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maviwaro: I've only seen you post about serious topics! You frisky boy, you!

I like Shakira, but am not a fan of when she sings in English. I think she's hot too.

Oh there is always more than meets the eye with me. I have a long list of exes...

Including Shakira?

maviwaro: I've only seen you post about serious topics! You frisky boy, you!

I like Shakira, but am not a fan of when she sings in English. I think she's hot too.

She looks adorable! I am guessing that the pic of her on your siggy is also fairly recent. When comparing them, the change is amazing! You can tell that she's turning into a young woman.

I love Mexico because they invented nachos with cheese.

Hate to break it to you, but nachos are actually a US (TexMex) type invention. They are delicious though! And Mexico did invent the tequila which goes in the margarita which is so delicious with nachos and cheese!

Oh well here is something you and your in laws could clue into, your hostile attitude toward me due to the fact I speak the truth, could be said to you also. We don't want your kind here in the USA or any of your drugs or illegals either. It works both ways, think about it.

Sorry already been there and out of it. Just stating a simple fact and reality, just ask anyone living there that is decent and normal even they know it.

I can't believe I'm actually going to give you the time it takes for me to post this but here goes. I have plenty of decent in laws living in Mexico and they don't share your opinion. I agree with Pedro on this one. They don't want the likes of you down there so just stay out. I'd suffice it to say if you were there it wouldn't make the standards any higher.

Your kind? What does that mean? Mexicans?

Actually, plenty of Americans seem to want the drugs that are moved through Mexico to the US.

I do believe that she's hostile towards you because you are an ignorant a$$hole...being either married to a Mexican or a Mexican (in Pedroh's case) we are all perfectly aware of the issues that the country faces. But your nuanced and thoughtful take on corruption in Mexico has certainly added a balanced point of view, one that will surely add value to the ongoing discussion of US-Mexico relations.

Sorry already been there and out of it. Just stating a simple fact and reality, just ask anyone living there that is decent and normal even they know it.

I can't believe I'm actually going to give you the time it takes for me to post this but here goes. I have plenty of decent in laws living in Mexico and they don't share your opinion. I agree with Pedro on this one. They don't want the likes of you down there so just stay out. I'd suffice it to say if you were there it wouldn't make the standards any higher.

Booty...ya know he'd be like those nasty old men expats who go for beautiful young Mexican women! You may have met the ones...they brag about speaking Spanish when they can't for $hit and strut around with ahot Mexican on their arm, not aware that everyone is laughing behind their back!

Or one of those horrid tourists in Cancun who shout at their waiters and insult them for not working fast enough.

I mean, I'm not pleased with the culture of corruption at every level, but I'm not ignorant enough to make blanket statements about the country just to pi$$ others off.

But it is true...el quien no transa, no avanza.

Mexico is a Narco Terrorist State, plain and simple. Talk about filth and corruption at it's best, go visit ole MEXICO sometime. Disgusting. That country's main export is drugs and illegal labor.

Thu Aug 7, 2008 3:08pm EDTMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon, dogged by a rising wave of violence, urged Congress on Thursday to pass a bill that would sentence kidnappers to life imprisonment without parole.

Calderon's appeal came days after the body of the 14-year-old son of a sports retail tycoon was found in the trunk of a car in Mexico City. The teenager was kidnapped more than a month ago and killed despite his family paying a ransom.

Several policemen have been arrested for the kidnapping.

"We can not allow fear and terror caused by organized crime to take control of our nation," Calderon told reporters.

Calderon's initiative would set a sentence of life in prison for fatal or particularly brutal abductions and the kidnapping of minors.

Calderon has made crime-fighting a cornerstone of his administration since taking office in December 2006 and has deployed thousands of troops and police across the country to hunt down members of drug-smuggling gangs.

He sent a proposal to Mexico's Senate in March 2007 to increase kidnapping sentences and now wants Congress to review and pass that proposal.

Current sentences for kidnapping vary depending on the state where the abduction takes place, but maximum terms can be as many as 40 years.

Calderon's cousin was abducted at gunpoint, beaten and held for several hours in January. He was dropped back at his home in the western state of Michoacan hours later, media reported.

(Reporting by Cyntia Barrera Diaz, editing by Patricia Zengerle)

Is he egging us on to get our panties in a twist and answer that statement?

And if you looked at previous replies, it's clear that those getting bashed are Mexican soldiers and the Mexican government.

Seeing how the Mexican soldiers are the ones who made the mistake this time, it's not that hard to see why.

When another Abu Ghraib happens, we'll go back to being critical of the US military. Until then, this is what's in the news and it's Mexico's fault.

Actually, it's not Mexico's fault. It's the fault of a few fairly clueless Mexican soldiers who for some mystifying or misguided reason ignored the fact that this BP agent (who, I assume, was wearing a uniform) clearly stated who he was in two languages.

And clearly, judging from the next story posted, the BP union is also blaming the US government.

Oh like thats not surprising

What's not surprising...that the US Border Patrol union is blaming their own government for not doing anything?

And if you looked at previous replies, it's clear that those getting bashed are Mexican soldiers and the Mexican government.

Seeing how the Mexican soldiers are the ones who made the mistake this time, it's not that hard to see why.

When another Abu Ghraib happens, we'll go back to being critical of the US military. Until then, this is what's in the news and it's Mexico's fault.

Actually, it's not Mexico's fault. It's the fault of a few fairly clueless Mexican soldiers who for some mystifying or misguided reason ignored the fact that this BP agent (who, I assume, was wearing a uniform) clearly stated who he was in two languages.

And clearly, judging from the next story posted, the BP union is also blaming the US government.

Same bunch? Nope, just one so far.

And if you looked at previous replies, it's clear that those getting bashed are Mexican soldiers and the Mexican government. Do you think it that odd that someone married to a Mexican and very familiar with that area of the country would take umbrage to the previous discussion?

I'll amend my previous statement: no country's soldiers are immune to making mistakes, true mistakes or "mistakes."

I didn't bash, I alluded. And I won't add anymore.

However, the same could be said for the daily Mexican bashing. But instead of illegal aliens, it's soldiers who screwed up.

Damn Turbo!

Did you at least manage to... umm how do I say this nicely.... lay teh pipe?

Lay the pipe is the nicest way you could come up with? It is a great phrase, though.

Are American men so much about the poon that's attached to scrawny, angular Russian beauties that they will actually fall for buying all this ####### for them?

I mean, I'd be content with a Colt 45 on my stoop with a fellow if the convo was scintillating and we got along!

So we can paint Mexican soldiers with the same brush as their despised amigos who cross the border illegally?

And speaking of what Ken said, in fact the Tohono O'odham reservation straddles both countries, so in many places, it may not be clear whether you're in the US, Mexico, or reservation land.

Compared to some of the "mistakes" made by American soldiers that have been documented, this one seems fairly innocuous.

Yep, would definitely move back there. But this time, I'd make sure that I had a plan for making $ that didn't include teaching English with no hope for any sort of movement up the career ladder.

I would like to wait a few years because I really like my job and am at a time in my life where I want to thrive professionally rather than stagnate.

But I think I'd go cuckoo living in his village again and things in Cancun aren't too pretty right now, so we'll have to see!

We have Black History Month because in general there isn't a black cultural identity that can be traced back to a particular nation/s of origin. Its might be a crude way of doing it... but as we have no Zimbabwean or Kenyan pride celebrations - its the easy alternative.

I can't say that I feel particularly opressed or discriminated against for it existing... Can anyone?

'Round these parts we do! Well, maybe just Senegalese pride day, because there aren't terribly large populations of folks from other African countries in Pawtucket, except for Liberians. Three weekends ago it was Cape Verdean pride/independence day. Last weekend the Colombian festival. And in two weeks, the Greek festival. And all this in a small city of 70,000.

I wouldn't have it any other way, have never felt uncomfortable being white in this city, and certainly don't see the problem with any of these celebrations...nor do I feel persecuted for other cultures holding celebrations/educational opportunities about their traditions and roots.

I don't quite know what kinds of things that white people would celebrate on a white pride day...the closest thing I could think of might be the huge county fairs in Maine and Vermont (both mighty white states).

I've very curious, SJ, who is lazy and stupid?

I generally find that people who have no concept of syntax nor punctuation may fall into that category. Just sayin'.

Have to agree there, Happy Bunny! On its face, I think that a study of marriage-based visas and the marriages themselves is very interesting, however, it seems that this study is only interested in those whose circumstances fall under IMBRA and those who meet their spouses through dating sites.

My filling out the survey (which I did) is not going to help, as my husband and I are not the target demographic for this survey as I imagine is true for lots more people on VJ.

Interesting idea, though!

Funny how the article never mentions there are alternatives (besides Berea) to going to an Ivy League school.

For example:

Ball State University $7,000/yr

http://cms.bsu.edu/AdmissionsLanding/Under...ionandFees.aspx

That's only tuition and fees...total cost for in-state, over $15,000. Hardly affordable for many.

I'd love to see some of my clients at Berea, although KY would be a hard sell!

If the people coordinating this survey are trying to incite "feminazis," they certainly don't sound like very good qualitative researchers.

I personally have my own opinions about Mail order brides and pay-to-date Internet sites, but I don't think I'll share.

And that goodwife.com site is terrifying!

Here everyone thinks my husband is filipino, but he's got your typical Mayan features.

I'm pink colored and oh-so-Aryan looking.

You know, since I started working with mostly non-white people in an environment where race/ethnicity comes up a lot, I stopped using the term African American. Of course, I'd take my cues from those I'm talking to, and if they were to say African-American, then I would too.

I almost died laughing when I was asked to take a picture of a group of people I work with and they insisted on lining up by relative lightness/darkness of skin color (a black man born in the US, a black female born in the US, a black woman whose parents are West African, a Cape Verdean kid, and a young woman of Dominican/Peruvian parentage).

Round these parts, people always use the term "Spanish" to describe those of Latin American descent...it drives me insane!

And I always find it interesting how Cape Verdeans don't consider themselves Africans! Many identify as black, even though their roots are all over the place based on which island they're from.

Must have SS card before going for your license. RI's DMV website is clear about what you need.

From what I've seen and heard, the question of how long a PR can stay out of the country is amazingly subjective. For those who have the GC but have lived a substantial time outside the US, I've seen examples of both what you described. I have also heard of people who were out of the US for a year or two and entered again just fine.

I think the issue with that is that it may be okay for a while, but you never know when you might find someone in immigration who's decided that you've abandoned your GC.

Ultimately the question is what to do with the poor people..... they have to live somewhere.

I think instead of moving poor people around there should be ways to make them not poor and not uneducated at the same time. I think that may be a novel thought for some to swallow.

Education is the key but how do we get them educated when their own parent/s don't care whether they go to school or do their homework or even obey the laws. Just this weekend I met a teacher from Flint Michigan and the stories she had to tell me about high school students says a lot. If I dared cursed let alone threatened a teacher my dad would have disciplined me at school; in front of the other kids. Hence why I never did it.

I don't know of any professional who was a gansta yet somehow became a scholar. You are speaking about theoretically solutions but the reality, in America, is far from that. These kids don't even respect a teacher or the laws yet you somehow believe we should try educating them. Not going to happen.

I know lots of gansgter turned scholars! Well, maybe not scholars but definitely successful. In fact, we're having a man come in who did a ten year bid for cocaine and now is going to law school.

And good question about how we get them educated when their parents don't care...it takes a village! I do my best to keep my kids going on the right track even when their parents don't care. You'd be amazed how much they gravitate to the community center I work at, simply because we treat them respectfully. And they always return the respect, amazingly enough. I've heard how some of my clients talk to others: social service providers, parents, friends, etc, and it turns my stomach, but then they turn to us and say please and thank you.