Monday, October 29, 2007
The Goals of Mexico
McHenry County Blog doesn’t usually dip into foreign policy, but it came up at the Minuteman meeting at McHenry County College last Friday night.
A man named Rick, who said he was in construction spoke during the question period after Allen County, Ohio, Sheriff Daniel Beck had finished his prepared remarks.
“It’s extremely personal to me.
“I attempted to do business I Mexico. I refused to pay off anybody.”
He pointed to the May Day march last year when Mexicans waive the Mexican flag and their handlers told them not to that in the second march, rather to wave American flags.
“I feel our kindness has (allowed us to be) taken advantage of.
“They are taught (in Mexico) that the Americans stole their land.”
He said they were not just minimum wage workers.
“They are earning $54 an hour as a union electrician.
“I know because my brother has 5 illegals working for him…
“I just don’t trust the people because they come from a lawless country.”
He told of going back to finish up business affairs.
“I got pulled over last week and it cost me $200.”
“I got pulled over in a foreign country and it cost me $300,” another person in the audience yelled out.
“I was in Wisconsin.”
That brought knowing laughter.
Rick continued with a tale of Saul Herandez, the third most popular rock star in Mexico, a man he considered his friend.
Herandez was playing at the Chicago House of Blues last Thanksgiving week and spoke to the audience in Spanish. Not speaking the language, Rick asked Herandez’ Dutch wife what he was saying.
“Oh, he’s just telling people you don’t need papers to work here,” she replied. “Keep up the fight. You didn’t cross the border. The border crossed us. This is your land.”
“I must have had dinner with them about 100 times.
He also told of what the President of the Cancun Restaurant Association, a man with whom he had had coffee 100 times, told him the last time he was in Mexico.
“We don’t need you anymore. Yes, we’re going to try to take your country from you.”
A man on the other side of the auditorium said, “I have a friend who works as an intelligence office for ICE. (He told me) they want to flood the Southwestern United States and vote them into Mexico (when they get amnesty).”
Another audience member asked, “Do you agree with that gentleman that they are trying to take over our country?”
“If they ever get amnesty, they’ll own the Southeastern United States.”
A women who said she grew up in Pilson and taught in Cicero “where there are a lot of illegals” indicated she “thinks it is hopeless.”
Beck suggested starting “at the local level. Don’t start at the big level.”
He told of being interviewed on WLS and WYLL Friday.
“I suspect there are a million more like you.”
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I would add that right now people can file for Republican precinct committeemen. Get a minimum of ten “good” signatures from your neighbors and you can get on the February 5th ballot for precinct committeeman. I would suggest getting 20 signatures, because some people don’t want to be embarrassed by telling you they are not really registered voters. Notarized petitions have to be at the building north of the courthouse in the county clerk's office by 4:30.
Here’s what you have to do:
A man named Rick, who said he was in construction spoke during the question period after Allen County, Ohio, Sheriff Daniel Beck had finished his prepared remarks.
“It’s extremely personal to me.
“I attempted to do business I Mexico. I refused to pay off anybody.”
He pointed to the May Day march last year when Mexicans waive the Mexican flag and their handlers told them not to that in the second march, rather to wave American flags.
“I feel our kindness has (allowed us to be) taken advantage of.
“They are taught (in Mexico) that the Americans stole their land.”
He said they were not just minimum wage workers.
“They are earning $54 an hour as a union electrician.
“I know because my brother has 5 illegals working for him…
“I just don’t trust the people because they come from a lawless country.”
He told of going back to finish up business affairs.
“I got pulled over last week and it cost me $200.”
“I got pulled over in a foreign country and it cost me $300,” another person in the audience yelled out.
“I was in Wisconsin.”
That brought knowing laughter.
Rick continued with a tale of Saul Herandez, the third most popular rock star in Mexico, a man he considered his friend.
Herandez was playing at the Chicago House of Blues last Thanksgiving week and spoke to the audience in Spanish. Not speaking the language, Rick asked Herandez’ Dutch wife what he was saying.
“Oh, he’s just telling people you don’t need papers to work here,” she replied. “Keep up the fight. You didn’t cross the border. The border crossed us. This is your land.”
“I must have had dinner with them about 100 times.
He also told of what the President of the Cancun Restaurant Association, a man with whom he had had coffee 100 times, told him the last time he was in Mexico.
“We don’t need you anymore. Yes, we’re going to try to take your country from you.”
A man on the other side of the auditorium said, “I have a friend who works as an intelligence office for ICE. (He told me) they want to flood the Southwestern United States and vote them into Mexico (when they get amnesty).”
Another audience member asked, “Do you agree with that gentleman that they are trying to take over our country?”
“If they ever get amnesty, they’ll own the Southeastern United States.”
A women who said she grew up in Pilson and taught in Cicero “where there are a lot of illegals” indicated she “thinks it is hopeless.”
Beck suggested starting “at the local level. Don’t start at the big level.”
He told of being interviewed on WLS and WYLL Friday.
“I suspect there are a million more like you.”
= = = = =
I would add that right now people can file for Republican precinct committeemen. Get a minimum of ten “good” signatures from your neighbors and you can get on the February 5th ballot for precinct committeeman. I would suggest getting 20 signatures, because some people don’t want to be embarrassed by telling you they are not really registered voters. Notarized petitions have to be at the building north of the courthouse in the county clerk's office by 4:30.
Here’s what you have to do:
Labels: Mexico, Republican Precinct Committeeman
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Dave Bachmann Running for County Coroner as a Democrat
You know his last name if you drive between Crystal Lake and Woodstock.
You see it on a funeral home he started.
That's the funeral home Bachmann was told he wouldn't get off the ground, that he could not succeed.
But you can see his name still on the sign on Route 14 next to Flowerwood. Bachmann doesn’t run it any more, but his name is still there.
“As you know Cal, under the ol’ Querhammer reign in the county,” Bachmann emailed me, “I was told I could never build a funeral home in Crystal Lake. Querhammer would never hire me, and Jim Flagg laughed at me... Well, there it sits, 20 years later, Bachmann Funeral Home.
“I also believe I could never get any attention from the powers that be in the Republican party for the office of Coroner unless I was anointed by the party, as Al Querhammer had done when he ‘handed’ the office to Marlene Lantz many years ago. Thus, again, if there's a will, and there is, there is a way!
“I may not win, but I can guarantee, the office of Coroner will have a formidable opponent for the race in 2008. The winds of charge are blowing!”
Bachmann has returned from Mexico.
He emailed McHenry County Blog that he has
I asked for a picture to run with an article. He sent me this one.
Here’s the explanation:
You see it on a funeral home he started.
That's the funeral home Bachmann was told he wouldn't get off the ground, that he could not succeed.
But you can see his name still on the sign on Route 14 next to Flowerwood. Bachmann doesn’t run it any more, but his name is still there.
“As you know Cal, under the ol’ Querhammer reign in the county,” Bachmann emailed me, “I was told I could never build a funeral home in Crystal Lake. Querhammer would never hire me, and Jim Flagg laughed at me... Well, there it sits, 20 years later, Bachmann Funeral Home.
“I also believe I could never get any attention from the powers that be in the Republican party for the office of Coroner unless I was anointed by the party, as Al Querhammer had done when he ‘handed’ the office to Marlene Lantz many years ago. Thus, again, if there's a will, and there is, there is a way!
“I may not win, but I can guarantee, the office of Coroner will have a formidable opponent for the race in 2008. The winds of charge are blowing!”
Bachmann has returned from Mexico.
He emailed McHenry County Blog that he has
“decided to run for County Coroner.. under the Democratic Banner. Time for change..
“I have most recently been living in Mexico helping the poorest of states learn about modern and sanitized ways of burial. I'm happy to be back home in my county.
”It will be a large undertaking, excuse the pun...however, I feel I have the qualifications to make a difference. I believe the race will be a one on one with Marlene Lantz in Nov. 2008. Seemingly, this county now votes more or less independent rather than straight ticket.
“This would be my road to victory, my only road.”
I asked for a picture to run with an article. He sent me this one.Here’s the explanation:
“The mother of this baby died as result of an auto accident. The family came to my home, with the child, and told me they named him David, after me. I was able to help the father and family of this baby thru their grief. Often times, babies born in Mexico, go unnamed for a full year.Tomorrow, some more of Bachmann's personal history and his goals for the office.
“I was able to teach the Medical Examiners how we treat our grieving families here in the United States, and how we care for our dead with dignity and respect.
“In Mexico, they literally put naked, autopsied bodies in the back of pickup trucks for transport, and line dead bodies from accidents on the side of the road with no police oversight to stop on lookers from just going up to the scenes of horrific accidents.
“The government would spend little to no money on protective wear for its medical examiners, ie, no gloves, or gowns or masks.... they still do autopsies with an old saw.
“However, the people of Mexico were gracious when they found they had help. And this child, was brought to my home, they found where the ‘gringo’ who helped them lived, and just showed up one evening.
“It was a humbling experience. I intend to continue this type service to our people in McHenry County. I will be a ‘hands on’ Coroner. Like the ol’ country doctor.”
Labels: Al Querhammer, Dave Bachmann, Jim Flagg, Marlene Lantz, McHenry County Coroner, Mexico
Sunday, May 20, 2007
1 in 10 Refugees
The Chicago Tribune had a front page story recently stating that 1 of 10 Iraqis are now refugees in another country.That made me wonder what proportion of Mexicans are in the United States.
Mexico has a population of 108.7 million, according to the CIA’s World Factbook.
Newsbatch.com reports, “About 1/8 of the Mexican working population of working age is employed in the U.S."
Wikipeida reports 6.8 million Mexican immigrants as of January 2006. (Unfortunately, I didn’t copy the link.)
If the numbers are correct and my division is, too, then 1 in 16 Mexicans are in the United States.
Would it be fair to call them refugees?
Labels: Iran, Mexico, Refugees
