January, 2008

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Caballero, Esparza and the Cocaine-laced Military Officer (Except He Apparently Wasn’t So Laced)

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Theresa Caballero, who is running for District Attorney, posts this intriguing letter from a US military officer who was arrested on suspicion of cocaine possession.

The story, as told on Caballero’s blog, is sufficiently horrendous if true.

One thing’s for sure: the story didn’t get much press. Can’t find anything at all about it, besides this and this.

If a settlement was reached, how much did the officer get? I suppose if Caballero is looking for reasons we should shit-can Esparza (there are many, including the fact that he is an incumbent in a — well, let’s just say — co-opted political system), then perhaps the monetary outpouring could inspire voter frustation among those who travel El Paso’s buckled, pot-holed streets, who navigate housing areas built atop filled-in arroyos, who pay extra for the mandatory stone walls surrounding their postage-stamp back yards, and who marvel at the inanity of political life around the curve of the Franklin Mountains.

Anyone else know anything? Besides, we mean, that the stench from local government is worse than that Shakespearean smell wafting from Denmark. Which means, there are a lot of stinky fish to catch along the Rio Grande, these days.

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Psst. It’s Called “Co-Optation,” and Mexican Lawmakers Want to Introduce It to the U.S.

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Sonora state legislators have complained about Arizona’s new employer sanctions law, which punishes those who hire illegal aliens.

By doing so, they hope to co-opt existing American cultural systems, laws and norms to suit their needs.

After all, it beats having the intellect, moral strength and political acumen to deal with their self-made failures. Evolutionary biology explains all, in this case.

Hat Tip: Stop the ACLU.

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Border Invaded Again and Again? Say It Ain’t So!

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Michelle Malkin notes a recent recent Judicial Watch FOIA request on the number of Mexican military and police incursions into the US.

Noted. Still, it’s a fact that Mexican organized criminal enterprises routinely adopt the uniforms, weapons and vehicles of federal, state and local enforcement entities (including the Mexican military, which has an internal security role and targets drug traffickers). I doubt all of these incursions were by military or law enforcement members. The notorious Hudspeth County, TX, incident in 2006, which was widely reported, was likely such a situation, as corrupt Mexican soldiers are really a bit more sophisticated (yes, sophisticated) and wouldn’t so easily allow themselves to be so exposed. Some other incursions were by mistake — losing one’s bearings happens more than you might think along remote parts of the Southwest Border, and US law enforcement entities have done it as well (though certainly not as often as Mexican LE). The rest of the incursions? That’s the problem not sufficiently addressed by either the US or the government of Mexico.

Here’s the incursion report, courtesy of Judicial Watch.

Malkin notes that this candidate has a lot to say on immigration, little of it good or, well, even consistent. You might say it’s enough to make you cry. And that guacamole reference? Please, patronize Latinos some more, will ya?

One Malkin commenter argues for the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to patrol the border. That’s a slow interagency process, held up by the public servants at the FAA. If Katrina can’t make the FAA move faster, what makes you think a little thing like national sovereignty will?

Border security is serious business, and government policies on immigration are complex, convoluted and sometimes out-of-date (think citizenship by birth), which is why this satire, and this one, hit home.

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Hillary Clinton: World-Class Genius

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Clicky for full-sized goodness of our latest Demotivational Poster:

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin wants inputs for a new Hillary campaign theme song. Sorry, 4 Borders Bundit is more visual than musical, so read the hilarious suggestions in the comments, too.

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Real Women of Genius #1: Hillary Clinton & Her Postcard Maker

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Recently, former President Bill Clinton touted his wife as a “world class genius.”

One wonders what a non-world class genius looks like.

Suitably Flip notes that the “world class genius” handed out Iowa caucus postcards with the wrong voting date on it.

And that’s where we come in.

With a tip of the hat to the brilliant American cultural references in the Real Men of Genius commercials, we present our first Hillary Clinton Real Women of Genius ad. Today’s target: whoever made up the Clinton Iowa Caucus Postcards.

Ms Iowa Caucus Postcard Maker
Politics Lite Presents: Real Women of Genius
     (Real Women of Genius)
Today we salute you, Ms Iowa-Caucus-Postcard-Maker
     (Ms Iowa-Caucus-Postcard-Maker)
You spent years in art school, and minored in Political Science and Women’s Studies
     (Gotta stick it to the Man!)
Breaking through the glass ceiling to become Art Director at the local copy shop.
     (Full-color and two-sided!)
When the opportunity came to make up a campaign postcard, you jumped on it like a Code Pink hero on a wounded soldier.
     (Hit F7 for spellcheck and print 10,000 copies!)
Too bad the copy shop still had that January 1987 calendar on the wall.
     (But I like the liberal themes in it!)
So crack open an ice-cold brewski, Gregorian genius. You know the way to conservatives’ hearts—by giving them more Red, White & Blue ammunition.
     (Ms Iowa-Caucus-Postcard-Maker)

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