancelled their trips to Mexico. Sites like Expedia and Hotels.com are offering penalty waivers for clients who do not want to go due to the Swine Flu, as are hotels.
This is now known as the Flu Free Guarantee. If you have symptoms 8 days after your trip you get 3 years of free travel to Mexico. Over 5,000 hotels are involved in this promotion. They really want to grow confidence in the Mexico tourism.
They have also published letters sent to the United States Government to lift the warning on traveling to Mexico. My question is, right now is this the best time to do this? I mean what if there is a severe impact. Forget the three years of free travel, what if people take them up on this offer and cause the spread to get worse.
Mexican Boxing Legend Carlos Palomino In Profile
The US mainstream sports media likes to proclaim certain athletes as good or bad ‘role models’, but they’re almost single minded in their obsession with winning. Great NBA players like John Stockton, or NFL players like Dan Marino are criticized for never having won ‘the big one’.
The mainstream sports media also likes to depict boxing as a repository of sleaze, but the reality is that more so than other sports ‘the sweet science’ cares about ‘how the game is played’. Boxing pundits place great emphasis on the competitive quality of a fight–great fights like the Morales-Barrera trilogy, Hagler-Hearns or Hagler-Leonard are considered such for the heart and resolve shown by the fighters, not because of who won. The 2004 fight between current ‘pound for pound’ king Manny Pacquaio and Juan Manuel Marquez is a perfect example–despite breathtaking action from start to finish the fight was ultimately ruled a draw.
The Legacy Of Mexican Boxing Great Carlos Palomino
Vince Lombardi once said “Winning isn’t everything, its the only thing”. For most of the mainstream sports media, that couldn’t be more true. Countless hours on sports talk radio are spent deriding NBA players like Charles Barkley and NFL players like Dan Marino for never winning a championship. Simply stated, no one remembers the runner up and the mainstream sports media helps reinforce this ‘frontrunner’ mentality.
The mainstream sports media also likes to depict boxing as a repository of sleaze, but the reality is that more so than other sports ‘the sweet science’ cares about ‘how the game is played’. Boxing pundits place great emphasis on the competitive quality of a fight–great fights like the Morales-Barrera trilogy, Hagler-Hearns or Hagler-Leonard are considered such for the heart and resolve shown by the fighters, not because of who won. The 2004 fight between current ‘pound for pound’ king Manny Pacquaio and Juan Manuel Marquez is a perfect example–despite breathtaking action from start to finish the fight was ultimately ruled a draw.
