tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post7068618482870502715..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Mexico And The International Criminal CourtAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-19040478251658627962011-10-17T21:32:47.479-04:002011-10-17T21:32:47.479-04:00Stan: I have an alternate suggestion. Instead of...Stan: I have an alternate suggestion. Instead of filling up the jails and prisons with drug offenders, put them in a special military unit and send them in to fight the cartels. They'll either fight or die, since the cartels don't give anything away for free. This will cure the drug addicts immediately, and for those who use recreational drugs thinking nobody gets hurt, there's a big surprise waiting.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-80117216255049085592011-10-17T20:28:49.806-04:002011-10-17T20:28:49.806-04:00“To the halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripo...“To the halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripoli...” Well we have the Tripoli end covered. Securing the border is an imperative for the sake of our good citizens like Patti, and WriterX, hell for all of America for that matter. Put the 101st or 82nd Airborne down there for about a year should do it, but that will only stop things while we are watching. Short of that we’re pissing in the wind.<br /><br />I know this is controversial and always draws the consternation of my conservative brethren, but my libertarian screams out, “legalize drugs.” Just like Al Capone, and his prohibition gangsters, they will go away, in my opinion. And we’ll still have moronic drug addicts the day after.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-10123231771528794752011-10-17T13:32:36.344-04:002011-10-17T13:32:36.344-04:00rlaWTX: You're not alone. We're all myst...rlaWTX: You're not alone. We're all mystified by the lack of action.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-16351243168641425392011-10-17T12:48:42.173-04:002011-10-17T12:48:42.173-04:00the whole border thing is nuts. why the US hasn...the whole border thing is nuts. why the US hasn't just shut that down long ago escapes me.rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-69606509985772330802011-10-17T11:51:31.042-04:002011-10-17T11:51:31.042-04:00Patti: You and WriterX both live in states with h...Patti: You and WriterX both live in states with huge, unprotected borders with Mexico. California has some problems, but our border is much narrower, much better patrolled, and lacking in large swaths of unpopulated wilderness for the illegals and cartels to pass through.<br /><br />As long as we have an administration and Congress determined to disarm our citizens while at the same time providing arms to the cartels, we're not going to make much headway. There's a reason the Founders wrote the Second Amendment, and it wasn't to make sure we could go squirrel-hunting. The left constantly harped on arms being only for the purpose of forming militias until the Supreme Court declared otherwise. But even if they were right, why are the lefties so afraid of militias? <br /><br />A well-regulated militia in each border state could go a long way toward diminishing the power of the cartels. But since state militias are not under the direct control of the central government in DC, the left is terrified of them. They use federal supremacy in immigration law as a bludgeon to stop the states from exercising something as simple as self-defense.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-60872673480742732242011-10-17T11:39:13.583-04:002011-10-17T11:39:13.583-04:00Tehachapi Tom: There is much we can do at a level...Tehachapi Tom: There is much we can do at a level short of military action, and securing the border using the funds which would otherwise have gone to Mexico City with no strings attached seems like a good start. We don't want to appear to be anti-Mexico, thus driving them into the arms of Hugo Chavez and friends. But we can exercise a great deal of influence in getting Calderon or a successor to use Mexico's resources properly, restore law and order, and develop a genuine free enterprise infrastructure. <br /><br />The trick is to suppress the drug and criminal cartels without at the same time oppressing the general citizenry. One thing I think they need is a Mexican version of Elliot Ness. That won't be easy, but it can be done. It won't be done as long as we continue to give blanket support to the government of Mexico, but no support for the people of Mexico.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-25347882632610114742011-10-17T11:34:20.182-04:002011-10-17T11:34:20.182-04:00I can hear the cartels laughing from my back porch...I can hear the cartels laughing from my back porch. <br /><br />The situation is dire for those of us living in Texas; we see/hear the violence every single day. We avoid border towns (but when will it seep in even further?). We carry concealed. We know that the current government will do NOTHING, so we wait and pray. <br /><br />This is a prime example of needing to fight fire with fire. Arm our border towns. Do it now.Notawonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388997298014397980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-2572795846708493202011-10-17T11:30:58.370-04:002011-10-17T11:30:58.370-04:00Andrew: Goofy international bureaucracy is an apt...Andrew: Goofy international bureaucracy is an apt description of the ICC. There's a good reason why America has never joined in the treaty that created it, and we can only hope that Obama is gone before he has a chance to issue some kind of executive order purporting to put us under its jurisdiction.<br /><br />It would be nice if BH would give you some notice <i>before</i> the fact, but I'm sure we're all going to head over there now to take a look at your article.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-22251882792926054572011-10-17T11:26:35.672-04:002011-10-17T11:26:35.672-04:00T-Rav: It would have to be a Republican Congress ...T-Rav: It would have to be a Republican Congress and a Republican White House, and even then it would be a true last resort. <br /><br />The Mexican electoral system is rigged, but at least a different party came into power two presidencies back for the first time in many decades. Still, the corruption from top to bottom continues. At least if the nation did develop a strong, Hobbesian government, it would probably be tending to its own business and wouldn't have that distinctly anti-American bent that has happened in the past/present in Venezuela, Nicaragua and others.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-10402476158514546402011-10-17T10:58:11.869-04:002011-10-17T10:58:11.869-04:00Hawk
As you pointed out there is no agency in the...Hawk<br />As you pointed out there is no agency in the world that can talk a solution to lawlessness.<br />totalitarian governments can do it and have.<br />A republic based upon law that is backed by enforcement can as well.<br />it seems that our neighbor to the south is incapable of either.<br />Their problem needs to be resolved by them.<br />We have a plate full of problems of our own and that is our responsibility to solve.<br />Close the border,I mean seal it, and use the resources that would be sent south to fund it.<br />Let the Mexicans know that when they have cleaned up their mess we can review closer relations, that means tourism in either direction.Tehachapi Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-45480130611927529902011-10-17T10:43:49.950-04:002011-10-17T10:43:49.950-04:00This is a joke. Mexico is essentially in a state ...This is a joke. Mexico is essentially in a state of civil war and some goofy international bureaucracy isn't going to be able to talk that to an end.<br /><br /><br />By the way, my latest article published last night at BH. Here's the link <a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/aprice/2011/10/16/pontypool-review-an-innovative-take-on-the-undead-film-genre/#idc-container" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-67956680778787637052011-10-17T10:02:50.078-04:002011-10-17T10:02:50.078-04:00Can you imagine what a fit the Left would pitch if...Can you imagine what a fit the Left would pitch if we took armed action on the border? (It would have to be under a GOP president, though, since Obama has neither the will nor the brains to do so.)<br /><br />I wonder how close Mexico is to having a Hobbesian solution to this crisis: that is, get a government which ignores all question of civil liberties and keeps order through the overwhelming use of force. I suspect a lot of Mexicans would welcome such a change, given the chaos they've been living in for so long.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.com