BREAKING NEWS: FMCSA apparently to reconsider HOS rule from scratch

Oct 272009
 
 27/10/2009  Posted by PMC at 09:52 on 27/10/2009 5 Responses »
BREAKING NEWS: FMCSA apparently to reconsider HOS rule from scratch

From “The Trucker” WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in response to a lawsuit concerning the Hours of Service regulations, has in essence agreed to review the 2008 HOS rule from scratch and issue a new Final Rule in less than two years. In light of the decision to reconsider the rule, the petitioners who brought the suit, Public Citizen, et al., and FMCSA have entered into a settlement agreement that will put the case in abeyance pending the issuance of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which the FMCSA must submit to the Office of Management and Budget ….Read More

Shootout at US-Mexico border and the actors are making excuses

Sep 232009
 
 23/09/2009  Posted by PMC at 19:39 on 23/09/2009 1 Response »
Shootout at US-Mexico border and the actors are making excuses

Three Mexican men were arrested on federal human-trafficking charges on Wednesday, and 75 Mexicans were detained as illegal immigrants, after three vans in which they were riding tried to run through the border station at San Diego on Tuesday afternoon, federal immigration and San Diego police officials said. CBP officers FIRED ACROSS NINE LANES OF TRAFFIC in an attempt to stop the vans at one of the United States busiest land crossing borders that sees and average of 40,000 vehicles a day Two of the people in the van were injured, one critically and one with non life threatening injuries ….Read More

US loses to Mexico 5-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup

Jul 282009
 
 28/07/2009  Posted by PMC at 05:46 on 28/07/2009 Comments Off
US loses to Mexico 5-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup

It was an afternoon custom-designed to make Mexicans feel wonderful, at long last, about their treasured national soccer team – courtesy of a regional nemesis. At the same time, the debacle imposed a tough lesson on U.S. officials, who fielded a third-rate cast on an international stage and failed badly in the gamble. The Americans were thumped, humiliated, 5-0, Sunday by Mexico in the Gold Cup final. It was the worst loss anywhere for the U.S. team since a 1985 defeat to England in Los Angeles by the same score. This fiasco was a public relations blow more than a ….Read More

Seven charged in Mexico’s day-care center fire – Six more sought

Jun 222009
 
 22/06/2009  Posted by PMC at 18:23 on 22/06/2009 Comments Off
Seven charged in Mexico's day-care center fire - Six more sought

MEXICO CITY — Seven state officials have been arrested for negligent homicide in a day care fire that killed 47 children in northern Mexico, an official said Monday. The seven are officials with the northern Sonora state Finance Department, which operated a warehouse where the June 5 fire started, then spread to the adjacent day care center, said Sonora State Attorney General Abel Murrieta. He said arrests warrants have been issued for six other Finance Department officials. “They are employees and officials with the Finance Department who have a direct responsibility for the warehouse where the fire started,” Murrieta said ….Read More

Who will compensate Mexico for false swine flu reports?

Jun 212009
 
 21/06/2009  Posted by PMC at 09:16 on 21/06/2009 3 Responses »
Who will compensate Mexico for false swine flu reports?

The swine flu outbreak that has wrecked Mexico’s economy may become a case study in reckless journalism. It now turns out that it’s not clear whether the H1N1 pandemic originated in Mexico, as first reported, or in the United States. Like most of you, I had taken it for granted that the disease started in Mexico. That’s what most press reports said in late April, when we saw the first headlines about this illness. Some radio and cable television presenters called it the “Mexican flu.” So earlier this week, I found myself scratching my head when I read in a ….Read More

Minuteman Child Killer Co-Hosted Anti-Immigration Event Featuring GOP Presidential Candidates

Jun 182009
 
 18/06/2009  Posted by PMC at 00:03 on 18/06/2009 Comments Off
Minuteman Child Killer Co-Hosted Anti-Immigration Event Featuring GOP Presidential Candidates

Firedoglake reports that Shawna Forde, the anti-immigrant leader of the Minuteman American Defense (M.A.D.) who was recently charged with the murder of a 9-year-old Hispanic girl and her father, co-hosted the 2007 Washington State Illegal Immigration Summit that reportedly featured presidential candidates Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, and Fred Thompson. The Reagan Wing, a conservative blog dedicated to picking up Ronald Reagan’s “sword” still features a plug for the summit which it describes as “the pinnacle Conservative event of 2007“: In addition the event is co-hosted by Minutemen American Defense, a Washington state-wide American citizen defense coalition headed by Shawna Forde, a re-born Rock ….Read More

Mexico National Cemetary – Least we forget

May 232009
 
 23/05/2009  Posted by PMC at 22:20 on 23/05/2009 Comments Off
Mexico National Cemetary - Least we forget

Throughout the War with Mexico it was the practice of the U.S. Army, following major military engagements, to burythe dead in mass graves on or near the battlefield where they fell. Generally, this task was performed as quickly as possible for one very practical reason: the warm climate in which most of the war was fought hastened decomposition. The bodies of soldiers who died later of their wounds, or from some other cause, were also buried promptly, usually near whichever building was serving as an army hospital at the time. In towns garrisoned by American troops for long periods, burials ….Read More

Mexican trucks could roll again as soon as June

May 212009
 
 21/05/2009  Posted by PMC at 20:57 on 21/05/2009 Comments Off
Mexican trucks could roll again as soon as June

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the United States could reopen its roads to Mexican trucks as soon as next month, Speaking at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, LaHood said that Mexico’s levying of billions in tariff’s in response to Congress’ decision to bar the vehicles has put a huge burden on American producers, LaHood said he will bring up the issue to Congress after lawmakers return from next week’s recess. Congratulations to Secretary LaHood for looking beyond all the lies and bullshit that has been put before Congress and seeing that the Mexican trucks are not ….Read More

US earns Mexico’s gratitude over H1N1 response

May 142009
 
 14/05/2009  Posted by PMC at 07:29 on 14/05/2009 2 Responses »
US earns Mexico's gratitude over H1N1 response

H1N1 flu has infected Mexico’s relations with China and other countries that have canceled airline flights and halted some trade. But its most prickly neighbor – the United States – now seems like the country’s most loyal friend. Mexico is smarting from what it considers discriminatory actions by countries it had considered friendly, insisting the world should be grateful for its open and aggressive efforts to stem the spread of the H1N1 virus. The shutdown of public life cost Mexico $2.2 billion in the first 10 days after the epidemic was announced. The government sent a plane to pick up ….Read More

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