Winter Texan family says they saw ‘heinous’ act on trip to Nuevo Progreso[Mexico]

VALLEY MORNING STAR ^ | 02-24-2008 | EDWINA P. GARZA

[eleni121]

Sealing the Border would begin to address half the problem.

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Yes! I agree with effective border control. But the users cause the other half of the problem. They are insatiable.

[B4Ranch]

This might just be a good time to follow your husbands example.

[Ditter]

I usually do. ;9)

[basil]

Well, at least they didn’t waterboard him.

[philetus]

I’m glad we don’t vacation it the area. My husband would have reacted, badly.”

As the incident happened on the Mexico side of the border and if you happened to be there, had your husband reacted badly he possibly would be dead now.

[modican]

Winter Texan family says they saw ‘heinous’ act on trip to Mexico

I'm just glad they didn't go to Oakland.

[Brad from Tennessee]

When Nixon began the War on Drugs in 1969 the ratio of the funding dollar was about 75 cents for education/treatment and 25 cents for enforcement/interdiction. Today that ratio is reversed. I believe in treatment but for some people prison is the best treatment.

The libertarian philosophy is to legalize everything. That has never been tried so I don’t know if it would work or not.

[PAR35]

I had heard that the Mexican military was really cracking down on their side of the border trying to get things under control. Sounds like it’s true.

[Yardstick]

Yeah, I think I agree. People said things, so that’s how the reporter wrote it. Maybe she could have been more stylish about it, but it’s kind of cool that she wasn’t precious about repeating the word. It kind of reminds me of Hemingway and how he’s unselfconscious about repeating similarly constructed sentences with the word “and” in the middle of them. Lesser writers wouldn’t do that. On the other hand, maybe only Hemingway could get away with that.

[Yardstick]

Also, I notice the reporter's name is Edwina. I didn't realize people outside of Raising Arizona had that name.

[Yellow Rose of Texas]

on the list please

[RobinOfKingston]

Never been to mexico. Can’t think of anything that would ever compel me to go.

[denydenydeny]

Oh, they’re not Americans who did these horrible acts? Then who cares? /MSM

[Liberty Valance]

No Country For Old Men

[cherry]

Americans should not visit the border towns, maybe not Mexico at all....

but it'll take about 10 seconds for someone to come on here and say what a lovely place Mexico is and no one should fear for their safety...right......

[tdscpa]

And then when their vacation was over, they went home to South Dakota and studied the upcoming election to find the candidate most likely to vote for amnesty for illegal aliens and swore to campaign and vote for him.

[endthematrix]

Mexico is so nice this time of year...

[mtbopfuyn]

Just a recitation of what the alleged witnesses said -- we can make our own judgment. More journalists should try it!

Exactly.

[BohDaThone]

Actually, "edwina" is a very Brit name. Perhaps the most well-known recent holder was the Conservative(?) MP, Edwina Currie.

From Wikipedia:

Currie's Diaries (1987-92), published in 2002, caused a sensation, since they revealed a four-year affair with John Major, starting in 1984 and ending in 1988. The affair began when she was on the backbench, and Major was the government whip under Margaret Thatcher. After Major's rise to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the relationship ended, but the two remained friends. Currie maintains that she ended the affair when it became dangerous and impractical, due to the presence of bodyguards who would need to be avoided.

Major was reportedly "ashamed" of the affair, and had privately revealed its existence to his wife. However, Currie admitted to being "in love" with him for years afterwards. Weeks after revealing the affair, she publicly criticised Major, accusing him of sexism and racism, and being "one of the less competent prime ministers".

The admission came after years of denials of any affair in office, and after writing several novels with raunchy themes, such as A Parliamentary Affair.

[TexanByBirth]

Actually, it's kind of refreshing to have a reporter actually report what people "said." None of this "exclaimed, shrieked, bellowed, sobbed" for color, when we don't know if that's how it sounded. Also, no internal monologue on how the reporter thought it made them feel.

Just a recitation of what the alleged witnesses said -- we can make our own judgment. More journalists should try it!

Thank you for pointing this fact out. "Said" is correct journalism, even if you use it 44 times. "Exclaimed, shrieked, bellowed, and sobbed" are all opinions expressed by the writer. Guess this is a writer who actually listened in Journalism 101.