I agree - this is not a blog but is an ongoing thread on the Mexican elections, similar to - but with more news and less chit-chat - the daily ME thread that's been running for several weeks now. This is an important situation that is barely being covered by the press in this country, even though it could affect the future of us all. What would happen if we suddenly have an ally of Chavez and the mad mullahs just across the Rio Grande?
Other than a few raving bigots who occasionally hop on the thread and say something nasty about Mexicans, I'd say everyone else maintains it as an exemplary news thread, current and full of shared analysis and information from other sources.
Exactly! These updates encompass just the sort of thing the MSM should be informing us of, yet consistently fails to. As Americans, we need to know far more about Canada, Mexico and the rest of Latin America than we do, and we underestimate Chavez, the PRD and the rest of the anti-American Latin American Left at our peril.
For instance, I believe that had America been more informed about Hugo Chavez, there would have been a swell and cry to support the coup that temporarily deposed him.
What's happening in Mexico may be the birth of a transparent (classical)liberal democratic republic or the beginning of a civil war on our border. If its progress along those lines doesn't constitute news, I don't know what does.
This information is not available in English from any other source at the moment. It is of vital importance because it is translated directly from a variety of original sources, and while commented upon, is not filtered or subject to biased editorialization.
Single-handedly a freeper has made this site a resource for America, for a time making it more important than the other news services.
It is news. It is a service. That is rare enough in America today to warrant re-consideration as to its place on the site.