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Matamoros gets name clarification[Laredo, Texas]
LAREDO MORNING TIMES ^ | 07/15/2008 | ASHLEY RICHARDS

Posted on 07/15/2008 1:24:40 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch

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M. Matamoros or M. Moor-killer is a lot better./s
1 posted on 07/15/2008 1:24:41 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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To: SwinneySwitch

Waiting for the Shrek pics and references to appear.


2 posted on 07/15/2008 1:27:41 PM PDT by King_Corey (www.kingcorey.com)
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What a bunch of crap. They should change it back to Muhammad The Molester Avenue.
3 posted on 07/15/2008 1:28:03 PM PDT by Patrick1
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To: SwinneySwitch

Meanwhile, the border town in Mexico named Matamoros, across the river from Brownsville in Tamaulipas, is still named Matamoros, and they are not wringing their hands and whinging about being politically incorrect. What a load. What an enormous and truly stupid waste of time.


4 posted on 07/15/2008 1:29:53 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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Why doesn’t the City of Laredo just BUY the entire street and raise hogs......


5 posted on 07/15/2008 1:30:14 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: SwinneySwitch
"It still be named after Mariano Matamoros. It's not a prescribed activity."

No word yet about Calle Matapolicias, Avenida Cortacabezas, and Via El Pais Se Esta Derrumbando.

6 posted on 07/15/2008 1:32:45 PM PDT by marron
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To: Patrick1

Because Kamel M. Shrek is a Muslim from Libya.


7 posted on 07/15/2008 1:33:44 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: King_Corey

“Shrek” references have arrived. The fairy tale and film character is an ogre. Shrek comes from the German word for terror and/or the Yiddish word for fear. It looks like this particular Shrek is doing his job.


8 posted on 07/15/2008 1:34:14 PM PDT by Malesherbes
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So, his name is Kamel “Terror” - a bit like Camel Terror. Read that any way you wish...


9 posted on 07/15/2008 1:40:20 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Malesherbes

Thanks, now for pics??


10 posted on 07/15/2008 1:41:36 PM PDT by King_Corey (www.kingcorey.com)
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To: SwinneySwitch
This is ignorance on the march. The street had a name; perfectly acceptable in English; they should have left it alone.

This is very reminesent of the Abenaki word "squaw" as well as the Iriquois feminine singular "squa" form for commonnouns, and the debates that engendered.

In the end the Abenaki kept their application for federal recognition as an Indian tribe on the table despite the ambition of so many other Indians who wanted their memory erased. NOTE: The deal was there's federal money on the loose for recognized Indian tribes based on the number of members. Many tribes feared Abenaki recognition would cut into the loot so they campaigned to just expunge that tribe from history.

Then, too, a lot of more primitive types were fond of calling Abenaki women "whores".

This stuff never ends ya' know. Now we have a bunch of border people demanding that an American street be understood to mean something nasty in Spanish, although it does sound like an excellent idea, eh!

11 posted on 07/15/2008 1:49:51 PM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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To: mugsaway; CSM; RightSideNews; Grimmy; BradyLS; DeLaVerdad; YourAdHere; Be_Politically_Erect; ...

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.


12 posted on 07/15/2008 1:50:11 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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If this PC nonsense even reaches deep into places like Laredo, we’re doomed.


13 posted on 07/15/2008 1:51:36 PM PDT by mojito
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Well ,from what I’ve heard, there are many Muslims coming across the border.

Reckon they speaky Mezzcan.


14 posted on 07/15/2008 1:54:41 PM PDT by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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"That shows us freedom and democracy in action," Shrek said.

Just the opposite. Orwellianism in action.

15 posted on 07/15/2008 1:55:54 PM PDT by denydenydeny (Expel the priest and you don't inaugurate the age of reason, you get the witch doctor--Paul Johnson)
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Laredo IS and has been for some time a hotbed of the idiotically PC and the idiotically multicultural, as it is. The have a school called “Texas A&M International University” which, seems like to me, should be funded by both nations, but isn’t, and in fact is funded solely by the state of Texas. The only thing “international” about it is the illegal aliens studying there. Check out the local newspaper occasionally.


16 posted on 07/15/2008 2:00:34 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: SwinneySwitch

AAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! STFU! Have you NOTHING better to be an activist about? How pathetic!

...but I don’t really feel strongly about this...

Colonel, USAFR


17 posted on 07/15/2008 2:03:26 PM PDT by jagusafr ("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
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To: SwinneySwitch

LOL! Gen. “Blackjack” Pershing died 60 years ago today. Coincidence?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045956/posts
Cry Matamoros and let loose the dogs of war!


18 posted on 07/15/2008 2:34:25 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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I wonder if Springsteen will have change his song “Matamoros Banks”.
19 posted on 07/15/2008 2:35:21 PM PDT by moreisee
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To: 3AngelaD; marron; All

PC Alert

Matamoros, IN

Matamoros, OH

Matamoros, PA


20 posted on 07/15/2008 2:42:53 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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