I am sorry Kris, but expressing different views is one thing, outright lying is another, and that is what you and the other expats are doing. I am sure that your father is not one of the exploiters of Mexico that sets up phony substandard sweat shops to exploit the Mexican people, especially the women, and makes the environment un-livable around them. He would not be involved in contributing to the rapes and murders of hundreds of Mexican female fabrica workers in Ciudad Juarez were the rich fabrica owners will not even light the parking lots the women have to walk through to get to and from work. I am sure of that. No decent Human Being would do such a thing. I was not privileged to live in the big cities (actually I did not want to), and only traveled there once in a while, and when I was desperately ill. I was fortunate enough to live in a small fishing village on the central west coast of Mexico, called, off all things, Aticama in the state of Nayarit, Municipal San Blas. I think at the most there were about 5-9 other Americans, Canadians, and European there at one time, and it only had one public phone. On my wife’s Rancho we had no electricity, no running water, and washed body and clothing in a 20 ft jungle waterfall. I was a gringo in paradise. So you are far better educated in the big city and expat compounds then I, by your own admission. I traveled all the time to the capitol city of Nayarit, Tepic, and in nine years only saw two people sleeping on the streets at night. I was astonished to see that because it was so rare. In Aticama and the surrounding villages the ajidos gave homes to mentally ill people to live in. I know because my wife was a member and spokesperson in the ajido of Aticama, and I saw it happen. What you, trapper and thsas are touting are just blatant lies from expats that live in gringo compounds because basically they do not like America or Mexicans. I met plenty like you down there. Spending several months a year in Mexico and still paying 47% I am sure that your Mexican home is in one of the gated villas that cordon off the beaches so even the Mexicans cannot swim in their own oceans. And because of you everything is priced so high that the locals cannot even afford to shop in their own markets and buy the basic needs for survival. I would give you a URL to the site with pictures of how I lived in Mexico with my indigenous wife (half Huichol and half Cora), but I would not want you going over there spewing your lies about the culture, as they are in enough trouble at this time because of interference from do-gooding gringas like yourself. People that are more worries about the Mexican dogs and cats then the people. I willl give you a blind site where I store some of my pics. http://prose-workshop.com/chavie@me.bmp http://prose-workshop.com/easterpuddingl.jpg http://prose-workshop.com/water8.jpg http://prose-workshop.com/roof4.jpg http://prose-workshop.com/waterfall8.jpg http://prose-workshop.com/tub2.jpg http://prose-workshop.com/chavieandchavie.jpg http://prose-workshop.com/mother.jpg http://prose-workshop.com/hut1.jpg You know nothing of Mexico except what you see from the barred window in you villa. If the medical treatment in Mexico is so bad, why do over one million Californians alone go to Mexico each year for treatment. It cost $250US+- a year to get full coverage medical in Mexico, this includes everything, I know I pay for my wife’s IMSS in Mexico each year. I know what I am for, fixed terms, fixed taxes, and freedom of choice, and I have never been involved in any kind of law enforcement. You just struck out. Even if ANYTHING you have said about the Mexican people was true, they still take better care of their elderly, infirmed, and mentally impaired then us, the great advanced white race, does. Please show me a site that can dispute any of the Social services I wrote about in my statement. Something else you should have learned from the people while down there. Poverty is not the lack of things as we whites judges it; poverty is the lack of compassion in your heart for other people. So, povresita para tu. As to your ramblings above, go back and retake your junior high school debating class, you must of failed it the first time around. God Bless America. http://www.imss.gob.mx/ http://www.issste.gob.mx/index2.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Mexico http://www.medtogo.com/mexico-health-care-system.html I can get a lot more if you wrongly informed need further education.

Oh, I understand my bad. If a conservative American calls someone a dimwit for outright lying, that is a no-no, Right Casey? But if one of your liberal crones insults a conservative, well that gets a good mark. Here is a quote from Bill Albertson from a different string. But I did not see you pop your little head up and correct him. “Actually, advocate has had an account with activity on sacpress prior to today- unlike yourself (tpierce2), aticama, czfuller, and artsydee47. You need to work on your banter and astroturfing scripts a bit, maybe appear to be involved in the community (other than mentioning the Bee), before you start casting aspersions as to who is a "plant", ok?” Well, I had not called anyone anything until them, and since Bill was a long time authority on the subject and called us astroterfers, I just assumed return is fair play. I will defiantly apologies for calling anyone a dimwit, and will just say in the future they are not very smart, and basically know nothing about the health system in Mexico. “So those irresponsible anti-American clowns mislead the public in order to stir up emotion.” Advocate. “What an imbecile” Jim Knapp “I think you're a plant, but that's irrelevant.” Ayatollah Gondola I have seen other references to conservatives on this site as tea baggers, astroterfers, and conservative idiots in which you did not pull your little lecture on. So if you are going to play the “your being bad game, at least try to apply it with the appearance of equality. But you do condone outright lies and misinformation, right? Because there is enough of it on all of these blogs. God Bless Amercia

TP, we are indeed in for some very bad times ahead, and shortly. Van Jones, his new green czar, is a self-proclaimed Marxist. When he lived in San Francisco, he was heavily involved with STORM, or Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement. A group explicitly committed to revolutionary Marxist politics whose points of unity were revolutionary democracy, revolutionary feminism, and revolutionary internationalism, the central role of the working class, urban Marxism, and Third World Communism. "In December 2002 STORM dissolved due to internal tensions and rivalries. Its most notable leader was Van Jones, who would go on to become President Barack Obama's “Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation” in 2009. " http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7491 This is the type of people he is going to enlist in his attempt to socialize this country. We have to continue on with the tea party movement, but we must organize into a party with a specific set of goals. See my handle you asked me about. Ad @comcast.net and email me if you wish. God Bless America

Maid Marion You should stay away from that old soul coffee, or at least switch to decaff. God Bless America.

Well, I do call um as I see um. And I saw a lot of expats like you that sat around complaining about how much they hated the US, and down talked to the Mexicans to make themselves feel superior. That’s what those expat compounds are all about. I am sorry that I called you a dimwit, though; you most likely have not risen to that level of intelligence. God Bless America

Yep, she does need to up her meds. Sorry folks, this does not mean what it says: A charter school is a public school, and it may provide instruction in any of grades K-12. God Bless American.

I liked the “impeach the teleprompter” one. Very funny. I did not see that one. Geoff, the crowd was very friendly, and the atmosphere was cordial. But I do not think that is what you wanted to hear. God Bless America

Trapper In answer to your question, no, I am not high yet. But I am considering it later to clear my head of all of this disinformation from the left. There is a glint of truth in what you say, but that is all. In most large cities there are General hospitals where the poor can go if they need serious help. They do not have to pay if they do not have the money, but they are expected to pay something if they can. In every small village throughout the country there is a free clinic that will take you any time of the day or night, if they determine you need to go to a hospital; they arrange your transportation to the nearest hospital. Most from small villages go to the general hospitals. For everyone that works in Mexico, you and your employer pay into the IMMS, which is a kind of health maintenance program with doctors, clinics, and hospitals that they can go to. If you work for the government you have the ISSSTE, and you pay according to what you can afford and can go to hospitals, etc that deliver services to the government employees. There is also a group for the oil, telephone, and electrical workers. Again you pay what you can afford in all of these groups, it is taken from your pay just like it is here and covers your family. And then of course there are the private medical practices and hospitals also. This is the one that I personally am most acquainted with, but being as I married into an indigenous family down there, I am also familiar with the other systems. The only glint of light in your statement is the fact that because of the way the hospitals are run, they cannot afford to carry large supplies of medications. If the family has enough money, they are forced to go to the local pharmacies and purchase the medications needed to be used on their family member. If they cannot, there are charitable groups they can go to, and that go to the hospitals, mostly the Catholic Church, and get the things they need. I did not see one person go without what they needed because of the natural charity of the Mexican people. It also cuts down on the use of $15.00 Aspirin. Now, what you most likely fell victim of while you visited Mexico was the Gringo scam, where locals will tell tourist they cannot get help in an attempt to get money. As to your statement that the Mexican government kicks their people to the curb if they need medical help is just uneducated ranting. Do some research on the web and try actually living in Mexico, WITH THE PEOPLE, as I did for almost ten years and you will soon learn the truth. I almost died of congestive heart failure and needed a heart transplant while living in Mexico. I was in 4 different hospitals in Guadalajara, and at that time it cost me $25.00 a day for a private room with 2 full time nurses, TV, and a beautiful little private courtyard with a fountain. I understand that now this would cost me about $50.00 a day. I had fantastic care from very sharp doctors and the cost was so little I was astounded. Even the transplant doctors that reviewed my records here were impressed with what they saw. The way they treat their mentally ill is also very astonishing, but it would make this post even longer. Sorry for being so long winded. God Bless America

Sorry for the mistake in the posting above. I should have said IMSS or Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. ISSSTE is Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado.

Ye, right. Hey dimwit (thsas) have you ever lived in Mexico? I lived there for 9 years and in any of the big cities I have never seen the disgraceful treatment of people as I have seen since living back here. Want to be proud of America, take a walk down Los Angeles Street some time. The thing that bothers me is the fact that I can remember America when it was better. Mexico may be third world but they take care of their old, infirm, and mentally ill better than we do. God Bless America

“that the top 5-10% of students from McClatchy perform just as well, as the students from the other schools. What that says is, it isn't all about public vs private vs charter.” No, what that says is that it is an assumption, and that I can just as easily say that they will all get failing grades. Until the test is run, we will not really know, will we. I say let’s not play with assumptions when it comes to our children’s education. Let’s get the facts out and look at them. As a child I went to both public and private schools (both Christian and Military), (at that time they were not called charter schools), and I can say that the level of education I received at the later far outreached the level received at the former. Public school always made me feel that I was there so they could get paid by the state. It was explained to me that they would not get paid if I was not in school, “so that is why you have to be here.” I have seen the failures in the public education system, and they are more than they are less. I say let’s get some new thinking in the system, and quit financing those that have already show themselves as failures. Who knows, someone may put together the right combination that could change the face of education in the world, just not in Sacramento. God Bless America

What is a Charter School? A charter school is a public school, and it may provide instruction in any of grades K-12. This is a direct quote from the page of the California Department of Education. Do you think you know more than the department of education? Lady Marion I think you are just as fictitious as your boyfriend Robin, and not only did you drank the cool-aid, you bathed in it. But let’s not be harsh, and say you are smarter than the CDE, if that is true they for sure they should not get the money. But the possibility of that is not even slim to nothing. To remind you, you can educate yourself at the link Jim provided, or continue to heckle from the corner while wearing your dunce hat. My personal hope is that you continue to make a a$$ of yourself. God Bless America

Well that just goes to show you, Jim, you can lead a horse to water, then you can stand there and watch him die of thirst. Most dems are thirsting for water here, but they refuse to drink. Well actual that i$ wrong, what they are thru$ting for here i$ the money, which will $till leave them dying of thir$t and our public $chool$ $till failing. Marion here is different, I will say that. She sounds like a person that has overdosed herself on cheap bottled water, and is slurring her disinformation in an attempt to save her own soul. You see a lot like her spouting denials in the face of truth, it’s a liberal addiction. I support choice in education and Charter schools. But please, you dems just continue on making a$$es of yourself, I am enjoying myself immensely. God Bless America

Yes, like: “Why, how astute of you.” That is an example of another hyperbole. God Bless America.

When he should have been jumping all over Obama and calling him out for the fraud and socialist he is in the debates, he played patty- cake with him, trying to be the nice guy. It is just a metaphor with words we writers use sometimes. Grow an imagination. God Bless America.

Geezze, I just love watching all you dems kick the $hit out of each other, you guys deserve your party. I support choice in education and Charter schools. Because of dimwits like you, most public schools are failures. Everyone knows the mayor is just going for the money, and his lapdog here is just striven to keep his job. He is not lying, he is just “misspeaking”. Please disregard me and continue showing your worst side. I’m Loven it! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! God Bless America

It is time for McCain to retire. He has done well enough for this country, and the years of torture has taken the aggression out of him. And lets fact it, we need aggression in our elected officials these days. Through his entire life this man has show an exemplary record of service for this country, and retirement with full pay is no less then he deserves, far more than most that will get more. My hat is off to the man, he was just not up to this last challenge, when he should have been cutting Obamas throat, he played the nice guy. But in my mind’s eye that takes nothing away from his record. He is a fine American. Can you imagine the courage it took for him to stay in that hell hole when they would have released him? My God, I could not have done it. God Bless America and God Bless John McCain

Yes, I am an American Citizen natural bore of European stock, and yes it is our immigration laws keeping her out of the US. If I made 400.00 dollars more a year I could sponsor her in the country and she could come, but I do not and there is no debating this issue with the state department. The 10 years is how long I would have to sponsor her for, not how long it would take. At this time she can never come up here. This all came about because of 9\11. Before 9\11 my wife had a 10 year visa that allowed her to come and go as she pleased. The first time she entered after 9\11 they took this visa away from her and implemented the new immigration laws which now exclude the spouses and children of American citizens from getting visitors visas. I have talked to Boxer and Finestines office to no avail. I will get her up here but I will have to become a federal felon to do it. God Bless America

Here is a post made on April 1 of this year by our author Raoul. Now my assumptions of him have been proven correct, he is a rep from the liberal media, and it appears that his mind was made up before he even attended the rally. But I still attend that this article could have been a lot worse. The fact that Raouls mind was already made up casts him as a bias reporter, and thus makes everything he writes suspect. Whatever happened to open minded journalism in America? Because of his bias, his observations are tainted, and this is why the one-sided reporting, he is incapable of giving an honest objective report of what happened at this rally. Too bad, he is a good writer. “I have the feeling that these 'tea party' events are attended mostly by republicans bitter about Obama's election. Not all, but most. Perusing their websites, you see a lot of references to 'the liberal media,' and links to republican websites. Lots of pictures of Ronald Reagan, too. Hardly a paragon of fiscal responsibility or laissez-faire capitalism. Also, on what purports to be the official website, you can see an excited notice that Sean Hannity will be attending one of their events. I'm still interested in going to this though, at the very least just to see if my assumptions have any truth to them.” http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/5259/TAX_DAY_TEA_PARTY_IN_SACRAMENTO God Bless America

Dear Mr. Pin-Head (aka Jim Knapp) So you agree that the government should put 40,000 people out of work by implementing an ordinance to protect a species that is failing despite their efforts. Very American and compassionate. What I have to ask you is why we should take you seriously? Is that picture supposed to be you saving use from the terrorist hordes, or is that just another lie. It appears that you are not who you say you are, just a common fraud. Who r u Mr. Pin-Head, just another heckler. To find out what a fraud Jim Knapp is fallow the link below, he is not even registered under his own name and the admin of this site has asked him to please do so. In fact he posted an article he did not write. Disregard the troll. http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/5259/TAX_DAY_TEA_PARTY_IN_SACRAMENTO God Bless America