Nancy Pelosi is a wing-nut

I havent looked myself, but does this video appear to be the entire appearance and not just edited to fit this guys slant?

Just trying to establish whether the video is presented in as objective way as possible.

I haven't looked at the site, but I can say that drug consumption in the US has helped create a 'slum country' next to it where much of the production, manufacturing and distribution occurs... at a great societal cost as the cartels ruthlessly compete for as much of the lucrative drug trade as they can.

Traditional way of life in many parts of Mexico has been replaced with survival on the streets. It's no wonder why many Mexicans are seeking to escape for a better life- left with little opportunity outside of working for the cartels or changing sheets in all-inclusive resorts.

The violence and mayhem stemming from the production and distribution of illegal drugs the US enjoys is neatly contained in Mexico with a wall and active border patrols. It's quite the arrangement.

Far fetched?

In 2010, Juarez, once a cultural beacon near the Texas border, saw 3,110 murders and has become known as 'Murder City'. Directly across the Rio Grande River, El Paso had 5 murders- and to this day is consistently ranked as one of the safest large cities in America.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/8738-a-tale-of-two-cities-ciudad-juarez-and-el-paso

Did you know that El Paso practically leads the country in total banking cash deposits... trailing only New York City?

mickeyrat said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/8738-a-tale-of-two-cities-ciudad-juarez-and-el-paso

Did you know that El Paso practically leads the country in total banking cash deposits... trailing only New York City?

I'm not a betting man, but I'd wager a lot of that cash is drug money.

You'd be winning such a bet.

callen said:

Always thought that immigrants from the south are the native Americans and we are the illegals.

Well said, Callen!

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

In 2010, Juarez, once a cultural beacon near the Texas border, saw 3,110 murders and has become known as 'Murder City'. Directly across the Rio Grande River, El Paso had 5 murders- and to this day is consistently ranked as one of the safest large cities in America.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/8738-a-tale-of-two-cities-ciudad-juarez-and-el-paso

Did you know that El Paso practically leads the country in total banking cash deposits... trailing only New York City?

Cultural divide (especially at borders) is a real crazy thing in many parts of the world. I was in El Paso in 2006 and a group of us guys walked across to Juarez - it was like walking from heaven to hell. Very stressful feeling being in that part of Juarez right near the border... although we had a fun time partying with the locals, it had an unsafe aura about it. One wrong step and I think one of us woulda been in trouble faster than we could say WAIT LETS JUST HAVE A TEQUILA AND SETTLE THIS LIKE DRUNK CANADIANS! or something like that. Do people like drunk canadians more than drunk mexicans? I don't know. just a question to think about.

Wasn't Detroit also known as USA's murder capital of the world in recent years? It sure did "die."

I realize I'm being very cynical - I've just been too nice lately in the last few days, I need to have a dirty cleanse and the PJ forum is where I chose to vent my cynicism.
I'll be well, soon. But this story was / is captivating.
Back to the party!

brianlux, I'm always telling Sea "bring on the alien invasion" so people will have a big lightbulb moment. We're all together on this planet...let's stop those aliens!
Happy Monday.

...lead by example.

Move out of your gated secure communities and live with those who cross illegally.

Kat said:

Yes unsung, I do know we have to pay for it. I'd rather pay for that than pay the congress salary though. I see those people/children as seeking asylum from intolerable conditions and that's one reason my ancestors came to America. They were fleeing intolerable conditions in Europe from all the wars. Otherwise, I'd be a European, and I have to wonder what life would have been like.
Happy Monday now.

Everyone, except for those of Native American heritage, is in the United States because they or their ancestors emigrated here. Some did legally, some did so illegally. For Americans to be calling people seeking asylum from extreme violence aliens and to make calls to build bigger walls and arm more border patrols (sanctioned or un-sanctioned) or to just close the whole country to anyone wanting in is to forget from where they came. We are a country of immigrants. I am no better as a 2nd generation American of Irish ancestry than a Guatamalen youth being sent here alone to possibly live past their 12th birthday. 'Bring me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free'. When did those who are citizens NOW become so entitled to dictate who is allowed to enter the United States in the future? Almost all of us have our roots somewhere else, and we were taken in by the United States and given a chance at a better life. The bigotry that is espoused towards the southern borders is un-American. Those children's families are being lied to by smugglers; causing a humanitarian crisis that needs to be handled. I will gladly let my tax dollars pay for those who are tired, poor, huddled masses; much preferable to the 4 trillion, with a T, that we spent in Iraq because of a vendetta & greed.
If these were Canadian children coming from our northern borders, I wonder how upset the tea party (that is a tea partyer's web site) would be? And i watched the video and looked at the site and it is edited and designed to show untruths or twisted angles of stories. I'd gladly ponder the content presented on the website if it showed a modicum of validity. YMMV

Happy Monday from the BEACH. >-

People make it sound like these kids just wanna leave their homeland for kicks they have no other recourse they have to , they have no $$$$$$ for Visas or to go the legal way like Unsung stated you have to put yourself in their shoes to really understand what a difficult decision they must make ....I'm an immigrant came here in 1971 now i'm an american citizen i feel their pain .....