Posts Tagged ‘ El Paso ’

Apocalypse Now!

Apocalypse Now!

Using gunboats similar to those used in the Vietnam War, Texas state police will be patrolling the waters of the Rio Grande and the Intercoastal Waterway by Padre Island.  As Reuters reports, the boats are thought necessary to fight “smugglers of drugs, weapons and illegal immigrants”:
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Public Corruption


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The Daily Rattle (2011 New Year’s Edition)

The Daily Rattle (2011 New Year’s Edition)

Our last Rattle of 2011 runs the gamut, all the way from an immigration enforcement success in Pennsylvania to a disappointing judicial setback in South Carolina. However, we begin the final roundup of the year with a must-read essay in The American Conservative by W. James Antle III. It looks at the immigration scorecard...
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American Rattlesnake’s Top Ten Songs

#10 — “Born in East L.A.” by Cheech Marin   #9 — “Come to the U.S.A” by Ray Stevens   #8 — “Ramos and Compean” by Michael Britton   #7 — “Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin   #6 – “I Want My Country Back” by Jack Paulsen   #5 — “Illegal Alien Song”  ...
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Thank Congressman King for standing up to President Obama

Just got an e-mail from the president of NY ICE reminding me of Peter King’s strongly worded statement about President Obama’s pathetic El Paso speech in favor of amnesty. She suggested writing an e-mail commending him for his continued stand against this betrayal of the American people.
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Border Communities Speak Out

Border Communities Speak Out

As it turns out, not everyone is as amused by the President’s rib-ticklers as his sycophants in the mainstream media. Margaret Carlson, are you listening? From Fox News comes word that those besieged residents of American border towns have written a powerful letter to Mr. Obama expressing their outrage at his cavalier dismissal of...
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Falcon Lake Redux

Falcon Lake Redux

In news that harkens back to the  grisly murder of American citizen David Hartley, Mexican marines killed 13 members of the Zetas drug cartel earlier this week. As reported by the Daily News, the gun battle between   Mexican naval forces and the gang that has murdered innocent American citizens took place on Lake...
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Barack Obama’s Alternate Reality

Barack Obama’s Alternate Reality

Yesterday the President delivered his much-anticipated address on immigration at the Chamizal National Memorial Park, a landmark that commemorates the settlement of  a century-long border dispute centered around the Rio Grande, which has traditionally served as the demarcation line between what is Mexico and what is the United States.
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Damage Control

Damage Control

Most of you are probably wondering what my thoughts on President Obama’s latest push for amnesty, culminating in a visit to the border city of El Paso, Texas, are. Although I will be analyzing the latest photo op in due time, today I thought I’d share with you my opinion of Mexican President Felipe...
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America’s Third Front

America’s Third Front

One of the tragedies of the times in which we live is the ineluctable fact that so many words in our vocabulary have been been stripped of their meaning, either through overuse or misapplication.
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