Paula - 8-9-2010 at 07:01 AM
Video from CNN
http://tinyurl.com/2fj3pga
I don't really want to comment on this, but I do think the clip is worth a look by people interested in border issues.
Uh-oh, my link didn't work. I'll try to fix it.
Final edit: It works, thanks to Iflyfish!
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windgrrl - 8-9-2010 at 07:19 AM
The link works - very nice video of surfing on the Snake R.
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Iflyfish - 8-9-2010 at 08:05 AM
Here is an easy way to make long links short, it is free.
http://tinyurl.com/create.php
Here is the new link I just made
http://tinyurl.com/2fj3pga
Just highlight the link, copy it, and then paste it to this site. Allow the site to access your clipboard and it will give you a new, short link. You
then copy and paste that new link to where ever you want it, i.e. on Nomads.
Windgrrl: love the Rinpoche quote.
Iflyfish
edited for clarity
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TMW - 8-9-2010 at 08:07 AM
I think there will always be those who will abuse their authority whether it's a city cop or border patrol agent. In this case I would find him more
believable if he had not been charged with trying to smuggle someones girl friend into the country and yes he was found not guilty by a jury. But it
appears like sour grapes on his part.
elizabeth - 8-9-2010 at 08:21 AM
Thanks Paula for posting this. I find it totally credible based on information I have heard from people held in the detention center in Eloy,
Arizona.
On a lighter note, your link led to other videos...Sylvia Earle, describing her descent to 100 meters under the sea, and the story of the girl
attacked by a barracuda in Florida...another good reason to avoid operations that feed sea life.
Paula - 8-9-2010 at 08:43 AM
Windgrrl I did find it ironic that my link led to a surfing video
, and I thought some nomads might find it more interesting than the one I had posted
IffThank you for the fix!
TW I think if you go back and watch again you'll see that the smuggling accusation was sour grapes on someone else's part, as a
result of reports that Officer Cruz had made of abuse by other agents.
elizabeth I'm glad my link took you for an interesting ride!
Woooosh - 8-9-2010 at 08:48 AM
We had a family friend abused, held captive for ransom and denied her freedom recently while crossing illegally into the USA near TJ. Not by the US
border patrol- but by her fellow Mexicans who know every smuggling trail and make a living robbing their own. This happens hundreds of times every
single night- the BP thing, not so much. Probably is true- but not what the crossers fear by a long shot. In fact- the people in my family who have
been detained and then deported back to Mexico never had a bad thing to say about their treatment by the BP which I find interesting.
wessongroup - 8-9-2010 at 08:50 AM
no highjack.. but thanks for the "tinyurl"... too cool... had seen it.. but..........
have booked marked... again thanks..