Monday, January 23, 2006
Fortress Mentality
Don´t fence me out!" say Mexicans
The link below from the El Universal newspaper is a very fair assessment of what the problems have been between the two nations and what is being done about it.
http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/web_columnas_sup.detalle?var=28006
"Central and South American countries have joined Mexico in deploring the Fortress America Mentality".
"As U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza said last week, of course the United States has the right to build a wall. He should keep in mind that it wouldn't exactly be a sign of progress for his government's hemispheric diplomacy. It would symbolize the deterioration of relations between the two nations".
"Sadly, there's plenty of political hay to be made in both countries from hysteria over the long-simmering quarrel. That's partly because immigration is not a stand-alone issue. It's mingled with worries about the cross-border drug trade and the terrorist fears that grip sizable sectors of the U.S. public".
Tony Garza is full of shit!
I liked this cartoon in Le Monde yesterday.
http://infotech-babe.blogspot.com
People come in the chat room and announce they are from some US state with expectation all understand what and where that is. Sometimes they'll then ask where I am from and I'll answer "Jalisco", prompting a response "where is that?". Such opening begs "It is a state in the United States of Mexico. Yep, that's our name too and we have 31 not including Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, California, and Oregon. But don't worry, we don't want them back - already ruined. We are trying to clean them up for you however, one person at a time."
Just a memory is there not a giant wall in china also in history????Do humans learn from history and if so what ????
