Finally!

Mexico Scrubs Itself Clean To Combat Flu Outbreak

Mexico is scrubbing itself clean to battle the new H1N1 flu, taking unprecedented precautions in restaurants, public transport and museums that officials hope will take hold once the health crisis passes.

In a country where poverty often prevents basic hygiene and many people wrongly believe a shot of tequila or a squeeze of lime juice will kill microbes, a sudden and urgent education in epidemiology is taking hold.

"This is breaking with a paradigm. I think there will be a change. It has been an important lesson for society," said Dr Pablo Kuri, an adviser to Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova.

The swine flu virus has killed at least 44 people in Mexico and two in the United States and infected more than 2,000 people in 24 countries, triggering fears of a pandemic.

Later is better than never I suppose...

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Mexico's Got Some Nerve...

Mexico Slams Burger King For 'Whopper' Of An Insult

Mexico is protesting what it says is a whopper of an insult.

An advertisement for Burger King's chili-flavored "Texican" burger that has run in Europe shows a small wrestler dressed in a cape resembling a Mexican flag. The wrestler teams up with a lanky American cowboy twice his height to illustrate the cross-border blend of flavors.

"The taste of Texas with a little spicy Mexican," a narrator's voice says.

The much-taller cowboy boosts the wrestler up to reach high shelves and clean tall windows, while the Mexican helps the cowboy open a jar.

Mexico's ambassador to Spain said Monday he has written a letter to Burger King's offices in that nation objecting to the ad and asking that it be removed. Jorge Zermeno told Radio Formula that the ads "improperly use the stereotyped image of a Mexican."

Hahahahahaha! I must disagree; I think BK quite properly used the "stereotyped image of a Mexican".

I gotta say though, Mexico has some nerve considering this, and this, and this, and this.

Mexicans: they can dish it out, but they can't take it. My advice? Tienes que relajar, amigos.

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Bad For Business

U.S. Anti-kidnapping Expert Kidnapped In Mexico

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So Long, Farewell, Adiós, Goodbye

Some Mexicans Leaving US, Planning Never To Return

All are leaving Colorado in time for Christmas — joining a traditional holiday migration that will number almost 1 million people, says Mexico's interior ministry. But they have no intention of returning to Colorado, a place that promised prosperity.

Layoffs, dwindling job opportunities, anti-immigrant sentiment and the crackdown on illegal immigrants are forcing hard choices on many Mexican nationals in Colorado. Though not an exodus, some are returning to a nation they haven't seen in years.

What do you know? An upside to the downside.

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What Happened To "Provide For The Common Defense?"

Mexico Invades The United States... Again:

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was held at gunpoint Sunday night by members of the Mexican military who had crossed the border into Arizona, but the soldiers returned to Mexico without incident when backup agents responded to assist.

Agents assigned to the Border Patrol station at Ajo, Ariz., said the Mexican soldiers crossed the international border in an isolated area about 100 miles southwest of Tucson and pointed rifles at the agent, who was not identified.

This is an act of war right? The Mexican military taking an officer of the United States federal government hostage after violating our territory does count as an invasion doesn't it?

I'm telling you our corrupt, third world "neighbor" to the south is leaving us no other choice but to secure our border by force. We should occupy about 1 mile of Mexican territory south of our border and build the fence and a "no man's land" there, and also remind them that if they've grown fond of Veracruz or Guadalajara they may want to back the fuck off and get their house in order.

via Michelle Malkin

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¡Feliz Cuatro de Julio!

Juan McCain shoots the shit with his amigo, Felipe Calderon.

I'm sure they're just swapping traditional Mexican recipes, not plotting - I mean planning - how to shove their open borders nonsense down our throats once Juan settles into La Casa Blanca. What's that? Juan said he "get's it" now? No amnesty? Tell me you're not that naive.

h/t: Get Drunk And Vote 4 McCain who gives this moment 6 martinis

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Does McCain Just Not Get It? Or Does He Not Care?

Where did Juan McCain go the week of the July 4th holiday? Philadelphia? No. Fort McHenry? No. I got it! Boston! No. He went to Mexico City.

Yeah... that's what I said too. More here.

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You Obviously Never Studied Marketing

Have you heard about the spate of shark attacks in Mexico? I won't rehash my thoughts on the danger of going in the ocean, I've made my feelings abundantly clear. I just wanted to point out a little tidbit from the story. Looking to reassure visitors to Mexico, marine biologist Chris Lowe, of California State University, Long Beach offered this choice piece of wisdom: People have a much better chance of dying of food poisoning going to Mexico than being bitten by a shark. Yeah, that ought to bring'em running. Of course it does relate to one of my other big questions about people and their holidays... Who freakin' vacations in the third world?

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The Third Democratic Candidate Reaches Out

That is to say John F. U. McCain is reaching out; to a radical anti-American Hispanic separatist group (aka La Raza). I wonder if he'll start the speech with: "Calmo downo, Mi Amigos." Michelle Malkin has more.

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Villaraigosa Gives ICE The Cold Shoulder

In a stunning example of not getting it, Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa warns ICE to back off immigration raids:

Villaraigosa accused federal officials of targeting "established, responsible employers" in industries that rely on "workforces that include undocumented immigrants."

"In these industries, including most areas of manufacturing, even the most scrupulous and responsible employers have no choice but to rely on workers whose documentation, while facially valid, may raise questions about their lawful presence," he wrote in the March 27 letter.

He said ICE should spend its limited resources targeting employers who exploit wage and hour laws.

Uh, Mr. Villaraigosa... if the "established" businesses you're referring to are employing illegal aliens then they are not "responsible employers." Also, if the workers didn't come here illegally they wouldn't have to worry about being exploited. Why don't you criticize the real culprit in this problem? Who is that you ask? It's the irresponsible and unscrupulous government of Mexico.

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Absolut Idiocy

No, not this ad...

But rather the comments here from simpletons like this guy that thinks:

"The map looks pretty damn good to me. The inconvenience of having to produce a passport for a run to SF or LA is nothing compared to getting rid of the territories that gave us Cheney, Bush and McStained."

Like that commenter wouldn't be the first one trying to scale the fence to get back into the United States! Anyone want to chip in to buy him a one way ticket to Guadalajara? Heh...

UPDATE: Call Absolut at 1-212-641-8720 and listen to their excuse message ... I mean apology... yeah that's it... apology... for this ad. It's a hoot; and they still don't get it.

UPDATE II: A 'Finnish' take on an Absolut World... via The News Buckit...

And here's my take on it... you know, for marketing in the South...

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Imagine...Criminals Acting Like Criminals...

Six Illegal Immigrants Arrested At Qualcomm

Six undocumented Mexican immigrants were arrested today by U.S. Border Patrol agents at Qualcomm Stadium, after a report that they were stealing food and water meant for evacuees, according to spokesman Damon Foreman.

San Diego police responded to a call about alleged theft from the evacuation center and encountered six people in a van who didn't speak English and didn't have California driver's licenses, Foreman said. The police officers called the Border Patrol, who arrived at the stadium and made the arrests, he said. Foreman said the immigrants admitted they were Mexican citizens and that they were stealing.

While the story itself isn't surprising, there are two amazing things to be gleaned from it.

First, that the LA Times actually used the word "illegal" to describe these criminals, even though they stumbled back to P.C. land in the story and called them "undocumented Mexican immigrants". Hey, I guess they were just stealing the supplies that Americans didn't want to steal.

Second, the outrageous statement by our so-called "Border Patrol" that they "...are not in any means at Qualcomm for enforcement capacity..." No wonder we're being overrun by the third world hordes, we're all but escorting them into the country.

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Good News Bad News

Suspect Nabbed In Death Of Texas Coed

A man accused in the death of a University of North Texas student two weeks ago was captured Tuesday in Mexico, Carrollton police said.

Carrollton police said that U.S. and Mexican authorities took 20-year-old Ernesto Reyes into custody as he left a family member's house in the Mexican town of Celaya Guanajuato, about four hours northeast of Mexico City.

The burned body of 19-year-old Melanie Goodwin was discovered on Sept. 25 near an office complex in Carrollton. A surveillance camera shows a man investigators believe is Reyes dragging a woman's body out of a car and setting it on fire.

The good news: he's been caught. The bad news: he was caught in Mexico which means before those bastards extradite him Texas will have to promise not to jab him with the needle; and if I'm not mistaken (could be though) Mexico doesn't like us to impose life sentences on their citizens either. It would be a pity if there were a "tragic" accident on the way back to trial in Texas. One where the police escorts are thrown safely clear and El criminal dies tragically in a raging inferno of a car fire. But if wishes were horses... Also, the story doesn't mention, but I'm curious to know if he was in the U.S. legally.

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Fences? You Don't Need No Steeenking Fences!

Mexican Leader Critiques U.S. Border Fence

Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the planned U.S. border fence designed to stem illegal immigration, saying countries should be "building bridges, not fences" in an interview broadcast on Monday.

On ABC television's "Good Morning America," Calderon lauded President George W. Bush's failed attempt to get the U.S. Congress to approve comprehensive immigration reform, and said the way to stop illegal immigration is to build economic growth and opportunities in Mexico, not fences.

"The world is open in new ways," he said. "We are building fences instead of bridges."

The U.S. Congress last year authorized construction of 700 miles of fences along portions of the border, although it has not yet given final approval to all construction costs.

And we should care what Calderon thinks because...? He would do better to spend his time and energy reforming his third world hell hole of a nation, rather than criticizing his neighbors.

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El Truck-o Go El Boom-o

Mexico Dynamite Truck Explosion Kills 34

A dynamite-laden truck exploded after colliding with another vehicle on a busy highway in northern Mexico's coal country, killing at least 34 people, including three reporters at the scene, state and federal officials said.

Authorities said the two vehicles crashed into each other Sunday evening, drawing a crowd of curious onlookers as well as a small army of police, soldiers, emergency officials and journalists.

Shortly after the crowd arrived, the wreckage caught fire, and the dynamite exploded, sending a ball of fire into the sky that consumed nearby cars and left a 10-by-40 foot crater in the concrete, said Maximo Alberto Neri Lopez, a federal police official.

He said more than 150 people were injured.

So yeah, I totally can't wait for them to start rolling down our highways...

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Watch Out

Mexico Trucks To Roll On U.S. Highways

The Bush administration can proceed with a plan to open the U.S. border to long haul Mexican trucks as early as next week after an appeals court rejected a bid by labor, consumer and environmental interests to block the initiative. [...]

Mexican trucks operating in the United States have for years been restricted to U.S. points near certain large border crossings where their goods are transferred to trucks owned by U.S. firms. [...]

Trucking regulators said in a court filing the goal is to gradually accommodate 100 Mexican trucking companies by the end of the pilot program, or roughly 540 large trucks.

But opponents said those figures do not reflect the number of companies that could seek access to U.S. roads if the pilot is successful, which they said raises safety concerns.

"This (pilot) program is basically a show trial. They haven't provided notice up front about who will participate. You just don't know what the program will look like," said Bonnie Robin-Vergeer, attorney for Public Citizen.

Does anyone think this is a good idea, besides our "open borders" President?

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Don't. Even. Go. There.

Elvira Arellano Says U.S. "Broke The Law First"

Aug. 22, 2007. Elvira Arellano speaks to the Mexican Congress about her deportation from the United States. Elvira claims the U.S. broke that law first by 'allowing' illegal immigrants to pay taxes.

She's right about that of course, the United States has f-cked itself on the illegal immigration issue, but still, if a mugging victim once shoplifted should the mugger get a pass? If a murder victim once got a speeding ticket should the person who killed her be excused? I don't think so, Elvira.

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Frantic Tourists Try To Flee Mexico

At first I thought it was because the tourists had come to their senses and realized they were vacationing in a corrupt, crime-ridden, third-world, quasi-dictatorship, that all but officially invades it's neighboring country to help it's poverty stricken citizens flee north from their own broken nation so they don't stick around, get angry and foment revolution; but apparently there's just a hurricane coming.

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More lip service from Mexico

File this under "Yeah, Whatever"

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