Posted on 08/06/2006 10:57:27 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
There was no attempt to carry out an execution here. It was a case of a running drug smuggler who would not ALTO and who could have been armed. I have NO problem with him getting shot at all and when the guy goes for his 5 million dollars in civil damages against the USA I hope someone is on hand to deal with that drug dealer as well.
I agree 100%, or the border patrol should just not show up for a week all calling in sick.
Is this the true bush legacy?
Somehow a Federal jury ruled this way and that makes no sense.
Now the drug dealer gets to sue for millions as these innocent guys who were just doing their job goes to prison for a decade.
sickening
It's like we are in another world.
If the regular public knew about this, I think this would be a nation wide scandal.
If the regular public knew about this, I think this would be a nation wide scandal.
yeah, makes you wonder why it doesn't lead on the 6:00 PM news.............................
I'm suprised the border ping list did get to this and and the word "Agents Going to Jail" in the title.
Where does the buck stop? Seems to me at the very top! I hope I'm wrong but,It doesn't look good.
No, they're guilty.
And they weren't just doing their job.
They fired their guns, and didn't tell anyone.
They shot someone, and didn't tell anyone.
Then they tried to hide evidence and obstruct an investigation.
I think you need to take a reading comprehension course...
See post #80.
Good. A federal LEO.
Tell your brothers in the Air Marshall Service that pistol bullets only take down aircraft if directed into the pilots.
Tell your brothers in the ATF that they should be a convenience store, not a federal agency.
Tell your brothers in the IRS that the fifth amendment does apply to tax cases.
Don't worry.... I scream at them all the time. :)
Since, right or wrong, the Constitution applies to *everyone* inside our borders, citizen or not, legal or not.
Come to my arms, my good and truthful servant!
Someone just posted this on another board. Talk about lack of border security. Now they're financing them.
Shipping-corridor deal cuts heart out of heartland by Phyllis Schlafly
Townhall.com - August 7, 2006
Grass-roots Americans of all parties and economic classes rose up out of their political apathy a few months ago and forced President George W. Bush to reverse his administration's decision to allow a Middle East government to own America's major ports. But the push for foreign ownership continues: the next port scheduled to be taken over is Kansas City, Mo.
Even though public schools stopped teaching geography a couple of decades ago, most Americans (especially residents of the Show Me State) are surprised to learn that Kansas City (where the only waves are "amber waves of grain") is a port. We are also surprised, and shocked, to discover that Mexico will be running its own inspection facility there. The plan, shrouded in secrecy, has been in the works for at least three years, but it is now coming to light because of the diligent use of Missouri's Sunshine law by concerned citizens. Joyce Mucci and Francis Semler forced the release of the e-mails from Kansas City to Mexico, including one admitting that "The space (in Kansas City) would need to be designated as Mexican sovereign territory."
SmartPort representatives are now running away from this written admission, blaming "the problems and pressure the media attention has created." However, the stubborn sovereignty issue won't go away; the plan does involve setting up Mexican customs officials in downtown Kansas City.
The mechanism for this deal is a "nonprofit" business economic development corporation called Kansas City SmartPort Inc., whose president is Chris J.F. Gutierrez. The deal calls for Kansas City to lease the valuable property at 1447 Liberty St.
As laid out on SmartPort's Web site, the plan is to enable products made in China to travel in sealed "containers nonstop from the Far East by way of Mexico," through "a ships-to-rail terminal at the port of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico," then up "the evolving trade corridor" to Kansas City, Mo., where they would have their first inspection. A Kansas City SmartPort brochure explains further: "Kansas City offers the opportunity for sealed cargo containers to travel to Mexican port cities with virtually no border delays."
A key purpose of the project is to take jobs away from U.S. longshoremen in Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif and replace them with Mexican laborers. U.S. truck drivers and railroad workers will likewise be replaced by Mexicans.
The port of Lazaro Cardenas, on the west coast of southern Mexico, is controlled by Hutchison Whampoa, the same giant Hong Kong shipping firm that owns the ports at both ends of the Panama Canal. Chinese-made goods will be carried by Kansas City Southern Railway de Mexico directly to Kansas City, where freight will be distributed east and west and on to Canada.
Kansas City Southern was originally a belt railway around Kansas City but, after buying various Mexican rail companies and tracks, KCS controls a 2,600-mile artery from Lazaro Cardenas to Kansas City. KCS President Michael Haverty was one of five U.S. businessmen who met with President Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at their March summit in Cancun, Mexico.
Mexico was at first expected to pay for the big, expensive machines to conduct high-tech gamma-ray screening for drive-through inspections of containers, but Mexico declined the honor. SmartPort has applied for a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (i.e., to get the U.S. taxpayers to pay for the machines). The Kansas City City Council has already earmarked $2.5 million in loans and $600,000 in direct aid to SmartPort, which would build and own the facility and then sublet it to the Mexican government. The cost could go as high as $6 million because Kansas City has an existing lease that runs through 2045 on the same property with the 107-year-old American Royal, which uses that land for its annual livestock/rodeo/barbecue event.
The last piece in finalizing this project is getting the U.S. State Department to approve the Mexican operation on U.S. soil by signing off on what is called the C-175 document. It has already been approved by U.S. Customs. Meanwhile, NASCO (North America's SuperCorridor Coalition Inc.), another nonprofit business organization, has taken on the mission of building an "international, integrated and secure, multimodal transportation system" from Lazaro Cardenas through Kansas City and up to Winnipeg, Canada. This will allow Mexican trucks to haul goods along a 12-lane superhighway through the heartland of the United States.
hey , with the 5 million , he can buy a plane and fly in more drugs .......and with the protection of miss proscuter, there is no stopping him now ....what a f_ _ _ ing joke ......there is a defence fund for an appeal...with enough help .....maybe this wrong can be made right
Rush and Hannity ....you have to be kidding ,, this is an embarrisment to Bush...you'll never hear a word out of them . I voted for Bush both times.......Im so sick , my voting days are over...whats the point .....
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