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  1. Comment In  Barack Obama Thinks ICE Is Nice, Formalizes Authorization Of Local Police To Enforce Federal Immigration Laws
    esnickers
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    Here’s a story from today that Sheriff Joe is going to raid the entire Phoenix area.
    http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/302074.php
    Check out the comments to see how charged the immigration issue is in Arizona. People are usually careful to refer to “illegals” instead of “Mexicans”, but in other stories, they slip sometimes. One person even suggests deporting Raul Grijalva (D), because he’s “a Sonoran at heart.”

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  2. Comment In  Barack Obama Thinks ICE Is Nice, Formalizes Authorization Of Local Police To Enforce Federal Immigration Laws
    esnickers
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    There’s a great in-depth story on Sheriff Joe in the July 20 issue of the New Yorker. I live in Arizona and I didn’t know the extent of his connections with the 287(g) program until I read it. It’s scary how much some people here love him. Online comments on local news sites are filled with crazies who can make any issue about immigration or “ILLEGAL ALIENS” or “ANCHOR children” or grand conspiracies that they think Mexicans have to take over the U.S. I’m glad I’m getting out of here soon.

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  3. Comment In  Get To Know Your Dictator: Juan Peron
    esnickers
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    Peron had plenty of problems, but I don’t think you can go so far as to blame him for the Dirty War, especially since he was dead during it. The military was against Peron when he came back and there were killlings on the right and the left. Once the military was firmly in power, they had parties and used Evita’s embalmed body as a centerpiece.

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  4. Comment In  Johnny Depp To Play Pancho Villa…Wait, What?
    esnickers
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    Right on with the Luis Guzman choice for old Dorothy Aranga! And if Depp is going to put on brown face for any part, he’d be much more suited for Zapata.

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  5. Comment In  Finally: Pepsi Becomes “Pecsi” In Argentina
    esnickers
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    I saw a torta shop in DF once called Tortas “Pollo Sport.”

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