Posted on 12/12/2004 4:26:54 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran
After spending several years starting oil exploration crews for Pemex and re-reading Atlas Shrugged, I think I have The reason Mexico has become so bad.
I like the Mexican people in the fly over parts of Mexico. The mid level and workers of Pemex are good. It is the government and the high up in Pemex that are the vultures and looters. The peso was about 8 cents (12.5 to a dollar). When Pemex found the sito grande, a very large oil pool that covers parts of the states of Chiapas and Tabasco also a long ways into the Gulf of Mexico.
Pemex borrowed billions to produce this great oil find. The looters (government) stole most of the money and what they did buy was junk oil rigs and drill pipe, etc. 1,000 pesos which was worth about $80 now will not buy a coke. This was due to the looters stealing billions from the Mexican people.
Instead of overthrowing the looters the Mexican people had an out, they had no weapons and they could cross into America and have a much safer life. This hurts both Mexico and America as Mexico lost some of it's hardest workers. The gangbangers also came over from Mexico as they could rape and pillage at will.
The government of Mexico is propped up by the billions sent back by the illegals and by our government having borders that are too open.
The only chance I see to help America and Mexico is to seal the border, deport the people who are not here legaly. We also need to arm the Mexican people so they can have a chance against the looters with their armies.
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They are readily available. The police often help people buy guns. Sportsmen also get shotguns and rifles and hunting in Mexico is a reality. There were gun shops when I lived there, but you could get them at large outlets such as the National pawn shops too.
I have a friend at work who is from Chihuahua (he's a citizen) that told me a story of his Grandfather. The old gentleman still rides out from his ranch on his horse carrying his pistol in his belt. He told me that his Grandmother makes sure the pistol is empty before he goes without his knowing it. The Federales leave him alone because he's so old and something of a local hero.
I've got a buddy that lives in Managua, Nicaragua (he's an American ex-pat). He got worried for his family because of all the crime and went to the police station and bought an AK47. He said that they'll sell anything for Greenbacks.
The governor of Tabasco invited me to a bear hunt on his ranch.
I was not able to go because of work, he said he had plenty of guns.
I did not know at that time that they had black bears in Tabasco. I would have loved to have shot a jaguar.
I have never seen a gun shop or even an ad for guns in Mexico.
Which one could also add that this is the norm throughout history, not the exception. What is the exception is the US. Now why is that? If it was so simple as to craft our US Constitution and just demand that everyone abide by it, don't you think that the rest of the world would do so? They say that the best government is a benevolent dictatorship, but I think that it has more to do with benevolent rather than dictatorship. What the world doesn't have is benevolent people in political office. Its safe to say that a Constitutional Republic is for a self-governing people. The further one strays from self-governing population to, say, a welfare or criminal class, then the ability for a Constitutional Republic to maintain its form is seriously compromised.
, and if the corrupt elitists of those countries were replaced by gov'ts more like us, the impetus to sneak into the U.S. would be removed.
But that is the problem, finding benevolent men and women to govern. You can have insurrection after coup d' etat after overthrow and still there is no guarantee of good government. Now lets say that John F'ing Kerry's party were to resume control over the US and were to occupy the House, Senate and the Executive whereas they could install a whole new Supreme Court and recreate government organizations in their own image. Afterall, that scenario is far more likely than corrupt elitists surrendering their control over to the mere common man who can't even be trusted to manage his or her own retirement accounts. After a transformation of the people and their ideologies into the exact same form of government - a Constitutional Republic, would you expect the government to be less corrupt, more corrupt or the same?
When the Berlin Wall fell, there were many people who wanted the safety and security of the Communist system. Look at South America, given elections they prefer communism and marxism. Corrupt people make for corrupt government. Lets say that you are a football team owner and want to have a new stadium so that you can make more money, but you don't want to shell out very much money to build one. Simple, you make arrangements with city officials to persuade the citizens of the city to build one for you through their tax dollars. It isn't a difficult sell, find enough fans and tell them that this is for them. Find business owners and tell them that this will increase traffic through their businesses. Find homeowners and tell them that the value of their property will increase. Tell everyone that all that resist the plan are economic imbeciles and other bad things. Then use the power of government to grab real estate at rock bottom prices through the mechanism of eminent domain. The theme here is consistent, convince everybody that if they simply vote money out of their neighbor's pocket then they will benefit. So the sports fan votes for his neighbor to pay for the new stadium that the sports fan will enjoy. The business owner votes his neighbor's wallet so that the business owner might make a few more dollars.
Why would we expect higher moral values out of our politicians than we demand from ourselves? Judging by the fact that Mexico is expected to vote in yet another kleptocratic Marxist kakistocracy, it is clear that the people themselves are envisioning a system where someone else will pay for their luxuries and felt needs.
People usually tend to get the government they deserve.
"Most of the worlds population are held back by corrupt governments, and if the corrupt elitists of those countries were replaced by gov'ts more like us, the impetus to sneak into the U.S. would be removed."
But when our government coddles and supports their corruption, nothing good happens.
Like I said in another fashion in another thread, specifically about John McCain, et al., these American politicians who seem to enjoy selling out to Mexico could become aware really fast that 80 million of us possess the ultimate political recall tool...
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