tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post8133440131247086428..comments2024-03-18T16:37:26.577-07:00Comments on WAR TARD: The Mexican Drug War: Disneyland for psychotic warrior freaks!War Tardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07695998564986230897noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-43228579432475800432012-01-18T23:23:54.060-08:002012-01-18T23:23:54.060-08:00I am surprised that so many gentle readers have mi...I am surprised that so many gentle readers have missed the 'deep' point of WT's article. Please read this section again...<br /><br />" You know when American politicians passed NAFTA in the 90s it was basically every corporation's wet dream come true. Now they could send every blue collar factory job south of the border where they could pay them a buck fiddy an hour and increase profits from lower labor costs. This was somehow sold to the US population as good for everyone. Yeah, people actually believed that shit. Every sneaker, jeans and widgit factory went south and left American workers wondering what the fuck? Supposedly, it was to raise 'Mexican living standards' and somehow be good for American businesses by providing a new market for those goods produced in whatever factories that didn't abandon the US, tech jobs and the like, stuff the powers that be figured the Mexican workforce were too stupid to manufacture.<br /><br /> Turns out, thanks to globalization, those tech jobs got sent to India instead.<br /><br /> So now nobody up here in the US has a job anymore and we need more drugs to cope! Lots of drugs. One thing is for sure. Americans may love their country but they sure as hell love their drugs even more because for many, it's only by being wasted that makes it possible for them to live here."<br /><br />I worked in a state (un)Employment Department in the last year or so, and I can testify how bad things really are. First, the blue collar jobs went away, and then the tech jobs left. Service jobs (which tend to be un-exportable) are mainly what remains. I have seen the emotional desperation of those cast off to the ice flows. Drugs are indeed one way out.<br /><br />However, it gives me comfort to know corporate profits are at an all-time high. And, the 'too big to fail' banks have been propped up with our children's futures. God bless them all!<br /><br />You know, neo-cons have it right. 'Trickle down' does work. In the old days, though, they called it by another name. Feudalism. Good if you're a Noble; not so good if you're a Serf.<br /><br />Please wake up to what is being done...goshawksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-13711248441139062972011-11-20T01:16:22.607-08:002011-11-20T01:16:22.607-08:00Good shit WT. Friend referred me to your blog and ...Good shit WT. Friend referred me to your blog and you do not disappoint! <br /><br />Yea, pretty fucking shitty. We (Americans) are not going to do shit about it. Why would we care if darkies are killing each other in the process of delivering our "fun supplies". Just as long as they keep delivering and giving us a cut of the profits...<br /><br />Sad, but just legalizing things would solve the problem and we could take all the profits (Pharmatopia). Kinda surprised it hasn't been done yet. Sure would boost the econ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-1747450014637209732011-11-06T01:22:09.525-08:002011-11-06T01:22:09.525-08:00I stumbled across this article by accident using G...I stumbled across this article by accident using Google.<br /><br />Then I read the whole blog.<br /><br />Wartard, you're a genius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-26875429547942485442011-06-15T23:51:09.554-07:002011-06-15T23:51:09.554-07:00Also, it's called a Joburg necklace (tyre with...Also, it's called a Joburg necklace (tyre with burning petrol pinning someone's arms.) Unless you've been to Joburg, it's highly instructive (read gift him a 7.62x51)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-37141086594743985622011-06-15T23:20:21.640-07:002011-06-15T23:20:21.640-07:00Please, War Tard, make war fun again and write abo...Please, War Tard, make war fun again and write about Fast and Furious. Not to say the US is the primary supplier of small arms to Mexico. Hell, Guatemala has an IMI CAGE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-19613753018736030192011-05-29T08:43:58.748-07:002011-05-29T08:43:58.748-07:00Thank you for posting this!!!!Thank you for posting this!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-28357410005301795002011-01-13T09:26:11.207-08:002011-01-13T09:26:11.207-08:00You got a fact wrong. Escobar never paid off Colum...You got a fact wrong. Escobar never paid off Columbia's debt he offered to pay for it in exchange for immunity. The Columbian govt. never accepted. Also, you fail to mention that Baja California has been the only bright spot in this war, as it has been cleaned up by Tijuana's new chief of police. otherwise good articleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-91499568974884396212011-01-05T12:00:34.812-08:002011-01-05T12:00:34.812-08:00i hate to break it to you, but neither the Mexican...i hate to break it to you, but neither the Mexican government nor its "economic elite" have any movitation in stopping the drug war. <br /><br />Why? Money, plain and simple.<br /><br />Their economy sees a boost of nearly $40 billion a year as a result of drug money being introduced into it. At a time where economic recession is a worldwide trend, they've decided to take the good (stabilizing Mexico's economy) with the bad (losing control of their border towns). All they do is posture for the U.S. that they're "declaring war" on cartels when, in reality, they have more interest in letting it rage on.<br /><br />Read up on it here: http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2010/04/06/mexico_and_the_failed_state_revisited_98903.htmlThat Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14399500117020414918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-63228888425167352252011-01-02T14:13:23.761-08:002011-01-02T14:13:23.761-08:00So Mexico is the new Columbia? So what? A few de...So Mexico is the new Columbia? So what? A few decades and trillions more wasted to clean up that place, then the drugs will come from somewhere else. The only solution to it is legalization.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-3719981366459092192010-12-26T17:31:49.217-08:002010-12-26T17:31:49.217-08:00I guess that the US government has to be involved ...I guess that the US government has to be involved in the drug trade. How can it be possible for so many drugs to make it into virtually ALL the cities in there? And how do the hundreds of TONS of dollars make it to Latin America? <br /><br />If the US government cannot stop shipments of tons of cocaine from getting inside the country, how will they stop terrorist from getting bombs in? They cannot stop illegal immigration, how will they stop actual terrorist from coming in the same way? Why molest its own citizens with TSA checks? <br /><br />I will tell you why. It is bullshit. They want to keep the citizenry controlled and tame, and at the same time keep the drugs coming in. There´s BIG money to be made. <br /><br />They do not want to stop the drug trade, and they want to keep fighting the fake war on terror until the US joins the ranks of 3rd world countries. What other explanation exists?Nuevo Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06540155983710842423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-29785530571175181222010-12-26T08:59:13.333-08:002010-12-26T08:59:13.333-08:00@Anon: Same propaganda as usual-- "This is DR...@Anon: Same propaganda as usual-- "This is DRUGS's fault, we must work harder to FIGHT DRUGS and CONTROL BORDERS, etc"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-57226216230323525422010-12-22T06:25:44.064-08:002010-12-22T06:25:44.064-08:00I wonder what the reaction would be once the first...I wonder what the reaction would be once the first atrocities happened north of the border.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-52274773226264043082010-12-18T12:10:04.639-08:002010-12-18T12:10:04.639-08:00The "Mexican" drug war? Since when was t...The "Mexican" drug war? Since when was this the responsibility of Mexico? They are collateral damage in the USA's insane "war on drugs" and blaming them and saying it is their problem is a cnuts trick. But who cares eh Elmer? As long as we have tastee lite dubble bacon pizzas we are OK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-47726556758543828952010-12-18T09:19:12.646-08:002010-12-18T09:19:12.646-08:00War Tard splains that shit better than NBC!War Tard splains that shit better than NBC!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-71909985620193477532010-12-18T08:48:18.075-08:002010-12-18T08:48:18.075-08:00Build a wall? Is that a joke? How can anyone reall...Build a wall? Is that a joke? How can anyone really read wartard's extensive breakdown, or hell, even the ending summary and say that?<br /><br />Apparently, Wartard is correct ... "the public are too dumb, distracted and misinformed for [legalization] to happen in the foreseeable future".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-39858040786106889562010-12-17T22:24:33.576-08:002010-12-17T22:24:33.576-08:00No, you fucktards--just legalize drugs.No, you fucktards--just legalize drugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-17320014185371412522010-12-11T18:48:26.618-08:002010-12-11T18:48:26.618-08:00Cool article. Build a wall and put the army on the...Cool article. Build a wall and put the army on the border is the only thing to do to stop this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-69881727448597530222010-12-08T20:40:01.019-08:002010-12-08T20:40:01.019-08:00This is especially true in the border towns like T...This is especially true in the border towns like Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Nogales and Nuevo Laredo because this is the bottleneck, the crossing point into the main market for the cocaine flowing up from Colombia, black tar heroin from southern Mexico, meth from factories in Mexico city and weed from just about everywhere in Mexico with access to sunlight. For the cartels, controlling the border crossing points is key and why they're such clusterfucks.rashid1891http://www.jobz.pknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-41589751121683787622010-12-08T09:24:26.111-08:002010-12-08T09:24:26.111-08:00So....the sound of crickets.
This has easily bee...So....the sound of crickets. <br /><br />This has easily been the biggest clear and present threat to US citizens that has developed in the past 10 years. The numbers aren't clear cut. The drug lords know to carefully weigh the effects of direct action on US citizens, or in areas frequented by the businesses they depend on to launder their money, tourism areas, etc. Yet the attacks on civilians and public servants in Mexico is running at a fever pitch outside of these areas. Let's look at the facts: By any credible estimate, and there are many, mexico is utterly dependent on narcotraffic. Essentially, the 1/3 of the Mexican economy that is as close as we could come to "legitimate" is acting as a giant critical washing machine for the other 2/3 of the economy that is drugs or drug-related. Let's look at that again: the illicit economy is twice as large as the licit economy. Economics graduate students are getting PhD's for examining in detail the balance that exists between the relative sizes of these two segments of the Mexican economy. Their dissertations are completely free of any judgement on how this dynamic affects the price of human flesh, but oh well- they are the new information workers we are supposed to adulate, after all. The smart ones. They'll soon be working on Wal Street, where the government will bail them out, reduce their taxes, and they can go to the Bull & Bear after work and fantasize how smart they are, how the government subsidization has nothing to do with their Italian suit collections....<br /><br />As the legitimate economy fails to keep up with the growth in the drug economy, expect the violence to increase. In other words, the drug economy will continue to become more public as the comfortable washing machine becomes inadequate. This means more direct government involvement in tacit approval of drug activity, greater military confrontation, and more violence. Also expect this war to move to the US. Other Mexican neighbors cannot absorb the volume of drug money laundering. US banks already do, and the business model will necessarily become distributed financially in the US. Nobody, not the US government, not the Mexican Government, not eh drug lords, will allow the economy to be shrunk by 2/3. By comparison, the Iraqi GDP was reduced by only one third at the height of its decline during the current war. <br /><br />As an aside, we have spent 330 billion US on new scanners at the airports. The total investment is expected to rise over 2 billion US within a few years for this effort alone. Not one, but several well-supported estimates have indicated that if 330 million US was spent to screen people with CRP tests and stethoscopes listening for heart issues, we would probably save a few thousand lives every year from cardiac failure deaths alone, let alone other causes. This is a few thousands of times more effective than any potential risk reduction from terrorism. This isn't ironic, it's criminal. <br /><br />So perhaps the TSA should be more concerned about testing men for hernias (turn your head and cough) during the pat down. Perhaps they can do breast palpation test on women. It would make sense than than what we are currently doing. We clearly aren't going to be worried about 24,000 people being murdered each year a rifle shot form our own border. <br /><br />We'd rather feel sorry for ourselves about 9-11 like a 1980's Top 40 torch song, selling commemorative WTC gold coins and ceramic plates, and send money to Chertof and company, than face reality. <br /><br />The US economy currently depends on 4.5% of its economy for arms exports. It depends on roughly an equivalent amount from illicit drugs, and this is growing far faster than the growth in arms exports. Just wait until drugs hot 10% or 15%. But people aren't the least bit rational. This alone is a tremendous business opportunity for the drug lords, terrorists out there. And its all coming to a neighborhood near you...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com