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  in these times is a traitor to the American working classes. You support mass immigration from latin American. YOU ARE A PROPAGANDA MOUTHPIECE FOR THE NEOLIBERAL UPPER CLASS.

  Posted by cryofan on Aug 10, 2006 at 8:39 PM

  Cryofan....the US working class is a traitor to themselves...who supports this fat cat president...mostly white , middle class working people....
  Capitalism thrives off of the migration of labor...ITT has not signed a NAFTA...CAFTA...or any other document , regulated towards the flow of capital and materials vs labor....that was done by the politicians and their corporate handlers....
  Regular working people have little say so....we must follow the dollars....if your job moved to Mexico and all you had was a chance to relocate legally or illegally...I bet you would be on the first thing moving south....
  Also what is a neo-liberal...the opposite of a neo-conservative ?
  Cryofan....you sound like a Bush supporter....Redhorse finds it interesting that readers post blame for social ills...at the web page…
  Next somebodies going to post that the story is milk toast and that all attention should be placed on the Isreali vs Lebanon situation....
  The Industrial Military Corporate Political structure is the problem…

  Posted by Redhorse on Aug 11, 2006 at 6:07 AM

  you do not even know what neoliberal means, and then you have the gall to call me a Bush supporter!?

  Why do I even bother?

  Posted by cryofan on Aug 11, 2006 at 11:29 AM

  And apparently cryofan , you cannot read...that was a question , made clear by the ? mark......Redhorse did not call you anything....that was an implication that cryofan might in fact be a neo-conservative...the term neo-liberal is not heard much by this talking horse....so the question was asked and an implication was asserted.....
  But the cry-o-fan....is that the opposite of fan-of-crying....got his panties all in a bunch....and replies with the same lame sarcastic whining as in the first post....
  News flash...a yes or no answer...maybe a definition or historical example....would have been quite acceptable......
  The gall...............hmmmmm............? What’s this fools problem...is my next question...I guess that means Redhorse doesn’t know what a fool or a problem is....but cryofan....you apparently are a problemed fool....
  This talking horse made several other pionts of conversation...but all cryofan hears is gall...this is not a question but in fact a statement....seen

  Oh....the bother...oh poor , poor cryofan....it is too bother....such is life....

  Posted by Redhorse on Aug 11, 2006 at 5:30 PM

  Ha Ha, you crazy liberials with your crazy ideas, why dont you run back to John Kastro(oh hahaha, look how clever I am) fore 2008. You think you know something, but you don’t. Long Live George W. Bush the Second!!!1!!

  Posted by Vanella on Aug 13, 2006 at 1:58 PM

  Just Kidding, but it seems like the form is all just angry outbursts and people refutung the angry outbursts. We dont have too many intelegent debates anymore.

  Posted by Vanella on Aug 13, 2006 at 1:59 PM

  And your post Vanella...apparently you have elevated the discussion.....I see........?

  Posted by Redhorse on Aug 13, 2006 at 3:15 PM

  Secondly....if Vanella is in fact a Bush fanatic....the joke is definitely on you and the size 14EEE boot in your mouth......Yes we need “ intelligent “.....debates....
  ..........spell check...........

  Posted by Redhorse on Aug 13, 2006 at 3:26 PM

  I am very suppportive of Gabriel Thomson’s work. I think that there are a lot of superheroes that are hidden, that don’t stand out because they are not using the usual superheroe outfit that one see’s on television. There is a large population of Mexicans in the United States and they should be given the oportunity to become U.S. citizens. Anybody who is a diligent tax payer shouldn’t be deprived of what this country has to offer. And it’s not just Mexicans who are ignored in this country there are many other different races of people that come to this country that are labeled as illegals because they look like mexicans. I even have the audacity to say that some of these people loathe more than a natural born citizen, to become an american.

  Posted by Denis on Aug 14, 2006 at 12:50 PM

  Beautiful and touching photographs!
  Omphaloskeptic finds Redstone to be one of the most annoying people on the planet.

  Posted by Omphaloskeptic on Aug 24, 2006 at 6:13 AM

  Omphaloskeptic.....what kind of an annoying name is that..of all the names one could pick on this planet....
  The name is Redhorse....REDHORSE.......now in high school classmates referred to the Redhorse as Rock...but that was almost 30 years ago....and no one has ever referred to Redhorse as Redrock...so Redstone is completely new to this Redhorse............okee dokee.......

  What an annoyance...................................................and on this planet.....wow…

  Posted by Redhorse on Aug 25, 2006 at 3:10 PM

  Crucial to this discussion is both Justice and Peace. A civil war is brewing in the USA and Mexico over the same thing, JOBS and the ruling clique that rules both countries.  Right wingers have the guns now but they are outnumbered and are subject to getting killed like all other human beings.  They are scum of the earth and they will not be tolerated.

  http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=33190

  Posted by Spinoza750 on Sep 16, 2006 at 4:01 PM

  Mexico’s current version of democracy not sustainable
  Jordan Trevino

  
  At midnight, as Sept. 15 becomes Sept. 16, Mexicans traditionally look to their president as he ritually rings a bell and swings the flag in commemoration of the Mexican war for independence. Usually, it is a night of celebration. This year, however, the event will be marked by political struggle as two factions continue to compete for the people’s acceptance as a legitimate government: conservative President Vicente Fox and his protege, Felipe Calderon of the Partido Accion Nacional, and on the other side, Lopez Obrador of the left-leaning Partido de la Revolucion Democratica.

  After two months of protests and serious allegations of fraud, the electoral court in Mexico has nonchalantly appointed Calderon president-elect. In spite of the ruling, Lopez Obrador has refused to concede and recognize Calderon. Instead, he has vowed to create a parallel government. Tonight, Obrador will symbolically challenge President Fox by giving the traditional cry of independence.

  The conservative PAN went for broke during the race for the presidency in order to derail Obrador’s impending victory. In their eyes, the end justified the means, and throughout the presidential race they demonized Obrador as a communist revolution waiting to happen. They stoked latent class fear, especially in one of the world’s most unequal societies. Faced with Obrador’s threat to the hegemony of a parasitical political class, Calderon and the PAN hired New York-based ad agency Ogilvy & Mather and Dick Morris, the man who engineered President Clinton’s re-election, to oversee Mexico’s dirtiest campaign ever. Here, Mexico took a page from Bush’s “War on Terror” and presented Obrador as a “threat to democracy and security” within Mexican borders.

  The PAN succeeded in deforming a choice between two political agendas into a struggle for the survival of the status quo over the apocalyptic threat the Obrador and the PRD posed. The media campaign had no tie to reality and felt no responsibility to keep attacks grounded in the truth. For months, Obrador was branded “a danger to Mexico” on TV, until the electoral authority had the nerve to enforce the law and order these spots off the air. Now it seems this strategy has eked out a win for the conservatives. But these dirty tactics will prove to have long-lasting detriment if the Mexican government continues to turn a blind eye to growing popular discontent and misery.

  Popular outrage and discontent as institutions sweep dirt beneath the rug have reached into institutions themselves. Such political tension in Mexico was clear Sept. 1 of this year as 155 senators and congressmen of the PRD stood up in support of Obrador and would not allow President Fox to deliver his scheduled speech to the Mexican nation. This is the first time in Mexico’s history that such presidential speech has been thwarted. Furthermore, Alejandro Encinas, the head of Mexico City’s government, declared that he will not accept Felipe Calderon as the future president of Mexico, providing city resources and backing to Lopez Obrador and his many supporters.

  These two institutional examples, along with Obrador’s popular support, set the stage for further turmoil against a government that has been unwilling to let itself be taken by the people’s will. It has long been able to remain impervious to the nation’s hunger for food and dignity, relying on illegal immigration into the United States to alleviate the pressure of an unsustainable system. Illegal immigration is required by Mexico’s government to maintain a pretense of prosperity, for it reduces unemployment in a nearly stagnant economy and brings in huge foreign income.

  Posted by Spinoza750 on Sep 16, 2006 at 4:12 PM

  Now Mexico’s failure to provide livelihood and opportunity for millions of citizens has finally brought U.S. backlash in the form of unilateral legislation on immigration and the building of a fence across part of the border. Ironically, American corporations backed Calderon’s campaign heavily as he promised “incentives for foreign investment.” Blinded by greed for easy profits to be made in Mexico, they set the stage for increased migration into the United States. In addition, the Bush administration, rather than leveraging pressure for a recount, has backed the illusion of democracy and praised President Fox for the “strength of Mexico’s institutions.” Perhaps the man believes that war is the only tool of democracy.

  The institutions that Bush praises are designed to launder the extreme inequality in Mexico into a pretense of democracy, and are responsible for the increased strain on America. For if you are born to a family from the wrong side of the tracks, you must cross the border into the United States to have any chance of improving your situation. In fact, in more than 20 years, average wages in Mexico have not so much as budged. And despite the incessant propaganda that these elections are just, many people rightfully see through the smoke and mirrors. Hunger will not be appeased by television coverage. But the immigrants I’ve asked in New Haven have never been fooled. Every time I asked them if they would vote in Mexico’s elections, they smiled wryly, saying, “We know who the government is for, and it’s not for us.” This situation is unsustainable, and will deteriorate if it is not changed. Obrador is justified in pressing the cracks in the system to achieve a more democratic society.

  Jordan Trevino is a senior in Trumbull College.

  Posted by Spinoza750 on Sep 16, 2006 at 4:13 PM

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