The missing BlackBerrys, Chapt. 2

he said he was making sure no phones got left behind

An accident…..Gees….Only in America……

Of course had an American Citizen done this they’d have been hauled off to jail – no if’s and’s or but’s about it!

You have Mexican citizens illegally entering the US.

Stealing SSNs and other documents in order to be able to work.

Committing heinous crimes.

Using services funded with our tax dollars therefore depriving US citizens of lower taxes or more timely access to these services.

Demanding these service providers and businesses speak their language.

Then you have Mexican leaders encouraging and abetting their citizens to enter into and work illegally in the US.

These same officials chastise the US for:

-Attempting to strengthen our border controls.

-Deporting their citizens who are here illegally.

-Convicting and jailing their citizens convicted of crimes.

-Having the audacity to “suggest” how they should use the foreign aid we are providing.

In fact, Mexican law enforcement officials and military members have been reported as coconspirators, protecting drug traffickers and coyotes.

No where have I read of Mexican officials assisting the US with border control or supporting the US enforcement of our laws.

Now we have an incident where a Mexican official is engaging in grand larceny.

When I was in the service, we were told that we were ambassadors when at home and abroad. That our military and country are judged by our conduct.

There is a systemic corruption in Mexico that is affecting their entire country. I can understand the frustration of some posters and the feeling that this relates to all Mexicans.

It’s Michele’s blog but maybe a warning shot across the bow may have been appropriate before an outright ban.

Sorry for the long winded entry.

Ultimately the only point left for me to make is with regard to the blog itself; people are getting banned for their comments. I’m not sure I see, with the clarity I’m supposed to, the distinctions which bring about this fate.

For one thing, speaking with animosity or disrespect about Mexicans is perhaps complicated. Surely it can be interpreted as racism, and is most likely usually the intention; but what if I currently have unfriendly sentiments toward the Mexican NATION? Speaking about Mexicans can be a function of a nationalistic judgment. If I wanted to comment on a nation that I felt was corrupt, disrespectful, culturally undisciplined, or perky-happy; I would use terms like Russians, Syrians, Mexicans, Americans, etc. This is the only terminology available to talk about a generality regarding the national character of the nation in question. It certainly will probably sound like racism. But without a doubt, people all over the world have strong feelings about Americans; “Americans” certainly meant to refer disparagingly about us as members of an uncouth nation and culture, not as a bloodline or racial group. How do I comment on Mexicans as CITIZENS and not an ethnic class?

I think comment 111 reflects a off-color sense of humor, of a tenor that this site probably can’t condone. But comment 117, on the other hand, (while glaringly overstated, inaccurate, unintelligent, unsophisticated, etc), derives from the same sort of frustration with the national character of our neighboring country, which has this article running in the first place. The strong response and prominence of this news story is intrinsically involved with an American frustration with, yes, the Mexican relationship as we experience it. I understand the man’s frustration. I don’t think it’s accurate (as it is an insane generality and extrapolation), but I find his expression of indignation more dismissible than offensive.

In a sense, this entire blog has very fuzzy edges of racism, doesn’t it? I appreciate the challenge you must face in monitoring this.

As far as the event itself; it’s espionage — should have locked the buffoon up. I do think the story would be EVEN better if Mr. Curiel
had said, “Don’t taze me, bro!” along with his other comedic statements.

Heh, heh, heh.

Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh…

Bad Geography.

Hey, that would make a pretty good defense.

I’ve been in meetings where we had to put our mobile devices in a box so we are not tempted, and the last one had 6 of us with red Curves. We all picked up the correct ones. You know very quickly. They don’t call them Crackberries for nothing.

Also, if they were like most corporate and governmental crackberries on the BES servers, they would require a password after 30 minutes of inactivity. So, he probably got zip. And those passwords cannot be turned off by anybody once enabled. Have to have the whole thing reflashed by RIM. Wiping the device doesn’t even work.