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(English-language translation) Mexico - Former Mexican President Vicente Fox described Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez as a "jackass" for opposing free markets, and considers that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has to "set his feet on reality" regarding his commercial and immigration relationship with Mexico, the local press reported. During a conference held at the Fox Center, a democracy-studies organization the former President established in the State of Guanajuato in central Mexico, Fox indicated that "the worst thing we can do is listen to those who are saying the market economy does not work, what that jackass Hugo Chávez is saying." Fox,...

Once again a familiar pattern emerges, one that has occurred many times before especially after a disasterous election result for the party in question. Case in point the Republican Party which had its asses handed to them in the last federal election wherein Republicans across the board were slaughtered, not because the Republican constituency suddenly embraced liberal ideology and rejected conservatives values and principles, but because Republicans in positions of power did. Thus they were rewarded with a withdrawl of support which greatly contributed to their defeat. The crystal clear lessons of the elections of 2006, instead of being a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kenny J. Wallis President of KeepArkansasLegal Little Rock, Arkansas 501-412-4063 http://keeparkansaslegal.blogspot.com/ keeparkansaslegal@yahoo.com Arkansas immigration reform group challenges failed leader Vicente Fox Little Rock, AR – April, 23 2007 – KeepArkansasLegal, an immigration reform group based in Central Arkansas, is outraged that former Mexican Leader Vicente Fox will be giving a lecture at on April 26 2007 at 7:30pm at Harding University’s Benson Auditorium. This so called “hero of democracy” was in fact another corrupt negligent leader just like the ruling party presidents before him. His legacy is continued poverty in Mexico and more illegal immigration in America....

I tend to avoid the immigration debate, which, for various reasons that agitate some of my conservative friends, does not get me riled up. Nonetheless, in the context of this debate, the Mexican leadership continues to make an outrageous analogy, one that needs to be answered. Both the previous Mexican president, Vicente Fox, and the new one, Felipe Calderon, have compared the U.S. decision to construct an additional 700 miles of border fencing—authorized in October by a Senate bill signed by President George W. Bush—to the decision to build the Berlin Wall. Fox called the move an “embarrassment for the...

U.S. Government Working Groups & Business Leaders Seek to “Harmonize” Regulations with Canada and Mexico (Washington, DC) -- Judicial Watch, the public interest organization that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law, today released records obtained under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce concerning the “Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.” On March 23, 2005, heads of government Vincente Fox, George W. Bush, and Paul Martin launched the North American partnership at a meeting in Waco, Texas, with the expressed goal...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Vicente Fox was forced to forego the last state-of-the-nation address of his presidency Friday after leftist lawmakers stormed the stage of Congress to protest disputed July 2 elections. It was the first time in modern Mexican history a president hasn't given the annual address to Congress. Instead, Fox handed in a written copy of his report, and his office said he would address the nation in a televised speech later Friday. A text of the speech Fox had planned to deliver to Congress called on Mexico to mend deep divisions that he said threatened the...

The mother of Mexican President Vicente Fox died on Thursday, three days before national elections to choose her son's successor. Mercedes Quesada, 86, died at the family ranch in the central state of Guanajuato, the president's office said. Private services were scheduled for Friday, the office said. It provided no other information. Born in Spain and the mother of nine children, Quesada had suffered from health problems since suffering a brain hemorrhage in 2000. Fox was at the ranch in Guanajuato on Thursday night, local online press reports said. Mexicans will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a...

SACRAMENTO – Mexican President Vicente Fox today lauded President Bush and U.S. senators for passing a comprehensive immigration bill that offers employment and citizenship opportunities, but said most of the credit should go to Mexican immigrants. "Nobody deserved more credit than the ... paisanos here," he said, using the Spanish colloquial word for "countrymen" during a speech to the California Chamber of Commerce and Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. "They have fought for it." He offered his "most caring salute to all Mexicans here in the United States," whom he praised for their work ethic and loyalty not only to...

See for example this thread first. From the RINOs on Capitol Hill the abominable Senate bill Its flaws are too great to enumerate If the House doesn't stop it, who will?

See for example this thread first. Last night Bush's speech on the borders Was it given on Karl Rove's orders? Threw a bone to the right But there's no end in sight With no wall, can you stop all the "hor-des"?

..... E-Mail the AuthorThe GOP is blowing itPosted: May 12, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern There's a lot of talk going around about how bad the November elections are going to be for the Republican Party. I ought to know – I'm doing a lot of that talking with grassroots conservatives every day on our four-hour radio show. The GOP has only itself to blame for its problems, and I say this as a proud conservative Republican who twice voted for George Bush and wants very badly to see him regain his political footing. The Republican Party, which for 25 years...

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names” – Old Chinese proverb. The elite media have always been out of touch with American values, and their reporting has often been at odds with reality. (See “Offensive, Tet.”) However, their coverage of the last week’s massive pro-illegal immigration rallies bordered (no pun intended) on the Orwellian, virtually requiring one to believe the inverse of everything they reported. Among their many distortions, sanitizations, euphemisms, and lies were: “Pro-Immigration Rallies.” The elite media consisted presented the protests as rallies in favor of immigration or immigrants rights. The Washington Post...

I always love reading articles by Walter Williams, well-known professor of economics. He has a succinct way of avoiding a lot of verbal claptrap and cutting right to the chase. In a recent column on illegal immigration he wrote: "At the heart of today's immigration problem is its illegality. According to several estimates there are 11 million people who are in our country illegally, mostly from Mexico...First, there's the refusal to call these people 'illegal aliens.' The politicallY preferred term is 'undocumented workers,' which is nothing less than verbal sleight-of-hand." Professor Williams also mentions his colleague, Thomas Sowell, who refers...

CANCUN, Mexico - President Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico worked to iron out disagreements over trade and border security Thursday and to keep a North American edge against competition from rising powers like China. The three leaders, dressed casually in open-collared shirts, strolled together among the ancient Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza before sitting down for more intense one-on-one meetings at a beachfront resort hotel. Mexican President Vicente Fox planned a lavish dinner for his guests. "This is a good start to a very important series of discussions," Bush said, standing with his counterparts in front of...

See for example this thread first. The Bush Admin wants a "Gold Card" for illegals, 'cause it's too hard to send them all back ("they'll slip through the crack") Keep it up, "Jorge"; '08 will be hard...

MEXICO CITY – Mexican officials are complaining that a bill in Georgia's state legislature to tax the hundreds of millions of dollars that illegal immigrants wire home would unfairly hurt Mexicans working north of the border. Sponsored by Republican lawmakers who charge that illegal immigrants use basic health and education services without contributing to them, the bill would force anyone unable to prove their legal status to pay tax on their wire transfers. Mexicans living in the United States sent home about $20 billion to their families last year, more than all the foreign direct investment in the country and...

Vicente Fox, Tear Down That Façade! Please send this around to as many people as you can, first, in English to your American patriotic friends, then to other US recipients who you think should have it (including the Minutemen, Tom Tancredo, any groups that help combat illegal immigration, etc): To Vicente Fox, President of Mexico: You and your nation are responsible, first and foremost, for providing a homeland for your people. If you insist on sending them here, then just admit that your government is washed up and can't help your constituents have a decent life in your country and...

The United States/Mexico border is somewhat less guarded than Mordor Illegals, drug-runners and .50 cal gunners Does Vincente Fox give the orders?

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican government commission said Tuesday it will distribute at least 70,000 maps showing highways, rescue beacons and water tanks in the Arizona desert to curb the death toll among illegal border crossers. The National Human Rights Commission National Human Rights Commission, a government-funded agency with independent powers, denied the maps — similar to a comic-style guide booklet Mexico distributed to migrants last year — would encourage illegal immigration.

(AXcess News) New York - The Mexican government is initiating a far-reaching investigation. It's not an investigation into the rampant corruption within all levels of its government. And it's not an investigation into the Mexican crime gangs, drug traffickers and human smugglers. No, the target of this intense investigation -- one that's being trumpeted by the usual anti-Americans in the US news media -- is the killing of an illegal alien by a US Border Patrol agent defending himself. A former Bush advisor, Rob Allyn, is helping Presidente Vincente Fox to use the illegal alien's death to again draw attention...

The Mexican government is initiating a far-reaching investigation. It's not an investigation into the rampant corruption within all levels of its government. And it's not an investigation into the Mexican crime gangs, drug traffickers and human smugglers. No, the target of this intense investigation -- one that's being trumpeted by the usual anti-Americans in the US news media -- is the killing of an illegal alien by a US Border Patrol agent defending himself. A former Bush advisor, Rob Allyn, is helping Presidente Vincente Fox to use the illegal alien's death to again draw attention to what Mexicans believe is...

The president of Marxist Mexico, Vincente Fox, is a real busybody when it comes to sticking his nose into the affairs of the United States. He has more crust than a loaf of bread. Early in December, 2005, it was announced that a federal judge had lifted the final barrier stopping the United States from completion of a fence along much of its border with Mexico. Fox has been more than critical of the fence plan ever since he heard about it. His problem seems to be that it will keep all the illegals on his side of the border,...

In a move that has many proponents of tough US border security and illegal immigration reforms scratching their heads in puzzlement, Mexican President Vincente Fox recently retained the services of a well-known Republican strategist to help stop the rising tide of public outcry over poor border security and rampant illegal immigration. President Fox reportedly rehired the public relations man and GOP political consultant who is credited with helping Fox win the presidency in 2000. Fox wants Rob Allyn to curtail what he perceives as a growing anti-immigration political juggernaut, especially when it comes to illegal aliens from Mexico. When the...

Regarding Congressman Jim Kolbe's decision not to run for reelection, in a word, "Hallelujah." When someone retires or passes away, we try to say something nice about that person, we downplay his negatives and point out his positives. I would like to do the same for Congressman Jim Kolbe, but I really don't have the time to do that much research, other then to say, I wholeheartedly approve of his decision to leave Congress. I'm sure Kolbe will be missed by Mexican President Vincente Fox, he is one of the best members of Congress Mexico has ever had in the...

Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) let slip a bombshell disclosure at a news conference today to announce a bill targeting states that allow illegal aliens to get drivers licenses. During the Q&A with reporters, Myrick gave as a reason for proposing the bill the recent capture of three al Qaeda terrorists at the U.S.-Mexico border. A check of Google News turned up no references to this incident, yet Myrick stated this was a 'given fact.' No reporter asked her about this revelation, but it was noted at the end of a Charlotte Observer article by Tim Funk. Two Representatives from North...

In another development here in Texas, the Mexican army is crossing the border to bring help to New Orleans and its stranded citizens. This is the first time Mexican military troops have crossed into Texas since 1846, during the war between the United States and Mexico that resulted in Mexico losing the vast area now known as the American southwest. The Mexican soldiers will not be armed and the 35 trucks in the convoy will be loaded with blankets, water, food and mobile kitchens. Mexican President Vicente Fox brushed aside complaints from some opponents who said he should have sought...

Mexico City, Mexico. - Frustrated that his racially-insensitive remarks have hampered his ability to unload his poverty-ridden peasants on the US, a contrite President Vincente Fox agreed to make symbolic amends to the African American community today. The Mexican El Presidente has agreed to carry around a mostly-naked Al Sharpton on his shoulder for an entire week. “Heees mucho grande!” muttered an already exhausted Fox. “Aye carumba!” “You best be shutting that trap of yours there, Poncho, less you feel like making it two weeks!” retorted the pudgy Reverend. “Si, senor,” huffed the breathless leader of the Mexican people. Asked...

May 17, 11:47 AM EDT Mexico's Fox regrets comment about blacks By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Vicente Fox's office on Tuesday insisted his comments that Mexicans work jobs blacks don't want in the United States were misinterpreted, a day after he told leaders in the U.S. black community that he regretted "any hurt feelings." In a speech Friday, Fox praised the dedication of Mexicans working in the United States, saying they're willing to take jobs that "even blacks" won't do. On Monday, he spoke with the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton by telephone...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Vicente Fox reversed course Monday and apologized for saying that Mexicans in the United States do the work that blacks won't. Despite growing criticism that included a stern U.S. response, Fox had repeatedly refused to back away from the comments he made Friday, saying his remark had been misinterpreted. But in telephone conversations with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton, the president said he "regretted" the statement. "The president regretted any hurt feelings his statements may have caused," the Foreign Relations Department said in a press statement. "He expressed the great respect...

May 15, 2005 -- Mexican President Vicente Fox came under fire yesterday for saying Mexicans were willing to take jobs "that not even blacks want to do in the United States." "There's no doubt that the Mexican men and women — full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work — are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States," Fox told a meeting of the Texas-Mexico Frozen Food Council in Puerto Vallarta on Friday. Fox's remark came a day after Mexico announced it would formally protest recent U.S. immigration reforms, including the decision...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The first family is spending the Easter weekend at their ranch in Crawford, TX. Earlier in the week, in addition to his visits to three states, and the trilateral North American summit, President Bush signed legislation into law on March 24, extending by two years the life of a government panel charged with declassifying CIA documents that detail the spy agency's ties to former Nazis and war criminals. The legislation clears the way for the release of thousands of documents on former Nazis, including some who assisted in the CIA's Cold War espionage against the...

Mexico's Fox is Not Going to Force-Feed Us His Workers By Carol Devine-Molin March 21, 2005 Unfortunately, Mexico's President Vincente Fox continues to exhibit a contemptuous attitude toward American grassroots activism. Obviously, he doesn't grasp the nature of American democracy at work. Mexico's leader essentially wants President Bush to rein in groups such as the 950 member Minuteman Project that monitors the Arizona-Mexico border for individuals illegally entering our nation. Fox is even threatening to utilize the US and International Courts to stifle this activism that's perfectly legal. What chutzpa! Moreover, it's downright laughable that Fox avoids the term "illegal...

(Editor's Note: What follows is a letter from congressional Democrats urging President Bush and Mexican President Vincente Fox to move quickly on "realistic, humane, and fair" immigration reform.) March 21, 2005 President George W. Bush The White House Washington, DC 20500 Licenciado Vicente Fox Presidente de Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de Los Pinos Colonia San Miguel Chapultepec 11850 Mexico, DF Dear President Bush and President Fox: More than three years ago, the Democratic leadership of the United States Congress wrote you to emphasize our strong belief in the value of our relationship, the importance of cooperation between the...

On March 23, Paul Martin will be in Texas to meet with President George W. Bush and President Vincente Fox of Mexico. It appears that Martin will at least get to visit Bush’s Crawford Texas ranch; something that was always denied to his predecessor. When Martin recently went to China he was criticized by some Canadians for not criticizing that country’s human rights practices. While trying to deflect the criticism away from him and onto Conservative Party MP Jason Kenney, Martin countered that he indeed did discuss human rights with Chinese leaders. There is no doubt that Martin did what...

GLORIFYING THE DRUG TRADE By Michelle Malkin Mexican school libraries are stocking up on copies of a book that glamorizes violent drug traffickers. From AP: MEXICO CITY – Mexico's school libraries are stocking a book that includes the lyrics of "narcocorridos" – folk songs that glorify drug traffickers – causing a storm of criticism in a country where the drug market and its violence have become part of life in thousands of communities. Opposition activists are livid that the administration of President Vicente Fox, which has declared a "war on all fronts" against drug gangs, ordered tens of thousands of...

ACAPULCO, Mexico -- What was supposed to be a tight state election turned into a rout for the Democratic Revolution Party, boosting Mexico's main leftist party's chances for the presidency in 2006. Running behind former Acapulco Mayor Zeferino Torreblanca, the party on Sunday ended 76 years of rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero. With 92 percent of the vote counted, Torreblanca had a 55 to 42 percent lead over the PRI's Hector Astudillo - embarrassing several respected polling companies who had the men in a statistical tie before the election. Thousands...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In the latest twist in Mexico's war on drug trafficking, a senior member of President Vicente Fox's staff has been arrested over possible links with a drugs gang, Mexico's attorney general said on Saturday. Nahum Acosta, a senior member of Fox's secretary's office, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of leaking information about the president's activities to a criminal gang linked to drugs smuggling, Attorney General Rafael Macedo said. "At this time, I can refer to a criminal organization, in which we are sure who his link was. It's an organization linked to drug trafficking," Macedo...

Americans are sick and tired of the illegal alien invasion of this country and are standing up to be counted. We're not afraid of the name-calling that inevitably follows. We're not deterred by the fact that almost no one in Washington is listening to us. We're not giving up because it seems like the system is rigged against us and in favor of the illegal invaders. The latest hero in this life-and-death struggle to save our country is John M. Morganelli, a district attorney in Pennsylvania, known for his raids on businesses employing illegals and for arresting others for identity...

MEXICO CITY -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday that President Bush will place a high priority in his second term on granting legal status to millions of migrants who live illegally in the United States. Powell spoke at the inaugural session of the U.S.-Mexican Bi-National Commission, which annually brings together top officials from both sides to discuss a range of cross-border issues. Powell was joined here by five other members of Bush's Cabinet. "The president is committed to comprehensive immigration reform as a high priority in his second term, and he will work closely with our Congress to...

For many local minorities, this summer will probably see the loss of an established and respected voice, the 37-year-old Urban Coalition. For Mexican immigrants in the state, however, this summer has brought an unprecedented spike in national and international focus, since Mexican president Vicente Fox announced in June that Minnesota would be the next state to host a Mexican consulate. For Fox, the first Mexican head of state to visit the region, the trip was intended not only to strengthen trade relations between Mexico and Minnesota, but also to strengthen his connection to Minnesota’s roughly 96,000 Mexican immigrants. Minnesota’s mainstream...

U.S. Sovereignty Challenged 1997: Mexican President Warns America "We will not tolerate foreign forces dictating and enacting laws on Mexicans," .... Zedillo warned that any human rights abuses against "our brothers" living abroad will be answered with the "full force of all the legal instruments at our disposal." 2004: Mexican President Warns America Lou Dobbs Tonight - June 18, 2004 Dobbs: "While in Chicago, President Fox blasted the U.S. for rounding up illegal aliens, and sending those illegal aliens back to Mexico. President Fox said his government will not permit what he called violations of the human and labor of...

WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- Mexican immigration to the United States featured prominently in talks Saturday between President George W. Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox, but it remained unclear if the administration would drop plans to force frequent Mexican visitors to undergo fingerprinting and border-point photographs. The rule, part of the $367 billion US-VISIT program to enhance border security, has offended the Mexicans, who point out that frequent Canadian visitors are exempted. "The president and I just discussed the issue of the border crossing cards and ... the professional visas," Bush said at a news conference at his Prairie...

<p>Up until last night, people had been very cooperative with this effort, and for that I was grateful. Last night, I think there must have been a full moon or something, but we'll get that straightened out.</p> <p>I started this thread because there has been much discussion here about Rush never seeming to address the illegal alien problem. Today he has been talking about it in the context of President Bush's meeting with Vincente Fox and the payment of Social Security benefits to illegals who have paid into the system even though they did so with false documentation.</p>

Navarrette: Mexico has no interest in stemming illegal immigration By Ruben Navarrette Jr. The Dallas Morning News DALLAS -- Judging from the reaction I get from audiences whenever I speak about the United States and Mexico, a lot of Americans are fed up with what they see as a one-sided relationship. Yet on a recent swing through the Southwest that included stops in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, Mexican President Vicente Fox went with his usual shtick -- making the case that his nation and ours have a shared destiny while trying to build grass-roots support for a stalled immigration...

By Howard Fischer CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES PHOENIX - A visit by Mexican President Vicente Fox to Arizona next month will bring the fight over illegal immigration to center stage. But that's exactly what Fox does not want to do, according to Mexico's Consul General for Arizona Ruben Beltran. Beltran, on Friday, unveiled details of the president's Nov. 4 visit, including a meeting with Gov. Janet Napolitano, a conversation with about 300 business leaders and an address to a gathering at the Phoenix Civic Plaza that requires tickets. One who immediately went to get a ticket Friday was Rusty Childress, one...

Midterm vote has a message for Vicente Fox07/11/2003By RUBEN NAVARRETTE / The Dallas Morning News Television talk-show host Dr. Phil has a cocky refrain for guests who fess up about some assumption that didn't hold up or a plan that went astray. Thought you could gamble away the family vacation money and replace it before anyone noticed? Dr. Phil will ask with a smirk, "How's that working for ya?" The guest I want to see in the hot seat is Vicente Fox. The Mexican president caved in to nationalism and stood on the sidelines after the attacks of Sept. 11,...

Sun Jun 1, 8:43 PM ET Vincente Fox, President of Mexico, speaks during a news conference at the Geneva Airport on Sunday, June 1, 2003. Fox said Sunday he wants to boost economic and political ties with Russia, after the two nations found common ground as opponents of the U.S.-led war on Iraq ( - ). Fox also said he considered a planned Mexican-Japanese free trade agreement as ``a bridge for Mexico into Asian markets.'' (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Advisors in the White House are now writing a speech in which the President Bush will announce the beginning for war with Iraq..