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	<title>Comments on: Video: Tancredo calls on Bush to pardon convicted Border Patrol agents; Update: Patterico defends prosecution</title>
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		<title>By: Headline Summaries: Border Security at Traction Control</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/17/video-tancredo-calls-on-bush-to-pardon-convicted-border-patrol-agents/comment-page-2/#comment-265524</link>
		<dc:creator>Headline Summaries: Border Security at Traction Control</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I am fierce about loyalty and I will give mine to our troops, to our Veterans and to our BP agents that WANT to defend this Nation. NOT to some two faced loyalty in our leadership that want to stay in some kind of sick comfort zone of aiding the enemy by caving in to their demands, their whines, their illegal activity and their deal making, lies and tax funded health care etc. to obtain the freedoms that our Veterans, and troops today fought for, got injured for and died for. And that includes our BP agents as well. &#8230; h/t Wild Thing Texas Border Patrol Shooting Case: Compare Debra Saunders’s Columns to Fact Sheet A few days ago, Bradley J. Fikes wrote me to ask whether I was going to write anything about the Border Patrol agents recently sentenced to double-digit prison sentences for firing on an alleged drug smuggler. He sent me a link to this October 22, 2006 column by Debra Saunders, who is, Bradley says, known for being careful with her facts. Saunders called the case “a case of blind and bloodthirsty federal prosecutorial overkill.” In looking into the case, I found another column by Saunders, from August 24, 2006. The issue has become news again in recent days because of calls for a pardon for the agents. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I am fierce about loyalty and I will give mine to our troops, to our Veterans and to our BP agents that WANT to defend this Nation. NOT to some two faced loyalty in our leadership that want to stay in some kind of sick comfort zone of aiding the enemy by caving in to their demands, their whines, their illegal activity and their deal making, lies and tax funded health care etc. to obtain the freedoms that our Veterans, and troops today fought for, got injured for and died for. And that includes our BP agents as well. &#8230; h/t Wild Thing Texas Border Patrol Shooting Case: Compare Debra Saunders’s Columns to Fact Sheet A few days ago, Bradley J. Fikes wrote me to ask whether I was going to write anything about the Border Patrol agents recently sentenced to double-digit prison sentences for firing on an alleged drug smuggler. He sent me a link to this October 22, 2006 column by Debra Saunders, who is, Bradley says, known for being careful with her facts. Saunders called the case “a case of blind and bloodthirsty federal prosecutorial overkill.” In looking into the case, I found another column by Saunders, from August 24, 2006. The issue has become news again in recent days because of calls for a pardon for the agents. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Andy McCarthy unloads on agents in border-patrol shooting</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Andy McCarthy unloads on agents in border-patrol shooting</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Much, much, much more at the link, all of it a soothing salve to the demagoguery of certain dragon-slaying heroes whose names we shall not mention. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Much, much, much more at the link, all of it a soothing salve to the demagoguery of certain dragon-slaying heroes whose names we shall not mention. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Traction Control &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Tancredo and the MSM Wall of Silence</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/17/video-tancredo-calls-on-bush-to-pardon-convicted-border-patrol-agents/comment-page-2/#comment-200199</link>
		<dc:creator>Traction Control &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Tancredo and the MSM Wall of Silence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Tom, you have my support despite AllahPundit&#8217;s series of snarky posts here, especially here, and more especially here). Jeez, when both Allah and the Demoncrats oppose you - somewhere God has saved a kitten! [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Tom, you have my support despite AllahPundit&#8217;s series of snarky posts here, especially here, and more especially here). Jeez, when both Allah and the Demoncrats oppose you &#8211; somewhere God has saved a kitten! [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Tel-Chai Nation</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tel-Chai Nation</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Tancredo calls upon Dubya to pardon wrongfully con...&lt;/strong&gt;

Sen. Tom Tancredo of Colorado appeared on FOX recently, and called for Dubya to pardon some Border Patrol agents who were wrongfully convicted of shooting a drug smuggler....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Tancredo calls upon Dubya to pardon wrongfully con&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Sen. Tom Tancredo of Colorado appeared on FOX recently, and called for Dubya to pardon some Border Patrol agents who were wrongfully convicted of shooting a drug smuggler&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Buzzy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Buzzy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apparently since only the BP Agents and the drug smuggler know if the smuggler had a weapon or took shots at the agents our Homeland Security and Justice Depts decided to believe the drug smuggler.

Bush&#039;s erasing of the border is nearly complete, he now has reason to take the Border Patrol&#039;s bullets away so they can retreat before the Mexican Invasion like the Arizona National Guard.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently since only the BP Agents and the drug smuggler know if the smuggler had a weapon or took shots at the agents our Homeland Security and Justice Depts decided to believe the drug smuggler.</p>
<p>Bush&#8217;s erasing of the border is nearly complete, he now has reason to take the Border Patrol&#8217;s bullets away so they can retreat before the Mexican Invasion like the Arizona National Guard.</p>
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		<title>By: Reflections on AllahPundit&#8217;s view of Tancredo / SPP &#171; claidheamh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Reflections on AllahPundit&#8217;s view of Tancredo / SPP &#171; claidheamh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Read the article and posts here: [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Read the article and posts here: [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Traction Control &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Headline Summaries: Border Security</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/17/video-tancredo-calls-on-bush-to-pardon-convicted-border-patrol-agents/comment-page-2/#comment-190958</link>
		<dc:creator>Traction Control &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Headline Summaries: Border Security</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Tancredo and Rohrabacher about pardoning these guys post haste. Instead, he invited Johnny Sutton on to explain the facts. Well done. And well done as well by my pal Counselor Frey, who appears to have caught Deb Saunders bowdlerizing a quote to make it fit her argument. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Tancredo and Rohrabacher about pardoning these guys post haste. Instead, he invited Johnny Sutton on to explain the facts. Well done. And well done as well by my pal Counselor Frey, who appears to have caught Deb Saunders bowdlerizing a quote to make it fit her argument. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Video: U.S. Attorney defends prosecution of Border Patrol agents</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/17/video-tancredo-calls-on-bush-to-pardon-convicted-border-patrol-agents/comment-page-2/#comment-190901</link>
		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Video: U.S. Attorney defends prosecution of Border Patrol agents</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Nice job by O&#8217;R in trying to bring out the facts about this case. If he really was the full-bore populist demagogue Colbert paints him as, he&#8217;d be pounding the table with Tancredo and Rohrabacher about pardoning these guys post haste. Instead, he invited Johnny Sutton on to explain the facts. Well done. And well done as well by my pal Counselor Frey, who appears to have caught Deb Saunders bowdlerizing a quote to make it fit her argument. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Nice job by O&#8217;R in trying to bring out the facts about this case. If he really was the full-bore populist demagogue Colbert paints him as, he&#8217;d be pounding the table with Tancredo and Rohrabacher about pardoning these guys post haste. Instead, he invited Johnny Sutton on to explain the facts. Well done. And well done as well by my pal Counselor Frey, who appears to have caught Deb Saunders bowdlerizing a quote to make it fit her argument. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Freelancer</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/17/video-tancredo-calls-on-bush-to-pardon-convicted-border-patrol-agents/comment-page-2/#comment-190897</link>
		<dc:creator>Freelancer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice.&quot; - Barry Goldwater

Note to el Presidente Calderon - When a lawbreaker fights with a lawman, getting shot and killed is a substantial possibility. Your amigo was on the wrong side of the border, and made one too many bad choices. It is not the lawman&#039;s job to get killed by your illegal countrymen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice.&#8221; &#8211; Barry Goldwater</p>
<p>Note to el Presidente Calderon &#8211; When a lawbreaker fights with a lawman, getting shot and killed is a substantial possibility. Your amigo was on the wrong side of the border, and made one too many bad choices. It is not the lawman&#8217;s job to get killed by your illegal countrymen.</p>
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		<title>By: Gregor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here we go again.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_us_migrant_shooting&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Deja vu&lt;/a&gt; ...

&lt;blockquote&gt;MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government sent a diplomatic note to the United States on Tuesday protesting the fatal shooting of a Mexican immigrant by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

The note, presented by the Mexican Embassy in Washington, relayed &quot;the Mexican government&#039;s firm condemnation&quot; of the shooting and its &quot;serious concern over the recurrence of this type of incident,&quot; according to a Foreign Relations Department news release.

The diplomatic note underscored Mexico&#039;s demand that the U.S. conduct &quot;an exhaustive investigation&quot; and punish whoever is responsible, the release said.

Francisco Javier Dominguez-Rivera, 22, of Puebla, Mexico, was killed Friday in a confrontation with the unidentified agent north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona between Bisbee and Douglas.

A group of seven people were crossing the desert and the agent took six of them into custody without incident, authorities said.

But the agent and Dominguez-Rivera began fighting, authorities said. The agent, who believed his life was in danger, shot and killed the man, the Border Patrol said previously. An autopsy was scheduled Wednesday.

On Sunday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon expressed his &quot;most energetic protest&quot; against the shooting.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

How many years will this agent get?  How long until the Border Patrol is ordered to stop carrying loaded weapons.

Now&#039;s the time to come out of that deep sleep your in people!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here we go again.  <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_us_migrant_shooting" rel="nofollow">Deja vu</a> &#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>MEXICO CITY &#8211; The Mexican government sent a diplomatic note to the United States on Tuesday protesting the fatal shooting of a Mexican immigrant by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.</p>
<p>The note, presented by the Mexican Embassy in Washington, relayed &#8220;the Mexican government&#8217;s firm condemnation&#8221; of the shooting and its &#8220;serious concern over the recurrence of this type of incident,&#8221; according to a Foreign Relations Department news release.</p>
<p>The diplomatic note underscored Mexico&#8217;s demand that the U.S. conduct &#8220;an exhaustive investigation&#8221; and punish whoever is responsible, the release said.</p>
<p>Francisco Javier Dominguez-Rivera, 22, of Puebla, Mexico, was killed Friday in a confrontation with the unidentified agent north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona between Bisbee and Douglas.</p>
<p>A group of seven people were crossing the desert and the agent took six of them into custody without incident, authorities said.</p>
<p>But the agent and Dominguez-Rivera began fighting, authorities said. The agent, who believed his life was in danger, shot and killed the man, the Border Patrol said previously. An autopsy was scheduled Wednesday.</p>
<p>On Sunday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon expressed his &#8220;most energetic protest&#8221; against the shooting.</p></blockquote>
<p>How many years will this agent get?  How long until the Border Patrol is ordered to stop carrying loaded weapons.</p>
<p>Now&#8217;s the time to come out of that deep sleep your in people!</p>
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		<title>By: Resolute</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/17/video-tancredo-calls-on-bush-to-pardon-convicted-border-patrol-agents/comment-page-2/#comment-190839</link>
		<dc:creator>Resolute</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even if the &quot;fact sheet&quot; is 100% true and accurate, it is a list of what is wrong with U.S. policy that allows them to be ensnared on technical grounds and not a very good moral explanation of why border patrol agents should go to jail for 10 years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even if the &#8220;fact sheet&#8221; is 100% true and accurate, it is a list of what is wrong with U.S. policy that allows them to be ensnared on technical grounds and not a very good moral explanation of why border patrol agents should go to jail for 10 years.</p>
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		<title>By: Gregor</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/17/video-tancredo-calls-on-bush-to-pardon-convicted-border-patrol-agents/comment-page-2/#comment-190623</link>
		<dc:creator>Gregor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or even more likely ... 

They contacted another illegal drug dealer already in the country and had him come pick it up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or even more likely &#8230; </p>
<p>They contacted another illegal drug dealer already in the country and had him come pick it up.</p>
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		<title>By: Gregor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It actually wouldn&#039;t even surprise me to learn that DEA sent the 700 lbs of &quot;product&quot; back to Mexico with an apology note.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It actually wouldn&#8217;t even surprise me to learn that DEA sent the 700 lbs of &#8220;product&#8221; back to Mexico with an apology note.</p>
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		<title>By: Mellen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mellen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone here ever see the movie China Syndrome?
I mention it because the way the security got by Jack Lemmon was to SCRAM him....create an emergency situation that kept him so busy turning it off they were able to overpower him.

Well folks as we continue to debate the invasion  ad nauseum  they are sitting back watching the North American Union take shape.
You are being SCRAMMED!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone here ever see the movie China Syndrome?<br />
I mention it because the way the security got by Jack Lemmon was to SCRAM him&#8230;.create an emergency situation that kept him so busy turning it off they were able to overpower him.</p>
<p>Well folks as we continue to debate the invasion  ad nauseum  they are sitting back watching the North American Union take shape.<br />
You are being SCRAMMED!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Perchant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Perchant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Mr. Sutton served as the Criminal Justice Policy Director for then-Governor George W. Bush from 1995-2000, advising the Governor on all criminal justice issues.

He is fluent in Spanish, having appeared as a television commentator for the Spanish language network Univision during the Selena homicide trial.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
It&#039;s all becoming quite clear to me. Here&#039;s Bush in 1996 when he was governor of Texas:

&lt;blockquote&gt;On the issue of drug smuggling, for example,(Governor) Wilson urged Dole this spring to push the Clinton administration to officially cite Mexico for not adequately helping U.S. authorities crack down on traffickers. 

(Governor)Bush, however, responded to the issue by writing a letter telling Dole that any such step “would have devastating effects for the citizens of the U.S.-Mexico region.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

So it turns out that Sutton was Bush&#039;s Criminal Justice Policy Director during the time Bush made the indefensible statement that proved he is willingly or as a dupe serving the Mexican drug smugglers. 

It looks like one of those Mexican Governors or officials that Bush is so close to was none to happy about losing 700 pounds of his product and demanded revenge against these agents. Border Agents who interfere with their enterprise will be purged from the service.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Mr. Sutton served as the Criminal Justice Policy Director for then-Governor George W. Bush from 1995-2000, advising the Governor on all criminal justice issues.</p>
<p>He is fluent in Spanish, having appeared as a television commentator for the Spanish language network Univision during the Selena homicide trial.</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s all becoming quite clear to me. Here&#8217;s Bush in 1996 when he was governor of Texas:</p>
<blockquote><p>On the issue of drug smuggling, for example,(Governor) Wilson urged Dole this spring to push the Clinton administration to officially cite Mexico for not adequately helping U.S. authorities crack down on traffickers. </p>
<p>(Governor)Bush, however, responded to the issue by writing a letter telling Dole that any such step “would have devastating effects for the citizens of the U.S.-Mexico region.</p></blockquote>
<p>So it turns out that Sutton was Bush&#8217;s Criminal Justice Policy Director during the time Bush made the indefensible statement that proved he is willingly or as a dupe serving the Mexican drug smugglers. </p>
<p>It looks like one of those Mexican Governors or officials that Bush is so close to was none to happy about losing 700 pounds of his product and demanded revenge against these agents. Border Agents who interfere with their enterprise will be purged from the service.</p>
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		<title>By: Gregor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;There is something VERY wrong with this entire frickin event(s), and its an embarrassment to many, it got BURIED.&lt;/blockquote&gt;


It doesn&#039;t really matter how you look at this event.  Even if you assume the border agents acted improperly ... the actions by our Government on the matter make no sense, unless you accept the over-all agenda which so many want to dismiss as conspiracy theory.  

Even if you were to believe the cops shot this guy &#039;just for fun&#039;... it still wouldn&#039;t make sense.  It wouldn&#039;t make sense that officials would actually send an agent into Mexico to locate a person who illegally crossed our border for the purpose of selling drugs ... for no other reason than to offer him full immunity for testifying against the men who shot him.  And EVEN if you were to assume that&#039;s exactly what happened ... the sentences given to these guys is incredibly harsh.  Eleven years?  For shooting an illegal drug dealer in the a$$?  And the guy is still alive?  No murder?  Eleven years for &quot;violating department procedure?&quot;  

It becomes even more absurd when you look at the sentences (or lack of sentences) given to illegal aliens after they&#039;re convicted of violent crimes.  What an absolute joke.

Over and over we see posters write how Bush&#039;s actions on immigration make no sense.  We see posters who write that they just can&#039;t understand what he&#039;s thinking.  They write how he must not be paying attention to the polls.  They write how the GOP doesn&#039;t seem to understand why they are losing.

At the same time, many of these same posters repeatedly bash the only explanation possible.  As I&#039;ve said on here repeatedly, you have to either believe Bush is a complete ignorant babbling fool, or that his actions are in defense of a specific agenda of open borders and partnership with Mexico.

The minute these people accept that possibility ... everything suddenly makes sense.  It explains his refusal to close the borders.  It explains his refusal to fine businesses hiring illegals.  It explains his entire amnesty plan as well as his insistence on LYING to the American people about what that plan consists of.  It explains his refusal to punish Police Chiefs, Mayors, and Governors when they publicly refuse to enforce immigration laws.  And it explains why the GOP willingly took themselves to defeat even knowing in advance what they needed to do to gain the votes to retain the majorities.

But it doesn&#039;t matter.  They ignore all the obvious evidence and instead go with the theory that ... 

Oh wait.  They don&#039;t have any other theory.  

Bush is simply doing whatever it takes to continue his business partnership with Mexico.  A Mexican illegal alien drug smuggler was shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent and it pissed off the Mexican Government, and Bush is satisfying his business partners.

Of course ... you can always choose to go with the &quot;Bush is an ignorant babbling fool&quot; theory.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>There is something VERY wrong with this entire frickin event(s), and its an embarrassment to many, it got BURIED.</p></blockquote>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t really matter how you look at this event.  Even if you assume the border agents acted improperly &#8230; the actions by our Government on the matter make no sense, unless you accept the over-all agenda which so many want to dismiss as conspiracy theory.  </p>
<p>Even if you were to believe the cops shot this guy &#8216;just for fun&#8217;&#8230; it still wouldn&#8217;t make sense.  It wouldn&#8217;t make sense that officials would actually send an agent into Mexico to locate a person who illegally crossed our border for the purpose of selling drugs &#8230; for no other reason than to offer him full immunity for testifying against the men who shot him.  And EVEN if you were to assume that&#8217;s exactly what happened &#8230; the sentences given to these guys is incredibly harsh.  Eleven years?  For shooting an illegal drug dealer in the a$$?  And the guy is still alive?  No murder?  Eleven years for &#8220;violating department procedure?&#8221;  </p>
<p>It becomes even more absurd when you look at the sentences (or lack of sentences) given to illegal aliens after they&#8217;re convicted of violent crimes.  What an absolute joke.</p>
<p>Over and over we see posters write how Bush&#8217;s actions on immigration make no sense.  We see posters who write that they just can&#8217;t understand what he&#8217;s thinking.  They write how he must not be paying attention to the polls.  They write how the GOP doesn&#8217;t seem to understand why they are losing.</p>
<p>At the same time, many of these same posters repeatedly bash the only explanation possible.  As I&#8217;ve said on here repeatedly, you have to either believe Bush is a complete ignorant babbling fool, or that his actions are in defense of a specific agenda of open borders and partnership with Mexico.</p>
<p>The minute these people accept that possibility &#8230; everything suddenly makes sense.  It explains his refusal to close the borders.  It explains his refusal to fine businesses hiring illegals.  It explains his entire amnesty plan as well as his insistence on LYING to the American people about what that plan consists of.  It explains his refusal to punish Police Chiefs, Mayors, and Governors when they publicly refuse to enforce immigration laws.  And it explains why the GOP willingly took themselves to defeat even knowing in advance what they needed to do to gain the votes to retain the majorities.</p>
<p>But it doesn&#8217;t matter.  They ignore all the obvious evidence and instead go with the theory that &#8230; </p>
<p>Oh wait.  They don&#8217;t have any other theory.  </p>
<p>Bush is simply doing whatever it takes to continue his business partnership with Mexico.  A Mexican illegal alien drug smuggler was shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent and it pissed off the Mexican Government, and Bush is satisfying his business partners.</p>
<p>Of course &#8230; you can always choose to go with the &#8220;Bush is an ignorant babbling fool&#8221; theory.</p>
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		<title>By: Timber Wolf</title>
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		<dc:creator>Timber Wolf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why in the world would Bush pardon these guys? They shot one of his favorite buddies, an illegal Mexican. We have been sold out by this fool.

By the way the Mexican has no rights, he&#039;s fricking illegal! Clear message from the traitors in DOJ.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why in the world would Bush pardon these guys? They shot one of his favorite buddies, an illegal Mexican. We have been sold out by this fool.</p>
<p>By the way the Mexican has no rights, he&#8217;s fricking illegal! Clear message from the traitors in DOJ.</p>
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		<title>By: shooter</title>
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		<dc:creator>shooter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This whole thing w/ the border guards stinks. They screwed up , somehow..the guards did something illegal while catching this illegal alien with almost half a ton of pot. AN ILLEGAL ALIEN W/ that much dope and he doesn&#039;t have a gun???? sure.
If thats the case, there must be hundreds of drug &lt;strong&gt;robbers&lt;/strong&gt; on the border today.

They tried to cover something up, and our left leaning legal system saw an opportunity to make a huge political point out of this.
I DO NOT trust the US attorneys office. I trust the illegal drug pusher EVEN LESS. 

There is something VERY wrong with this entire frickin event(s), and its an embarrassment to many, it got BURIED.

Sad day indeed when you don&#039;t have anyone you can believe in a court case like this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This whole thing w/ the border guards stinks. They screwed up , somehow..the guards did something illegal while catching this illegal alien with almost half a ton of pot. AN ILLEGAL ALIEN W/ that much dope and he doesn&#8217;t have a gun???? sure.<br />
If thats the case, there must be hundreds of drug <strong>robbers</strong> on the border today.</p>
<p>They tried to cover something up, and our left leaning legal system saw an opportunity to make a huge political point out of this.<br />
I DO NOT trust the US attorneys office. I trust the illegal drug pusher EVEN LESS. </p>
<p>There is something VERY wrong with this entire frickin event(s), and its an embarrassment to many, it got BURIED.</p>
<p>Sad day indeed when you don&#8217;t have anyone you can believe in a court case like this.</p>
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		<title>By: Webloggin - Blog Archive &#187; Conservative Hypocrites UPDATED</title>
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		<dc:creator>Webloggin - Blog Archive &#187; Conservative Hypocrites UPDATED</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] If someone has a link to the video of O&#8217;Reilly and Tancredo, let me know. UPDATE: Thanks to nanc, Hot Air has the video and The Amboy Times has and commentary. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] If someone has a link to the video of O&#8217;Reilly and Tancredo, let me know. UPDATE: Thanks to nanc, Hot Air has the video and The Amboy Times has and commentary. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Gregor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hidden behind all this talk of border security and illegal aliens entering via Mexico is another frightening debate which seems to be getting no attention.  There&#039;s a real possibility that Bush will &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/12/014380print.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;grant refugee status to hundreds of thousands of Iraqis &lt;/a&gt;wanting to flee to the United States.

Currently in Iraq, our forces are battling with the inability to distinguish between good Iraqi cops and bad Iraqi cops, good Iraqi citizens and bad Iraqi citizens, and good Iraqi diplomats and bad Iraqi diplomats.  As if we don&#039;t have enough trouble dealing with these issues in Iraq, we&#039;re now going to import the problem to our own country?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hidden behind all this talk of border security and illegal aliens entering via Mexico is another frightening debate which seems to be getting no attention.  There&#8217;s a real possibility that Bush will <a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/12/014380print.html" rel="nofollow">grant refugee status to hundreds of thousands of Iraqis </a>wanting to flee to the United States.</p>
<p>Currently in Iraq, our forces are battling with the inability to distinguish between good Iraqi cops and bad Iraqi cops, good Iraqi citizens and bad Iraqi citizens, and good Iraqi diplomats and bad Iraqi diplomats.  As if we don&#8217;t have enough trouble dealing with these issues in Iraq, we&#8217;re now going to import the problem to our own country?</p>
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		<title>By: Tim Burton</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/17/video-tancredo-calls-on-bush-to-pardon-convicted-border-patrol-agents/comment-page-2/#comment-190415</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim Burton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I almost forgot, the government has a proud and growing tendency to reward Mexican criminals.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://volokh.com/posts/chain_1124496007.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rancher Whose Family Ranch Was Seized And Turned Over to Illegal Immigrants Whom He Allegedly Beat&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/08/how_to_be_an_il.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How To Be An Illegal Immigrant And Win A Ranch By Judicial Fiat&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I almost forgot, the government has a proud and growing tendency to reward Mexican criminals.</p>
<p><a href="http://volokh.com/posts/chain_1124496007.shtml" rel="nofollow">Rancher Whose Family Ranch Was Seized And Turned Over to Illegal Immigrants Whom He Allegedly Beat</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/08/how_to_be_an_il.php" rel="nofollow">How To Be An Illegal Immigrant And Win A Ranch By Judicial Fiat</a></p>
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		<title>By: Right Truth</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/17/video-tancredo-calls-on-bush-to-pardon-convicted-border-patrol-agents/comment-page-2/#comment-190414</link>
		<dc:creator>Right Truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Conservative Hypocrites UPDATED...&lt;/strong&gt;

I don&#039;t understand why some conservatives eat their own. Yes I said it. Sean Hannity and Bill O&#039;Reilly have made grave errors putting down some Republican presidential candidates. Hannity pushes his favorites, like Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich, wh...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Conservative Hypocrites UPDATED&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t understand why some conservatives eat their own. Yes I said it. Sean Hannity and Bill O&#8217;Reilly have made grave errors putting down some Republican presidential candidates. Hannity pushes his favorites, like Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich, wh&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Tim Burton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim Burton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Who? The DA? No, hard to “tie the guy to the van” full of pot that he was driving before he ran back across the Mexican border. Nope, no case there. Best to put the agents in jail for 11 years.

Jaibones on January 18, 2007 at 12:55 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

See my above point.  If there was no evidence, why give the guy total immunity?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Who? The DA? No, hard to “tie the guy to the van” full of pot that he was driving before he ran back across the Mexican border. Nope, no case there. Best to put the agents in jail for 11 years.</p>
<p>Jaibones on January 18, 2007 at 12:55 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>See my above point.  If there was no evidence, why give the guy total immunity?</p>
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		<title>By: Tim Burton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim Burton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Next time a border agent feels threatened with an illegal alien, maybe *only* shooting him in the arse is the wrong thing to do. It seems our US society is in favor of cutting deals with illegal alien drug smugglers to go after our own. That is disgusting no matter which way you slice it…total immunity? Are we retarded?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That is another point I am shocked.  The Prosecutor claimed there was no proof of his running the drugs, then why give total immunity?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Next time a border agent feels threatened with an illegal alien, maybe *only* shooting him in the arse is the wrong thing to do. It seems our US society is in favor of cutting deals with illegal alien drug smugglers to go after our own. That is disgusting no matter which way you slice it…total immunity? Are we retarded?</p></blockquote>
<p>That is another point I am shocked.  The Prosecutor claimed there was no proof of his running the drugs, then why give total immunity?</p>
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		<title>By: Tim Burton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim Burton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Yes, that’s right. They were tried and convicted by a jury. A two and a half week trial, according to the fact sheet. This reminds me of a Haditha thread insofar as the actual facts are treated as wholly incidental; all we know is whose side we’re on, and once that’s established, their right to use whatever degree of force they choose on the enemy is essentially carte blanche.

Allahpundit on January 17, 2007 at 10:49 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Uh, except that you forget that a number of facts were kept out of the trial, like they couldn&#039;t claim that POS was running drugs in the trial.  Why couldn&#039;t they?  Because it was their word verus his.  Since he wasn&#039;t convicted or even charged with running drugs that defense was off the table.

I have problems with the claim he had his hands up and was surrendering.  If this was the case, why did he continue over the border.  If someone was trying to surrender and was shot, he definitely wouldn&#039;t decide flee.

Finally, I can&#039;t understand why we don&#039;t shoot or treat these people rougher.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050324-121935-8473r.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mexico abuses Guatemalan immigrants on a regular basis.&lt;/a&gt;

At the same time, we are putting money into Mexico securing it&#039;s borders: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/1229mexicoaid.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Washington Times&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Yes, that’s right. They were tried and convicted by a jury. A two and a half week trial, according to the fact sheet. This reminds me of a Haditha thread insofar as the actual facts are treated as wholly incidental; all we know is whose side we’re on, and once that’s established, their right to use whatever degree of force they choose on the enemy is essentially carte blanche.</p>
<p>Allahpundit on January 17, 2007 at 10:49 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Uh, except that you forget that a number of facts were kept out of the trial, like they couldn&#8217;t claim that POS was running drugs in the trial.  Why couldn&#8217;t they?  Because it was their word verus his.  Since he wasn&#8217;t convicted or even charged with running drugs that defense was off the table.</p>
<p>I have problems with the claim he had his hands up and was surrendering.  If this was the case, why did he continue over the border.  If someone was trying to surrender and was shot, he definitely wouldn&#8217;t decide flee.</p>
<p>Finally, I can&#8217;t understand why we don&#8217;t shoot or treat these people rougher.  <a href="http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050324-121935-8473r.htm" rel="nofollow">Mexico abuses Guatemalan immigrants on a regular basis.</a></p>
<p>At the same time, we are putting money into Mexico securing it&#8217;s borders: <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/1229mexicoaid.html" rel="nofollow">Washington Times</a></p>
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