'Now', OS asks as he scratches his greying head, 'Why is proposing that all voters present valid photo ID in order to enter the voting booth an evidence of raaaaaacism, when our dear friends SouthOfTheRioGrande insist upon it?'
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
OS Has A Question: Who Are The Afghanis Captured By Border Patrol In South Texas, And What Pray Tell Were They Doing In McAllen?
The local newspaper article is very short on details, but the bare facts of the story are chilling enough.
McALLEN — U.S. Border Patrol officials confirmed three Afghan nationals were detained this week in the Rio Grande Valley.
Border Patrol confirmed the detentions, but would not say where or when they occurred.
Enrique Mendiola, assistant chief Border Patrol agent for the Rio Grande Valley sector, said "with the current decline in illegal cross border activity" human smugglers may see moving people besides Mexican nationals as a "business opportunity."
"Average smuggling rates for other-than-Mexican nationals far exceed those of Mexicans and Central and South Americans," he said in a statement.
Mendiola noted the Department of Homeland Security is working with governments in Central and South America to "identify and disrupt transnational smuggling organizations and routes, that sometimes can span the globe."
Federal court records showed no arrests involving anyone accused of smuggling Afghan nationals. No further information was available late Friday evening.
Hmmm....perhaps they were just poor innocent souls seeking a better life NorthOfTheBorder. Isn't that the constant meme of The Left, explaining to us all ever so patiently why border security doesn't matter, illegal immigration is no problem?
Or, perhaps, they traveled here for some other reason.
How did they get into Mexico? Whose money was spent to get them halfway across the world? How many more are there, the ones who weren't captured?
Border Patrol confirmed the detentions, but would not say where or when they occurred.
Enrique Mendiola, assistant chief Border Patrol agent for the Rio Grande Valley sector, said "with the current decline in illegal cross border activity" human smugglers may see moving people besides Mexican nationals as a "business opportunity."
"Average smuggling rates for other-than-Mexican nationals far exceed those of Mexicans and Central and South Americans," he said in a statement.
Mendiola noted the Department of Homeland Security is working with governments in Central and South America to "identify and disrupt transnational smuggling organizations and routes, that sometimes can span the globe."
Federal court records showed no arrests involving anyone accused of smuggling Afghan nationals. No further information was available late Friday evening.
Hmmm....perhaps they were just poor innocent souls seeking a better life NorthOfTheBorder. Isn't that the constant meme of The Left, explaining to us all ever so patiently why border security doesn't matter, illegal immigration is no problem?
Or, perhaps, they traveled here for some other reason.
How did they get into Mexico? Whose money was spent to get them halfway across the world? How many more are there, the ones who weren't captured?
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Mexican Documentary That Is Packing The Theaters: The Uglier Face Of Justice | The Economist
One must remember, in the orthodoxy of the Left, it's US baaaaadddd, and Mexico gooooood!
It matters not a whit if reality does not line up with orthodoxy.
This from The Economist, detailing the story of a gross miscarriage of justice, and the attempts to quash the public viewing of a documentary about the misery of what passes for a system of justice in a lawless society.
Why doesn't this get covered here, by the US press corps? Perhaps orthodoxy?
That country is in chaos, and has been ruled by the ruthless, corrupt and blood-stained for a century now.
And we're just supposed to open our southern border and look the other way while they export it all north to us.
Really?
It matters not a whit if reality does not line up with orthodoxy.
This from The Economist, detailing the story of a gross miscarriage of justice, and the attempts to quash the public viewing of a documentary about the misery of what passes for a system of justice in a lawless society.
Why doesn't this get covered here, by the US press corps? Perhaps orthodoxy?
That country is in chaos, and has been ruled by the ruthless, corrupt and blood-stained for a century now.
And we're just supposed to open our southern border and look the other way while they export it all north to us.
Really?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
The Weekend Roundup From The US Southern Border
More mayhem, with a new twist--Japanese organized crime presence reported as well.
But all is well--the DOJ lawsuit against Arizona proceeds apace. And the Senate Democrats want to ban border patrol from our national forest areas that border the Mexican border.
Wonder why, wonder why, wonder why they'd want an open route for the smugglers? It makes no sense, unless there's bunch-o-money-honey on the table. Or the prospect of a supply of illegal voters, or maybe they want to repeal the 1848 Treaty of Hidalgo, or...make up your own reasons. OS can't supply one that makes sense.
But all is well--the DOJ lawsuit against Arizona proceeds apace. And the Senate Democrats want to ban border patrol from our national forest areas that border the Mexican border.
Wonder why, wonder why, wonder why they'd want an open route for the smugglers? It makes no sense, unless there's bunch-o-money-honey on the table. Or the prospect of a supply of illegal voters, or maybe they want to repeal the 1848 Treaty of Hidalgo, or...make up your own reasons. OS can't supply one that makes sense.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
The Battle In Matamoros, Across The River From Brownsville
This from the Brownsville Herald, confirming reports from yesterday.
Mexican authorities confirmed that Ezequiel "Tony Tormenta" Cardenas Guillen—one of the two leaders of the Gulf Cartel and a pivotal figure in recent border drug wars—was killed in a shootout in Matamoros Friday.
Violence across the city throughout the day left at least 47 others dead, including a reporter for a Matamoros newspaper, sources with knowledge of the situation said.
Three of Cardenas Guillen’s aides, or bodyguards, also were killed, according to Alejandro Poire, spokesman for the Mexican government. He gave no other information other than confirming the death of Cardenas Guillen and his aides.
Two Mexican soldiers also were killed, according to a release Friday night by the Mexican navy. That statement gave a total of six dead in Matamoros and said that "as of 7:45 p.m. it had no confirmation" of a death toll of more than 40.
The article describes what appears to be a three-cornered battle involving the Zetas, the Gulf Cartel, and Mexican military units. Again, given the tradition of corruption in the Mexican military, it's very difficult to know if there were any 'white hats' involved, or if it simply was about who is to be in control of the drug trade.
In a very real sense, it is not for us in the United States to help them sort that out. Mexico has been bloody, chaotic and corrupt since before Cortez arrived, and we probably are not going to change that fact.
What we are obligated as a nation and culture to do, however, is everything we can to draw a hard line, and make certain their internal struggle remains theirs. Southern Texas is a huge agricultural area, home to many retirees, a lot of US citizens living on US soil. There is no gray area about this. Is it time to mobilize our reserve units to guard our border? Isn't it past time?
Memory has faded here, but the Mexican 'revolution' ca. 1910-1920 was a horrible bloody affair that spilled over our southern border. General Pershing led an expeditionary force into northern Mexico in 1916 to attempt to chase down the perpetrators, with limited success.
This approach would not be an option in this day. But, given how populous the Southwest is, the potential for tragedy is much greater in our time, if the current conflict spills over into the US. We have to pursue solutions that don't involve sending our tanks into the Sonoran desert. Now, not next year. For the sake of millions of innocents on both sides of the border.
As OS mentioned last night, the Mexicans read our election results as well. Every state on the border, save California, has a Republican governor, and heavy Republican presence in the legislatures. Most of the states bordering the border states (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Utah) are now in GOP hands, and the Dems rule in the others by slim majorities, with large local sections in GOP control. The sense of sympathy is receding quickly, and the sense of 'We intend to live safely in our own homes' is increasing.
So many innocents have been killed in Mexico, and the flood of drugs (fueled by our demand for the stuff) has created havoc north of the border. The best course of action for our culture has to be to protect the border aggressively, pursue the dealers within our borders ever more aggressively, and quietly insist that the problem will not resolve until the grownups in Mexico (people who believe in simple things like the rule of law and free institutions) take charge.
It will be a ten-year process, if we begin today.
Mexican authorities confirmed that Ezequiel "Tony Tormenta" Cardenas Guillen—one of the two leaders of the Gulf Cartel and a pivotal figure in recent border drug wars—was killed in a shootout in Matamoros Friday.
Violence across the city throughout the day left at least 47 others dead, including a reporter for a Matamoros newspaper, sources with knowledge of the situation said.
Three of Cardenas Guillen’s aides, or bodyguards, also were killed, according to Alejandro Poire, spokesman for the Mexican government. He gave no other information other than confirming the death of Cardenas Guillen and his aides.
Two Mexican soldiers also were killed, according to a release Friday night by the Mexican navy. That statement gave a total of six dead in Matamoros and said that "as of 7:45 p.m. it had no confirmation" of a death toll of more than 40.
The article describes what appears to be a three-cornered battle involving the Zetas, the Gulf Cartel, and Mexican military units. Again, given the tradition of corruption in the Mexican military, it's very difficult to know if there were any 'white hats' involved, or if it simply was about who is to be in control of the drug trade.
In a very real sense, it is not for us in the United States to help them sort that out. Mexico has been bloody, chaotic and corrupt since before Cortez arrived, and we probably are not going to change that fact.
What we are obligated as a nation and culture to do, however, is everything we can to draw a hard line, and make certain their internal struggle remains theirs. Southern Texas is a huge agricultural area, home to many retirees, a lot of US citizens living on US soil. There is no gray area about this. Is it time to mobilize our reserve units to guard our border? Isn't it past time?
Memory has faded here, but the Mexican 'revolution' ca. 1910-1920 was a horrible bloody affair that spilled over our southern border. General Pershing led an expeditionary force into northern Mexico in 1916 to attempt to chase down the perpetrators, with limited success.
This approach would not be an option in this day. But, given how populous the Southwest is, the potential for tragedy is much greater in our time, if the current conflict spills over into the US. We have to pursue solutions that don't involve sending our tanks into the Sonoran desert. Now, not next year. For the sake of millions of innocents on both sides of the border.
As OS mentioned last night, the Mexicans read our election results as well. Every state on the border, save California, has a Republican governor, and heavy Republican presence in the legislatures. Most of the states bordering the border states (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Utah) are now in GOP hands, and the Dems rule in the others by slim majorities, with large local sections in GOP control. The sense of sympathy is receding quickly, and the sense of 'We intend to live safely in our own homes' is increasing.
So many innocents have been killed in Mexico, and the flood of drugs (fueled by our demand for the stuff) has created havoc north of the border. The best course of action for our culture has to be to protect the border aggressively, pursue the dealers within our borders ever more aggressively, and quietly insist that the problem will not resolve until the grownups in Mexico (people who believe in simple things like the rule of law and free institutions) take charge.
It will be a ten-year process, if we begin today.
Mexican Cartel Leader Killed Today In Battle Across The Border From Brownsville, Texas
The border war continues, and is coming close enough that classes were cancelled at UT Brownsville, lest the campus catch a stray bullet.
To the Mexican government's credit, they seem to be aggressively going after at least some of the narcotrafincantes. Whether the government is using the military to help one of the gangs prevail over the others is hard to know at this point; or if the goal is to have persons within the government take the trade over for themselves, also hard to know. Given the history of corruption, both are possible.
Or, it really may be a good-faith attempt to roust the bad guys for real. It is dawning upon the Mexicans that if they want access to the US for anything, they need to begin cleaning house back home. Patience has completely worn out, both with them and Obama, who has spent his efforts suing and blackmailing Arizona.
They read our election results, too.
To the Mexican government's credit, they seem to be aggressively going after at least some of the narcotrafincantes. Whether the government is using the military to help one of the gangs prevail over the others is hard to know at this point; or if the goal is to have persons within the government take the trade over for themselves, also hard to know. Given the history of corruption, both are possible.
Or, it really may be a good-faith attempt to roust the bad guys for real. It is dawning upon the Mexicans that if they want access to the US for anything, they need to begin cleaning house back home. Patience has completely worn out, both with them and Obama, who has spent his efforts suing and blackmailing Arizona.
They read our election results, too.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Shootouts In Juarez, 20 October 2010
Fox News offers a brief report of today's events.
OldSouth posted an article on the subject, including a link to an in-depth interview about the situation in Northern Mexico.
This is not a gloating 'I-told-you-so' sort of moment. It is a wake-up call. Do we really think this sort of stuff won't jump the border into the US?
We sorely need some grown-ups in Washington to finally make some adult decisions, before a lot of people get killed.
And, let's remember all those folks caught in the crossfire, who just want to live their humble lives not terrorized by either the cartels or the government.
OldSouth posted an article on the subject, including a link to an in-depth interview about the situation in Northern Mexico.
This is not a gloating 'I-told-you-so' sort of moment. It is a wake-up call. Do we really think this sort of stuff won't jump the border into the US?
We sorely need some grown-ups in Washington to finally make some adult decisions, before a lot of people get killed.
And, let's remember all those folks caught in the crossfire, who just want to live their humble lives not terrorized by either the cartels or the government.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
The Mexican Drug War On Both Sides Of The Border: NPR Talk Of The Nation 19 October 2010
OS was driving to the bank and heard this conversation on NPR. Barely believing his ears, he looked it up this morning.
Jason Beaubien, NPR's Mexico City correspondent, was being interviewed about conditions on the ground in Mexico, and it was even more alarming than OS had believed--and OS has a pretty dark opinion of that part of the world.
The upsetting part was buried in the middle:
(Beaubien) You look at the number of drugs that are getting seized, that continues to be incredibly high. You know, you look at the insecurity, it seems like more parts of the country seem to be more insecure. Tamaulipas, which also it's just above Monterrey, is sort of below south Texas, below Laredo, McAllen, Brownsville, that area - that's where they killed these 72 migrants earlier this summer. That part of the country really feels I find it frightening being there at times. And people don't go out at night. You get major shootouts. The press doesn't report anything about what's going on.
You know, I was up there just two weeks ago, and the Zetas actually have lookouts along the river. And they're just...
CONAN: The Rio Grande?
BEAUBIEN: Along the Rio Grande, on their side, making sure that no freelancers go and just sort of move people without paying Los Zetas off to...
CONAN: So the Mexican the American government can't patrol the border, but the Zetas do.
BEAUBIEN: Yes. Yeah. It's incredible. And the migrants are terrified of them. And the locals know that if you want to move migrants across or if you want to smuggle across here, you have to cut a deal with the Zetas in order to do this. And there's a sense, in that part of Mexico, particularly, that things are really under the control of the cartels. And when you start talking about failed state I don't believe at all that Mexico is a failed state. But there are parts of it which feel like they have failed and which feel like the government is completely not in control.
Did you catch the remark? Sometimes, they speak in such dispassionate tones, one barely perceives what is being said:
'So the Mexican the American government can't patrol the border, but the Zetas do.' And this is from left-edge NPR, ya'll!! These aren't paranoid guys who live in Momma's basement, collect guns, and play soldier on the weekends.
The whole transcript is at the link above. It's a balanced view, and not all bad news.
And Beaubien makes a most valid point--when we cease to be a market for the poison they sell, they will go away, and sell it to someone else. When we control our own border, the bloodshed south of us will abate dramatically. Innocent people are being murdered, and live in fear and despair, because of our out-of-control appetites, and our blind refusal to do the minimal things necessary to enforce our southern border.
It's not a Democrat/Republican issue, ya'll. It's a good/evil issue. We are allowing innocent people to be irreparably harmed because we will not do the right thing. And this is a problem we can go a long way toward solving.
If we have the will.
Jason Beaubien, NPR's Mexico City correspondent, was being interviewed about conditions on the ground in Mexico, and it was even more alarming than OS had believed--and OS has a pretty dark opinion of that part of the world.
The upsetting part was buried in the middle:
(Beaubien) You look at the number of drugs that are getting seized, that continues to be incredibly high. You know, you look at the insecurity, it seems like more parts of the country seem to be more insecure. Tamaulipas, which also it's just above Monterrey, is sort of below south Texas, below Laredo, McAllen, Brownsville, that area - that's where they killed these 72 migrants earlier this summer. That part of the country really feels I find it frightening being there at times. And people don't go out at night. You get major shootouts. The press doesn't report anything about what's going on.
You know, I was up there just two weeks ago, and the Zetas actually have lookouts along the river. And they're just...
CONAN: The Rio Grande?
BEAUBIEN: Along the Rio Grande, on their side, making sure that no freelancers go and just sort of move people without paying Los Zetas off to...
CONAN: So the Mexican the American government can't patrol the border, but the Zetas do.
BEAUBIEN: Yes. Yeah. It's incredible. And the migrants are terrified of them. And the locals know that if you want to move migrants across or if you want to smuggle across here, you have to cut a deal with the Zetas in order to do this. And there's a sense, in that part of Mexico, particularly, that things are really under the control of the cartels. And when you start talking about failed state I don't believe at all that Mexico is a failed state. But there are parts of it which feel like they have failed and which feel like the government is completely not in control.
Did you catch the remark? Sometimes, they speak in such dispassionate tones, one barely perceives what is being said:
'So the Mexican the American government can't patrol the border, but the Zetas do.' And this is from left-edge NPR, ya'll!! These aren't paranoid guys who live in Momma's basement, collect guns, and play soldier on the weekends.
The whole transcript is at the link above. It's a balanced view, and not all bad news.
And Beaubien makes a most valid point--when we cease to be a market for the poison they sell, they will go away, and sell it to someone else. When we control our own border, the bloodshed south of us will abate dramatically. Innocent people are being murdered, and live in fear and despair, because of our out-of-control appetites, and our blind refusal to do the minimal things necessary to enforce our southern border.
It's not a Democrat/Republican issue, ya'll. It's a good/evil issue. We are allowing innocent people to be irreparably harmed because we will not do the right thing. And this is a problem we can go a long way toward solving.
If we have the will.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Welcome To Illinois, Our Newest Third-World Country
Bloomberg weighed in with this little gem of a story that the State of Illinois is flogging its debt to other parts of the world, having run short on investors in this country foolhardy enough to part with their cash.
Illinois, The Great State of Illinois, is now paying higher interest rates than that paragon of political and economic stability, Mexico. OS understands El Salvador and Honduras are gaining on them.
(Unlike Mexico, Illinois does not have oil, gas and silver reserves in the ground to actually pay the money back. They've got coal, and agricultural output, and a crumbling city of Chicago that Rahm Emanuel wants to take over--that should work well! They've got Blago, a legislature that can't shoot straight, and Obama hung around their necks like a ripe road-kill 'possum. Sign me up for some-o'that-there Illinoize paper, Bubbah! What could go wrong?)
Shhh, don't tell anybody overseas...let them find out for themselves...remember all those sophisticates in Europe love our President, who after all did tout his deep experience in shaping Illinois.
Illinois, The Great State of Illinois, is now paying higher interest rates than that paragon of political and economic stability, Mexico. OS understands El Salvador and Honduras are gaining on them.
(Unlike Mexico, Illinois does not have oil, gas and silver reserves in the ground to actually pay the money back. They've got coal, and agricultural output, and a crumbling city of Chicago that Rahm Emanuel wants to take over--that should work well! They've got Blago, a legislature that can't shoot straight, and Obama hung around their necks like a ripe road-kill 'possum. Sign me up for some-o'that-there Illinoize paper, Bubbah! What could go wrong?)
Shhh, don't tell anybody overseas...let them find out for themselves...remember all those sophisticates in Europe love our President, who after all did tout his deep experience in shaping Illinois.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
More News From Mexico: Twenty Police Resign In Colima
Out-manned, out-gunned, and no longer willing to risk their lives against the drug cartel warriors.
The M3 blog translates news sources from south of the border, focusing on stories to do with illegal immigration and the drug cartels war.
It's sponsored by the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers.
Well worth following what they offer.
OS keeps asking the question: What happens when the headless bodies begin to pile up in Kansas City? When the deputies of Christian County, Kentucky decide they are out-gunned and can't survive in their jobs?
Why won't our government enforce the border, instead of suing states who attempt to deal with the fallout of its failure?
The M3 blog translates news sources from south of the border, focusing on stories to do with illegal immigration and the drug cartels war.
It's sponsored by the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers.
Well worth following what they offer.
OS keeps asking the question: What happens when the headless bodies begin to pile up in Kansas City? When the deputies of Christian County, Kentucky decide they are out-gunned and can't survive in their jobs?
Why won't our government enforce the border, instead of suing states who attempt to deal with the fallout of its failure?
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Car Bomb In Juarez: No Worries, Our Southern Border Is Secure
News of a car bomb set off on a major thoroughfare in Juarez, courtesy of the BBC.
This was not a home-made 'drive the car through the barricade/pull the lanyard/blow yourself up' affair. It was triggered by a cell phone, indicating some, shall we say, sophistication in approach.
16 July 2010 Last updated at 16:28 ET
Investigators in Mexico say a deadly attack by suspected drug cartel members in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez was a car bomb set off by mobile phone.
It is believed to be the first attack of its kind since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006, promising to curb powerful drugs gangs.
Two police officers and two medics answering an emergency were killed.
Police said the attack was retaliation for the arrest of a leader of the La Linea drug gang, Jesus Acosta Guerrero. La Linea is part of the Juarez drug cartel.
"There were 10kg (22lb) of explosives, activated from a distance by a cellphone," Enrique Torres, a spokesman for the army in Ciudad Juarez, said. At least 16 other people were injured in Thursday's attack, police said.
Ciudad Juarez is just across the border from El Paso, Texas. It has long been the battleground for cartels fighting for control of lucrative drug smuggling routes into the US.
More than 7,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico so far this year. Almost 25,000 have died in the past three and a half years, according to figures released by the office of Attorney General Arturo Chavez on Friday.
El Diario de Chihuaha also covered the event, and in typical Mexican fashion, led the story by blaming the US for its lax laws on possession of C-4 explosive, never contemplating that the explosive could have arrived from any number of locations in the world. It is a long-established practice in the un-free Mexican press: If things go well, credit El Presidente; if things go badly, blame the Americans.
Then they got around to describing the bombing:
El auto explotó anoche sobre la avenida 16 de septiembre y Bolivia, en la zona centro, dejando un saldo de cuatro muertos y 11 heridos, asà como el cierre de las calles aledañas al lugar del ataque.
El comandante expuso que de acuerdo con el peritaje, se encontraron residuos de 10 kilos de explosivo, al parecer del conocido como C4, asà como restos de un aparato celular.
Indicó que aunque hasta este momento no se ha determinado exactamente cómo detonó el vehÃculo y si estaba armado como un coche-bomba, lo que si se puede determinar es que el artefacto se activó mediante una llamada a algún teléfono celular.
Indicó que el peritaje continúa a fin de determinar cómo fue que el vehÃculo se impactó contra el convoy de policÃas federales, si estaba estacionado o alguien lo iba conduciendo.
Confirmó que un agente de la PolicÃa Federal y uno de la Municipal murieron, asà como un médico y un rescatista de la Cruz Roja, en tanto que siete elementos federales, tres paramédicos de la Cruz Roja y un camarógrafo del canal 5, resultaron heridos.
Precisó que la ProcuradurÃa General de la República (PGR) investiga el asunto, y son apoyados por efectivos de la Sedena y especialistas en explosivos.
Old South repeats his question: Does this have to occur on the streets of Dallas or Kansas City before the United States develops the will to address the problem?
This was not a home-made 'drive the car through the barricade/pull the lanyard/blow yourself up' affair. It was triggered by a cell phone, indicating some, shall we say, sophistication in approach.
16 July 2010 Last updated at 16:28 ET
Investigators in Mexico say a deadly attack by suspected drug cartel members in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez was a car bomb set off by mobile phone.
It is believed to be the first attack of its kind since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006, promising to curb powerful drugs gangs.
Two police officers and two medics answering an emergency were killed.
Police said the attack was retaliation for the arrest of a leader of the La Linea drug gang, Jesus Acosta Guerrero. La Linea is part of the Juarez drug cartel.
"There were 10kg (22lb) of explosives, activated from a distance by a cellphone," Enrique Torres, a spokesman for the army in Ciudad Juarez, said. At least 16 other people were injured in Thursday's attack, police said.
Ciudad Juarez is just across the border from El Paso, Texas. It has long been the battleground for cartels fighting for control of lucrative drug smuggling routes into the US.
More than 7,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico so far this year. Almost 25,000 have died in the past three and a half years, according to figures released by the office of Attorney General Arturo Chavez on Friday.
El Diario de Chihuaha also covered the event, and in typical Mexican fashion, led the story by blaming the US for its lax laws on possession of C-4 explosive, never contemplating that the explosive could have arrived from any number of locations in the world. It is a long-established practice in the un-free Mexican press: If things go well, credit El Presidente; if things go badly, blame the Americans.
Then they got around to describing the bombing:
El auto explotó anoche sobre la avenida 16 de septiembre y Bolivia, en la zona centro, dejando un saldo de cuatro muertos y 11 heridos, asà como el cierre de las calles aledañas al lugar del ataque.
El comandante expuso que de acuerdo con el peritaje, se encontraron residuos de 10 kilos de explosivo, al parecer del conocido como C4, asà como restos de un aparato celular.
Indicó que aunque hasta este momento no se ha determinado exactamente cómo detonó el vehÃculo y si estaba armado como un coche-bomba, lo que si se puede determinar es que el artefacto se activó mediante una llamada a algún teléfono celular.
Indicó que el peritaje continúa a fin de determinar cómo fue que el vehÃculo se impactó contra el convoy de policÃas federales, si estaba estacionado o alguien lo iba conduciendo.
Confirmó que un agente de la PolicÃa Federal y uno de la Municipal murieron, asà como un médico y un rescatista de la Cruz Roja, en tanto que siete elementos federales, tres paramédicos de la Cruz Roja y un camarógrafo del canal 5, resultaron heridos.
Precisó que la ProcuradurÃa General de la República (PGR) investiga el asunto, y son apoyados por efectivos de la Sedena y especialistas en explosivos.
Old South repeats his question: Does this have to occur on the streets of Dallas or Kansas City before the United States develops the will to address the problem?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Meantime, Back On Our Secure Southern Border...
Two more policeman gunned down on a major thoroughfare in Juarez (just across the border from El Paso, Texas).
That's just the lead story on the front page--links below the story detail ten more murders.
Just another day in Juarez.
Do we need to wait until it becomes commonplace in Lexington, KY before we develop the will to act?
[translation from today's El Diario]
Two members of the Police Ministry were shot and killed this afternoon.
The events took place at the corner of Adolfo López Mateos Avenue and Ejército Nacional.
According to early reports, an armed group attacked the agents while they were on official business.
It is presumed that a third agent was wounded, and dies after being taken to the hospital, but this has not been confirmed.
Dos elementos de la PolicÃa Ministerial fueron acribillados y asesinados esta tarde.
Los hechos sucedieron en la avenida Adolfo López Mateos cruce con Ejército Nacional.
Según las primeras versiones, un grupo armado emboscó a los agentes cuando circulaban en una unidad oficial.
Se presume que un tercer agente resultó herido y falleció al ser trasladado a recibir atención médica, pero no ha sido confirmado.
That's just the lead story on the front page--links below the story detail ten more murders.
Just another day in Juarez.
Do we need to wait until it becomes commonplace in Lexington, KY before we develop the will to act?
[translation from today's El Diario]
Two members of the Police Ministry were shot and killed this afternoon.
The events took place at the corner of Adolfo López Mateos Avenue and Ejército Nacional.
According to early reports, an armed group attacked the agents while they were on official business.
It is presumed that a third agent was wounded, and dies after being taken to the hospital, but this has not been confirmed.
Dos elementos de la PolicÃa Ministerial fueron acribillados y asesinados esta tarde.
Los hechos sucedieron en la avenida Adolfo López Mateos cruce con Ejército Nacional.
Según las primeras versiones, un grupo armado emboscó a los agentes cuando circulaban en una unidad oficial.
Se presume que un tercer agente resultó herido y falleció al ser trasladado a recibir atención médica, pero no ha sido confirmado.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Meantime, Back On Our Secure Southern Border...
Honest, The Winner Of The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, His Attorney General, and His Secretary Of Homeland Security all assure us that all is well.
So, therefore it is, correct?
From El Diario de Chihuahua, yesterday.
OS can read enough Spanish to give you the gist (original text below, for reference):
[begin copy]
The discovery of two decapitated persons was reported just moments ago, the abandoned bodies found abandoned at Seventh Street and Guadalupe Victoria in the Villa Juarez neighborhood.
At the same time, police reported the discovery of two heads that appear to belong to the the bodies found in Villa Juarez, these being found along the road to Ciudad Delicias, near the Pemex (n.b.Mexico's nationalized oil company) facility.
The bodies were found near the intersection by neighbors who lived nearby, who called the police immediately, who then took charge of the cadavers.
The 'narco-tourism' continued as normal, and within minutes, dozens of persons coverged upon the scene and took pictures with their cell phones.
[end copy]
Actually, OS was looking through El Diario to verify a report of three beheaded corpses located in Sinaloa. He hasn't made it to the Sinaloa page yet, but in a macabre way, it doesn't much matter.
This is where the city of Chihuahua is located. A quick drive up the road to Juarez, and from there to Texas and New Mexico. No worries, ya'll. What could possibly go wrong?
OS, and many millions of other American citizens, would much prefer to not wake up to this sort of news taking place in Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, or Tennessee. Apparently, Obama and Holder are much more sanguine about that prospect, and prefer to expend their energies in a lawsuit against the State of Arizona.
Chihuahua, Chih.- Hace un momento se reportó el hallazgo de dos personas decapitadas que fueron abandonadas en las calles séptima y Guadalupe Victoria de la Colonia Villa Juárez.
Luego de un momento la policÃa reportó el hallazgo de dos cabezas que al parecer son de las personas que fueron encontradas en Villa Juárez, estas últimas fueron encontradas a un costado de la carretera que conduce a ciudad Delicias, cerca de Pemex.
Los cuerpos fueron amontonados un poco antes de llegar a la intersección, por lo que los vecinos del lugar inmediatamente llamaron a las autoridades para que se hicieran cargo de los cadáveres.
El narcoturismo no se hizo esperar y en cosa de minutos, decenas de personas acudieron al lugar y tomaron fotos con sus celulares .
So, therefore it is, correct?
From El Diario de Chihuahua, yesterday.
OS can read enough Spanish to give you the gist (original text below, for reference):
[begin copy]
The discovery of two decapitated persons was reported just moments ago, the abandoned bodies found abandoned at Seventh Street and Guadalupe Victoria in the Villa Juarez neighborhood.
At the same time, police reported the discovery of two heads that appear to belong to the the bodies found in Villa Juarez, these being found along the road to Ciudad Delicias, near the Pemex (n.b.Mexico's nationalized oil company) facility.
The bodies were found near the intersection by neighbors who lived nearby, who called the police immediately, who then took charge of the cadavers.
The 'narco-tourism' continued as normal, and within minutes, dozens of persons coverged upon the scene and took pictures with their cell phones.
[end copy]
Actually, OS was looking through El Diario to verify a report of three beheaded corpses located in Sinaloa. He hasn't made it to the Sinaloa page yet, but in a macabre way, it doesn't much matter.
This is where the city of Chihuahua is located. A quick drive up the road to Juarez, and from there to Texas and New Mexico. No worries, ya'll. What could possibly go wrong?
OS, and many millions of other American citizens, would much prefer to not wake up to this sort of news taking place in Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, or Tennessee. Apparently, Obama and Holder are much more sanguine about that prospect, and prefer to expend their energies in a lawsuit against the State of Arizona.
Chihuahua, Chih.- Hace un momento se reportó el hallazgo de dos personas decapitadas que fueron abandonadas en las calles séptima y Guadalupe Victoria de la Colonia Villa Juárez.
Luego de un momento la policÃa reportó el hallazgo de dos cabezas que al parecer son de las personas que fueron encontradas en Villa Juárez, estas últimas fueron encontradas a un costado de la carretera que conduce a ciudad Delicias, cerca de Pemex.
Los cuerpos fueron amontonados un poco antes de llegar a la intersección, por lo que los vecinos del lugar inmediatamente llamaron a las autoridades para que se hicieran cargo de los cadáveres.
El narcoturismo no se hizo esperar y en cosa de minutos, decenas de personas acudieron al lugar y tomaron fotos con sus celulares .
Friday, June 18, 2010
Well, At Least This Hombre Will Have A Lot Of 'Splainin' To Do When (If) He Goes Home
Ok, in the meantime, someone 'splain this to OS:
From The Dickson (TN) Herald:
Dickson County agents from the Drug Interdiction Crime Enforcement unit seized more than $80,000 in cash they found stashed in the spare tire of a pickup truck on westbound Interstate 40 in Cheatham County Wednesday afternoon.
So far so good--but wait, there's more!
According to Dickson County Sheriff Tom Wall, the D.I.C.E. unit, which also has a trained K-9 officer, was patrolling the interstate just after noon when agents stopped the truck for a moving violation on the interstate. Wall said the dog, Paco, hit on the rear of the truck, leading agents to the cash.
The agents found the spare tire, located underneath the truck bed, and used a density meter to determine if something was in the tire. The meter read positive, he said. Agents also discovered a slit in the sidewall of the spare tire. When one of the agents slid his hand into the slit he “felt something plastic.”
Two black trash bags were pulled out of the tire and the money was seized. Wall said some of the cash was wrapped in the bundles and there was also loose cash.
Well done, Paco! Good dog! Could it be this is drug related?
In addition, a swab test was taken on the spare tire and tested positive for cocaine residue.
Yes, indeedy! OS is shocked, positively shocked to read that this might related to the drug trade. After all, he carries 80k in his truck's spare tire on a regular basis....
But wait, there's more!
Agents said the driver appeared nervous when he was stopped and there appeared to be “a lot of new items” in the truck, as if he’d been “on a shopping spree.” Items included clothes, electronic equipment and items for an infant.
They said the driver also displayed “other indicators” and produced a Mexican driver’s license. The driver was questioned and denied any knowledge of the money being in the tire. He told authorities he was headed home from Ohio to Texas after visiting family in Cincinnatti for the past several days. He also said he’d only purchased the late ‘90s Ford Ranger pickup truck a couple of months ago, the sheriff said.
The DICE unit will seek a forfeiture warrant for the money but the pickup was in poor condition and it was not seized.
The driver was released and the cash was taken to the D.I.C.E. office.
What? This whole incident screams 'illegal alien muling cash back to Mexico', and the local cops send him on his merry way...
Now, departing some 80k lighter on his way home, he'll have some 'splainin'-to-do-Lucy' to the 'gentlemen' who'll expect their money from him.
Lucy, 'splain-this-to-me, por favor...
From The Dickson (TN) Herald:
Dickson County agents from the Drug Interdiction Crime Enforcement unit seized more than $80,000 in cash they found stashed in the spare tire of a pickup truck on westbound Interstate 40 in Cheatham County Wednesday afternoon.
So far so good--but wait, there's more!
According to Dickson County Sheriff Tom Wall, the D.I.C.E. unit, which also has a trained K-9 officer, was patrolling the interstate just after noon when agents stopped the truck for a moving violation on the interstate. Wall said the dog, Paco, hit on the rear of the truck, leading agents to the cash.
The agents found the spare tire, located underneath the truck bed, and used a density meter to determine if something was in the tire. The meter read positive, he said. Agents also discovered a slit in the sidewall of the spare tire. When one of the agents slid his hand into the slit he “felt something plastic.”
Two black trash bags were pulled out of the tire and the money was seized. Wall said some of the cash was wrapped in the bundles and there was also loose cash.
Well done, Paco! Good dog! Could it be this is drug related?
In addition, a swab test was taken on the spare tire and tested positive for cocaine residue.
Yes, indeedy! OS is shocked, positively shocked to read that this might related to the drug trade. After all, he carries 80k in his truck's spare tire on a regular basis....
But wait, there's more!
Agents said the driver appeared nervous when he was stopped and there appeared to be “a lot of new items” in the truck, as if he’d been “on a shopping spree.” Items included clothes, electronic equipment and items for an infant.
They said the driver also displayed “other indicators” and produced a Mexican driver’s license. The driver was questioned and denied any knowledge of the money being in the tire. He told authorities he was headed home from Ohio to Texas after visiting family in Cincinnatti for the past several days. He also said he’d only purchased the late ‘90s Ford Ranger pickup truck a couple of months ago, the sheriff said.
The DICE unit will seek a forfeiture warrant for the money but the pickup was in poor condition and it was not seized.
The driver was released and the cash was taken to the D.I.C.E. office.
What? This whole incident screams 'illegal alien muling cash back to Mexico', and the local cops send him on his merry way...
Now, departing some 80k lighter on his way home, he'll have some 'splainin'-to-do-Lucy' to the 'gentlemen' who'll expect their money from him.
Lucy, 'splain-this-to-me, por favor...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Mexican Mass Grave Discovered: Drug Cartel Body Dump, At Least 55 Bodies
Front page on the BBC, buried in the New York Times.
OldSouth is unsurprised. After all, the White House and its cheerleaders have little appetite for revealing news about Mexico.
So, from our British cousins:
Mexican police say 55 bodies have been recovered from an abandoned mine that appears to have been used as a mass grave by drugs gangs.
Human remains were first discovered in the silver mine near Taxco in Guerrero state at the end of May.
The bodies appeared to have been thrown down a 200m (650ft) ventilation shaft over a period of time, police said.
Earlier reports that 77 bodies had been recovered were mistaken, officials said.
Only six have so far been identified - one was the director of a local prison.
Guerrero state is a focal point for drug-related violence that has claimed more than 22,000 lives in Mexico since 2006.
Police are now checking other mineshafts in the area to see if bodies have also been dumped there.
As well they should!
Now, what's the US government's reason for its refusal to aggresively enforce our southern border?
OS thinks that at least a few of those bodies are casualties of our government's negligence. And the bodies just keep stacking up...
Does this lend insight into why Arizona has acted to defend itself? Again, don't bother looking for this stuff in the Yew Nork Times.
OldSouth is unsurprised. After all, the White House and its cheerleaders have little appetite for revealing news about Mexico.
So, from our British cousins:
Mexican police say 55 bodies have been recovered from an abandoned mine that appears to have been used as a mass grave by drugs gangs.
Human remains were first discovered in the silver mine near Taxco in Guerrero state at the end of May.
The bodies appeared to have been thrown down a 200m (650ft) ventilation shaft over a period of time, police said.
Earlier reports that 77 bodies had been recovered were mistaken, officials said.
Only six have so far been identified - one was the director of a local prison.
Guerrero state is a focal point for drug-related violence that has claimed more than 22,000 lives in Mexico since 2006.
Police are now checking other mineshafts in the area to see if bodies have also been dumped there.
As well they should!
Now, what's the US government's reason for its refusal to aggresively enforce our southern border?
OS thinks that at least a few of those bodies are casualties of our government's negligence. And the bodies just keep stacking up...
Does this lend insight into why Arizona has acted to defend itself? Again, don't bother looking for this stuff in the Yew Nork Times.
Friday, May 28, 2010
So, What Is Calderon Complaining About, And Why Do The Congressional Dems Cheer For Him?
OS hates to harp on a subject, but he feels this one really matters, and that recent events have been illustrative of the character of our present political leadership.
As everyone who hasn't been in a coma for the past month knows, the State of Arizona decided enough was enough. The Federal government simultaneously claimed jurisdiction over matters involving the southern border of the the US while refusing to enforce immigration law and vigorously defend that border. Arizona has been over-run, and its citizens are being murdered and kidnapped. Arizona, within its constitutional rights, passed a law to deal with the problem.
The indignant outcry was immediate and blood-curdling from the Left, and from the Mexican government. El Presidente addressed the US Congress, denouncing Arizona for having the temerity to insist that people residing within its borders actually be able to demonstrate that they are there legally.
The Congressional Democrats stood and cheered, declaring their solidarity with their poor victimized southern compadres.From USA Today. 27 May 2010
TULTITLN, Mexico — Arizona's new law forcing local police to take a greater role in enforcing immigration law has caused a lot of criticism from Mexico, the largest single source of illegal immigrants in the United States. But in Mexico, illegal immigrants receive terrible treatment from corrupt Mexican authorities, say people involved in the system.
And Mexico has a law that is no different from Arizona's that empowers local police to check the immigration documents of people suspected of not being in the country legally.
"There (in the United States), they'll deport you," Hector Vázquez, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, said as he rested in a makeshift camp with other migrants under a highway bridge in Tultitlán. "In Mexico they'll probably let you go, but they'll beat you up and steal everything you've got first."
[end quote]
Kudos to USA Today for finally standing tall and beginning to tell the truth about Mexico. Most of the mainstream media simply will not begin to tell the truth about this place.
Mexico is violent.
Mexico is breathtakingly corrupt; from the street-corner cop to the Presidency, the entire operation thrives on la Mordida, literally 'The Bite', aka 'The Bribe'.
Mexico has been run from the 1920's by a corrupt oligarchy of politicians, 'labor union leaders', bankers and industrial interests. Until recent years, only one party the PRI, ever held power.
Then, there is the drug trade... The mayor of Cancun, a major resort destination, was arrested just yesterday for trafficking.
So, why do Democrats love Mexico so? Why do they cheer for this craziness, this corruption, this unfree violent culture? Do they see the future there, a fabulously wealthy country in the thrall of an oligarchy that gets to skim that wealth for themselves, while maintaining the appearance of civilization?
Perhaps there are other explanations, but this one certainly fits. Why would they cheer for this? Why would they roll out the carpet and put on a full-Monty Head of State welcome for the President of Mexico, who wants nothing more than to ship up millions more of his illiterate population?
Why do all the Democrats (and some Republicans like McCain--until challenged for his seat) think that an unceasing flow of illegals from Mexico is actually desireable?
Why the refusal to enforce the border?
Something else is at play in all this. Some people here must be making a lot of money, or gathering a great deal of power to themselves, by allowing this chaos to continue. Likewise, some people must have the same motivation south of the border.
People always act from motivation. Without it, there is almost no action.
What is driving this tragic, stupid race over the cultural cliff? What's the motivation?
Mexico is violent.
Mexico is breathtakingly corrupt; from the street-corner cop to the Presidency, the entire operation thrives on la Mordida, literally 'The Bite', aka 'The Bribe'.
Mexico has been run from the 1920's by a corrupt oligarchy of politicians, 'labor union leaders', bankers and industrial interests. Until recent years, only one party the PRI, ever held power.
Then, there is the drug trade... The mayor of Cancun, a major resort destination, was arrested just yesterday for trafficking.
So, why do Democrats love Mexico so? Why do they cheer for this craziness, this corruption, this unfree violent culture? Do they see the future there, a fabulously wealthy country in the thrall of an oligarchy that gets to skim that wealth for themselves, while maintaining the appearance of civilization?
Perhaps there are other explanations, but this one certainly fits. Why would they cheer for this? Why would they roll out the carpet and put on a full-Monty Head of State welcome for the President of Mexico, who wants nothing more than to ship up millions more of his illiterate population?
Why do all the Democrats (and some Republicans like McCain--until challenged for his seat) think that an unceasing flow of illegals from Mexico is actually desireable?
Why the refusal to enforce the border?
Something else is at play in all this. Some people here must be making a lot of money, or gathering a great deal of power to themselves, by allowing this chaos to continue. Likewise, some people must have the same motivation south of the border.
People always act from motivation. Without it, there is almost no action.
What is driving this tragic, stupid race over the cultural cliff? What's the motivation?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Pomp And Circumstance/Compare And Contrast: Obama Gives Calederon The Full White House Monty, Gives The UK The Back Of His Hand
It was quite a morning in Obama-land, with a Full-Monty welcoming ceremony on the White House Lawn, complete with the fife-and-drum corp in full Revolutionary War uniform livery, followed by a joint denunciation of all those bad bad bad racist racist racist people in Arizona who decided to stop waiting for the Federal Government to protect the southern border.
Let's compare and contrast this with the shabby treatment afforded the British Prime Minister when he visited Washington in March 2009.
From the Telegraph, 7 March 2009:
British officials....admit that the White House and US State Department staff were utterly bemused by complaints that the Prime Minister should have been granted full-blown press conference and a formal dinner, as has been customary. They concede that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister.
But they concede that the mood music of the event was at times strained. Mr Brown handed over carefully selected gifts, including a pen holder made from the wood of a warship that helped stamp out the slave trade - a sister ship of the vessel from which timbers were taken to build Mr Obama's Oval Office desk. Mr Obama's gift in return, a collection of Hollywood film DVDs that could have been bought from any high street store, looked like the kind of thing the White House might hand out to the visiting head of a minor African state.
It isn't like the President has to rehearse the fife-and-drum corps himself. A career member of State Department Protocol Office makes the arrangements, and everyone shows up at the appointed places and times for the official welcome. The Marine Band is named 'The President's Own' for a reason, as they supply the staff musicians for the White House.
Himself certainly found His Obama-mojo to welcome the Mexican president, who oversees one of the most corrupt and violent countries of the Western Hemisphere. He mounted the Full Monty welcoming ceremony on the White House lawn for a man who doesn't recognize the legitimacy of our border with his country, who thinks his citizens have the inalienable right to enter our country with impunity and without penalty, and who views our country as a dumping-ground for his country's failures to create anything resembling a free society.
OldSouth has a problem with this, namely:
- Our prisons are not overrun with British citizens who make their careers trafficking in drugs and people.
- Our schools are not bearing the burden of educating millions of British citizens who show up at the door and demand schooling in their native languages, complete with a history curriculum that portrays them as victims of unjust American oppression.
- The British government concedes that it has no claim on its former colonies.
- Our citizens are not in danger of being killed or kidnapped by British criminals illegally residing in our country.
- Britain is not the national discount drug warehouse for North America (or Northern Europe, for that matter).
- Great Britain has a free press, free elections, more than one effective political party, and power passes from one hand to another without bloodshed.
- The UK has its problems, but it is a civil and free country, which means those problems can be addressed. Mexico lacks the civility and freedom to even begin to address its crushing problems. Mexico lacks the collective will to develop the qualities necessary to function. Why worry? Just blame the Yanquis and ship them the unemployed, illiterate and criminal. Collect the drug money as it flows south.
The British Prime Minister deserves a lot more than a DVD collection from Wal-Mart. (The Revolutionary fife-and-drum bit might rub him the wrong way, but the Marine Band in dress blues playing Sousa would do nicely, thank-you).
The Mexican President deserves a polite-but-firm welcome, a tour of the wall being constructed along the Arizona border, and should be sent home with a very special gift: Two planeloads of his fellow citizens serving time in our prisons for violent felonies.
And just for good measure, a send-off rendition of the Marine Hymn, performed by The President's Own, sung by the choir for good measure. The first line tells the story:
From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli...
Saturday, April 24, 2010
The State of Arizona Locates Its Spine: Illegal Immigration Is To Be Enforced By The State
Finally. About time. After heaven knows how many murders, kidnappings, shootings, tons of drugs and tens of thousands of illegal aliens invading Arizona for decades, the legislature and governor come to the obvious conclusion: The Federal Government is not interested in controlling the southern border of the United States. They have abdicated their responsibility, and care not a whit for the widows and orphans that litter the landscape because of unchecked illegal immigration.
And, it not just the Obama administration!! G.W. Bush acted like a man who had long ago been bought off by someone somewhere when it came to this issue. We all have to take our shoes off, be subject to searches, etc., etc., in the name of national security, and Bush refused to take action on the border, until he was forced into it. When he attempted to get an amnesty bill passed in the dark of night over Memorial Day 2007, he alienated the final loyalists of the Republican Party, and damn near destroyed it.
So, finally, Arizona takes back its Constitional prerogative.
OS has just one further word to add: YEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!
And this incident, which dates from today, gives insight into why Arizona is so long overdue.
Now, let's see how the Obama administration and its 'political organizing' minions go on the attack. Expect a flood of Federal civil-rights lawsuits, Federal prosecutions of local deputies, attempts to vacate the law in the Federal courts. If Arizona succeeds in asserting its Constitutional rights, Obama knows the floodgates will open against him, state by state, issue by issue.
It's not about immigration. It's about the rule of law, the Constitution, and who gets to rule.
OS is cheering for the states.
And, it not just the Obama administration!! G.W. Bush acted like a man who had long ago been bought off by someone somewhere when it came to this issue. We all have to take our shoes off, be subject to searches, etc., etc., in the name of national security, and Bush refused to take action on the border, until he was forced into it. When he attempted to get an amnesty bill passed in the dark of night over Memorial Day 2007, he alienated the final loyalists of the Republican Party, and damn near destroyed it.
So, finally, Arizona takes back its Constitional prerogative.
OS has just one further word to add: YEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!
And this incident, which dates from today, gives insight into why Arizona is so long overdue.
Now, let's see how the Obama administration and its 'political organizing' minions go on the attack. Expect a flood of Federal civil-rights lawsuits, Federal prosecutions of local deputies, attempts to vacate the law in the Federal courts. If Arizona succeeds in asserting its Constitutional rights, Obama knows the floodgates will open against him, state by state, issue by issue.
It's not about immigration. It's about the rule of law, the Constitution, and who gets to rule.
OS is cheering for the states.
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