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The Spectacle Blog
It’s unfortunate that Felipe Calderon used the opportunity of addressing the U.S. Congress to give the speech that Democrats wanted to hear, as opposed to the one that they very much needed to hear.
During his presidential campaign in 2006, Calderon told the Mexican people that they faced “a choice between the past and the future.” He said:
Moving toward the past would mean nationalization, expropriation, state control of the economy, and authoritarianism, while the future would represent the contrary: privatization, liberalization, market control of the economy, and political freedom.
Had he uttered those words to the U.S. Congress, he would perhaps have been shouted down as — horror of horrors — “a Mexican tea partier.”
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Oldefarte| 5.21.10 @ 2:20PM
Calderon was being used as Obama's '''''BI*&H"""'!!!!!!
Sam| 5.21.10 @ 5:10PM
Clearly Oldefarte does not understand anything about Calderon accept what he reads on this site.
Calderon is a heroic president because only he has had the guts and the courage to take on Mexico's drug cartels. These cartels, while rarely visible by day, have infiltrated much of government and civilian and life, and many people in Mexico have much to lose if the cartels go down.
But still Calderon fights on, ignoring the many death threats he receives each day and the blood that flows as the cartels struggle to maintain their power. He is fighting the good fight and pushing forward, even as the cartel violence causes many in Mexico to wonder whether it is worth it to fight " los narcotraficantes"
Bottom line: I don't appreciate you referring to him as Obama's 'bi*ch"
JmsA| 5.22.10 @ 2:47PM
"Bottom line: I don't appreciate you referring to him as Obama's 'bi*ch." So maybe he should't come here and lecture us about our laws, such as they are given the continued and increasing threat to the well being and safety of the citizens of AZ from Mexico, and his crass recitation of the One's and the democrats' party line--unless of course you happen to be one of the Reconquistas--which I'm having difficulty not believing.
ANNE| 5.23.10 @ 12:42AM
IT IS WHAT IT IS
Ran / Si Vis Pacem | 5.21.10 @ 6:30PM
Instead we were feliped the bird. What a week.
Bill from WV| 5.21.10 @ 9:17PM
He is Obama's boy! Just another party provided a platform to instigate dissention in the United States!
Obama the Great Divider!
Calderon, a joke who cannot manage his own business thinking he can denegrate us about how we do ours!
ARealist| 5.22.10 @ 10:34AM
This entire Mexican illegal alien issue will be used by radicals - you only need a few hundred - to foment violence, mass demonstrations, and finally, to achieve their real goal - to declare an independent MEXICO-amero State within the present SW USA. (Note the small "a" on amero, and the use of "amero" and not American.)
Let's get real folks.
The Mexicans are still smarting over losing the present day SW USA, and they intend to get it back.
They are well on their way. They now have about 15 million Mexicans - who have ZERO intention of integrating into American society . What can the US do if these folks chose to revolt ?? How do you deal with over 250,000 "demonstrators" who take over a city; like LA , San Diego, Pheonix, etc. These illegals can literally shut down S.California, Pheonix, etc., if they chose, and rest assured, the Mexican govt. will supply these "protesters" with food, water, whatever, to sustain the "revolt."
La Raza, etc. are NOT interested in "rights" for Mexican illegals. They are interested in an INDEPENDENCE, and American citizens had better wake up to this fact.
Rcktscintst| 5.23.10 @ 8:19PM
ARealist, You are correct, IMO, where this may lead.
Recommend you all go back and read the American Spectator essay by Angelo M. Codevilla from the June 2009 issue for some "background", particularly some details of our historic relationship with Mexico and how the border used to be; let's get out of the mode of impressing one another with "how bad it is" and not get in fights among ourselves. Lets hear some ideas about "how to fix it".
weddingdress | 7.1.11 @ 1:10AM
They are well on their way. They now have about 15 million Mexicans - who have ZERO intention of integrating into American society . What can the US do if these folks chose to revolt ?? How do you deal with over 250,000 "demonstrators" who take over a city; like LA , San Diego, Pheonix, etc. These illegals can literally shut down S.California, Pheonix, etc., if they chose, and rest assured, the Mexican govt. will supply these "protesters" with food, water, whatever, to sustain the "revolt."