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Candidate Rides Elephant Across Rio Grande with Mariachi Band Playing (No Border Security)
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Posted on 10/13/2006 5:41:29 PM PDT by Axhandle
See the upper left corner of the page for the video of congressional candidate Raj Peter Bhakta riding an elephant across the Rio Grande with a mariachi band playing in the background. They were unchallenged by the Border Patrol, as there were no Border Patrol agents in the vicinity. The stunt was to demonstrate the lack of security on our southern border.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; elephant; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; mariachi; riogrande
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posted on
10/13/2006 5:41:30 PM PDT
by
Axhandle
To: Axhandle
Where did they cross? If it was out in the desert in Sonora, I can't say that I'm too impressed.
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posted on
10/13/2006 5:43:37 PM PDT
by
Zeroisanumber
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Axhandle
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posted on
10/13/2006 5:55:01 PM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
To: Zeroisanumber
Where did they cross? If it was out in the desert in Sonora, I can't say that I'm too impressed. The Boca Chica beach area near the mouth of the Rio Grande along the Texas-Mexico border.
I'm not impressed either. I'm not impressed with the pathetic job our government is doing to secure our border and protect it's citizens. Claims by the politicos that they are doing something is also extremely unimpressive.
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posted on
10/13/2006 5:56:29 PM PDT
by
Prokopton
To: Axhandle
Bakhta is the GOP candidate, so his mount was appropriate.
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posted on
10/13/2006 6:06:02 PM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
To: Fiji Hill
saw him on O'Reilly tonight
Raj was on the Apprentice show (bow tie guy)
didn't know he was running for Rep until now
great publicity stunt
http://www.rajforcongress.com/
To: Axhandle
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posted on
10/13/2006 6:29:34 PM PDT
by
TexanToTheCore
(This space for hire...)
To: Prokopton
near the mouth of the Rio Grande along the Texas-Mexico border.
It is nice to see the Rio Grande flowing all the way to the Gulf again.
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posted on
10/13/2006 7:17:36 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: nascarnation
LOL! I can't wait for my wife to see this, she loved that show. And Raj was a riot.
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posted on
10/13/2006 7:20:15 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: FreedomPoster; Bikers4Bush; janetgreen; dennisw; gubamyster; nomad; 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; ...
To: Axhandle
My favorite part of the story:
However, when it became clear that the elephants were in a quarantined area, the Border Patrol alerted the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the elephants had to be detained. The animals needed to be sprayed for ticks.
Entire story here:
Running of the Elephants The Brownsville Herald
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posted on
10/14/2006 6:38:12 PM PDT
by
Between the Lines
(Be careful how you live your life, it may be the only gospel anyone reads.)
To: Axhandle
LOL!!! Now that is a first-class campaign stunt!
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posted on
10/14/2006 6:40:32 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Axhandle
Just crossing the border that other Republicans won't cross.
To: r9etb; All
Great idea and stunt.
The border is NOT secure. Doing work that Americans won't do!....LOL
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posted on
10/16/2006 9:00:18 AM PDT
by
cowboy_code
(Note for visitors at Arafat's grave - first dance, THEN pee.)
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