Chertoff blisters Congress over aid for Mexico

Houston Chronicle ^ | June 5, 2008 | STEWART M. POWELL

[SwinneySwitch]

"Chertoff offered his rebuttal to lawmakers' criticism at the outset of a visit to Houston that included a roundtable with Muslim leaders, remarks to the South Asian Chamber of Commerce and dinner with former Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher and local law enforcement officials."

[End Times Sentinel]

Build. A. Wall.

Mexico is a third world nation and has all the accompanying problems in spades. The U.S. can NOT provide enough aid to change this. It's not a question of economics, it's a failed culture.

Wall it off. Anything they may have that could prove to be desirable to us can be facilitated through trade.

[SwinneySwitch]

Ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.

[jpsb]

If Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble is against it, it is a bad idea. Ted Poe is great congressman.

[Prokopton]

The U.S. will buy about 8 billion dollars of oil from the Mexican government this year. That should be enough.

Chertoff is an idiot.

[Truth29]

Mexico is a rich country with an oligarchy that plunders the country for their own benefit and keeps the resources from the masses. We are, in effect, replacing the funds that should be spent by Mexico on itself with our own deficit spending.

[HardStarboard]

Chertoff...how many miles of border fence would that 1.1 Billion buy?

so you want to give it to Mexican politicians, some of whom are in the drug business....idiot.

[zerosix]

I would have to agree with you.

Having met Mr. Chertoff during the Clinton stuff, I had thought him a stand-up guy and was pleased when Pres. Bush nominated him to serve as Secretary.

Now, with a few years looking back on his service and knowing that he is doing the bidding of the Bush Administration, I am appalled with what comes out of this man's mouth, always regarding anything Mexico, and many, many other times.

He and they (the Bush Admin.) are way, way to light in assuming that the illegals here (including violent felons, sexual predators and utilizing stolen I.D.s) to stay, so let's just get them legal and an effective fence system is just "too intrusive" on our very good friends, the Mexican government.

[Jack Black]

Funny how you and everyone else on FR gets it but the bozos in Washington are CLUELESS!!

Note to you idiots in the capitol: WE ARE BROKE! WE HAVE 1 TRILLION IN DEBT. WE HAVE 99 TRILLION IN UNFUNDED ENTITELMENTS !! WE DO NOT HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO GIVE AWAY!!

PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR AND STEP AWAY FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS DESK.

[AuntB]

“”Providing practical help to others, besides being the right thing to do, has the potential for improving our standing as well,” Chertoff said.”

What? Our standing with Mexico?? They hate us and send all their peasants while they hold out their hand for more and then.....they do this......

Mexico says US defying world court order, asks court to stop execution of Mexicans

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027087/posts

[Squantos]

Stop all of the border problems on OUR side by stopping ALL aid too mexico until they get control . Take that money and build walls, fences and gates with exits only . Any entry too the US should be by aircraft or ship at ports of entry. NAFTA superhighways and rail shipping can just go away as the threat too national security is greater than the benefit of trade IMO.

We have too stop trying too save the world as we lose the United States !

[Niteranger68]

Chertoff - I’ve just about had it with this incompetent retarded monkey and DHS in general.

[Lancey Howard]

BUMP what you said.
Why would we flush over a half-billion US tax dollars down a corrupt toilet?

[upchuck]

I wonder, after the elites in Mexico take their “share,” and you know that’s gonna happen, how much will be left?

I suspect less than 20% of this aid will actually be spent for the original purpose.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Chertoff reminds me of the Bernie cadaver in “Weekend at Bernie’s.”

[Man50D]

Chertoff offered his rebuttal to lawmakers' criticism at the outset of a visit to Houston that included a roundtable with Muslim leaders,

It's comforting to know The Head of Homeland Security is ensuring our safety by consulting with the right group of people.

[willgolfforfood]

yep.

[DoughtyOne]

That's precisely my thought. Chertoff has completely destroy any credibility he gained during the Whitewater hearings. He's nothing but a Mexican lackey buffoon.