Mexican Government Runs Threatening Ad… In the Arizona Republic Newspaper
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6:02 PM
As if having their president bash our laws in front of the US Congress was not insulting enough…
Now the Mexican government in Sonora is running threatening ads in Arizona newspapers.
Doug Powers reported this at Michelle Malkin‘s blog.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio tweeted about this late yesterday:
From Sheriff Joe’s twitter page:
“I want the public to call 1-800-4SONORA & demand to know the meaning of this ad that was in the AZ Republic today http://twitpic.com/1ptueq”
Do they really want to start threatening American tourists?
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Freddy commented:
As far as I am concerned, WE THE PEOPLE ARE ALL FROM ARIZONA!
And Mexico can kiss all tourism GOODBYE!
kato commented:
From Mexico by way of Chicago.
This has got the stench of the White House all over it.
liz commented:
Obama paid for this ad. The great divider. It’s easy to cause contention and destroy things, Obama. Let’s see you do something positive for once.
Andreas K. commented:
I never had any intention to go to Mexico (if I don’t get robbed and killed, I might end up with swine flu or TB, so no thanks) and certainly don’t have any intention to go there thanks to recent events.
Arizona on the other hand, that’s becoming more and more interesting.
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jonyjoe101 commented:
Anyone who visits Mexico is an idiot. Yes everyone says it is safer than America but do you really want to be a statistic. Here in the US you at least know the areas to avoid, in Mexico the whole country is a free firezone. The police are as corrupt as the criminals, many times the police are the one doing the kidnappings.
Yes the Mexican people are really friendly etc etc. I’m surprise the sonora tourism office would approve such an AD.
Mark1957 commented:
What is this, has Mexico declared war on Arizona? Put troops on the border now.
PJ commented:
What’s new about that? Mexico has always loved/hated us.
A friend of mine was arrested there for some trumped up charge. “Fortunately,” he said, “bail was the exact amount of money I had in my pocket.”
Fuzzy commented:
So what is treason again? Doesn’t it entail conspiring with foreign leaders against America? BO knew exactly what Calderon would say to Congress, and now this? I believe he’s behind it in some way, anyway, as this is just too nasty for words and all but has “Chicago machine” stamped on it. All the better to stir up violence in America. This man is a danger and a disgrace. And a traitor.
USMC Thomas commented:
Meant to be a humorous tourism ad, maybe SOBama is going to declare all illegals now tourists.
Militant Conservative commented:
post #6
nope, El presedente will not put troops on the boarder for he wants hate and discontent and chaos to happen. With alot of folks outta work might be easy to populate the boarder with sniper nests. I know a few that have hight vision goggles. powder is dry.
Joanne commented:
Boycott Mexico – screw them.
bear commented:
FREDDY….RIGHT ON!!! hecho en mehico means NOT IN MY HOME!! some el presidente from a third-world cesspool telling MY family what to believe? Kiss my butt, calderone!! If the scumwaffles from south of the border think they can dictate to the USA, let them fix their OWN sewer first. Every one of you illegals, and anyone who supports these criminals, go back to margaritaville and demand your “rights.” I’ll watch as you idiots languish in the prisons of your culturally, educationally, economically, socially and politically “superior” nirvana!! That’s if your “superior” form of government doesn’t gun you down in the streets!! Sheesh!!!
anna commented:
Well there goes Cancun this year, and I’ll make sure I send this to all my fellow travelers. I think the ad should say “I can see Mexico losing a huge amount of U.S. tourist dollars from my house”. OT, the idiot in chief told us last year to stay away from Las Vegas so I just got back from spending a week there, screw him…
down with dems commented:
That guy’s in camo, definitely a kidnapping threat.
Bye bye Mexican tourism industry.
gdfgdfgd commented:
more like this
http://i50.tinypic.com/21jyn36.jpg
bg commented:
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hah!!
like we can’t see them, duh!!
flashback to 1917
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Jerry19 commented:
Bring it on wetbacks…we beat you back once before, we can certainly do it again!
bg commented:
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gdfgdfgd @ 6:54 pm #16
uh-uh, exactly like!!
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bitterclinger commented:
I’d imagine tourists from Europe could be mistaken for gringo Arizonans, right? I’m sure they’ll want to add their tourism $$ to May hee ko. /sarc
What dumb bellos.
bg commented:
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Jerry19 @7:01 pm #18
i can only speak for myself, but i don’t appreciate that sort of name calling..
there are numerous patriotic Americans of Mexican decent who are just
as appalled at what both Obama and Calderon have had to say of late..
besides, the message came from the MEXICAN GOVERNMENT, a
message obviously intended start a fire.. why hand them a match??
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gail commented:
I don’t see it as threatening at all. I think they’re trying to say that they want more Arizonans to come to Sonora. It’s the tourism board after all.
Sojourner commented:
gdfgdfgdNo Gravatar
May 22nd, 2010 | 6:54 pm | #16
..spot on.
..more like this:
http://i50.tinypic.com/21jyn36.jpg
AzSlapshot commented:
Gail,
I think you are right. It is probably a victim of bad design and bad timing. Or some leftist that knew what he/she was doing and snuck it through.
Why would Mexico want to discourage tourism?
wanumba commented:
I hear Israel is wonderful.
Great historical sites, English spoken, great hospitals, food, very organized. And think of the soothing empathy an Arizona tourist would get there. “Hey. Shalom. We understand this “boycott” stuff. No worries, you stay here. We have open carry, too! We have the same climate, but with BEACHES, with girls in bikinis and Uzis. Have some more hooo-moose.”
Mexico? Never heard of it.
Jack commented:
A boycott of mexico should have started Thursday, after calderone’s speech.
wanumba commented:
The AZ Republic shouldn’t be let off the hook. They are not innocent in this matter. They tell people all the time they will refuse their ads if they think they are “divisive.”
They would have had to have been brain dead to not know this ad would raise hackles, and they assure us all they are smarter than we rubes are, so “brain-dead” can’t be their excuse. They want trouble.
bg commented:
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17 more states planning Ariz. ‘illegal’ crackdown
[In what is developing into a standoff between states and the federal government that could be bigger than gun control or even health care,
17 states have launched versions of Arizona's immigration law, even as
federal officials say they may not bother to process illegal aliens caught
by the states.
"Over the last couple days, Obama and the chief of ICE have refused to honor their oaths of office," he said. "Their constitutional requirement
is to enforce existing laws.
[..]
“Seventeen states are now filing versions of Arizona’s SB 1070, which is designed to help local police enforce America’s existing immigration laws,” ALIPAC said in a report today.
The report said numerous national and local polls indicate 60 to 81
percent of Americans support local police enforcing immigration laws.
“Our national network of activists have been working overtime trying to help the state of Arizona and the brave Arizonans who have passed this bill,” he said. “Arizona no longer stands alone and we have now documented state lawmakers filing, or announcing they will file, versions of the Arizona bill in seventeen states! We will not stop until all states are protected from invasion as required by the U.S. Constitution.”]
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Richard Bagg commented:
I believe that if Mexico wants blood.. Lets give em some. Time to put that 3rd world craphole in its place.. First by deporting every last one of the bastards and putting in place a WALL not a fence and be willing to set it up in such a way the it resembles the border between North and South Korea. the shoot anyone that comes across.. Who the f$@k do they think they are threatening American Citizens!!!…
wanumba commented:
We all know that the AZ Republic, in formula Progressive Left Democrat fashion will announce it was “humor.” Anyone who takes offense is too stupid to “get it.”
It’s half true; five years ago, it might have been half-clever, now it’s patently provocative.
The “I was just testing the system” defense when caught voting five times.
bg commented:
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wanumba @ 7:36 pm #29
i’m shocked you said that, and must beg the differ..
Obama et al have already succeeded in stifling free speech, not to mention his Islamist friends, neither of which are finished trying to shut US up, not by a long shot..
i view it from quite a different perspective.. i see it as ARIZONA
defending FREEDOM OF SPEECH & FREEDOM OF THE PRESS..
whereas it’s evident that ARIZONA is not only trying to reverse
it’s lawless course, but enforcing the law of the land to boot..
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Buffalobob commented:
Anyone who goes to Mexico, especially if you are driving a vehicle with AZ plates, is asking to become a pinata.
PaulWalker commented:
How is this ad anymore “threatening” or a “call for violence” than the Palin “time to reload” webpage you all supported and defended?
Steele commented:
Personally, I think we should start boycotting items made in Mexico. However, since most of hte items we purchase today come from one of three places; China, Canada or Mexico (in addition to Taiwan), this would make life a little difficult. For example, we just changed the radiator in our vehicle, it was made in Mexico. We bought five movies from WalMart, all four DVDs were made in Mexico. For a country that says they have horrible economic conditions, we are buying a lot of items made there. If there are not jobs there, then who is making all this stuff? And if there are people their with jobs, then they are being paid slave wages, which means, they need to protest their own government, not ours.
Either way, boycott MX made items and tourism. And that includes beer and tequilla.
Hugh commented:
I just spoke to a gentleman at 1-800-4SONORA and he insists it was published “out of context” or some such thing and that it was a “come party in Sonora” ad promoting tourism. I have to say that given the AZ issue and the incredibly bizarre graphic there is no way that this wasn’t intentional. That is, unless their ad people are living under a rock somewhere.
wanumba commented:
Richard Bagg
May 22nd, 2010 | 8:07 pm | #31
I believe that if Mexico wants blood.. Lets give em some. Time to put that 3rd world craphole in its place..
………
Not so fast. I actually think Mexico may start to feel that they aren’t driving this thing at all, but the Obama crowd is, and will drive it far far beyond Mexico’s control. Mexico’s just a cleptocracy at the moment, with drug lords. Somewhat straightforward, but if the American Socialists think border chaos will advance their radical political agenda, Mexico may find it can’t control the fire that Obama is stoking on BOTH sides of the border.
I think Mexico may regret before we do thinking Obama is actually on their side.
tomiwk commented:
wow, I had no idea you guys hated us mexicans so much… take it easy, this is an attempt at a funny tourism advertisement gone wrong… the guy is supposed to be looking out for tourists to bring them to our country, so they can have a good time and leave us some dollars… yep, it’s a bad ad, and it gives a bad flavor given the recent political situation, but you guys should read yourselves… sad…
bg commented:
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wanumba @ 7:36 pm #29
disclaimer: on the other hand, aka: yours..
since it involves another country invading our
sovereign rights, i feel i must agree with you..
precisely how the Muslim Brotherhood ( aka: Islamists) is operating from within in America.. they too are using our sovereign rights against US, and not only that, but with our Presidents outright aiding & abetting approval..
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wanumba commented:
PaulWalker
May 22nd, 2010 | 8:14 pm | #35
How is this ad anymore “threatening” or a “call for violence” than the Palin “time to reload” webpage you all supported and defended?
…………
Really? You can’t see it the difference? Really? Phoenix is the second worst city in the world for kidnapping, 99.99% done by Mexicans for the purpose of extortion. A Mexican gang stopped two TRAINS east of FLagstaff last month to rob them. That’s audacious gang crime closer to Colorado than Mexico.
So what moron would put an ad out that evokes stalking? It had to be several morons to get produced, printed and approved for publishing, and amazingly not a soul said, “Hmmm?”
Sojourner commented:
original ad ‘amended’:
http://twitpic.com/1q2xkm
[...soooo much better now that you've got a sniper spying innocent people on the beach... lol.]
bg commented:
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tomiwk @ 8:21 pm #39
HATE??
you really think so??
hah!! if you want to see HATE, try placing an ad like that
with an AMERICAN SOLDIER in a MEXICAN newspaper..
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mark commented:
Meanwhile:
Homeland Security Alert: Terror suspect may be headed to Texas through Mexico
HOUSTON — A Homeland Security Alert is asking Houston police and Harris County Sheriff’s deputies to keep their eyes open for a potential terrorist.
The alert focuses on Mohamed Ali, a suspected member of the terrorist group Al Shabaab. It indicates he may be traveling to the U.S. through Mexico.
Al Shabaab is a terrorist group based in Somalia with links to the Somali attacks dramatized in the movie “Blackhawk Down.” A few months ago, the group announced its allegiance to Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden.
http://www.khou.com/news/Homeland-Secuir-94020394.html
bg commented:
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PaulWalker @ 8:14 pm #35
anyone ever tell you you’re an undiscerning idiot??
if not, allow me to be the first..
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bg commented:
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mark @ 8:34 pm #44
thanks, more here:
Islamic Illegal Immigrants
[Roughly 10% of the approximately 2 million Muslims in the U.S. are “illegal aliens” who may pose a homeland security risk. Some Muslim-Americans appear busy converting American Blacks to Islam, to the tune of about 250,000 converts a year. Other Muslim immigrants appear successful at gaining political clout. For example, in the State of Michigan, they got legislators there to vote for declaring Israel a terrorist state. Muslim immigrants are some of the most highly educated immigrants to America, with almost half having a bachelor’s degree. Several Muslim immigrants are political activists or radicals, and opinion polls show that a large majority are dissatisfied with U.S. policy toward the Middle East and that a significant majority believe their religion prohibits giving political allegiance to a secular government such as ours. On the other hand, there are some Muslims who do become loyal Americans and serve with distinction in the U.S. military. Suspicion of Muslim immigration (and suspected terrorism links) has been so acute as to cause serious thought be given toward putting a hold on Muslim immigration.]
and more @ link..
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wanumba commented:
bg
May 22nd, 2010 | 8:22 pm | #40
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wanumba @ 7:36 pm #29
disclaimer: on the other hand, aka: yours..
………………
No problemo. I was about to say that one needs to know what one has with the AZ Republic – open borders Liberal Left rag, so they are quite selective, to put it mildly.
Not friends with Sheriff Joe, not one little bit, so that’s one reason he is pissed. He’s seeing it as crying “fire” in a crowded theater .. or “racist” in a Open Border mob facing his deputies.
bg commented:
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Sojourner @ 8:27 pm #42
lol on your comments (sure make for easier targets)..
as for the “ad”, it can be never be amended, it crossed the line & there’s no going back (which is exactly why we have an illegal alien problem to begin with)..
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wanumba commented:
tomiwk
May 22nd, 2010 | 8:21 pm | #39
wow, I had no idea you guys hated us mexicans so much
…..
Typical Liberal thinking. Can’t keep the hate impersonal, then project that thinking onto others who don’t view the world or people that way.
No one hates Mexicans, but everyone hates the situation the politicians have put everyone in, pitting Mexicans against Americans. Politicians promised work and benefits for illegals, comforts and inticements of getting the laws changed, that they haven’t accomplished, building expectations, so that’s rotten, and didn’t consult with the American People as to whether they were okay with this, because taxes have been going up, and services closing under the additonal strains, and now ignore and insult those who complain.
This situation was created, a direct result of a series of bad political actions, so there’s nothing wrong with being pissed about being dragged in deeper to it unwillingly.
Subadar Lal Kukhri commented:
paul Walker:
If you didn’t comment here, no one would know you are a moron, idiot.
newton commented:
I don’t think the city of Phoenix (with its increasing number of kidnappings from Mexicans) or other places in AZ find that ad funny…
bg commented:
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wanumba @ 8:45 pm #47
re: [He’s seeing it as crying “fire” in a crowded theater ..
or “racist” in a Open Border mob facing his deputies.]
i agree with him.. however, that doesn’t mean he’s not just calling it like it is vs being mad at the newspaper for printing the ad.. which imo, “called it like it is” is exactly what he did..
i’m also glad they printed the ad..
if for nothing else, it serves as a warning that they are trying to soften our awareness, not to mention lower our defenses (iow: move along, as we pull the floor out from under you.. same goes for the Islamists.. nothing to see here.. but hey, what do people expect, they’re all, more or less, in bed together)..
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Alana commented:
It is amazing to me, but I finally have to admit: Mexicans (and their President) simply feel like they have a right come here, without going through legal channels.
They just figure it’s their right. They really do. I don’t know why.
Rock commented:
Given the scale of the drug war in Mexico what fool hardy person would risk his or his family’s safety traveling south of our boarders. That the criminal element there kills not only police but also attacks the Mexican Army, then enters our country to kill our civilians and law enforcement officers here, by what reasoning would anyone feel safe. As for hating the Hispanic people that is a leftist lie, the truth is we understand that the Mexicans that came here legally did so to escape the conditions in Mexico, a understandable act, unfortunately those involved with smuggling of people and drugs wish to create the same atmosphere here that allows them to thrive in Mexico. I really do not believe honest Hispanic want that, this was to be a new saver life, Now the Democrats wish to expose us all for no other reason than to secure their own power.
wanumba commented:
bg
May 22nd, 2010 | 9:11 pm | #52
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mmmm. I think the baiting is coming more from the Democrats than the Mexicans, so the AZ Republic is playing their Liberal Left part in a little game – that’s why I don’t think it’s about free press, but incitement. Look how people are reacting on this blog.
Both Arizonans and Mexicans are being played against each other here by the radical Left, so it’s worth stepping back to get a better sense of the manipulations.
Arizonans don’t want chaos, Mexicans don’t want chaos, but the Progressive Left needs it to upend old orders. hmmm.
PaulWalker commented:
wanumba #41
All I see is your own hypocrisy.
bg #45
No. you are indeed the first. However, I bet they say that about you all the time.
Subadar Lal Kukhri #50
That holds true for you too.
Sojourner commented:
bgNo Gravatar
May 22nd, 2010 | 8:53 pm | #48
..’as for the “ad”, it can be never be amended, it crossed the line & there’s no going back (which is exactly why we have an illegal alien problem to begin with..
agreed.. the intention of the first can’t be mediated by the second..more alinsky.. the first ad agitates.. increase the pressure..then the second, attempts ‘appeasement’.. more straw men diverting attention from the real target.. pray for AZ.. we’re in a fight.
Susie commented:
Well, I have always said since McCain and Teddy Boy was trying to make them all legal back a while ago that if they want to be Americans then we need to go in take over their country, over throw their govt and put our crooked govt in control and make them all have to pay taxes like us, make them all accountable to their Credit Scores like we are! They wouldnt like it if someone stole their identity and stuck them with having to clean it up.
Plus we would at least get the factories back that crossed the border that moved out of America… Tell the Factory owners “Look YOU ARE BACK IN AMERICA< NOW WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THEM FOR CHEAP LABOR?!"
Peggy commented:
Well that does it.
I passed on some Mexican produce today in Walmart. Now I plan to make a habit of it.
Boycott Arizona?? I say boycott Mexico.
Now that is a counter-boycott!
Kevin commented:
I would say boycott Mexico, but does anyone go down to that outhouse of a country with the drug cartel having a war with the Mexican Government?
Opaobie commented:
If that number is busy, try this one:
1-800-REMEMBER-THE-ALAMO!
mark commented:
wanumbaNo Gravatar
May 22nd, 2010 | 8:27 pm | #41
You are right. And an important point to remember is that by and large, the kidnapping victims in AZ are both Mexicans here illegally and US Citizens of Mexican decent. (Note I did not say Mexican-American) If you are a legal US Citizen than great. This is Hispanic on Hispanic crime and I believe if you are a legal US resident, the US should protect you from criminal border incursions meant to kidnap you or your family. The federal Gov’t SHOULD protect you as a US Citizen. They are not. Arizona is doing that for you in the absence of Obama.
Auntie Em commented:
Susie. I like the way you think.
bg commented:
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wanumba @ 9:49 pm #55
i understand..
but i don’t give a bats guano about who or why
it was done, that’s like crying over spilt milk..
i care about what it means to US, period..
i agree with the Sheriff & those who believe it crossed the line, iow: yet another shot across the bow so to speak..
we need to respond strongly to anything they throw at US, if not, we might
as well say thank you for pissing on US, you’re right, we deserve (fitb), and more or less surrender..
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bg commented:
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PaulWalker @ 9:52 pm #56
yep, that’s right on top of everyone’s list..
and silly me, thinking you couldn’t dig yourself in any deeper,
but you did, and in doing so, proved me wrong, congrats!!
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Marie commented:
As an American (and proud of it) with mexican descent
I find this ad repulsive. If they want a war Ill be willing to fight for America.
Either way the war wouldn’t last long since most Mexicans have a defeatist attitude.
bg commented:
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wanumba @ 9:49 pm #55
i don’t think you’re not getting the other half of what i’m saying (but
hey, even when we agree we disagree, that’s nothing new for us lol)..
anyways..
if the ad had been banned, imo, that would have been a move on par with the Islamist intimidation to the point of more or less the banning the MO cartoons, which in the strongest essence, violates both freedom of the press
& free speech..
the paper may be whatever you said it was, none of it should have anything to do with freedom of the press or free speech.. they should also print the damn MO cartoons or be endlessly protested until they are drummed out of business!!
there’s no such things as being “a little pregnant”, it’s equality for all under the law or Islam the one way street, take your (general) pic.. that is why i say BRAVO to AZ for not putting the kabosh on the ad.. as far as i can tell, they followed the lawful freedom of the press & speech rights, not their feelings.. if there’s a catch being it was from another government, i have no clue what kind of a conflict, if any, that would create..
if they want things changed, they can
always do it via legislating a new law..
meantime:
KUDOS TO THE LAW ABIDING STATE OF ARIZONA!!
(btw, if you go to Sonora, be sure to carry your BC.. that being said, just think, there’s no chance you’ll be running into Obama at the beach, now
that sounds like one cool vaca to me dude!! /lol sarc/)
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bg commented:
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Alana @ 9:11 pm #53
i agree..
[fits in perfectly with the "i'm an
entitled progressive syndrome"]
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bg commented:
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Opaobie @ 10:20 pm #61
excellent!!
rotflmbo!!
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bg commented:
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dang, pardon typo’s..
re: bg #48 = can never be amended
re: bg #67 = don’t think you’re getting
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hiway280z commented:
I shop Albertsons for fruit and veggies. They say where they are grown. Most in Mexico and I do not buy them. Mexico is filthy.
For those who think Arizona is wrong,go live there for a few months and see how you like what is happening in their state. The law they passed is the same as the Federal law that the government does not enforce. They endanger our country and people for their own power and money. Throw them out…actually we are doing that at all elections.
I can tell you from experience your life is in danger if you go to Mexico and always has been.
they take any one to jail for no reason and if you don’t come up with a large amount of money, you go to their prison…Saw that first hand
Andreas K. commented:
Paul Walker
Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.
As for the ad at hand. Well, it certainly looks strange. A guy, with a field glass, wearing something that looks strangely like camouflage, with some green leaves around him… Hmmm, now my first thought there is “spotter”.
Why would I visit a country that does an advert with what I identify as sniper spotter at once?
How is that funny or smart?
It’s like putting up a tourist ad for Germany showing a guy in SS uniform with a text like “We are looking for people from Israel”.
anonymous commented:
I have never been to Mexico for a vacation. I am not planning to go there anyway. I heard that Mexico was a dangerous place to go to and it wasn’t clean. I don’t know why the Americans go there-but I rather stay here in USA. And I still don’t understand why we are contiune to keep our relationship with Mexico and they (Mexican Government) don’t seemed to get alone with us. It is their problem.
anonymous commented:
Goodbye Mexico Tourism!
Steve commented:
This looks more like an unfortunate design for a tourism ad, not a threat. Y’all are wadded up, quite probably over nothing.
Militant Conservative commented:
PaulWalker
May 22nd, 2010 | 8:14 pm | #35
powder is dry doofuss. LOL
nadadhimmi commented:
In Mexico, the drug cartels are putting severed human heads up on the lampposts. Anyone that goes down there voluntarily deserves to get kidnapped and beheaded. THIS is the future of San Diego, L.A. and S.F.
TaSS commented:
I have friends (legal Americans orignally from Central America) who went down to Mexico with their American born children for vacation.
They were very unsettled by the bus ride from the airport to the restort. They said the resort was isolated from the violence but getting to the resort was stressful.
They will not go back.
Many of the people causing problems in Mexico are exporting the violence to the US. Mexico had more kidnappings then Iraq and now, Phoenix, AZ is known as the kidnapping capital of the US. The violence has overflowed to the US and instead of supporting AZ to put an end to the violence, we are supporting those who cause the violence to keep to be allowed to keep causing that violence.
This issue is not about immigration. It is about illegal immigration and people who flaunt US laws and do not respect our soverignity.
AZ has the right and duty to protect itself.
Scott Wiggins commented:
I can relate the following from a recent trip to baja, Mexico in a small private plane…At the port of entry we had to provide airplane registration, ownership documents, Mexican insurance, pilot information, license, passports. We had to purchase an entry certificate for the airplane and immigration stamps for all passengers. At every stop, we were approached by armed guards who recorded airplane and pilot information…They obviously do what they have to do to protect their country…Why in the hell did Calderone come to this country to criticize us??? My own theory is that he came here to show his machismo to Mexicans at home. He came to the Estados Unidos and criticized AZ from the Whitehouse and the floor of our Congress. It was a disgusting display…Obama and our Congress were used!
Hangtown Bob commented:
Let’s see how many American cities and states respond to this by boycotting Mexico.
I say, “BRING IT ON. BOYCOTT MEXICO!!!”
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
PaulWalker
May 22nd, 2010 | 8:14 pm | #35
How is this ad anymore “threatening” or a “call for violence” than the Palin “time to reload” webpage you all supported and defended?
Paul, we all suspected that you were a commie douchebag. Now we know.
bobc commented:
I am so fed up with Mexican Presidents!
I don’t know why anyone would vacation there, when you could spend a lifetime vacationing in the USA and not see it all.
Boycott Mexico and anyone else that plans a boycott on Arizona!
P.S. Polaris Industries, shut down their Wisconsin plant & is moving to Mexico!
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
tomiwk
May 22nd, 2010 | 8:21 pm | #39
wow, I had no idea you guys hated us mexicans so much… take it easy, this is an attempt at a funny tourism advertisement gone wrong… the guy is supposed to be looking out for tourists to bring them to our country, so they can have a good time and leave us some dollars… yep, it’s a bad ad, and it gives a bad flavor given the recent political situation, but you guys should read yourselves… sad…
Tommy boy, we read you as “stupid troll”.
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
PaulWalker
May 22nd, 2010 | 9:52 pm | #56
wanumba #41
All I see is your own hypocrisy.
bg #45
No. you are indeed the first. However, I bet they say that about you all the time.
Subadar Lal Kukhri #50
That holds true for you too.
Typical Liberal worm. Polly would wet her pants if you said “boo”.
Chisum commented:
Wait a minute! I called Paul Walker an idiot a couple of days ago! When he isn’t lying he’s parroting the likes of Matthews, Olberman, Maddow, Behar, etc.
Anyway, he’s definitely a troll. “Paul Walker” is his third or fourth name.
Isn’t that true, Paul/Ian/Liam/Brian?
neomom commented:
Two vacations to Cancun and one to ixtapa. Several forays to beach communities south of San Diego while I was a young Sailor. Never any problems, always lots of fun. I love the people, I love the culture. That was then. Anyone that travels their now is a fool. I preach to every young person I know. A foreign country is not America. Mommy and Daddy cannot help you. You get in trouble, your fault or not, you are screwed. Americans are easy targets for foreigners. As the economy of the world incresingly goes to hell, so does the safety of American tourists world wide. Stay home, see America. It’s a pretty cool place.
Spike commented:
Screw that garbage Country. In my opinion any American who now goes to mexico and spends one US Dollar is, once again IMHOa Traitor!!!!!!!
clyde commented:
The fact that so few americans are being killed in mexico is prima facie evidence of profiling and i want them to stop immediately.Cleanig up our gene pool is a job most americans do not want to do.
bg commented:
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nadadhimmi @ 6:56 am #78
re: [putting severed human heads up on the [lamp]posts]
hmmm, now that sounds like a familiar intimidation tactic (not that it’s anything new per se, but there has been a distinct up-tick in Mexico since 2006, they’re also using IED’s, go figure).. just don’t be surprised when, not if, they’re ordinary occurrences in the US (newsflash, Islamists are highly involved in the global drug business)..
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bg commented:
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re: clyde @ 12:38 pm #89
so, that’s what a maroon sounds like..
just a sample..
American’s Dying in Mexico:
Let’s Talk Facts, Figures and Big Pictures
American Deaths Escalate Mexico’s Drug War
more here & here..
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mew commented:
Yah.. time to tour every nook and cranny the the grand ole U.S. of A….. I’m done spending my hard earned money in Mexico.
mew commented:
…then again.. I might avoid the ‘boycott states’…
bg commented:
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saw this comment somewhere & thought
it was a good counter slogan to boycott..
BUYCOTT ARIZONA!!
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Mary M commented:
According to the gentleman who answered the phone, only half of the ad was published on the first day. The full ad, including Arizonans swimming and having fun, was published the next two days. It was a mistake and bad timing, but not a threat to tourists or Americans in general.
viktor commented:
This ad clearly has threatening overtones. Anyone trying to say that it is merely clumsy advertising is either disingenuous or has a politcal tin ear in view of the political controversy surrounding Arizona’s recent anti-illegal immigrant law.
This business with Mexico has reached a tipping point. The Mexican Government has gotten so cocky that it has finally overplayed its hand.
The gloves are off, Mexico. You will reap what you have sowed.
After Obama, the Mexican Government is going to be the GOP’s best unintended ally next November.
bg commented:
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Mary M @ 3:06 pm #95
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wanumba commented:
bg
May 22nd, 2010 | 11:34 pm | #67
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wanumba @ 9:49 pm #55
i don’t think you’re not getting the other half of what i’m saying (but
hey, even when we agree we disagree, that’s nothing new for us lol)..
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Um. No problem… I think we’re more talking past each other than disagreeing. I’m thinking that you think my position is it should have been banned. No, that’s not what I was getting at. If I didn’t make my point, I need to articulate it better.
Commenting…It’s an ad for tourism. Ads to sell things and attract business are refused all the time (banned isn’t the correct word- that’s an attempt to limit free flows of political debate and facts) for any reason, for things as stupid as the owner of the newspaper hates the owner of the company because they used to be roommates in college.
My point was the AZ Republic knew that ad would bait Sheriff Joe and pro- SB1070 folks (the majority of citizens – of whom don’t buy the AZ Republic anymore due to their obnoxiously snotty Progressive Left bias), so I was complaining about the AZ Republic being a bit too coy, stirring the pot.
I like things in the open. Too much we have people saying one thing domestically and another internationally. I don’t like two-faced and there’s too much of it these days in the media, in politics.
As for ads – the audience reaction is everything. If an ad even inadvertently creates a negative reaction, it’s a marketing failure. Ads are supposed to evoke POSITIVE and ATTRACTIVE, not WTF???
It’s just hard to believe not a soul in the marketing structure that approved and produced this didn’t “get it.”
Mary commented:
Shame on whomever tweaked the add, had anyone of you actually seen the add? the other half says “that are looking to have a good time” and on the binoculars there are pictures of people partying on the beach. This is yet again, another campaign for bad publicity for Mexico, as if they don’t have enough troubles on their own and now this. Makes me sad really
Toejam commented:
My daughter and I are headed to Arizona in July to show our solidarity with the LEGAL citizens of that state.
We’re gonna spend money and encourage the LEGAL citizens to keep up the good fight and tell tham that over 70% of their fellow Americans in other states support their effort to keep the foreign invaders OUT!
Sheldon Finkelstein commented:
Mexico: KEEP YOUR DRUGS ON YOUR SIDE AND WE’LL KEEP OUR GUNS ON OUR SIDE!
bg commented:
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Mary @ 11:16 pm #99
yes, we’ve seen the ad.. “tweaked or not”, you evidently don’t get.. they
brought the trouble upon themselves, so if you’re sad, don’t blame US,
it was Mexico’s ad..
save your crocodile tears for the people of Mexico who find living in their own country to be so oppressive, they flee to the US at the risk of losing them..
save your contempt for the Mexican Government who not only finds pointing fingers at the very country who has helped it’s people most, yet neglects to reflect on it’s own immeasurable culpability..
Mexico has become the Coward capital of the world as far as i’m concerned.. they should be protesting their own government, they should be demanding better of such a rich country..
oh wait, make that yet another wanna be rich
dictator who’s supposedly their leader, hah!!
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bg commented:
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unintentionally left something off..
re: bg #102
[save your contempt for the Mexican Government who not only finds pointing fingers at the very country who has helped it’s people most,
yet neglects to reflect on it’s own immeasurable culpability..]
but has the nerve to insult it’s law abiding citizens from their own pulpit..
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Mike commented:
Now you know how the mexicans feel.
Bill commented:
Perhaps people in Arizona are watching for people coming from Sonora.