It would also be advised to send a herd of these, too....
The time for this "illegal alien" and "mexican drug lords" crap to stop is NOW
Posted on 03/18/2010 5:15:50 PM PDT by Vision Thing
There are actually very few Texas Rangers; just a few hundred.
It would also be advised to send a herd of these, too....
The time for this "illegal alien" and "mexican drug lords" crap to stop is NOW
Thanks for the good news. We’re in no position to legislate because Austin is in recess this year, so it’s good we’re using our judicial/enforcement options.
I haven’t heard any other congress person speak out about it.
A good article today:
How Mexico gets it wrong
Defeating the drug cartels depends not on soldiers in the street and strongman tactics, but on a more transparent, effective rule of law.
[snip]One of the central problems with Calderon’s approach to fighting the drug cartels is the lack of independent oversight of law enforcement agencies and the military. This strategy of insulation has created a breeding ground for corruption. In 2009, Mexico received a score of 3.3 out of 10 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, tied with Rwanda and Malawi and below Guatemala and El Salvador. Independent surveys systematically reveal that more than two-thirds of the Mexican population distrusts the police.******** A worrisome 70 per cent of the Mexican population is now unsatisfied with democracy itself.***********
But instead of creating new oversight mechanisms or strengthening existing ones, Calderon has moved in the opposite direction.
A recent reform prohibits citizen access to any information handled by criminal investigators, even for years after cases have been formally closed. Another legal change prevents Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission from obtaining information on how suspects are treated by law enforcement officials.
Calderon has also sent a bill to Congress proposing to shut down the country’s only federal anti-corruption agency.
And he has proposed a law that would allow the executive branch to unilaterally declare a “state of emergency” without any congressional oversight.
When President Barack Obama visited Africa last year, he issued a clear message against corruption and the abuse of power. “No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves, or police can be bought off by drug traffickers,” he said. “Africa doesn’t need strongmen; it needs strong institutions.”
But Obama has turned this logic on its head in his relationship with Mexico. He rarely misses an opportunity to express his “total confidence” in Calderon’s strongman tactics, and only 15 per cent of the $1.4-billion Merida plan — the U.S. aid package directed toward helping fight the cartels — is earmarked for “institution-building and the rule of law.” The rest is for military and technological support.
Michelle Obama’s visit to Mexico next month— her first solo visit to a foreign nation — may offer an opportunity for the United States to emphasize non-military issues in the relationship between the two nations. She would do well to complement her meeting with Mexico’s first lady, Margarita Zavala, with engagement with civil society groups.
A conversation with the increasingly active community of widows and orphans of the drug war, for instance, would give her a broader
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Mexico+gets+wrong/2701438/story.html
Haha! That’s just kick ass!
So Calderon wants to get rid of police internal affairs and take matters into his own hands at the executive level.
How dare this “RACIST” seek to stop the legitimate needs of the Mexican people- to cross our border.
It’d be nice if Perry was doing this in part to stop illegal aliens, but I think he’s doing this mainly to reduce border violence.
“The Texas Ragers grew up as an army”
That was a long time ago. [I have several books on the history of the Texas Rangers, very fascinating].
Today, the Texas Rangers are essentially the senior investigative division of the Texas Department of Public Safety (the troopers). Their work is much more technical, legal type stuff than most may realize.
Uh...you did look at that lovely little chart from the Dallas ISD, right?
It's the same for Houston. And San Antonio. And El Paso.
Only place it isn't like that is....Austin! But that's the Kremlin on the Colorado, isn't it? Was when I lived there, but then all college towns are like that...'cept for Waco...I like Baptist girls...wait, I'm drifting off here...
We recalled Gray Davis because he dumped 187. That's the real reason he was booted, pure and simple.
Arnold was elected because people were afraid that if they voted for McClintock, then Reconquistador Cruz Bustamante would get in on a plurality.
Arnold was considered soft, but safe. In fact, he has vetoed all the attempts at giving licenses to illegals, as well as in-state tuition for illegals...which is more than we can say for your buddy Slick Rick with the Helmet Hair.
Mr. Perry took Texas out of the Union the day he signed that bill in 2001. I called his office and told his admin that...she was shocked, because she'd never thought of it that way - that it privileged Mexican illegals over Citizens of the United States.
So far we have not gone down that road in California. Not that we won't, I fully agree. But Texas already did, so how do you answer that?
PS: There is a man who is fighting this tooth and nail, and getting no help from the "Republican Party" of Dick Armey and Rick Perry. His name is Kris Kobach. He has brought suit in many jurisdictions to end this un-Constitutional discrimination against the Citizenry of the States. He has been impeded at every step by the people who are being championed here as "Conservatives".
If you want to really do something, help him and help Tom Tancredo and the Team America PAC people. If we could ever repeal Plyler v. Doe, there would be hope. People like Kobach and Tancredo are bravely fighting for this, Rick Perry is aiding and abetting the illegal Mexican invasion.
What No Apaches? A few Longbows would help a lot!
See, ya gotta think strategery, and and TRI-Ang-U-Lation.
Don't wanna seem mean, might lose them Messican votes! Yeah!
So talk big, bloviate, and send weenie-copters to the border to fly around and do nothing.
Boy, that oughta skeer 'em!
“We recalled Gray Davis because he dumped 187. That’s the real reason he was booted, pure and simple.”
Since you mentioned 187, this candidate insists it can be enforced. He’s worth looking at. Terry Anderson interviewed him Sunday night. He has an audio of the interview.
http://www.theterryandersonshow.com/
Dr. John Eastman, candidate for Atty. Gen. of Calif.
He’s endorsed by McClintok.
EASTMAN EARNS HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION ENDORSEMENT
March 16, 2010
CANDIDATES’ NUMEROUS CASES ON BEHALF OF TAXPAYERS, PROP 13 CITEDJohn Eastman’s campaign for Attorney General earned the endorsement today of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC. The Jarvis support, called by some the “gold standard” of taxpayers’ advocacy...
Illegal Immigration
One of the primary causes of overcrowding in our state prisons is the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants housed in state prisons. These are criminals who already violated the law by entering California illegally, and then further committed crimes serious enough to warrant time in state prison. Their mere presence in California prisons is a reflection of the federal government’s failure to control our borders. John will press, and if necessary, sue the federal government to make then pay California back for the billions we spend incarcerating illegal immigrant prisoners.
Trouble is, this thread is about sending helicopters to do surveillance on the border in support of the USBP and local LEO.
But I doubt if he can get past either the RINO's here or the loonies who vote solid Dim for anything other than Governor.
But I'll be voting for him. John Eastman is the man who wrote the brief in Hamdi, and pointed out that birthright citizenship for illegals is a fraud.
A little hyperbole is sometimes useful.
“But I doubt if he can get past either the RINO’s here or the loonies who vote solid Dim for anything other than Governor. “
The squatter support squad is out in force. FROBLS!
And my point is...it should never have come to that, and it's his fault that it did...and Janet Napolitano, and Gray Davis, and Bill Lopez (umm, "Richardson"), and G.W. Bush, and Bill Cleenton, on and on ad nauseum...
.....Today, the Texas Rangers are essentially the senior investigative division ......
Yes, but that doesn’t prevent deputizing National Guard soldiers into the Texas Rangers where they serve as rangers policing the border and not subject to federal meddling. The Rangers have military training beneficial to the state.
Once the deputies are in place, it becomes a matter of coordination. The Texas Rangers do have a great history that can be reprized. They fought Mexicans since day number 1
I agree but, are we still talking about the cartels?
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