Category Archives: South of the Border

Missing Mark

Posted on September 14, 2007 | Comments Off on Missing Mark

Mark in Mexico seems to have stopped blogging. Without any explanation, which is odd. We do hope he’s okay. Could certainly use his analysis of the Pemex bombings. It looks like homegrown terrorism is taking root in Old Mexico, in addition to the Narco wars. Great time to have a porous southern border, eh? If you root around at Mark’s link, don’t click on any of the highlighted spam links in the comments section, or you’ll catch a virus or three.

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So Long Texas, Hello Mexico

Posted on September 6, 2007 | Comments Off on So Long Texas, Hello Mexico

Better late than never. This almost year-old protest song gets the words and sentiments just about right on illegally immigrating to Mexico:

I’ll drive a rattletrap car
With no liability
I’ll demand equal rights
Though I’m there illegally
I’ll protest in the streets
Til they finally grant ’em
Sing English words
To their national anthem
HEY! El Presidente
What’s right for your people
Should be right for me

The rest of the lyrics are at the link above, while the site of the  singer/songwriter is here.

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Hurricane Felix Texas bound?

Posted on September 1, 2007 | Comments Off on Hurricane Felix Texas bound?

As it stands now, according to meteorologist Jeff Masters, Felix could grow to a dangerous Cat 2 or 3 by Monday night when, on its present course, it approaches the border between Honduras and Nicaragua. But the forecast models are split over its direction, with some taking it farther north into the northwestern Caribbean where, on Tuesday or Wednesday, a low pressure trough could lift it up into the Gulf of Mexico, just clipping the northeast corner of the Yucatan. If that happens, the Texas coast could be in for a beating. Wait and see.

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Che-Mickey

Posted on September 1, 2007 | Comments Off on Che-Mickey

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This has been making the rounds of some of the conservative blogs, though I think it orignated with the Dissident Frogman blog which uses a small version in the flag. I rather like it and wanted to help perpetuate it. Someone should use CafePress to make up some T-shirts to compete with the loony Lefties who revere him. Afterall, even Fidel thought Che Guevara was stupid.

UPDATE: The coveted Che-Mickey shirts are coming to a keyboard near you! Details here. 

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Rain ahead

Posted on August 29, 2007 | Comments Off on Rain ahead

But the LCRA’s Bob Rose says not to worry about the tropical wave crossing the Yucatan:

"This system could experience some limited tropical development as it moves over the Bay of Campeche on Thursday.The system will have little effect on our region as it moves inland over Mexico on Friday. An area of clouds and showers is located about 900 miles east of the Windward Islands in the central Atlantic. This system has some potential to develop into a tropical depression over the next couple of days. Another area of clouds and showers is flaring up off the coast of the southeastern US. [It] is drifting south and also shows some potential for development over the next couple of days."

Meanwhile, he does expect a weak cold front sagging into Centex to stall and increase our rain chances tomorrow through the weekend. I’m still hoping to get in a sail on Friday morning, but not at the risk of covering the sails wet.

UPDATE:  It came a little early, the rain. Storms all around us, with lightning and thunder. Gotta go.

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Another dead dictator?

Posted on August 24, 2007 | Comments Off on Another dead dictator?

We can only hope.

UPDATE: So far a day late, but hope obviously is a’borning. And here, as well.

MORE: Now Fidel is supposedly  writing essays. That’s almost as rich as the O man’s purported radio speeches, always certified true by the hapless CIA. As if they both suddenly forgot the word "v-i-d-e-o." TIME buys it, but, hey, they’re famous for buying phony stuff.

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Pushing illegal immigration

Posted on August 23, 2007 | Comments Off on Pushing illegal immigration

"A Mexican Senate committee passed a measure Wednesday urging President Felipe Calderon to send a diplomatic note to the United States protesting the deportation of an illegal migrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year."

Isn’t that precious? Now the Mexican pols are openly pushing illegal Mexican immigration to the U.S.

UPDATE: And what has it gotten us, so far? "…Los Angeles is the second largest city of Mexican nationals in the world." That and similar thoughts from "Mexifornia" author Victor Davis Hanson.

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