Dave & I both talked with our friend/tutor, Sara, who is a very well-educated, well-read Mexican with an interest in politics, about the latest news this past weekend. Her input is really interesting.
The US is complaining about 1 million Mexican refugees flooding the border demanding asylum. I told Sara she could come live with us in MI ;) but she said no way, Jose - it's much too cold there!
Sara also promised to stop talking with us if we invaded her country. Which, honestly, is pretty fair.
I read this commentary today, written by a US-born Mexican American who went to University with current Mexican President Calderon:
"Even so, this business about Mexico on its way to being a "failed state" is just a lot of hot air. The rumors of our neighbor's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
A country of 110 million people, Mexico is still a functioning democracy with press freedoms and bold leaders, like Calderon, who are tackling the issue of drug violence head on. There is plenty of reason for optimism.
Frankly, one reason the doomsday talk about Mexico catches on is because it distracts Americans from our own problems. I learned a long time ago that, for many of my countrymen, Mexico serves a purpose in tough times by providing something to which we can feel superior. Even with the banking bailouts, mortgage crisis, a plummeting stock market and rising unemployment, the thinking goes, we can at least be grateful that we're not Mexico." http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/navarrette.mexico/index.html
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