http://www.kvia.com/video/24288480/index.html

Wow, that shit is getting way out of control.

It is getting out of hand. We should all be watchful for what is happening in Meximess will migrate north.

I never read the previous thread.  Can't watch the video while at work.

Was it secondary explosions caused by the initial, or was it a secondary device?



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Secondary device, they used a fresh corpse in a policeman's uniform as bait for police and EMT's, then set off the carbomb with 22 lb.s of plastic explosives.

Don't worry. Rick Perrys' friends at La Raza won't be doing that here until after he's elected for the 8th time......

Do nothing "bidness" dick sucking son of a bitch......

Learn to take the Illegal dick in your ass and like it 'cause that's what you will get with Perry. If the worthless fucker wanted to do something worthwhile he would shoot a Coyote hauling Illegals and dope into our state!



Texas Governor Rick Perry
Melina Mara / The Washington Post / Getty Images


A famous Texas political aphorism declares that "there is nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos." But now, in Texas, who should be striding down the middle of the wide highway of state politics but the most successful Lone Star pol today: Gov. Rick Perry. The Republican, who not too long ago conjured up visions of a militarized border, appeared before a crowd of 1,800 members of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization, and declared that the Arizona immigration law — the darling of voluble members of the right — was not a good "fit" for Texas. He drew thunderous applause.

Perry told La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization, that while the controversial Arizona law had been adopted out of frustration over the failure of the federal government to enforce the border, it was not a tactic he would adopt. Texas has been enriched by its cultural diversity, Perry told the group. “The fact of the matter is we're making a difference in the state of Texas. As we improve border security and as we sustain legitimate commerce, we ensure that no one demonizes people because of the color of their skin or the sound of their last name," Perry said. (See how Rick Perry turned around the Republican battle for Texas.)

Cultivating the Hispanic vote has long been part of Perry's canny political strategy — and the legacy of his predecessor as governor George W. Bush. (Bush's simpatico attitude won him almost 40% of the Texas Hispanic vote, while Perry has garnered about 30%t of the vote, according to Henry Flores, a political scientist at St. Mary's University in San Antonio.) But the Arizona immigration law is an unexpected wild card in the current Texas race for governor and it is not only prompting some fancy footwork from Perry, but also his Democratic opponent in November, former Houston mayor Bill White. Both candidates are trying to thread the demographic needle with calculated political maneuvers — moves that could expose Perry to charges from the right that he is going soft on the issue, while leaving White vulnerable to criticism from the left that he is not being outspoken enough on immigration reform. (Does a Democrat have a chance of becoming governor of Texas?)

The stakes also are high in Texas. "This is the state that is going to win the lottery," says Lydia Camarillo of the San Antonio-based Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project. She notes that the next governor will preside over a redistricting process that could see Texas garnering three to four congressional seats and a Latino state senate district. (Comment on this story.)

White is attempting to pull in Anglo moderates from the center, but there is likely some support for the Arizona law in that group — a mid-June Washington Post-ABC poll found moderate and conservative Democrats evenly split on the issue. White must also gin up enthusiasm among Hispanic voters, a vital segment of the Democratic party's base, at a time when many are dispirited by the economy and perceptions of ethnic discrimination, according to Camarillo.

During his turn at the La Raza podium, White told the delegates that he would veto any Texas manifestation of the Arizona bill, though the main focus of his speech was education reform — an issue that has traditionally been a priority for Hispanic voters. But the Arizona law and the subsequent federal-state face-off has catapulted immigration to the top of the list, Camarillo says, making it a "litmus test" for many Latino voters — just as choice is a key issue for many women voters. With the exception of a Denver Post poll that showed 62% of Latino Colorado voters supporting the Arizona immigration law, other polls reflect Hispanic discomfort with the law. Texas Hispanic voters are "impatient" and "looking for something bold" on the issue from White and the Democrats, Camarillo says.

Democrats, says Flores of St. Mary's University, recognize anger over the immigration issue could push Latino support beyond the usual 65% threshold in key states, giving the party a "firm hold on the electoral college" in 2012. He will publish a study later this summer that suggests keeping the immigration debate alive is vital for the White House in 2012. That, however, complicates the political picture on the ground in Texas. Hispanic advocates of immigration reform are vocal components of the Democratic base; and proponents of border security are just as loud a constituency among the GOP faithful. Both parties, however, must court independents who inhabit the center.

However, says Flores, Republicans, who have made the war on drugs, crime and national security, part of the immigration debate, can also benefit from the controversy. "The Republicans need to keep the waters muddied," Flores says. That's why Perry's pivot against Arizona is a piece of near genius: he remains tough on the border but against the racism and extremism critics see in the Arizona law. It allows folks in the middle to pivot — and swing toward him.

White's apparent focus on winning Anglo moderates may have the effect of dampening Hispanic participation in November — and thus diminishing the turnout of the overall Democratic base. Both Flores and Camarillo say there are few signs yet that Hispanic grassroots Democrats are energized. Adds Camarillo: "You cannot have a swing election if you do not have the base." In what will likely be a low turnout election — only 33% of Texas voters participated in the last governor's race — White needs to energize the Hispanic vote, which was between 11% and 14% (according to various polls) in 2006. Political scientist Richard Murray told the Houston Chronicle that White will need 15% of the Hispanic vote and must hold Perry to 30% of the Latino vote. Democrats took some solace in a mid-June poll by Public Policy Polling showing Perry and White effectively tied, but this week a new Rasmussen poll has the race 50-41 with Perry leading among likely voters. And considering his reception at La Raza, Perry may have earned a few more points to boost the next round of surveys.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2004461,00.html#ixzz0uLRGcdfP

Fixed it for you

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I guess that means you want that dick-sucking son of a bitch fucker of a socialist liberal, Bill White, huh? Yeah, THAT'D be nice.

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Hehehehehe!! I hear ya...

No, what I want is a politician that does more than Masquerade as a man. STAND THE FUCK up for something....especially if it's the RIGHT thing. I have no respect for anyone that shows ANY respect for La Raza-they're basically brown 88's. Bill White has no fucking chance of getting elected this time around- and if they close the Goddamn gate now the Demos future chances ain't all that great either.

It's the middle of the road, I don't give a shit as long as I get the slop that is going to ensure that Texas one day goes full communist-like California, and at that point there isn't a damn thing that can be done outside of war. The footsy shit has got to stop-but Good Hair doesn't have the Huevos to do it, he likes the slop too much-that's why he's still there. It's a good job for someone that has never run a real business etc....being a "politician" is all he knows.....Oh wait, he did work on his daddy's farm for awhile. You know, the daddy who was the Democratic Party chairman in his county-slimy fucking politicians......who sent little Ricky to the Legislature so long ago as a loyal Democrat.....

And for damn sure don't try and good ole boy me, "I luvs me them guns....yuk yuk"....all the while hand jobbing those who are destroying this country. It may be fine for you to allow people to smile at you while they are fucking you in the ass....I don't care for it and I'm not going to pretend I like it. To each his own.

All I keep hearing from most gun owners is how great Perry is on guns. Besides being bullshit (How come the parking lot bill has been killed THREE Goddamn times now? Can you say "Chamber of Commerce?") it's a myopic view. How good he is doesn't matter when in 20 years people with NO history of gun ownership-led by Liberals, will be calling all the shots. The people he is courting will destroy everything that he supposedly did for "us" with the stroke of a pen.

The real issue isn't guns, that's a side show-like so many single issues, the real issue is VOTES and the POWER they mean and most gun owners can't seem to understand that. Your kids future freedom is being mortgaged to the hilt right in front of your eyes and you think it's a great thing.

you know that (politically) the Texas governor is mostly powerless, right?

Yes and no. By Constitutional authority you are mostly correct. However, if you don't think that he has bills he favors "fast tracked" by whispering sweet nothings into the ears of committee chairmen, influential members etc...you don't understand very well how "politics" works. In any event the makers of the HPV vaccine apparently disagree with you enough to write our good haired Gov a nice check and make sure that some past staffers etc....were nicely taken care of.......

Back on subject...

I hope they catch the guys that did this and provide swift justice.

It's Mexico–– in Civil War mode.....good luck with that. While they are at it they might try and find the guys that lit up their 10 policemen in that convoy a week ago....or those responsible for the hundreds of murders in Juarez last year......Or maybe even the guys that had a full on gun battle in the streets of Nuevo Laredo last night..... It's going to shit fast down there.

The actions in Juarez are mirrored by those in Nuevo Laredo, where the sounds of grenade blasts have become a daily occurrence. This is from last Friday -
Three days after a massive shooting in Nuevo Laredo, life appears to finally be getting back to normal for some residents.

Some said the day of the shootings it was chaos out in the major avenues. Many of them just locked themselves indoors.

"There were roadblocks,” said Nuevo Laredo resident Jose Alberto. Cars and SUVs were cutting people off."

"We all had things to do, but that day no one was able to go out," said Claudia, a Nuevo Laredo resident.

It was early Friday morning when U.S. officials said violence broke out throughout Nuevo Laredo between drug trafficking organizations and Mexican army soldiers.

"They carjacked some women and they just left them there on the road, scared and hysterical,” Jose Alberto said.

In pictures sent to us via twitter, viewers said several people were lying across the road, some injured others dead. Several of those injured were rushed to the general hospital in Nuevo Laredo. One of those victims to scared to talk on camera was shot when the bus she was riding in was hijacked.

Traffic maybe back to normal at the Lopez De Lara and Washington intersection, but Friday that wasn't the case. The entire area was blocked off with vehicles forcing several businesses to shut down.

"You don't see people outside anymore, kids playing. People don't go out out. We're defenseless,” said Claudia.

As the days and months go by, residents fear the bloody drug war violence will keep controlling their city.

"We don't have confidence in the government anymore. I mean if they killed a politician what can us citizens expect? It's difficult,” added Jose Alberto as he referred to Rodolfo Torre Cantu.

In order to survive and pull through these hardships one step at a time, the residents told Pro 8 news Reporter Brenda Medina all they can do is have faith.

"It's sad, really sad but oh well,” Claudia said. “We ask that God protects us and looks over us because it's horrible here."

It's unclear how many people were killed during the shoot out, but according to reports at least a dozen people are dead and another 21 injured.

Like I said, only a matter of time until it's here.

Notice how the kid who got shot for throwing rocks at the Border Patrol Agent awhile ago story got deep sixed? It was a big deal 'cause an "innocent kid" playing soccer with his friends got shot.....until it came out that the 15 year old was a Coyote with a record.....

This is THE issue. To the extent that any politician wants to have it both ways on this issue- he is not to be trusted- on ANYTHING.

What a tragedy that whole scene is.

I guess thats what happens to unarmed peaseants when you depend on the government to protect and take care of you huh?

You will get the chance to find out during your lifetime I'm sure.