On May 25, 2008, the Dallas Morning News ran an article, "Border Violence," by Alfredo Corchado, describing how 14 people were massacred in Juarez.
The New York Times, on Saturday May 31, 2008, ran an article, "Drug Massacre Leaves a Mexican Town Terrorized" by James C. McKinley, Jr.
The Sunday New York Times, June 1, 2008, ran an article in the Week in Review section, "What the Mexicans Might Learn From the Italians," by Ralph Blumenthal, describing how the FBI and the Italians worked together to break a large drug ring. The author, Blumenthal, described the successful cooperation and expressed hope the US and Mexico could be more successful working together.
Mexican citizens are dying from drug violence, but what we hear discussed most in the DFW metroplex by Hispanics quoted in the local news are shallow, self-serving carping about alleged racism. The racism card is a phony issue. People are dying in Mexico, that is a real issue.
Hispanics need to avoid being manipulated by shallow politicians and focus on real issues.
Robert
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Illegal Drugs Should Worry Hispanics
The Dallas Morning News ran an article, "Many Worried Juarez'Bloody Drug War Spilling into U.S." by Alfredo Corchado on the front page, February 28, 2008.
The article says 72 people have died in Juarez because of the drug war, and the murderers are crossing the border and killing in El Paso.
Illegal drugs are killing too many people in Mexico for Hispanics to be uninterested. It is more than life and death for people, it is a threat to the sovereignty of Mexico. The drug lords are trying to carve out independent fiefdoms beyond the reach of Mexican law and government.
A fence along the Mexican border and tighter security would reduce drug trafficking, save lives, and help the Mexican government regain control of the border towns.
The people who oppose a fence along the border do not have the best interests of Mexico in mind.
Besides the drug war in Mexico, Mexican-American children in Dallas are dying of drug overdoses. Hispanics should be fighting drugs, not fighting efforts to curtail illegal immigration.
Illegal immigration is a red-herring, a distraction from the important issues facing the Mexican-American community.
Robert
The article says 72 people have died in Juarez because of the drug war, and the murderers are crossing the border and killing in El Paso.
Illegal drugs are killing too many people in Mexico for Hispanics to be uninterested. It is more than life and death for people, it is a threat to the sovereignty of Mexico. The drug lords are trying to carve out independent fiefdoms beyond the reach of Mexican law and government.
A fence along the Mexican border and tighter security would reduce drug trafficking, save lives, and help the Mexican government regain control of the border towns.
The people who oppose a fence along the border do not have the best interests of Mexico in mind.
Besides the drug war in Mexico, Mexican-American children in Dallas are dying of drug overdoses. Hispanics should be fighting drugs, not fighting efforts to curtail illegal immigration.
Illegal immigration is a red-herring, a distraction from the important issues facing the Mexican-American community.
Robert
Monday, February 11, 2008
Calderon Shows Backbone
The New York Times, January 22, 2008, ran an article, "Mexico Hits Drug Gangs with Full Fury of War," by James C. McKinley, Jr.
President Felipe Calderon tackles the drug lords at the American border. Vincente Fox did something significant just by winning the Presidential election from an opposition party. But that's about all President Fox did. He didn't create jobs for Mexicans, he just gave them directions on how to steal their way into America.
I hope President Calderon succeeds in establishing the rule of law in Northern Mexico. I hope he improves education and job opportunities.
I worry that Mexican politicians want the Mexican people to remain poor and ignorant so they are easier to control.
Robert
President Felipe Calderon tackles the drug lords at the American border. Vincente Fox did something significant just by winning the Presidential election from an opposition party. But that's about all President Fox did. He didn't create jobs for Mexicans, he just gave them directions on how to steal their way into America.
I hope President Calderon succeeds in establishing the rule of law in Northern Mexico. I hope he improves education and job opportunities.
I worry that Mexican politicians want the Mexican people to remain poor and ignorant so they are easier to control.
Robert
Monday, January 21, 2008
Vikram Pandit, Why not an Hispanic?
Now that Citigroup finally got rid of Charles Prince, they replace him with Vikram Pandit, who is from India. Have you noticed that there are many Indians on Wall Street? And a lot of Chinese are very successful, but you do not see Hispanics being so successful. You can drive from Mexico to Wall Street. You cannot say that about India, but they make it here, and make it here legally. We have hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens, but America is not getting highly educated Mexicans. Why? Are there no highly educated Mexicans? Or are there no educated Mexicans with the drive of the uneducated? What's the problem?
This failure of Mexicans to compete for the top jobs in America is what Mexican-Americans should worry about, not helping illegal aliens stay here. There are problems in Mexico, but that is not talked about. There are only complaints against America. It's not right.
Robert
This failure of Mexicans to compete for the top jobs in America is what Mexican-Americans should worry about, not helping illegal aliens stay here. There are problems in Mexico, but that is not talked about. There are only complaints against America. It's not right.
Robert
Sunday, December 30, 2007
The Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse rode a white horse, a red horse, a black horse, and a pale horse. I was thinking recently that Hurricane Katrina only visited physical destruction upon New Orleans. I was in New Orleans the week before the hurricane hit and I felt the city was destroyed before the hurricane by the Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse: Crime, Corruption, Ignorance, and Incompetence.
Why should Hispanics care about the Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse? They should care because Hispanics will be taking over the government of some American cities and they need to be careful not to repeat the mistakes made in New Orleans.
What is the solution to crime, corruption, ignorance, and incompetence? Money is not the solution. Money breeds corruption. The answer is a work ethic, morality, a love of learning, and good leadership. Confucianism is a good way to develop these attributes. The Hispanic community will benefit greatly from Confucianism.
Robert
Why should Hispanics care about the Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse? They should care because Hispanics will be taking over the government of some American cities and they need to be careful not to repeat the mistakes made in New Orleans.
What is the solution to crime, corruption, ignorance, and incompetence? Money is not the solution. Money breeds corruption. The answer is a work ethic, morality, a love of learning, and good leadership. Confucianism is a good way to develop these attributes. The Hispanic community will benefit greatly from Confucianism.
Robert
Sunday, November 11, 2007
A Hispanic Vision of Wealth
The New York Times Magazine ran a fabulous article on Sunday 10/14/07: The Capital of Capital No More? by Daniel Gross. Here Mr. Gross describes how much of the financial work that was done in New York City has followed American wealth out of the country. The largest IPO (initial public offering) to date, $19.1 billion, was staged in Hong Kong in 2006: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
All these geniuses who thought to make a quick buck by sending America's wealth to foreign countries are only now beginning to see that their strategy is strengthening other countries while it weakens our own country.
Yet, as New York dwindles in importance, Dallas has an opportunity to grab some of the business that New York is losing. Dallas, Texas, could become a financial center for Latin America.
Hispanics in America need to focus on a positive future with wealth and power. We must not be misled by Hispanic mis-leaders who want us to focus on causing strife and division over illegal immigration. Mis-leaders want Hispanics to think of themselves as victims. We need to think of ourselves as achievers and focus on success, not on complaining.
People in high finance stand in the middle of a river of money and help themselves to all they can get away with. You do deal for $10 billion and keep $50 million for yourself and you have only ripped off one half of one percent of the deal. Four of these deals and you have $200 million in your pocket for being a middle-man. This is what we should be focusing on, not parading in the street and waving Mexican flags.
Robert
All these geniuses who thought to make a quick buck by sending America's wealth to foreign countries are only now beginning to see that their strategy is strengthening other countries while it weakens our own country.
Yet, as New York dwindles in importance, Dallas has an opportunity to grab some of the business that New York is losing. Dallas, Texas, could become a financial center for Latin America.
Hispanics in America need to focus on a positive future with wealth and power. We must not be misled by Hispanic mis-leaders who want us to focus on causing strife and division over illegal immigration. Mis-leaders want Hispanics to think of themselves as victims. We need to think of ourselves as achievers and focus on success, not on complaining.
People in high finance stand in the middle of a river of money and help themselves to all they can get away with. You do deal for $10 billion and keep $50 million for yourself and you have only ripped off one half of one percent of the deal. Four of these deals and you have $200 million in your pocket for being a middle-man. This is what we should be focusing on, not parading in the street and waving Mexican flags.
Robert
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Vincente Fox is a Humbug
Read the Dallas Morning News, "Great Divide: Vincente Fox Defends Mexican Immigrants' Pursuit of the American Dream," page 1 of the Points section, Oct. 14, 2007. Fox is so full of baloney. He calls the authorities of Irving, Texas xenophobes.
Americans have a right to dislike illegal aliens slipping across the border and flouting American laws.
In the same section is a related article, "Bush was So Deeply, Deeply Wrong, says Fox," where Fox says, "Immigration, say the xenophobes to the north, will destroy our American way of life."
Vincente Fox is a racist and a humbug. He is calling Americans xenophobes. He says we are against immigrants. Look at how Louisiana just elected the son of Indian immigrants, Bobby Jindal, their Governor. The Governor of California is an immigrant with an accent. Senator Barack Obama is running for President and he is the son of an immigrant. Contrary to Fox's insults, America does not hate immigrants. We vote them and their children into responsible positions of power.
Vincente Fox is a humbug. He is a disgrace to Mexico. The same way Fidel Castro emptied the prisons and insane asylums and sent them to Florida, Fox is sending the poor of Mexico into America to get rid of them. What he should do is reduce poverty in Mexico, but he won't do that. That would improve Mexico, and he doesn't want to do that.
I had a friend from India who came to America on an H1-B visa from Mexico. Why did that H1-B visa go to an Indian instead of a Mexican? Maybe Fox's government was too busy giving away comic books instructing Mexicans how to sneak into America to help Mexicans get in legally.
I am disgusted with Fox's double-talk.
Robert
Americans have a right to dislike illegal aliens slipping across the border and flouting American laws.
In the same section is a related article, "Bush was So Deeply, Deeply Wrong, says Fox," where Fox says, "Immigration, say the xenophobes to the north, will destroy our American way of life."
Vincente Fox is a racist and a humbug. He is calling Americans xenophobes. He says we are against immigrants. Look at how Louisiana just elected the son of Indian immigrants, Bobby Jindal, their Governor. The Governor of California is an immigrant with an accent. Senator Barack Obama is running for President and he is the son of an immigrant. Contrary to Fox's insults, America does not hate immigrants. We vote them and their children into responsible positions of power.
Vincente Fox is a humbug. He is a disgrace to Mexico. The same way Fidel Castro emptied the prisons and insane asylums and sent them to Florida, Fox is sending the poor of Mexico into America to get rid of them. What he should do is reduce poverty in Mexico, but he won't do that. That would improve Mexico, and he doesn't want to do that.
I had a friend from India who came to America on an H1-B visa from Mexico. Why did that H1-B visa go to an Indian instead of a Mexican? Maybe Fox's government was too busy giving away comic books instructing Mexicans how to sneak into America to help Mexicans get in legally.
I am disgusted with Fox's double-talk.
Robert
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