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Hey, Felipe Calderon!.....F__k You!

Posted by BrianR on Friday, May 21, 2010 12:08:28 PM
 
Yesterday (20 May 2010), Mexican Presidente Felipe Calderon had the cojones to address a joint session of Congress – OUR Congress, not his own – and ask that they pass legislation to restrict gun rights and amnestize illegal aliens, as well as criticizing Arizona’s new illegal alien law.

Talk about chutzpah.

First of all, it’s completely unprecedented – not to mention a complete breach of any kind of protocol – for a foreign “leader” to interfere in our domestic policies.

In this case, it’s also hypocritical beyond belief.

In Mexico, illegal aliens are – if caught – subject to two years in prison, loss of all property, and immediate deportation after they’ve served their term. A second offense brings a ten year sentence and deportation. Foreigners – legal or otherwise – have very limited ability to own property, and may not participate in any way in the political process; show up at a demonstration, get deported.

Yet Calderon has the gall to criticize Arizona’s new illegal alien law, and this country’s unwillingness to grant amnesty to the millions of Mexicans in this country illegally.

Gold-plated hypocrisy.

In Mexico, gun ownership is extremely limited. Look at the result: virtual open warfare on the streets of that country, as drug gangs and corrupt cops shoot it out. Yet Calderon wants the 1994 Clinton gun ban – which expired during the Bush administration – reinstated.

Hey, dummy! Why don’t you fix your own problems before worrying about someone else’s country?

Here’s my suggestion to Calderon: repeal all your own restrictive gun laws; maybe issue guns to all your citizens. Then see what happens. Your rampant crime problems would probably go away. Sadly for you, your own corrupt government would also probably be overthrown.

Mexico is without doubt the very embodiment of a corrupt banana-republic Third World mess. Yet Calderon takes it upon himself to criticize the one country that keeps his own country from dissolving into complete anarchy, a Western Hemisphere version of Somalia.

Ola, Felipe Calderon!....chingate!

(That’s the essay title, in Calderon’s native lingo)
 
PS: I emailed a copy of this essay, as well as the blog link, to the Mexican Embassy. I wouldn't want them to miss the fun.
 
PPS: Check out Tom McClintock's response to Calderon here: Here
 
My kind of guy.
 
 
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Arizona and Illegal Aliens

Posted by BrianR on Monday, May 03, 2010 12:57:04 AM
 
Does Arizona have a right to enforce its new law against illegal aliens?

Does a chicken cluck?

The idea of "illegal immigration" being solely a Federal preserve with no state authority is completely false.

There's absolutely nothing that precludes a state from having its own laws regarding criminal activity that duplicate Fed law.

The first example that comes to mind is bank robbery. That's a federal crime, but it's also illegal in every state in the Union.

Have you ever heard ANYONE say investigating bank robberies should only be done by the FBI, and the local cops should butt out?

Of course not. The very idea's absurd.

Same thing with kidnapping, racketeering, money laundering, and a host of other crimes. The Feds can assert authority and take over an investigation if they so choose, but the local cops are invariably the first ones to deal with it – and the only ones if the Feds don't assert their jurisdictional supremacy.

As a matter of fact, in the case of kidnapping, the Feds don't get involved (barring transport of the victim across state lines) unless the locals ask them to.

As to the idea that this law is somehow “racist” or will lead to “profiling”: first of all, it seems to me that the amnesty crowd are the ones who are doing the “profiling” as they’re evidently assuming that all the illegal aliens are Hispanic. There’s certainly nothing in the law itself that mentions anyone’s race or ethnicity.

Of course, the reality is that the vast majority of illegals probably are, in fact, from over our southern border. In which case, if the law is applied disproportionately against Hispanics, it’s only because they’re the largest group of illegal aliens in the country. It’s the same reason why, when asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton replied, “Because that’s where the money is”.

Remember that if you're ever arguing that issue with someone.
 
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