Do you think when taco bell said run for the border  ,the Mexicans  took it a bit  too serious?
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I actually think Taco Bell should have thought a little harder about that slogan when they came up with it.  You can tell it was from an ad agency that is nowhere near the southwestern U.S. and was agreed to by executives in ivory towers that never see Hispanics because their butler hires the yard help.
187466
Wet feet from running across the Rio Grande River... er... you were talking about illegal aliens, weren't you?
1121978
I don't think all hispanics hate taco bell, but I think they realize that it is not authentic mexican food.  Tastes good/not authentic.
354977
The border policy is bull. And honestly, it's in the news and all, but the people I talk to in Southern California.. we don't care! It's just the media hype making it out to be a bigger deal than it is (I hope). To get a little stereotypical, what would we possibly do without Mexicans?? Honestly, who would cook, clean, cut grass, wash the dishes, and do all the other jobs that nobody else wants?? And they are not stealing our jobs, because nobody wants them! And if a Mexican is smart enough to compete with us for jobs (not saying they aren't, many many are!) then that is great! Who are we to decide who gets what? Honestly, the crimes that some of them commit aren't enough to deport an entire group of people. And finally, for the kicker.. WE ALL ENTERED THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY! I hate that argument, but honestly, it is true.
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It's an item now because it is getting worse. You may not be aware that Mexican Army units make about 100 illegal incursions into the United States every year, sometimes to escort drug runners into the US.  This is a huge problem and to speak out against it would undermine the Administration's irrational and inexplicable infatuation with Vicente Fox's corrupt regime and that crap piece of garbage called NAFTA.  The Mexicans are a huge problem that is getting bigger and at one point or another are going to have to be confronted point blank whether the Administration wants to or not.  the very sovereignty of the United States is at risk, and the Federal government by refusing to properly address the issue is defaulting on its obligation to defend the country.\n\nYou will be hearing more and more about this and I would  not be overly surprised if at some point in the near future open warfare breaks out between the US and Mexico.\n\nITEM:\nMexican Army Invades U.S. \nPhil Brennan, NewsMax.com\nWednesday, March 12, 2003 \nIt’s the war nobody wants to talk about: well-armed Mexican soldiers storming across America’s southern border, sometimes with guns blazing.\n“We are in state of war,” Edward Nelson, chairman of U.S. Border Control, told Soldier of Fortune magazine. “And we are fighting enemies who have brought the battle to our shores. If ever there was a time for the United States to put troops on the border, it is now.”\n\nA blockbuster exposé in the magazine's March issue notes that over the past five years, there have been 120 documented incidents of Mexican military/police incursions, sometimes resulting in the arrest of Mexican army personnel on U.S. soil by Border Patrol agents.
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I've stopped eating certain fruits, and I don't go to the businesses in certain areas of town like the taco stand nor would I ever eat at one (what the hell is half that crap). I don't eat mexican food very often (most places I go have white folks cooking and serving), so that wouldn't be a problem for me (plus all those damn refried beans are gross). \n\nI also vote and I know who my ticket will be for- the toughest on illegal immigration, promoting English, building a high-tech fence, and making future provisions to ensure that it won't happen again. I've got a good congressman where I live: Tom TANCREDO- he's awesome!!
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I think it's not very nice... We are virtually all immigrants to this great country and to make fun of anybody who comes here for a better life is a hyprocrite.\n\nMexicans are very har working people who deserve our respect- and a big raise!
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This is NO JOKE, people.\nThese people want to take California (and other south western states.) In case you weren't sure, it has already begun. If they want Calif. back...the only way we should give it is without any of the infrastructure that was designed, built and has been maintained by the U.S. \n\nThe land was theirs before, but now it's not. They should get over it. If they want to be Americans, no problem....but if you want to run around town with a Mexican flag, you should do it in Mexico. In case there's any confusion, if you're geographically challenged, that's south of San Diego! Bye bye!!! Hasta Luego! Que te vallas bien y nunca regresan!\n\nSeriously, though. You should go to the site below and read how racist these guys are. (Yes, the same ones who call me racist for wanting my government to enforce the law.) They want to take over what they consider to be already theirs. \n\nWAKE UP, PEOPLE!! This is not a joke, it's serious.
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Hurting big time, \n\nDon't get me wrong I am all for people that want to move to America and make a better life for themselves.  But Could they do it legally?  I don't think Mexicans would like me very much if I went to their country waving an American flag, making people learn the English language, and protesting because of the government.  They would laugh in my face.  If we can not protect our borders then our country is not worth having!!!
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i'm assuming you mean illegals. You have to give the guys from central america credit. They were all willing to die trying to get here. Most of them ride on freight trains accross mexico to get to the border. Many are maimed and killed trying to jump on and off the trains. Gangs and marauders rob and kill them all the way up the track. How many of us would be willing to die just to live here? We are all decendants of immigrants. As long as they are not criminals, i don't have a problem with them trying to get a little piece of the american dream.....
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I think someone needs an a$$ whopping. It's ridiculous. How are the minute men suppose to succeed if they are constantly being ratted out.\n\nLOL LisAnn I hear you. I think we need to put a hospital right on the Mexican side of the border. That way they can't wait at the border until the women go into labor.\n\nHow about this for an idea how about we pay them to build the border fence.???? Of course it would be supervised and they would be working on the opposite side of it.
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I agree with you.  Mexico has programs set up to assist their citizens in coming over the border.  If we cut off all assistance to their country I bet you'd see a different philosophy.  They have grown too accustomed to our dollars.  If we charged a percentage to those wiring money back to Mexico....you'd see changes.  If we tried to charge them for returning their nationals, I think you'd see mobbing in the streets.\n\nActually there are military in Mexico who protect the drug cartel that makes the runs between our countries.....and they are well armed and very dangerous.\n\nWe are dealing with people who want us to play by the "nice" rules while they do as they please....and apparently, get away with it.
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This has been going on in Mexico for the past 150 years.  In this case they claim several things the main being that they are not happy with the results of the last election.  Was it really fixed,...duh  this is Mexico!.     The violence is much greater closer to the U.S. border but the instigators are admittedly different, Oaxaca involves more professionals (ie teachers).  There is very little respect for law in Mexico.  hmmm, seems to be a little of that slipping up north from there too.
516545
I think so. With our Southern States and their defective boarder patrol. Illegal drugs have been enough of a problem alone with the Mexican boarder anyway.
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Yeah...Ill Shop\nCan We Stop At TACO BELL For Lunch???\n**************\n\nIn Response To Banana Bean (Above Me)\n\nOH...But What About IRAN???...\nShouldnt You Be More Woried About THAT???\nWe Might Not Have A HOME Anymore If We Keep Worryin About The Fruitpickers And The Toilet Scrubbers....\nShouldnt We Be More Focused????\n\nThank You USA...And Sorry For Steppin On Your Thread\n\nAMERICA FIRST
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It is a matter of magnitude.  There has always been some illegal aliens entering the country, but now it has grow to huge proportions with many demanding rights of full citizens and some saying that the Southwest United States is actually pat of Mexico.  Obviously this can’t continue.\n\nBegin with enforcing actions against companies hiring illegal aliens with large fines and jail terms on the business management and business owners.  Control the border at least as good as does Mexico protecting its Southern border.  That  is, close it.  \n\nThese actions will both cut to a trickle those illegally coming in our country and those here illegally will (to a large degree return to their country of origin.\n\nAfter that is done we could look at the cause of the problem.  People who want to better their lives coming to the United States for a better future.  In their shoes we would do the same.  Begin to work with Mexico to establish a better business climate in Mexico.  Then begin making incentives for those companies who have built businesses over seas, to move those businesses to Mexico.\n\nNone of this will make all of the problem go away but it should diminish it to a more reasonable size.
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I agree.  The idea that you can drive over the border for a visit and then stay for a couple of days and have your baby here free, because they can't refuse them medical help, then they get free food stamps and everything else that goes along with it.  I have mexican friends who are legal here and they say that the ones who come in illegally know all the tricks to get money from the government that we who live here know nothing about.  Their friends show them the ropes.  This is wrong.  CHANGE Mexico first.  It is a great country with lots of resources but a corrupt government.  The people have to change it there first.  We are overrun with illegals here in TEXAS.