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This morning, former Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos were freed from the federal prisons they had been in, and rejoined their families.

About time. But then, their imprisonment was a travesty of justice from the beginning. Regardless of their sentences being commuted, a whole lot of people in this country will never forgive George W. Bush and his lackey Johnny Sutton for taking sides with a known drug smuggler against two men who were trying to protect their country’s safety and sovereignty.

No, I won’t be one to forgive Bush for that, either.

That said: it’s good that Ramos and Compean are back home....

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This might be the most under-reported story in America right now, that has the potential to wreck the most havoc on this country: the escalating violence of the drug wars in Mexico and the teetering stability of that country’s government.

I’ve got friends in Mexico City who tell me they can’t believe us Yanks aren’t talking about this “enough”. Juarez, straight across the border from El Paso, has seen more than fifteen hundred murders already in the past year. Many of them have been of the “send a message” variety… particularly the bodies that the police are finding sans heads.

So maybe this‘ll open some eyes: the government of the state of Texas is bracing for a likely collapse of Mexico’s authority and the millions of refugees that would no doubt be streaming north to escape the chaos.

Should this happen, the services infrastructure of the United States… well, ...

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On his last full day as President of the United States (thank God), George W. Bush commuted the prison sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.

And even with this, the worst President in American history managed to completely screw it up.

The sentences of Ramos and Compean have been commuted: the two former Border Patrol agents have not received full pardon. And it is nothing less than a pardon which Ramos and Compean deserve for doing their jobs as best they could. The fact remains that each of the two has a conviction on his record that will follow them after release from prison. And speaking of which, their release isn’t immediate anyway: Bush made it so they couldn’t see freedom until March 20th.

And they wouldn’t have received a commutation of their sentences anyway had it been left to the “conscience” of Bush. Millions of people and ...

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With apologies to Jimmy Webb and the late Richard Harris, but I just couldn’t resist writing this one. Inspired by events of the past few days…

“MacArthur Park 2007”

Originally written by Jimmy Webb and performed by Richard Harris

New words by Christopher Knight

Border is wide open for them girl
They’re starting to get bold
As they scream their Spanish chants
Now they incite a riot as they press
The government to bow down
To La Raza’s mad demands

MacArthur Park is burning in the dark
All those rubber bullets flying ’round
Gonzo’s hot to find someone to blame
This country just can’t take it
Illegals are going to break it
And we’ll never have America again
Oh noooooooo!

I can see unlawful immigrants
Fighting with the cops
Of Los Angeles P-D
Better put a stop to this right now or
They’ll be spreading from sea to shining sea

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