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14.  Exemption from the expectation of accountability.


Man doesn't call, show up etc., he's thoughtless, inconsiderate. Woman does exact same thing, well the guy should just "take the hint" and move along....
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If the situation is reversed, what can you expect if you illegally enter Mexico. I found this answer on Slate.com very interesting.

"They're pretty strict, but not often enforced. Until recently, entering Mexico without proper documentation was a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison, as codified in the country's General Law of Population. (Undocumented immigrants in the United States are held in detention centers until they're deported. They don't get a jail sentence unless they've committed other crimes.) In 2008, that penalty was reduced to a fine of up to 5,000 pesos, or about $400. If you're caught with fake documents, the Ministry of the Interior can fine you twice that. In most cases, undocumented immigrants are "voluntarily repatriated," or asked to leave the country. If they're caught again, they're fined again and frequently deported. In practice, though, high levels of corruption mean that police will often take bribes from undocumented immigrants--and sometimes even rob them--instead of sending them home. (The punishments were reduced in 2008 partly because police were using the heavy penalty as leverage for extortion.)

Mexican law determines who's allowed to immigrate "according to their possibilities of contributing to national progress." That means scientists, athletes, artists, and other people with special abilities are given preference. So are investors who want to start a business in Mexico. The country makes it easy for Americans to retire there by waiving tariffs when they move their belongings. (The United States sends more immigrants to Mexico than any other country does.) [...]"

http://www.slate.com/id/2252362/?GT1=38001




Interesting.  I had heard that entry without inspection is a felony punishable by up to two years in prison, but who knows.  I have yet to be asked a single question by the Aduanas when entering Mexico!  I really don't want to find out what happens when you get caught working or residing there illegally, I imagine its pretty bad. 
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One thing I've read and been told many times is that the police down there are corrupt ... and apparently proud of it.


I think people exaggerate this a little bit.  Sometimes American tourists go to places like Tijuana with the mentality of "hey its Mexico, I can do whatever I want", then get busted by the cops who are just enforcing a completely legitimate law, and then go home thinking "wow, Mexican cops really are corrupt" because they got caught doing something illegal. 
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game [geym] noun, adjective, gamer, verb, gamed, gaming. 

1.  amusement, pastime

2.  fun, sport, joke

3.  a term used by American males to describe acting like a complete idiot around the opposite sex and letting themselves be controlled like marionettes in exchange for sex.  Usually used by males who own two or more video game consoles, read magazines like "Maxim" and can't go out at night with out at least two friends "backing them up" in their pursuits. 


SIGE-posting from Tijuana, B.C.N., Mexico
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Main / Re: Top countries for expats
Nov 27, 2009, 10:21 PM


I currently reside in California's Imperial Valley, about 10 minutes by car from Mexicali, Baja California.  I plan to move even closer to the border once this lease runs out.  Hotter than hell in the summer, but not a bad spot to be overall.  Mexico has everything you need and a whole lot more!  Not as cheap as it used to be(prices for hotels and most mainline consumer goods seem to be lo mismo que el otro lado) but still great.


to the canuck above-what is wrong with Quebec?  I loved it the few times I went, still want to see Quebec City. I thought Montreal was leaps and bounds better than Toronto-and most cities in the U.S. for that matter...




I wouldnt go to mexico now, Juarez, Nuevo laredo, and matamoros are all war zones



I knew someone was going to write something like that.  You've probably got a better chance of seeing a unicorn than getting caught up in Mexican organized crime as an American tourist, but hey, be afraid, be very afraid.  Personally, I don't let thugs dictate where I go in the world, but that's just me. 
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Main / Re: Top countries for expats
Nov 27, 2009, 09:53 PM
I currently reside in California's Imperial Valley, about 10 minutes by car from Mexicali, Baja California.  I plan to move even closer to the border once this lease runs out.  Hotter than hell in the summer, but not a bad spot to be overall.  Mexico has everything you need and a whole lot more!  Not as cheap as it used to be(prices for hotels and most mainline consumer goods seem to be lo mismo que el otro lado) but still great.


to the canuck above-what is wrong with Quebec?  I loved it the few times I went, still want to see Quebec City. I thought Montreal was leaps and bounds better than Toronto-and most cities in the U.S. for that matter...

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Main / Re: CNN/Time double teaming
Oct 29, 2009, 05:05 PM
Leave it to Angry Harry to have a spot on article posted on his front page explaining both "Woman's Nation" and the TIME piece that buttressed it:


http://mensnewsdaily.com/2009/10/17/maria-shriver-alimony-terminator/
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Main / Re: OT: Fall of the republic
Oct 28, 2009, 10:44 AM

The problem I have with Jones is he'll start of OK then the Skull and Bones and Illuminati crap comes in. Its like pointing out feminism is bad then blaming it on Big Foot. Fact is the universe is not teleological and there isn't a star chamber of old men deciding everyone's fate. That's a religion by any other name.


So when three consecutive Presidents are elected all belonging to the same secret society that admits only a few people each year (Skull and Bones), that's not worth researching or investigating? 
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Main / Re: OT: Fall of the republic
Oct 28, 2009, 10:31 AM

No problem.  A lot of people have issue with Alex Jones and hence won't watch or take this seriously. 

To them I would say that you can't argue with the fact that senior members of the administration are recorded here on film for posterity making outrageous statements that are difficult to believe.   Did he just say that??

Whether or not you agree with Alex Jones you need to watch this video, just for the sound bites - they aren't faked.



"The Obama Deception" was probably his best yet, wonder if this will top it. 
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Main / Re: Windows 7
Oct 27, 2009, 02:20 PM


Mac OS is much better!

Windows puts food on my table because it breaks all the time and people pay me to fix it.

Keep using windows I like money !


Great. If I don't want any apps or software I will switch to MAC.



...and if I want to wait nine minutes between pressing the power button on my laptop and being able to open up a program, I'll switch to WINDOWS.


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Main / Re: OT: Fall of the republic
Oct 25, 2009, 11:08 AM
whoa...thanks dude I was just about to order this.
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Main / CNN/Time double teaming
Oct 20, 2009, 09:19 PM
so I'm enjoying a few days off in beautiful Encinitas, CA.  I don't get cable in my apartment, and I wake up in my hotel to "A Woman's Nation", some kind of panel discussion show on CNN, where they are seriously discussing topics such as women getting less sleep lately and reporting more depression.  I don't think anything of it until I am walking along the shore later that day to get some water in the 7/11 and see the cover of TIME, "THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN WOMAN", MORE POWERFUL, LESS HAPPY, with a morose b/w image of a female gripping her forehead in distress.



random event, or a cooridinated media agenda?  I report, you decide.....
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Main / Re: Bill Maher: HBO's "Real Slime"
Oct 15, 2009, 05:52 PM

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Michael Moore is a douchebag


I love the "men do more bad so be more beware of them" yet I seriously doubt Mr. Moore would advocate being more afraid of black men.


Exactly Mr. X.  I just lost any respect for Moore I could ever have.  That was one of the most pathetic public displays I've ever seen on this subject by a man or a woman. 
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Someone just decided to throw the "men are just plain unfit to lead the country" flamebait over on Democratic Underground, makes for some mildly entertaining reading as the DU mens advocates try to fight back without tipping over the apple cart of the DU get-along gang...


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8665361