[ChessExpert]

I think this article has a better title in Human Events weekly magazine: "War Supplemental Would Fund Mexican Government and Darfur 'Peace'"

I think the author makes some good points. For example, he argues that the $500,000,000 for Mexican police could be better spent hiring more American border patrol agents.

[KenHorse]

Bush becomes a bigger disappointment with each passing day I’m afraid.....

[Michael.SF.]

Bush is on Drugs?

Talk about a bad headline. One which was probably purposefully worded that way.

[Man50D]

Congress Critter ping!

[azhenfud]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721707/posts

[Cicero]

$500 million for Mexican police? So they can help their compadres, the drug smugglers?

From what I hear, half the Mexican police moonlight as drug smugglers, when they are not giving them an official escort over the border.

I happen to support drug enforcement, but this is ridiculous.

[Shermy]

For example, he argues that the $500,000,000 for Mexican police could be better spent hiring more American border patrol agents.

Although stiffening the border against drug trade would be a better use of the money, the side effect would be to stiffen enforcement of immigration laws. Bush has long had a wage depression policy for the American lower and middle classes.

[SIDENET]

$500 million for Mexican police to fight Mexican drug dealers.

[azhenfud]

This is an “as if illegal aliens aren’t enough and you thunk it couldn’t be worse - it really is” ping.

[NRA2BFree]

Well, why not? What's a few hundred million here, and a few billion there..........

Especially since there's NO accountability anywhere we send money!

I'm glad our President is a conservative! < /sarcasm >

[South40]

and $500 million for Mexican police to fight put in their pockets on top of what they already get from Mexican drug dealers.

[gaijin]

Oh great, yeah, we'll sell them all kinds of vehicles so they can more quickly drive their lucrative poison north across our border to our KIDS.

There's no fool like an OLD fool...!

[grey_whiskers]

On Mexican Drugs, Bush Seeks $500 Million

So *that's* the reason for his strange stance on illegal immigration ;-)

Cheers!

[Mr. Mojo]

On Mexican Drugs, Bush Seeks $500 Million

No excuse. He'd seek that money for Meheeco whether stoned or straight.

[RJL]

the $500,000,000 for Mexican police could be better spent hiring more American border patrol agents.

Exactly correct. Bush's $1 Billion (over two years) to Mexico would be much better spent securing our border. That would keep it out of the corrupt Mexican officials pockets and would actually do the job Bush claims he wants done.

A previously very busy grocery store about three miles from my house closed down. Guess what... no one is standing in line at the door or waiting in the parking lot to get food, because the shelves are empty, the doors are locked and everyone knows they aren't going to get any groceries there.

The same holds true for our borders. If Bush truly secured the Mexican border, the drug gangs would leave Northern Mexico because they would know that they aren't going get their drugs across the border.

[KittyKares]

Our tax dollars at work.

I am going to need drugs to numb the emotional pain of this stupidity.

[DTogo]

$500M retirement villa South of the Border for Bush and Fox after Jan 20, 2009...

[FreeAtlanta]

$500 million would build a lot of fence/wall.