Some people have obviously not heard of 'you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours'.
No nation (giver or recipient) does anything other than what's in their own interest. Most do attempt some sort of give and take so both can benefit.
Do you do anything other than what benefits you? Are you some sort of monk or hermit? Have you taken a vow of poverty or service devoted totally to others and not yourself?
Yeah, I thought not.
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I don't expect the government of the U.S. to do anything (the Oval Office is already supporting the fraud)... I am speaking about the common Americans, among whom I've personally found support, concern and understanding. Those are the ones that matter. Real people. Flesh and blood.
And I agree with sword, by the way. That's the name of the game. The question is: Do you pursue your interest no matter how you damage others? There is nothing wrong with pursuing own's interest. The problem is doing so while crushing others. However, that's another thread.
Please support democracy in Mexico. Send those e-mails, spread the word with family and friends, write your local newspaper, write your congress representative. The U.S. public opinion is crucial for Mexico and, if Mexico does good, the common American does good also. Win - win situation.
Originally posted by XanthosNZI sent emails because Seitse asked for emails, and I respect Seitse. A strong, prosperous Mexico benefits everyone. Now it's your turn, XNZ. Take five minutes and send a couple of emails.
Do you really think those Americans you mentioned want to help Mexico for reasons other than their own interests?
Originally posted by chancremechanicWhat? How come we can invade Iraq to put a democracy there but the Mexicans should do it all by themselves?
I don't know, but I see quite a few SUVs, lexuses, BMWs, and other fancy cars with Frontera Baja license plates...the Mexican people need to revolt just we did in 1776 and the French did in 1781, I believe, when they beheaded Marie Antoinette, who said to the poor: "Let them eat cake"...well, hell, they didn't even have cake....the Mexican people ne ...[text shortened]... e. Intellectuals such as yourself may need to return and assist...it's your country, amigo
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Originally posted by SALADINMexico has oil!!!
Iraq has oli which the US of A needs badly, mexico... bro... has nothing the US of A needs...simple!!!
"...Mexico is the second-largest source of U.S. oil imports..." from article in San Francisco Chronicle, June 30th, 2006.
Originally posted by Delmerbro...that may be true now.. but not for long....
Mexico has oil!!!
"...Mexico is the second-largest source of U.S. oil imports..." from article in San Francisco Chronicle, June 30th, 2006.
(06-30) 04:00 PDT Cardenas, Mexico -- Gonzalo Rodriguez has an unenviable task as the boss of a major oil field -- ripping out a large part of the pumping and compressing machinery that collects the output from scores of wells.
"Unfortunately, we don't need this capacity anymore," he said. "This isn't like the old days, and they aren't coming back."
Like much of Mexico's giant oil production apparatus, this area, known as the Bellota oil field, is in an apparently unstoppable decline. At current extraction rates, the nation has only 10 years of proven oil reserves remaining. And as Mexico prepares to vote in Sunday's presidential election, the leading candidates disagree bitterly about what, if anything, can be done to halt the impending collapse of the industry that forms the backbone of the national economy.
Left-of-center candidate Andres Lopez Obrador wants to de-emphasize production of crude oil and focus instead on refined products such as gasoline and plastics, while his main challenger, conservative Felipe Calderon, proposes opening the industry to foreign oil corporations to help increase crude exports.
Because Mexico is the second-largest source of U.S. oil imports, the outcome of this struggle will have a huge effect on U.S. energy security in the coming decades. Oil income accounts for more than 40 percent of the Mexican federal government's annual revenues, so the decline of oil output could leave the country's next president with a nightmarish budget crisis.
Oil industry experts say that whoever wins Sunday's election will be forced to play an increasingly weak hand of economic cards.
"There is no question that it will be very difficult to maintain (Mexico's) production levels under any institutional arrangement, no matter who wins the election," said Adrian Lajous, who was chief executive of Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, the state-owned monopoly, from 1994 to 1999 and now is chairman of Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, a British think tank. "It will be a major fiscal problem over the foreseeable future."
At stake is one of the most sacred cows of Mexican politics: government ownership and control of the oil industry, which was nationalized in 1938 and remains in the tight grip of Pemex. Even now, despite the free-market rules adopted by Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the oil sector is a bastion of old-style socialism, with tighter restrictions on foreign investment than any other major petroleum-producing nation.
Calderon, candidate of the pro-business National Action Party (PAN), says that foreign companies, which are allowed only as contractors providing oil-field services such as drilling, seismic work and infrastructure construction, should be allowed to enter into joint-production agreements with Pemex.
"Pemex should be given the freedom to buy the technology or put
Originally posted by SALADINAnd .... "bro" .... how does that make true your statement:
bro...that may be true now.. but not for long....
(06-30) 04:00 PDT Cardenas, Mexico -- Gonzalo Rodriguez has an unenviable task as the boss of a major oil field -- ripping out a large part of the pumping and compressing machinery that collects the output from scores of wells.
"Unfortunately, we don't need this capacity anymore," he said. "This isn't ...[text shortened]... ith Pemex.
"Pemex should be given the freedom to buy the technology or put
"Iraq has oli which the US of A needs badly, mexico... bro... has nothing the US of A needs...simple!!!"
Originally posted by SeitseI think you need to wrap up in a rat blanket and crawl back into your commie infested pub.
Please read the following link.-
http://www.gregpalast.com/stealing-it-in-front-of-your-eyes
* If you are an American sick of corrupt Mexican politicians and businesspeople who make the poor poorer, forcing them to go as illegal aliens to the U.S., and/or
* If you like the real Mexico (the one in the south, not fake North) or the real Mexicans (the poo ...[text shortened]... t doesn't respect the will of the majority -aware of how important tourism is for the country.
I like Mexico. A lot. I don't care for their government. But I don't care for government in general in any form.
Mexico is it's people. Why would I want to attack them?
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Originally posted by StarValleyWyDear friend,
I think you need to wrap up in a rat blanket and crawl back into your commie infested pub.
I like Mexico. A lot. I don't care for their government. But I don't care for government in general in any form.
Mexico is it's people. Why would I want to attack them?
I think I do not deserve your insults, because I did not insult you in the first place. This attack from you it is a CLEAR SIGN of (a) that you are giving me the right to insult you back, calling you a condomn accident while your mama was gang banged during her job as a call girl, and/or (b) that you need to insult because you LACK the mental creativity and verbal ability to put me down with style.
I choose not to insult you, so I will go for (b).
Now please read carefully (at least try) and see that the government must be pressured in order to liberate the people that you say you love. My people, by the way. Thanks for loving us. It shows 😕
P.S. I am not a commie. I think it is a narrow minded statement from you. Precisely, I hate the communist-like mind control and oppression aparatus of the "soft-dictatorship" elite ruling my home country.