Okay... 
where is Karl Rove?
Track him down... 
and point him toward Hillary!
Posted on 09/10/2007 11:17:19 AM PDT by kellynla
VERACRUZ, Mexico -- Mexican gas and oil pipelines were attacked in six places before dawn Monday, causing explosions, fires and gas leaks that forced the evacuation of thousands of people.
The blasts reverberated for miles. No direct injuries were reported, though civil defense agencies said two women in their 70s who lived nearby died of heart attacks shortly afterward.
The six blasts happened about 2 a.m. in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, the Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said in a statement. The company immediately shut down the affected lines as well as an extra line in the area as a precaution.
Flames from the fires could be seen up to six miles away, said Pedro Jimenez, who was packing his family into a truck to leave. "You could see the fields of crops lit up."
Dozens of families lined roadways to evacuate to local shelters.
Pemex said domestic gas and gasoline service would not be affected.
At four sections of the pipelines, fires broke out, while at others leaking gas prompted fears of explosions and forced civil protection authorities to evacuate several communities including Ciudad Cardel and Antigua, said state Civil Protection Deputy Director Ranulfo Marquez.
The explosions also prompted authorities to close two main highways.
"We still have a gas leak in the area of Ciudad Cardel," Marquez said. "There is still a risk."
Authorities also were checking to see if any gas had leaked into the Chiquito River, near the city of Nogales, Nogales Mayor Marcelo Aguilar said.
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Obviously not...
Let’s roll. Kick out the corrupt leader.....stop the infiltration of terrorists into the US who kill thousands each year. Secure the oil in the name of National Interests...and set up a Democracy.
Shades of Iraq.
Seems like he’s saying the main pumping stations or refineries are okay, while damage was limited to pipelines.
At least I hope that’s the case.
Latin America pinglist ping.
Just to nit-pickily(?) point out: Calderon doesn’t seem all that corrupt.
NO BLOOD FOR CHIMICHANGAS!............
Oil lines attacked, trucks blowing up — seems like terrorism has come to our friends south of the border. Could it be all those Mexicans who converted to Islam? You know, the Mexlims. Or Musicans, if you will. There are many of them.
So what’s the price of oil done today?
Hasn't had enough time in office........
“So what’s the price of oil done today?”
See for yourself
http://money.cnn.com/data/commodities/index.html?
Comparted to what?
President Felipe Calderon blasted U.S. immigration policies on Sunday and promised to fight harder to protect the rights of Mexicans in the U.S., saying “Mexico does not end at its borders. “I have said that Mexico does not stop at its border, that wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico,” he said”
Two AM in eastern Mexico would be about 1 or 2 PM in Turkey.
Of course, the only bad things people on this site can say about President Calderon is that he "supports the illegals" through rhetoric. In reality, he is focused on reforming the tax system and Mexico's protectionist/cartelist economic system, more so than spending his days and nights obsessing about the "evil gabachos."
See my post #13. All the Calderon critics on this site can muster is a speech or two where he mentioned the illegal immigration issue. Its a minor issue to him, and, judging by his past history, he is a good man who is fighting an uphill battle against the economic cartels and one of the most byzantine tax systems in the world. Like most smart people, he doesn’t obsess over the immigration issue, and is instead focusing on reforming his nation. Unfortunatly, congress is against him, so he will be as effective as Jerry Ford was in our nation.
Interesting....
So T. Boone Pickens can get his 80/bbl crude oil.....
The Mexican Aristocracy should be stepped on.
You are right. Calderon, as president and in his former political positions, has been squeaky clean. I will probably get flamed for this, but Fox was not corrupt, either, although many on this forum with little grasp of Mexican history believed he was corrupt because of his immigration policies. There is a difference. You might not like his advocacy of open borders for the U.S., but that does not make him, or Calderon, a corrupt thief. Neither man is, and I would like someone to show me one shard of proof from a non-biased source that they are. Before Fox, the only one who WASN’T corrupt, and who did not retire a multimillionaire on money stolen from the Mexican people, was Miguel de la Madrid, who, like Fox, retired from office poorer than when he went in. PAN administrations have been, for most part, an entirely different regime from the notoriously corrupt and thieving PRI. Unfortunately, much of Mexico still runs that way on the local level. Anyone who knows anything about Mexican politics is hoping and praying that PAN will take over more and more of the state houses and local governments. This is much more likely to happen in the north and central areas of Mexico than in the South.
Okay... where is Karl Rove?
Track him down... and point him toward Hillary!
Everyone should have a dream.
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