West Burlington IA News-Sports-Opinion

Falcon,

Strange how the border issues of the United States has all fallen on a governor of the state of Arizona. Governor Brewer along with the majority of its citizens firmly believe they have to take a stand that the U.S. Government has failed to do regardless who the president has been for these past many years. There have been many polls taken on what people think of the issue across the United States of America and they all have ended the same 95% stand with Arizona.

We hear on the news how we will be racial profiling and that we are being unfair to those who cross our borders without permission.

The Mexico Senate chastises us in the country of Germany. Our Secretary of State announces in Peru the lawsuit has been filed by the DOJ. Mexico takes a harder stance with illegal entrance to their country

Sunday 7/11/10

El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) and El Diario de Hoy (San Salvador, El Salvador) 7/10/10

Hondurans resume tough trip toward the US
Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico – With fear and uncertainty, a little more than 800 migrants board the train to continue their trip to the US. They have been delayed by the torrential rains in the area that have suspended operations of the rail lines. To avoid the abuses and humiliations against such migrants, their trip has been monitored by a group of agencies that includes the Salvadoran Consulate, who will observe their trip up to the state line of Oaxaca. Before leaving Chiapas, the governor ordered water, food and medicine for the stranded travelers. Central Americans’ trip through Mexico is fraught with dangers of kidnappings, robberies, beatings and other abuses, noted a local priest in charge of their temporary shelter.

http://www.elheraldo.hn/Sucesos/Ediciones/2010/07/10/Noticias/Hondurenos-reanudan-viaje-de-dolor-hacia-EUA

This is just the latest group to head towards the United States, but they have to travel the torrid country of Mexico in fear of their lives.

Not only do we fight the illegal immigrants crossing the borders but also all of the drugs that head towards the United States.

Monday 7/12/10

El Diario de Hoy (San Salvador, El Salvador) and Prensa Libre (Guatemala) 7/11/10

Narco-submarine intercepted off Guatemalan coast

The Guatemalan Navy intercepted a narco-submarine off the Pacific coast carrying a cargo of at least five tons of cocaine en route to the US. The Navy, in conjunction with the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) intercepted the boat, measuring 17 meters in length, and arrested the four-man crew. A spokesman for the Guatemalan military said the boat had a sleeping compartment, an engine room and cargo space. It was similar to another boat located in October 2009 about 110 miles off the Guatemalan coast loaded with 10 tons of cocaine.

http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/droga-narcosubmarino_0_296370476.html
-Alfredo The Brain

Falcon:

I see where there’s a movement on to up the Social Security age to 70 which is okay and at the same time congressional pensions should also be raised to 70. This crap of having laws for the public and then another set for government is wrong and any law affecting the public should also cover congress and all employees of the federal government. People elected to office including the president should not get lifetime pensions either and should only receive what they’ve earned in government. If a congressman servers only one term he or she receives no pension and on up the line. Maybe after three terms they get a pension but not their full salary or anything near that amount. Government should not be making people wards of the taxpayer just because they worked for the government.

Absolutely no one should receive retirement benefits until age 70 period, no matter what, except for those having private retirement funds. No government pensions until 70 and no SS until 70 sounds good to me. As the death age grows so should the SS benefit age.

-Agreeable