Wednesday December 13, 2006, 9:12 am
BUSH NEEDS TO PARDON MANY WRONLY IMPLICATED PEOPLE

Wednesday December 13, 2006, 9:19 am
This is insane.

Wednesday December 13, 2006, 12:41 pm
Bonkers. Our country's government is absolutely bonkers.

Wednesday December 13, 2006, 1:02 pm
If they would have shot the drug runner dead this would be over.

Wednesday December 13, 2006, 2:12 pm
I used to travel to Mexico for business. A US company had manufacturing in Nogalas Mexico. To travel from Mexico to the US, you had to go through a structure like a "toll plaza" that you would see on any toll road. While one car is at the booth, the next car is stopped outside of the "plaza" by a stop light. When we
asked the customs agent why we were stopped short of the "plaza", he told us it was because they have had gun battles at the crossing (so it is a safety issue), and they need the extra room to search the car
and detain the people if necessary.

Later that week we were at the crossing about 5th or 6th in line to reach the plaza. All of a sudden there was alot of shouting from another lane, and additional agents ran out of the building next to
the plaza. We heard popping noises and determined they were gun shots. Next a little ping a a small vibration on our car. The customs agents caught the guy after wounding him in the leg. The brought him
into the building. After we went through the plaza and re-entered the US we pulled into the parking lot to look at the car. It had a small bullit hole in the right rear quarter panel. We also saw the customs
agents take packages (I assumed drugs) out of the car and into the building.

This is a true story....

Wednesday December 13, 2006, 2:12 pm
noted

Wednesday December 13, 2006, 6:04 pm
When the incident first occured I read some disturbing reports about these two border guards. They have since been played up as unfairly convicted but I'm not so sure that's the case. Since the man they shot was a drug smuggler it makes it easier to see them as bravely doing their job but it's not clear to me that they actually knew what he was and might just as easily shot a person only trying to find work to feed his family. Still I do think the sentences are too long.

Thursday December 14, 2006, 5:12 am
So then, smuggling drugs into another country to sell in the name of 'work to feed his family' is honorable?

Friday December 15, 2006, 9:50 am
GRASSFIRE IS A RACIST, ANTI IMMIGRANT GROUP...I CAN'T BELIEVE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING THIS RIGHT WING DIVIISE GROUP! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS 'NEWS' PROPAGANDA MADE IT TO CARE2. WHAT A SHAME...

PEOPLE: PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELVES ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE (MEANS OUTSIDE THE U.S.!) ON CHEAP LABOR....DID YOU KNOW THAT FORD MOTOR CO. PAYS THEIR MEXICAN WORKERS ACROSS THE BORDER FROM THE U.S. LESS THAN $4 PER HOUR???? IF YOU HAD TO WORK FOR A WEALTHY U.S. CO. WOULDN'T YOU CROSS NOT ONLY ONE BUT MANY BODERS TO MAKE A LIVING FOR YOUR WIFE KIDS MOTHER GRANDMOTHER??? PLEASE LOOK UP INFO ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WORKER RIGHTS...MY DEAR PEOPLE...WAKE UP!!!!