Those who voted for Obama were, are and will continue unemployed

(My new American Thinker post)

We can say a couple of things about the 2012 election and jobs: 

1) You have a better chance of finding a job in a state that voted for Romney, such as Texas, the Dakotas, the Carolinas and Georgia. On the other hand, New York, California and Illinois are economic disasters "clinging" to the hope that change will come their way.   (See this chart)

2) Young people, blacks and "hispanos" can not find work. 

Daniel Henninger has a great article about young people and lack of jobs. 

It is bad for young people. However, it is really bad for the two groups that blindly voted for Obama, blacks and hispanos: 

"The Center for American Progress study is a straight-ahead description of the grim employment status and diminished earnings prospects of whites, Hispanic and especially younger blacks. The official unemployment rate for people in their late teens and post-college years is around 16%, but add in those who've given up looking or taken jobs flipping hamburgers (underemployment) and their home-alone status moves past 25%. For young blacks—the most politically misled people in America—the out-of-work number is between 40% and 50%." 

He promised them a "rose garden" but it looks more and more like those "Paper roses" that Marie Osmond sang about years ago. 

He scared "hispanos" that Romney would grab "Tia Maria" from the sofa and ship her back to Mexico. The truth is that Tia Maria is packing her bags and following "Tio Juan" back to Mexico because the Obama economy is only good for the stock market: "Stock rally is disconnected from wage and job growth"! 

Lousy job market & anemic GDP growth means that those who "blindly voted" for Obama will continue to be unemployed no matter how many "5 de Mayo" speeches Obama delivers. 

How can this man continue to enjoy high approval ratings? Beats me! 

It can not be for results because there no "resultados" in the Hispanic districts. 

Here is the Obama story for "hispanos': There are lots of "discursos" (speeches) but not enough "trabajos" (jobs)!

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President Pena-Nieto of Mexico needs to keep the heat on the cartels

(My new American Thinker post)

There is a lot to like about President Pena-Nieto of Mexico. He looks in charge. He governed one of the largest states in Mexico and understands the importance of foreign investment in a developing economy. He is from the old PRI (the party who governed Mexico until 2000 and gained a reputation for corruption) but wants to be a different PRI leader. 

However, his attitude toward the war on cartels is not of those things that we like about him.

Pena-Nieto wants to change Mexico's image, from a nation where people are shooting each other to one where foreign companies are happily investing and creating jobs.

In many ways, Mexico is doing quite well.      Pres Pena-Nieto is serious about reforms to energy and telecommunications.

However, letting up on the cartels will make attracting foreign investment, and tourists, very very hard.

We spoke with Alfredo Corchado of The Dallas Morning News on Wednesday's show. He confirmed what we read in The New York Times:

".....In another clash, American security officials were recently asked to leave an important intelligence center in Monterrey, where they had worked side by side with an array of Mexican military and police commanders collecting and analyzing tips and intelligence on drug gangs. The Mexicans, scoffing at the notion of Americans’ having so much contact with different agencies, questioned the value of the center and made clear that they would put tighter reins on the sharing of drug intelligence."

We understand that Mexicans are tired of war. Let's put the deaths in Mexico in some perspective.  Imagine if we had 300,000 dead from street fights or shootouts.  Imagine if we had entire regions of the country run by criminal elements.  So I understand that Mexicans would love to turn on the TV and not see another story about gangs settling scores.

However, the cartels are not tired of war. They are just eager to fight for turf here and Mexico.  There are obviously no official figures but we understand this:

"Mexico's drug syndicates are the No. 1 supplier of illegal drugs into the United States. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has said Mexico cartels are also infiltrating drug-selling operations in major U.S. cities and taking over.    According to a 2011 Justice Department report, Mexican drug cartels "represent the greatest organized crime threat to the United States.""

We don't know what President Obama told President Pena-Nieto in private. We hope that he spoke bluntly about the need to keep the heat on the cartels.

Again, the cartels are not calling it quits. They are creative enterprises that plan to continue their operations as long as Americans consume billions of dollars in illegal drugs.

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US-Latin America issues this week

We focused on Mexico this week.  Our special guest was  Alfredo Corchado, Dallas Morning News.  We will also be joined by Fausta Wertz & Michael Prada.

Check Alfredo's book!  It is a memoir of his years covering the area, from the fun stuff to the bloody cartel war.

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