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Charlie Sheen: Drug cartel’s pitchman	Problems with Public Sector Unions
By Patrick Osio, Jr. Editor/HispanicVista.com Charlie Sheen may have become the best pitchman for international drug cartels, that, I venture, would gladly pay him the added million a week he demands to continue acting on the cancelled Two and a Half Men television sitcom from the better than $30 billion the cartels rake in annually from U.S. users. He can be their poster child luring legions of fans into the world of drug consumption.	By Richard N. Baldwin T. /HispanicVista.com With all of what is going on in the US now over public sector unions (like in Wisconsin and many other states), it might be interesting to see what has gone on in the last twenty years with the same problems in México.
Sociopathic Public Servants	Israel and the United States: The Parallel
By Raoul Lowery Contrera “Angry Arizona, Again” cries a New York Times editorial that nails Arizona to the proverbial cross. It neglects, however, the real reasons these efforts continue and evil behind them. The Arizona efforts are pure and simple racist bull crap. They are created and promoted by vile racists in the United States of America:	By Sal Osio, JD *Mi Punto de Vista* From the Publisher’s Corner For the second time I read former president Jimmy Carter’s masterpiece, “Palestine – Peace Not Apartheid.” And, once more, I formed the opinion that in Carter our country showcased a statesman of the highest moral values; but, a man who failed to grasp reality. Israel cannot flaunt its ambition to be the lord and master of all Palestine, the Greater Israel, the Holy Land, which includes the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Shattering Latino voter stereotypes	Reps. Smith, Gallegly, and King: Driving GOP off a Cliff
By Esther J. Cepeda Washington Post Writers Group I've said it before and I'll keep on saying it: Latinos don't vote based on ethnicity or on the immigration stance of any given candidate. Like all informed voters, they cast ballots based on self-interest. Nowhere was this played out more clearly than in last Tuesday's Chicago mayoral race.	From America’s Voice Despite attempts by the likes of Jeb Bush, Newt Gingrich and Tom Ridge to get the Republican Party to move away from anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric that alienate Hispanic voters, those in the driver’s seat for the GOP on immigration policy are House hard liners Lamar Smith (R-TX), Elton Gallegly (R-CA) and Steve King (R-IA).
GOP Hypocrisy Watch: “Deport ‘Em All! (Except My Gardener)”	US-Mexico Relations Back on Track–In the Wrong Direction
*New Immigration Proposal in Texas Should be Dubbed the “Whitman Loophole”* America’s Voice Washington – A proposal in the Texas state legislature to crack down on the hiring of undocumented immigrants features a huge exception for household labor—exposing the breathtaking hypocrisy of some Republicans who want to sound tough on the issue, while still benefiting from the work of undocumented immigrants.	By Laura Carlsen Center for International Policy March 3, 2011 The presidential meeting this week between Mexico’s Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama looked from the outside like a hastily arranged exercise in damage control. But while most analysts emphasized the tensions between the neighboring nations going into the meeting, the real crisis behind the visit was the failure of what the two leaders most strongly agree on: the war on drugs south of the border.
'Whites-only' isn't diversity	A nation of hypocrites on illegal immigration
Los Angeles Times Editorial March 9, 2011 A Texas scholarship that excludes nonwhites betrays ignorance of the point of minority aid: an attempt to counter centuries of white privilege. If there are scholarships and loan programs and government contracts set aside for blacks and Latinos, can there be similar set-asides for whites?	By Cynthia Tucker Atlanta Journal Constitution March 2, 2011 As House Republicans searched for waste, fraud and abuse in the federal budget, they quickly learned that there isn’t enough dumb spending to put a major dent in the deficit. So they ended up sacrificing some of their own sacred cows, including money to police the borders.
The Tire Iron and the Tamale	Arizona, Bowing to Business, Softens Stand on Immigration
By Justing Horner During this past year I’ve had three instances of car trouble: a blowout on a freeway, a bunch of blown fuses and an out-of-gas situation. They all happened while I was driving other people’s cars, which for some reason makes it worse on an emotional level. And on a practical level as well, what with the fact that I carry things like a jack and extra fuses in my own car, and know enough not to park on a steep incline with less than a gallon of fuel.	By Richard A. Oppel Jr. *New York Times* Arizona established itself over the past year as the most aggressive state in cracking down on illegal immigrants, gaining so much momentum with its efforts that several other states vowed to follow suit. But now the harsh realities of economics appear to have intruded, and Arizona may be looking to shed the image of hard-line anti-immigration pioneer.
A new strategy for border trade	ATF Agent: I was ordered to let U.S. guns into Mexico
By Francisco Sánchez Each day, the United States conducts $2 billion in trade with its North American neighbors, Canada and Mexico. This translates to $1.4 million a minute, which can be seen firsthand when you watch the number of trucks traveling Interstate 5, loaded with everything from produce to electronics. There’s no better visual of U.S trade in action and its job-creating potential.	By Sharyl Attkisson CBS News - WASHINGTON - March 3, 2011 - Federal agent John Dodson says what he was asked to do was beyond belief. He was intentionally letting guns go to Mexico? "Yes ma'am," Dodson told CBS News. "The agency was."
Compilation of Articles on Drugs, Money Laundering and Guns	The Creation of "Illegal Aliens"
Mexico's Powerful Drug Cartels May Be Joining Forces Your Tax Dollars at Work Arming Mexican Drug Cartels Banks Financing Mexico Gangs Admitted in Wells Fargo Deal Bad Government: Gun regulation and misadministration	History of Mexican Migration: Racism, the "Free Market" and the Creation of "Illegal Aliens" The Americas MexicoBlog of the CIP Americas Program chronicles and analyzes, in English, the latest developments in the U.S. and the consequences in Mexico of U.S. policies in the War on Drugs, Immigration and Globalization, together with the related political dynamics in both countries.
On the Wrong Side of History	Illegal immigrants taking minorities' jobs?
The anti-immigrant movement's current motto could be "Desperate times call for desperate measures." As evidence mounts that the demographic makeup of the country is changing, the current crop of immigration restrictionists know that they are gradually losing their committed base. Thus, they are pulling out every trick in the book to motivate that base to scream even louder.	By Suzanne Gamboa, The Associated Press Washington March 1, 2011- Black lawmakers accused Republicans on Tuesday of trying to "manufacture tension" between African-Americans and immigrants as GOP House members argued in a hearing that more minorities would be working were it not for illegal immigration.