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2007-07-12 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by lotp 2007-07-12 08:45|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 OTOH, if we don't secure that border it's only a matter of time before they start blowing pipelines in Texas or California.

Posted by treo 2007-07-12 10:24|| 2007-07-12 10:24|| Front Page Top

#2 At least a dozen companies including Honda Motor Co., Kellogg Co., The Hershey Co., Nissan Motor Co., and Grupo Modelo SA, Mexico's largest beer maker, were forced to suspend or scale back operations because of the lack of natural gas

Hold down the laughter please. Let these crapasses suffer. This is what happens when you go third world cheap. As for us here, we now have to watch every purchase coming in from ChiCom because it's fairly obvious that the cheapo cost-cutting, lack of rules is dangerous to our health and well being. As has always been said, you don't get something for nothing. Someone always gets cheated. Today it's US citizens by the multi-national corporations.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-07-12 11:10|| 2007-07-12 11:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Nah, this is all about collusion and useful idiots. The Left and its oil interests are manifesting thier intent........too bad that they chose this commodity, its a dinosaur.

Posted by Spiny Gl 2511 2007-07-12 11:53|| 2007-07-12 11:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Sweet. Overthrowing the corrupt Mex govt is good news for the US.

Posted by jds 2007-07-12 11:59|| 2007-07-12 11:59|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm all for cutting off remittances to Mexico. I'm sick of all these third world types looking to Uncle Sugar for a hand out with some sort of implied threat that things will get worse if we cut off the flow of dollars. I don't see how the drug problem can get any worse. You ask any kid in my town where you can score some pot and you'll be smoking it in less than an hour. You want a handout? Ask the Chinese. They've got all our money. Better yet, how about moving some of that offshore manufacturing from China which is hostile, aggressive and weapons proliferating to Mexico which is friendly and non-aggressive?

But Mexico's problems need to be fixed by Mexicans. No, I don't know how. What I do know is something is very rotten when a country with all the natural resources that Mexico has is still a third world basket case. Maybe a revolution is exactly what they need if their ruling class can't or won't fix it. You guys are always talking about cleaning your guns and stocking up on your ammo so how can you blame dirt poor Mexicans with nothing to lose for doing the same?

But then, it's not my problem, is it? My problem is all these squatters from Mexico living in the underbrush, pissing and pooping into waterways that empty onto the beaches where I surf and a crooked president who won't do anything about it. The remittances don't seem to help with that.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-07-12 12:15|| 2007-07-12 12:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Assuming that the "new rulers" would be the same as the "old rulers" (I mean, look at EVERY latin american country that has has (mulitiple) revolutions), I don't see much hope for change. What is most worrisome is the alliance with like-minded facists from the Islamic world. Ebbang--where are you located?

Posted by ex-lib 2007-07-12 12:21|| 2007-07-12 12:21|| Front Page Top

#7 The big problem in Mexico is that around 40 families control 95% of the wealth, land, businesses and government. Nothing can be done about the problem because the problem controls the state apparatus. We still need to control our borders, if for no other reason than to know who IS crossing them. We really need a dependable southern neighbor, but until we have one we need to consider Mexico a failed state, and watch very carefully what's going on down there.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-07-12 13:53|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-07-12 13:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Nail, meet Old Pappy.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-07-12 14:07|| 2007-07-12 14:07|| Front Page Top

#9 The big problem in Mexico is that around 40 families control 95% of the wealth, land, businesses and government.
Forty families, you say. What's the odds that Bush's niece's husband is from one of those families ?

Posted by wxjames 2007-07-12 19:21|| 2007-07-12 19:21|| Front Page Top

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