"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan
Friday, October 25, 2024
Trump & Harris in Texas on Voz Media
š¹ | #ENTREVISTA: AnĆ”lisis de la campaƱa de Trump y Harris en Texas
— VOZ (@VozMediaUSA) October 26, 2024
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“Caravana esperando
“Caravana esperando" (Caravan waiting) - American Thinker https://t.co/0MILWYvtks
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 25, 2024
Down in Southern Mexico, there are lots of people following the U.S. elections. They are "la caravana" in waiting or the people deciding when they go north. This is the story:
This town near the border of Guatemala holds a migrant time bomb ready to go off just after the US presidential election.
The fuse was lit in December 2023, when the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration sent senior lieutenants to Mexico to work out the details of what remains a highly mysterious grand diplomatic bargain.
Worried about what the optics of the southern border would do to their re-election chances -- though not the migrant crisis itself -- the White House wanted to stop the pictures of crowds of people gathered at the wall.
The deal was to have Mexico deploy 32,500 troops to the US border to round up untold thousands of intending border crossers from the northern precincts and force-ship them -- “internal deportation” by planes and buses -- thousands of miles to Mexico’s southern provinces and entrap them in cities like Tapachula in Chiapas state behind militarized roadblocks.
Mexico closed off most of its freight trains to migrant free riders, bulldozed northern camps, and patrolled relentlessly for more deportee targets.
Meanwhile, the administration increased “parole” programs that flew migrants directly from countries like Venezuela, thus avoiding the border entirely.
Worried about optics? I guess you would be if you are presidential candidate trying to explain the disaster on the border.
What do we do? How does the Biden administration handle this? My guess is that this caravan will start to move north if Trump wins to try to sneak in before January 20th.
Let's hope that the next president, hopefully Trump, will sit down with "la presidenta" in Mexico and rewrite the rules. We can start by making it clear that these caravans will not cross the border and demand that Mexico do its part. I'm not sure if "la presidenta" will have the ability to stop these caravans because there lots of criminal elements moving these people. No matter what, we need to change the rules of the game and stop this madness or human trafficking.
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My reaction to VP Harris on CNN
š¹ | #ENTREVISTA: AnĆ”lisis polĆtico de las intervenciones de Kamala Harris
— VOZ (@VozMediaUSA) October 25, 2024
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We remember Bobby Thomson (1923-2010)
A few years ago, Bill Katz of URGENT AGENDA alerted me to the passing of Bobby Thomson.
However, he will always be remembered for hitting the greatest home run in baseball history: A 1951 NL pennant clinching home run by a Giants team that was 14 games out of first place Brooklyn in June! And the greatest radio baseball call ever!
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Grenada 1983: A victory for the good guys and a big defeat for Cuba’s Castro
October 25, 1764: Remembering the day that John Adams married Abigail Smith
President Reagan and Grenada 1983
Back in October 1983, I was in Mexico City visiting some clients.
On the day of the Grenada invasion, I attended a scheduled lunch at a local chamber of commerce. There were several Mexican businessmen and politicians at my table.
We quickly started talking about the news of the day; President Reagan's decision to invade Grenada.
Grenada was a small island where US citizens were attending medical school. Most people had never heard of Grenada or the Cuban efforts to turn the island into a communist beachhead, an important runway for Soviet MIGs.
However, the Reagan administration had their eye on Grenada for some time. They knew the strategic importance of Grenada and its proximity to The Panama Canal.
As I sat down to have lunch, I found their reactions to be surprising, especially given Mexico's criticism of US support of the UK in the Falklands the year before.
I prepared myself for a lot of criticism of President Reagan and "Yankee imperialists." To my pleasant surprise, I heard the exact opposite:
1) One politician directly said: "Carter would have never done this! He would have been afraid";
2) A businessman said: "This is why I love Reagan....the man is "un lider", i.e. a leader;
My favorite one came from one prominent Mexican politician who gave me the thumbs up and said: Reagan 1, Castro 0!
After the lunch meeting, I walked back to my office trying to understand their reactions.
I came to one conclusion: People like to see US leadership and determination. They want a strong president because a weak US president is such a lousy alternative.
Thank you President Reagan for pushing Fidel Castro back and giving communism a major defeat!