tjBill
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LA Times on Rosarito, "A peaceful getaway or a lawless frontier?"
A peaceful getaway or a lawless frontier?
I guess the Nomads can answer this question.
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Woooosh
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No point- the California/Rosarito Beach Mexican interviewed answered it perfectly:
"The problem is that we Mexicans are cowards," Saldivar said. His countrymen, he said, are too passive and fearful before the power of drug-financed
gangs.
The video is a contrast to the story. Starts of with what I hope is misinformation "1000 drug related deaths in Baja since 2008". They keep up the
crime angle with a couple that feels safe and relaxed in Rosarito- but think every panga going by their house is running drugs. The "we don't live in
TJ and we wouldn't live in bad parts of LA" attitude then leads to a bunch of ex-pats who live a normal retiree lifestyle (more or less). One lady
has called Rosarito her home for decades and can't order a half kilo of beef in Spanish.
Overall the two together are "Rosarito neutral" IMHO.
[Edited on 1-12-2010 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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surfer jim
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Would be best to ask a local condo salesman for info.....
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CortezBlue
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A great article and video
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Bajahowodd
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Video? Gee. Thanks for mentioning it. The article is new. I read it yesterday in the print edition of the paper. The video has been around for awhile,
and I wonder why the LA Times decided to hook the two up together. The article dealt with Mexican-Americans who have dual citizenship. The video, on
the other hand, deals with gringo ex-pat retirees, for the most part.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
The video, on the other hand, deals with gringo ex-pat retirees, for the most part. |
For the LA Times headline, I was a little insulted by their selections. That poor lady was going about her business decked out like I had never seen.
She was brave to be out driving around without a person riding shotgun, but I guess if you are older and dress crazy in a foreign country- people see
you coming and give you more space. Maybe they think she is a foreign gypsy who will ask for them for spare change?
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Gypsy Jan
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This Piece of Reporting is...Meh
It is a very sad thing that the "L.A. Times" is a very small shadow of itself.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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arrowhead
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
One lady has called Rosarito her home for decades and can't order a half kilo of beef in Spanish. |
She also said the soldiers at the checkpoint were "federales" (which they are not) and that she goes to the market she patronizes because "sometimes"
they have good vegetables. What a rousing endorsement.
No soy por ni contra apatía.
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