tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5702588478765607602..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Mexican presidential elections and border securityGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85392666625281495102012-02-08T23:31:29.476-06:002012-02-08T23:31:29.476-06:00In lieu of legalizing drugs in the US, what effect...In lieu of legalizing drugs in the US, what effect would occur if it was done in Mexico? Long term is unknown, but the short term effects for both the US and Mexico would be dramatic I think. Tourism would jump through the roof and Jimmy Buffet would be pressured to trump his Margaritaville. ...enough useless blather. Carry on!Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29429846108456815762012-02-08T10:57:33.313-06:002012-02-08T10:57:33.313-06:00I went to El Paso (from Houston) a few times right...I went to El Paso (from Houston) a few times right about 1980. Juarez was a little joint across the river (you could walk). El Paso isn't big--just a little city by a hill--about 480,000 people, 1/4 of which was foreign-born. Juarez<br /> The next time I went to El Paso was 1992, population 600,000, ~same percentage of foreigners. I approached from the east on I-10, at night. I saw the lights of Juarez, thinking, oh, I'm here! I kept driving. <br /> 20 miles later, I arrived at El Paso. Juarez had grown a bit, you understand, pop. over 1 million. (Today it's 1.3 million.)johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808884177035705472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-28211823262100445822012-02-07T23:13:16.308-06:002012-02-07T23:13:16.308-06:00I would +1 your comment if I could.I would +1 your comment if I could.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383429538353369513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59022004718302576292012-02-07T21:41:16.259-06:002012-02-07T21:41:16.259-06:00As I have always told my amigos, "Buy America...As I have always told my amigos, "Buy American". That includes their sinsemilla.<br />/s/ A former customs agent (And no, I never indulged when commissioned)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59695834666462221192012-02-07T17:19:38.455-06:002012-02-07T17:19:38.455-06:00Scott-
I must give you alot of credit, you got yo...Scott-<br /><br />I must give you alot of credit, you got your finger on the topics.<br /><br />I live here in Mexico and watch things carefully.<br /><br />Statistically, you are safer in Mexico than most places in the USA. The general public are wonderful people, with a heart of gold. <br /><br />I agree the election coming up is important PRI vs PAN. PRD is a small factor. People don't care in the USA, or Texas, but this is critical. Texans, it would smart to pay attention here. <br /><br />You are spot on Scott(como de costumbre), lets see where these guys (whoops girl, Mota!) go on the border, drugs...<br /><br />Mota, PAN is somewhat equivalent to the Republican party, keep the money where it is, guns, war.<br /><br />Calderon is PAN, you see the river of blood en Juarez...<br /><br />I like Peña Nieto (PRI). PRI equates somewhat to the Democatric party in the USA, some change.<br /><br />This is the strong feeling here aqui en DF. The guy is electable and might shake things up...<br /><br />No mas aqui, pero importante para Texas y USA...<br /><br />12:20 - exactamente...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34641635235276149702012-02-07T16:50:45.710-06:002012-02-07T16:50:45.710-06:00I'd legalize drugs, save money, (after a few y...I'd legalize drugs, save money, (after a few years of thrashing and fit-throwing from the professionals), on the Law Enforcement and prison side, add a little bit of health and substance abuse support and let the rest of them burn through their lives. It will be a LOT less mess and trouble to the overall culture than investing time and treasure in a system that doesn't work. <br /><br /> But we won't do it. We currently have four already-retired government employees running for Sheriff up here in the most criminal population in the world, (Smith County, based on state incarceration rates), and none of them want to be jailers...they all want to ramp up the war on drugs, kick doors and seize property.Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38114172934002129492012-02-07T12:20:02.837-06:002012-02-07T12:20:02.837-06:00You can not stop the supply of drugs, that is a pr...You can not stop the supply of drugs, that is a proven FACT. The answer is to go after the demand.<br /><br />Drugs are a behaviorial problem, the substance is a symptom.<br /><br />The US is at war with itself, war on terror, war on drugs is simply the government looking to justify it's grand existence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50609920976079769382012-02-07T11:09:08.766-06:002012-02-07T11:09:08.766-06:00If all Mexican drug folks, from the mules to the c...If all Mexican drug folks, from the mules to the cartel heads, miraculously were morphed into Catholic nuns overnight, how long do you think it would be before the drug shipments resumed? A week? A month? Six months? is there any doubt that they WOULD resume? The drug war is fueled by US drug laws. Prohibition never works. Market forces will not be denied. If you REALLY wanted to damage the criminal forces in the US and Mexico, you would begin by decriminalizing drug possession and use.Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.com