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Home Front: Economy
U.S. accepts aid from Mexico
2005-09-07
Posted by:Whavitch Unimble4749

#11  Who do you think will be rebuilding most of the houses in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana? Although I have seen no formal statistics, it always seems as if the bulk of construction crews in the Southeast speak Spanish.
Posted by: RWV   2005-09-07 23:51  

#10   least they don't try to sneak into Texas in their cop cars.

That previlage is reserved for the Mexican Army. They've been photographed on this side of the border in fully armed jeeps. Most likely escourting drug runners. The locals complain, but nothing ever gets done about it.
Posted by: Steve   2005-09-07 17:01  

#9  
Current conditions in Nawlins are still a step up from some places down in Mexico. Except for the police. Even though the Mexican police are pretty corrupt too, at least they don't try to sneak into Texas in their cop cars.
Posted by: RG   2005-09-07 15:53  

#8  Look for FOx to cash in when the issue of illegal Mexican immigrants comes up again...
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-09-07 11:55  

#7  Hundreds of thousand of Mexican relief workers poured across the border today in support of Hurrican relief efforts....

Bawhahahahahahahah :)

Right.
Posted by: Gleamble Claviter9685   2005-09-07 09:44  

#6  ...Glad they sent it and I know every set of hands is welcome - but did anyone notice that's a Russian helo on the fantail, and an old Soviet personnel carrier swimming in the foreground?..

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2005-09-07 07:11  

#5  Here is a picture of the Papaloapan leaving for relief operations at Sumatra back in February.

link

Another better picture of the silhoutte.
Posted by: DanNY   2005-09-07 06:50  

#4  ZF - I suspect that on the Mexican version of the map, there is no border, making Jan's point most appropriate.
Posted by: Captain America   2005-09-07 01:17  

#3  Article: Some 145,000 Mexicans live in the large swath of the U.S. Gulf Coast affected by the powerful hurricane, 10,000 of them in New Orleans, according to official figures.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2005-09-07 01:01  

#2  Taco Bell, Jack in the Box lunches for everyone, senor
Posted by: Captain America   2005-09-07 00:25  

#1  I've been extremely non PC lately, but when I read this headline the first thought was probably by sending folks. Yep.
Actually any help is good I guess...
Posted by: Jan   2005-09-07 00:18  

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