Posted on 06/25/2014 8:40:54 AM PDT by jazusamo
June 25, 2014
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is calling for a nationwide boycott of Mexican products and travel until Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi is released from a Mexican jail.
“This combat Marine has been languishing away since he was arrested March 31 for allegedly crossing the border accidentally with three personal firearms that were legally registered in the States but not in Mexico,” said VFW National Commander William A. Thien. “It was a mistake, but so is the Mexican government’s reluctance to release him unharmed back to the U.S.”
As America’s oldest and largest major combat veterans’ organization, the VFW wants to apply economic pressure to the Mexican government because Tahmooressi’s arrest and captivity is mirroring that of former Marine Jon Hammer, who was arrested for carrying an antique shotgun across the border in August 2012, despite having proper American paperwork. He wasn’t released until four months later.
Thien said the VFW tried the politically polite route by twice asking President Obama to contact Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, but a phone call specifically about the Marine sergeant never took place. Now that Tahmooressi is approaching his third full month in jail, the VFW national commander said it’s time to take the gloves off.
"This is about politics, and if my government won’t do anything, then I guess we need to let the power of the purse take over. No products, no travel, a total boycott … then maybe a dialogue will start.”
I’ve had coffee from Kauai, but for some reason, Kona is far superior.
Interesting, but some coffee grown in Columbia has exactly the same profile as most Hawaiian. A mellow cup.
Since the price of Hawaiian is generally so high, I occasionally look for that same profile in Columbian coffee. IIRC, the plants first established in Hawaii came from Columbia. (My memory is loose on that....could be they had the same common source...something like that.)
My message to Hershey Inc:
Sirs, It is with regret that I must inform you that, as you have moved your manufacturing operations to Mexico and Mexico continues to hold a United States Marine in prison for inadvertently crossing their border with U.S. legally owned firearms in his truck, I cannot in good conscience continue to buy your products. Regards, “your name here.”
Need to boycott their tourism industry. People still go by the plane loads. Too many people don't care.
Very good.
God bless you father.
Well, I don’t buy anything from Mexico to begin with, especially food. I don’t care if it still is Hershey’s. Who knows what they do to it down there?
I hope that everyone is aware that the companies that produce Thomas’s English muffins — one of my former favorite products— and Entemann’s(sp?) pastries are now owned by a Mexican company, Bimbo Bakery.
I stopped buying those products a few years ago when I learned that.
Thanks, the wife gets English muffins from time to time and will tell her.
At the time the market was faintly absent of a lot of people. There were some but not as many as normal.
I need to put a copy of the press release on my VFW Post Bulletin Board. I bet nobody there even knows about this.
Those guys are kinda slow but once they get motivated they get the job done.
Thanks, Smooth!
I wondered if you had heard about this.
Yep I thought the same thing.
Tahmooressi Ping
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