OOIDA asks “Is it racist to oppose the Mexican cross-border program?”

Aug 122011
 
 12/08/2011  Posted by PMC at 17:19 on 12/08/2011 Comments Off
OOIDA asks "Is it racist to oppose the Mexican cross-border program?"

That’s the question being posed on the Landline Now Media blog by Sandi Soendker, and it’s a valid question. The obvious answer to the question is of course, no. However, in their absence of a credible argument opposing the cross border trucking program with Mexico, OOIDA and other opponents are knowingly and willfully preying on the ignorance and prejudices of their members and the public at large, to turn opinion against Mexican truckers. So far once we can agree with OOIDA when Soendker writes; If American truckers are opposed to cross-border trucking with Mexico, are they racists? If they are ….Read More

Where’s the outrage? OOIDA not concerned about our porous borders – At least one of them

Aug 022011
 
 02/08/2011  Posted by PMC at 00:11 on 02/08/2011 Comments Off
Where's the outrage? OOIDA not concerned about our porous borders - At least one of them

Mark Reddig is on the radio exhorting his listeners that the Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico will “destroy” the US trucking industry. The August issue of OOIDA’s in house rag, LAND LINE is being pimped on the same program with emphasis on their headline story DOT’s DOG & PONY SHOW, an article where they showcase their “expertise” on the southern border from their ivory tower in Grain Valley Missouri, 1000 miles from the source of their concern. OOIDA has long been using the illogical argument that Mexican trucks should be banned from the US because they “might” bring drugs, ….Read More

National Call to Action – Mexican Cross Border Trucking Proposal

Jun 162011
 
 16/06/2011  Posted by PMC at 04:20 on 16/06/2011 Comments Off
National Call to Action - Mexican Cross Border Trucking Proposal

Time for readers and other interested parties to call their assorted Senators and Congress critters and ask them to support the proposed Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico which would bring the United States into compliance with it’s international obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The legal retaliatory tariff’s Mexico but on 99 US export products has cost more than 25,000 Americans their jobs and agri business loss of more than 14% market share, most going to Canada. To contact your Congressman and both of your Senators, call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, tell the operator ….Read More

Hoffa: Plan to Open Border to Unsafe Mexican Trucks Is Reckless

Apr 112011
 
 11/04/2011  Posted by PMC at 18:11 on 11/04/2011 Comments Off
Hoffa: Plan to Open Border to Unsafe Mexican Trucks Is Reckless

As expected, James P. Hoffa came out with the expected denouncement of FMCSA’s announced Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico late this after noon, and Hoffa didn’t disappoint using his tired worn out mantra of “unsafe” Mexican trucks to lead off his rant. And, as expected, he is using the targeted violence in Mexico as an excuse saying that his union members will vigorously oppose a dangerous plan to open the border to Mexico, a country ravaged by a drug war. “Vigorously oppose” we suppose means lining the pockets of the politicians he has in his pocket, er, corner, such ….Read More

Along the Border – Immeasurable fear overrules reality

Jan 312010
 
 31/01/2010  Posted by PMC at 16:12 on 31/01/2010 1 Response »
Along the Border - Immeasurable fear overrules reality

MATAMOROS — Violence in this border city, residents say, is often left unreported by authorities yet exaggerated when caught on tape by the media, making it difficult to measure. But if there is some certainty in the muddle of misinformation, many say it is this: Fear is ravaging the public perception of Matamoros. People no longer cross as frequently into the Mexican border city as they did in the past, and its retail businesses and restaurants are hurting. “It is not to say that there have not been dangerous incidents, but we can say the same for this side of ….Read More

Mexico to be represented in Rose Parade – First time in 40 years

Dec 272009
 
 27/12/2009  Posted by PMC at 00:02 on 27/12/2009 Comments Off
Mexico to be represented in Rose Parade - First time in 40 years

In honor of the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence and 100 years since the country’s revolution, the Mexican government is sponsoring its first Rose Parade float in over 40 years. “With this float we’re going to tell 40 million people watching on TV that it’s Mexico’s birthday,” said Juan Marcos Gutierrez-Gonzalez, the Mexican consul general in Los Angeles. “There’s no better way to do it.”

Mexico will decriminalize some drug use

Jun 222009
 
 22/06/2009  Posted by PMC at 09:07 on 22/06/2009 Comments Off
Mexico will decriminalize some drug use

MEXICO CITY — Could Mexican cities become Latin Amsterdams, flooded by drug users seeking penalty-free tokes and toots? That is the fear, if somewhat overstated, of some Mexican officials, especially in northern border states that serve as a mecca for underage American drinkers. The Mexican legislature has voted quietly to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of pot, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs, an effort that in the past has proved highly controversial. There has been less protest this time around, in part because there hasn’t been much publicity. Some critics have suggested that easing the punishment on drug possession ….Read More

The fallacy of Mexico as a failing state

Feb 012009
 
 01/02/2009  Posted by PMC at 23:34 on 01/02/2009 Comments Off

Yann Kerevel writes at Allterdestiny; f anyone has been following headline’s in the U.S. press about Mexico in the last month or two, you might have noticed a lot of alarmist and sensationalist garbage being thrown around suggesting that Mexico is coming close to collapse, is a “failed state” or a “narco state.” Fox news has been spreading this message, along with a number of political commentators on the Sunday morning talk shows, and even Rolling Stone. The violence in Mexico is worrying, and cause for concern, but the rhetoric seems to lead the uninformed to think Mexico is more ….Read More

Mexico’s Social Security (IMSS) wins useless bureaucracy award

Jan 092009
 
 09/01/2009  Posted by PMC at 08:05 on 09/01/2009 Comments Off

MEXICO CITY — Here was a contest no Mexican bureaucrat wanted to win. A months-long quest to identify the most nightmarish examples of Mexico’s famously nightmarish red tape ended Thursday with a verdict: The nation’s Social Security agency reigns supreme among government bureaucracies that drive Mexicans nuts. President Felipe Calderon bestowed the dubious honor on the federal agency as part of a contest to find the country’s “most useless tramite,” or bureaucratic process. The contest drew more than 20,000 nominations from Mexicans who endure long lines and lug reams of required paperwork to accomplish seemingly straightforward chores, such as acquiring ….Read More

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