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Mexican Pirates Shoot US Jet Skier Near Border on Falcon Lake, Texas
CSM ^ | 10/01/2010 | Patrik Jonsson

Posted on 10/01/2010 5:57:26 PM PDT by Dallas59

US authorities and outraged Texans are pondering a plan of action to deal with Mexican pirates after a US jet skier was shot Thursday and his fleeing wife chased onto the US side of a border lake.

The shooting on Falcon Lake, part of the Rio Grande watershed near Zapata, Texas, follows a months-long surge in attacks by drug-cartel-linked pirates on US boaters who have crossed into Mexican waters. It is the first instance in which an American has been hurt.
"Piracy on Falcon Lake is an incredible story, especially when Somali piracy has been so much in the news," says Robert Chesney, a national security and terrorism expert at the University of Texas School of Law, in Austin. "It's amazing to think that it's actually happening on the Texas border."

(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico
KEYWORDS: cartel; drug; mexico; texas
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Time to sue another American sheriff and state!
1 posted on 10/01/2010 5:57:32 PM PDT by Dallas59
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"It's amazing to think that it's actually happening on the Texas border."

IT has been going on in Arizona for quite some time now. What did we get for trying to stand up against IT? Boycotts.

2 posted on 10/01/2010 6:00:48 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Help stamp out political correctness.)
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And investigations by the Feds on the racist Americans trying to stop it.


3 posted on 10/01/2010 6:02:08 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: Dallas59

Yup!


4 posted on 10/01/2010 6:03:21 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Help stamp out political correctness.)
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To: Dallas59

Time to reconstitute a company of Texas Rangers.


5 posted on 10/01/2010 6:03:54 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth
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To: Dallas59

ping for later update


6 posted on 10/01/2010 6:05:07 PM PDT by pgobrien (Obama couldn't lead people out of a burning building.....)
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To: Dallas59

Last time we had serious border trouble with Mexico the solution turned out to be to just annex everything in dispute - and then some.


7 posted on 10/01/2010 6:05:14 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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Jesus. It wasn't until the next to last paragraph that they mention that, um, Dave Hartley is "missing"...after being shot. While on the water.

That means he's dead, folks. You go into the water with a bullet in your back, the drowning thingy usually finishes what the bullet started.

It's a heinous murder that should bring troops to the border.

But of course, like Bob Krentz' murder, Janet "Bulldyke" Napolitano will wring her hands and say "what we need is comprehensive immigration reform" in response.

8 posted on 10/01/2010 6:06:46 PM PDT by Regulator (Watch Out! Americans are on the March! America Forever, Mexico Never!)
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Mexico should be a US resort by now...if we did it right.


9 posted on 10/01/2010 6:07:51 PM PDT by IrishPennant (No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care...."Me")
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To: Dallas59

The really sad part is,, if he had a pistol to protect himself with,, the US GOV would arrest him, jail him, ruin him.......I’m beginning to hate the USA!!!!!!!!!


10 posted on 10/01/2010 6:12:42 PM PDT by MrPiper
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We already have the “Texas Rangers” - all that is needed is for Gov. Goodhair to turn them loose on the issue...

http://tab.fastbrowsersearch.com/?v=18&tid=%7bE29AEE83-D89F-4fa1-AB8A-2129488AB8FA%7d


11 posted on 10/01/2010 6:13:59 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (Those who forget history, are doomed to repeat it !)
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Janet "Bulldyke" Napolitano will wring her hands...

It's Texas governor Rick Perry who's on the bubble this time. I'll lay you odds he just sits quietly and leaves it all up to the feds.

12 posted on 10/01/2010 6:14:16 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: Dallas59

It is past time to stamp out some insects that have come out in daylight.


13 posted on 10/01/2010 6:20:59 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Dallas59

Even third world countries have a sense of ‘pride’ regarding their borders and would do something, why can’t the US???


14 posted on 10/01/2010 6:22:41 PM PDT by elpinta (Jer. 10:23)
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Of course, you’re right. I was thinking of Texas Rangers of the old school like John Coffee Hayes, Sam Walker and Ben McCulloch. Mexican miscreants would soon find greener pastures - to lie beneath.


15 posted on 10/01/2010 6:28:37 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth
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“I’m beginning to hate the USA!!!!!!!!!”

No, friend. Do not hate your country. Hate your country’s present government: That’s okay. Hate your country’s leftist shitdogs: That’s okay. But do not hate your country.


16 posted on 10/01/2010 6:29:36 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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“It is past time to stamp out some insects that have come out in daylight.”

That’s a fact.


17 posted on 10/01/2010 6:31:08 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

Can you spell P-B-R ?? As in River Patrol Boat. They did wonders in the rivers and canals of Viet Nam !!!!!


18 posted on 10/01/2010 6:40:26 PM PDT by jmax
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To: Dallas59

19 posted on 10/01/2010 6:42:35 PM PDT by South40 (Filled with hatred for those who disagree, democrats are the most intolerant bigots on earth)
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To: VRWCTexan
I'm Kathie Glass, Libertarian for Texas governor. My No. 1 issue is to secure our border using our Texas State Guard. Please see my website http://kathie4guv.com and my Facebook page Kathie Glass for Texas Governor. You can also see me in the October 19th statewide televised debate in Austin broadcast by KLRU.

Your consideration and that of all other Texas Freepers would be greatly appreciated.

Toward Liberty,

Kathie Glass

20 posted on 10/01/2010 7:32:22 PM PDT by kathie4guv (Vote Kathie Glass for Texas governor for a secure border.)
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