BP chief warns of trouble [Mexico Border]

LAREDO MORNING TIMES ^ | January 29, 2006 | CLAY REDDICK

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Just what would the US response be to a few mortar rounds being lobbed across the border into San Diego ala Hamas?

1. The fedgov would order an immediate evacuation with the confiscation of all privately own firearms in the area.(Katrina comes to mind. I know the stolen guns were ordered returned, but they aren't going to let that stop them again.)

2. The Wash D.C. mexican consul would be invited to explain what was going on. He would deny any knowledge.(No Hablo Inglés Senor.)

3. Someone in the administration would say it was the act of militant islamic terrorists and it would be flogged to increase surveillance and stricter controls on law abiding citizens.(Patriot Act Part 3)

4. Coyote business as usual as the southern racetrack remains open for business.

[raybbr]

No American wants to see this country go "Mexican".

Wanna bet?

We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture.

Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende.

For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America.

As I speak, we are celebrating the success of democracy in Mexico.

George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000.

You can read the speech here.

Here is an excerpt of a good critique of that speech:

In equating our intimate historic bonds to our mother country and to Canada with our ties to Mexico, W. shows a staggering ignorance of the civilizational facts of life. The reason we are so close to Britain and Canada is that we share with them a common historical culture, language, literature, and legal system, as well as similar standards of behavior, expectations of public officials, and so on. My Bush Epiphany By Lawrence Auster