Comments on: Oaxacan Activists to Migrant Workers: Please Come Home

By: chipbennett

chipbennett — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:36:39 +0000

@Frantic Freddie Not true; tamales are also made wrapped in banana leaves (especially those made in Oaxaca).

By: chipbennett

chipbennett — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:34:23 +0000

Having spent much time in Oaxaca, I can attest that the Oaxacan people are amazing, as is their beautiful – if impoverished – state.

(See chipbennett.net/missions/ for my photos from time spent there.)

Oaxaca is the second poorest state in Mexico, and has next to no industrial infrastructure; yet many Oaxacans show an industrious spirit nonetheless.

The state has excellent potential to develop a high-quality coffee industry, and the region is well-known for its handcrafts. Finally, an emerging tourism industry is growing, especially in Huatulco and Puerto Escondido.

Cheers to Oaxaca!

By: TXRose

TXRose — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:31:34 +0000

He and Gore were roommates in college ( TLJ must have been so bored!!). I rather
enjoyed the Three Burials and I am not pro illegal immigration. Mexico really would
not want these little businesses to thrive because this could cut off all the Gringo
Money coming into the country.

By: Storm Chaser

Storm Chaser — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:56:43 +0000

Unless they made money overseas, recent anti -war movies have been losers in the United States. Illegal immigration movies will likely lose more money.

Is the movie industry so rich these movies are producers way of tithing?

Tommy Lee Jones’ political leanings don’t surprise me. I believe he and Al Gore were college room mates.

By: marsouin

marsouin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:14:20 +0000

Yes, illegal immigration simply subsidizes the political corruption in the host country which simply exports its deficiencies onto the US. Do the pro-illegal forces in the care? No, it’s all about US politics: lust for power.

By: pgtips

pgtips — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:55:10 +0000

I watched the The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada recently and boy was the pro-illegal immigrant sentiment strong in that film. I don’t know how I managed it, but I did finish watching it and that caused me to google Tommy Lee Jones’ political leanings.

Guess I wasn’t surprised by what I found …

By: Straight_Talk_Luigi

Straight_Talk_Luigi — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:27:33 +0000

Whoops….the box got reversed, Top sentence is MM’s, bottom is mine.

By: Straight_Talk_Luigi

Straight_Talk_Luigi — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:26:52 +0000

Though the Mexican government infamously provides prospective illegal immigrants with maps of the Arizona desert

I’m sure there are Americans more than willing to help with that as well for the big $$

By: TBinSTL

TBinSTL — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:41:03 +0000

I really wish Mark was still posting...Does anybody know if he's even still alive?

By: everett_mansfield

everett_mansfield — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:59:06 +0000

Mexico go home.

Pope go home.

By: TXRose

TXRose — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:04:25 +0000

Frantic Freddie…We send our son who now lives in VA regular care packages from
Hot Damn Tamales. He knows his tamales and loves these. They are shipped
almost overnight and taste fantastic!
I would love to see independent or village businesses start up all over Mexico but
I have a feeling that with all of the corruption, they will be gone almost before
getting started.

By: Frantic Freddie

Frantic Freddie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:31:01 +0000

On April 18th, 2008 at 5:08 pm, bit_boy said:

First product for export, corn husk tamales in a can with chili sauce, yum!

Canned tamales are awful,I know.Frozen can be alright,but it’s the type of food that really has to be made fresh.

“Corn husk tamales” is redundant,all tamales are made with corn husks.

By: JohnnyDilznik

JohnnyDilznik — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:11:58 +0000

I have a great movie about what to do with Mexican politicians. “Man on Fire” with Denzel Washington is a great way to deal with these dirtbags. Now we just need the same type of movie but substitute US politicians and gang bang’in idiots.

By: Boomer

Boomer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:28:47 +0000

I for one am all for this program. To the illegal invaders as they start self deporting back home, Bye Bye Now! Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

By: TXRose

TXRose — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:48:40 +0000

you can’t just mug……

need to preview