quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

Some polls suggest Trump may win the popular vote.

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
Time will tell.

Some polls suggest Trump may win the popular vote.

“If” that happens…your predictions won’t materialize as he will have a mandate and Congress will turn red on the coattails.

He will definitely carry the popular vote in TX and OK.

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
There was a recent poll suggesting it possible.

quote:

Originally posted by jeffeosso:

quote:

Originally posted by RolandtheHeadless:
I believe you the border is a mess, but how has the administration lied? I don't see them trying to conceal the fact that Biden has opened the floodgates and is allowing anyone willy nilly to enter our country.

Here you go - right from little alex's mouth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu4CIeyntV4

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
Just FYI…there is no nominee at this time.

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

quote:

Originally posted by Jefffive:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
Time will tell.

Some polls suggest Trump may win the popular vote.

“If” that happens…your predictions won’t materialize as he will have a mandate and Congress will turn red on the coattails.

He will definitely carry the popular vote in TX and OK.

He lost the popular vote by 3 million in 2016, by 7 million in 2020 and has since been indicted on 90+ criminal charges and found civilly liable for massive financial fraud and he's going to somehow win the popular vote?

What color is the sky in your world?

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

Ask Hector or his cousin their opinions when you are fishing. Yeah I go down there and fish as well. I love South Texas. The cartels like tourists and tourism…good for money laundering. They own most of the resorts in Mexico. They know how to keep it visual for you guys.

Come bow hunting on my place near El Sauz and drive in to Rio Grande City for supper after dark. FM 3157 will get your attention when the sun ain’t shining.

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

Ask Hector or his cousin their opinions when you are fishing. Yeah I go down there and fish as well. I love South Texas. The cartels like tourists and tourism…good for money laundering. They own most of the resorts in Mexico. They know how to keep it visual for you guys.

Come bow hunting on my place near El Sauz and drive in to Rio Grande City for supper after dark. FM 3157 will get your attention when the sun ain’t shining.

I'm not saying there isn't a cartel crime problem in Mexico. Obviously, there is. Nor am I saying that there aren't plenty of undocumented folks moving north through the area where you hunt.

What I am saying is that the idea that the US side of the border is some wild-west free for all with rampant violence all over the place is nonsense. If you look at the reporting, the level of violent crime has gone down in the region in the past few years. In fact, El Paso and Laredo have been voted some of the safest cities in Texas. They are damn sure safer than where I live in terms of your chances of being the victim of a crime. At the hand of a US citizen, by the way.

I'll say what I always say: 99% of the illegals coming across the border are coming to work so they can take care of their families. They're not coming here to deal drugs, commit murders, or engage in human trafficking.

I know that doesn't fit with the Republican Boogie-Man narrative of these folks but it is undeniably true.

Carry on.

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Originally posted by JTEX:
South of Huntsville? Really pymple? Like what maybe Conroe???

You're a moron....

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quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

Ask Hector or his cousin their opinions when you are fishing. Yeah I go down there and fish as well. I love South Texas. The cartels like tourists and tourism…good for money laundering. They own most of the resorts in Mexico. They know how to keep it visual for you guys.

Come bow hunting on my place near El Sauz and drive in to Rio Grande City for supper after dark. FM 3157 will get your attention when the sun ain’t shining.

I'm not saying there isn't a cartel crime problem in Mexico. Obviously, there is. Nor am I saying that there aren't plenty of undocumented folks moving north through the area where you hunt.

What I am saying is that the idea that the US side of the border is some wild-west free for all with rampant violence all over the place is nonsense. If you look at the reporting, the level of violent crime has gone down in the region in the past few years. In fact, El Paso and Laredo have been voted some of the safest cities in Texas. They are damn sure safer than where I live in terms of your chances of being the victim of a crime. At the hand of a US citizen, by the way.

I'll say what I always say: 99% of the illegals coming across the border are coming to work so they can take care of their families. They're not coming here to deal drugs, commit murders, or engage in human trafficking.

I know that doesn't fit with the Republican Boogie-Man narrative of these folks but it is undeniably true.

Carry on.

quote:

Originally posted by Jefffive:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

Ask Hector or his cousin their opinions when you are fishing. Yeah I go down there and fish as well. I love South Texas. The cartels like tourists and tourism…good for money laundering. They own most of the resorts in Mexico. They know how to keep it visual for you guys.

Come bow hunting on my place near El Sauz and drive in to Rio Grande City for supper after dark. FM 3157 will get your attention when the sun ain’t shining.

I'm not saying there isn't a cartel crime problem in Mexico. Obviously, there is. Nor am I saying that there aren't plenty of undocumented folks moving north through the area where you hunt.

What I am saying is that the idea that the US side of the border is some wild-west free for all with rampant violence all over the place is nonsense. If you look at the reporting, the level of violent crime has gone down in the region in the past few years. In fact, El Paso and Laredo have been voted some of the safest cities in Texas. They are damn sure safer than where I live in terms of your chances of being the victim of a crime. At the hand of a US citizen, by the way.

I'll say what I always say: 99% of the illegals coming across the border are coming to work so they can take care of their families. They're not coming here to deal drugs, commit murders, or engage in human trafficking.

I know that doesn't fit with the Republican Boogie-Man narrative of these folks but it is undeniably true.

Carry on.

You're dealing with people who think Portland and Seattle burned to the ground.

They live in a fact-free zone.

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Originally posted by wymple:
My sister lives a good piece South of Huntsville, she hasn't seen anything troubling. Not the border, but close enough .

quote:

Originally posted by wymple:

The guy who destroyed untold billions of Twitter value? Oh, yeah, Twitter doesn't make electric cars. He should stick to his expertise, which is NOT immigration control.

quote:

Originally posted by wymple:
Being wealthy as a businessman does not make his "opinions" on border control any more relevant than mine.

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

Ask Hector or his cousin their opinions when you are fishing. Yeah I go down there and fish as well. I love South Texas. The cartels like tourists and tourism…good for money laundering. They own most of the resorts in Mexico. They know how to keep it visual for you guys.

Come bow hunting on my place near El Sauz and drive in to Rio Grande City for supper after dark. FM 3157 will get your attention when the sun ain’t shining.

I'm not saying there isn't a cartel crime problem in Mexico. Obviously, there is. Nor am I saying that there aren't plenty of undocumented folks moving north through the area where you hunt.

What I am saying is that the idea that the US side of the border is some wild-west free for all with rampant violence all over the place is nonsense. If you look at the reporting, the level of violent crime has gone down in the region in the past few years. In fact, El Paso and Laredo have been voted some of the safest cities in Texas. They are damn sure safer than where I live in terms of your chances of being the victim of a crime. At the hand of a US citizen, by the way.

I'll say what I always say: 99% of the illegals coming across the border are coming to work so they can take care of their families. They're not coming here to deal drugs, commit murders, or engage in human trafficking.

I know that doesn't fit with the Republican Boogie-Man narrative of these folks but it is undeniably true.

Carry on.

Like I said…get Hector’s opinion.

It is damn unsafe in the rural areas along the border. Yeah, the cartels keep their neighborhoods (inner cities) low-key to keep the eyes off. I have counted over 100 human encounters on my ranch in a day…in the middle of nowhere. I won’t hardly drive FM 3157 at night any more and damn sure not without an AR-10 in the seat beside me. The sheriff of Starr County advises against night travel on that farm to market road.

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

Ask Hector or his cousin their opinions when you are fishing. Yeah I go down there and fish as well. I love South Texas. The cartels like tourists and tourism…good for money laundering. They own most of the resorts in Mexico. They know how to keep it visual for you guys.

Come bow hunting on my place near El Sauz and drive in to Rio Grande City for supper after dark. FM 3157 will get your attention when the sun ain’t shining.

I'm not saying there isn't a cartel crime problem in Mexico. Obviously, there is. Nor am I saying that there aren't plenty of undocumented folks moving north through the area where you hunt.

What I am saying is that the idea that the US side of the border is some wild-west free for all with rampant violence all over the place is nonsense. If you look at the reporting, the level of violent crime has gone down in the region in the past few years. In fact, El Paso and Laredo have been voted some of the safest cities in Texas. They are damn sure safer than where I live in terms of your chances of being the victim of a crime. At the hand of a US citizen, by the way.

I'll say what I always say: 99% of the illegals coming across the border are coming to work so they can take care of their families. They're not coming here to deal drugs, commit murders, or engage in human trafficking.

I know that doesn't fit with the Republican Boogie-Man narrative of these folks but it is undeniably true.

Carry on.

Like I said…get Hector’s opinion.

It is damn unsafe in the rural areas along the border. Yeah, the cartels keep their neighborhoods (inner cities) low-key to keep the eyes off. I have counted over 100 human encounters on my ranch in a day…in the middle of nowhere. I won’t hardly drive FM 3157 at night any more and damn sure not without an AR-10 in the seat beside me. The sheriff of Starr County advises against night travel on that farm to market road.

Provide me with some sort of an example of a violent or serious or any crime attributable to undocumented immigrants on FM 3157.

There have been numerous incidents where white girls have been attempted to be run of the road presumably by cartel members. And their have been car jackings.

And, I take it that none of your claimed "100 human encounters" on your ranch resulted in you being robbed, assaulted, or in any way harmed?

No because I go nowhere down there without an AR-10 slung on my shoulder or saddle. I have had numerous confrontations and we certainly can’t leave a camp or anything of value in any building. We don’t even lock buildings now because the doors will be damaged. The Hispanic Texas families that work for me there discourage me from coming down and want their kids to move north.

The way you describe the area, I would have thought you would have been abducted and murdered. No?

A good friend’s (fellow equine surgeon) family ranches south of Tucson…similar area to our El Sauz Ranch. His brother was working on a windmill and witnessed some sort of cartel activity. They abducted him, duct taped him up, threw him in the back of a truck, and hauled him down in the Chihuahua desert. They stopped and one told another to throw him out and shoot him. For some reason he didn’t and they drove off and left him. An old Mexican man with a burro loaded with water bags found him, untaped him and got him a ride back to Agua Prieta.

So, where is the carnage and danger you harp about?

All white families in the area along 3167 don’t let their daughters go anywhere along that road at night. The local people are very cautious. It is night and day different than it was even a few years ago. When I was a kid…it was the safest place in the world.

It's in your fevered imagination.

You have no idea. Ask Hector how important it is to stay away from Mexican water if you go offshore.

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

Ask Hector or his cousin their opinions when you are fishing. Yeah I go down there and fish as well. I love South Texas. The cartels like tourists and tourism…good for money laundering. They own most of the resorts in Mexico. They know how to keep it visual for you guys.

Come bow hunting on my place near El Sauz and drive in to Rio Grande City for supper after dark. FM 3157 will get your attention when the sun ain’t shining.

I'm not saying there isn't a cartel crime problem in Mexico. Obviously, there is. Nor am I saying that there aren't plenty of undocumented folks moving north through the area where you hunt.

What I am saying is that the idea that the US side of the border is some wild-west free for all with rampant violence all over the place is nonsense. If you look at the reporting, the level of violent crime has gone down in the region in the past few years. In fact, El Paso and Laredo have been voted some of the safest cities in Texas. They are damn sure safer than where I live in terms of your chances of being the victim of a crime. At the hand of a US citizen, by the way.

I'll say what I always say: 99% of the illegals coming across the border are coming to work so they can take care of their families. They're not coming here to deal drugs, commit murders, or engage in human trafficking.

I know that doesn't fit with the Republican Boogie-Man narrative of these folks but it is undeniably true.

Carry on.

Like I said…get Hector’s opinion.

It is damn unsafe in the rural areas along the border. Yeah, the cartels keep their neighborhoods (inner cities) low-key to keep the eyes off. I have counted over 100 human encounters on my ranch in a day…in the middle of nowhere. I won’t hardly drive FM 3157 at night any more and damn sure not without an AR-10 in the seat beside me. The sheriff of Starr County advises against night travel on that farm to market road.

Provide me with some sort of an example of a violent or serious or any crime attributable to undocumented immigrants on FM 3157.

There have been numerous incidents where white girls have been attempted to be run of the road presumably by cartel members. And their have been car jackings.

And, I take it that none of your claimed "100 human encounters" on your ranch resulted in you being robbed, assaulted, or in any way harmed?

No because I go nowhere down there without an AR-10 slung on my shoulder or saddle. I have had numerous confrontations and we certainly can’t leave a camp or anything of value in any building. We don’t even lock buildings now because the doors will be damaged. The Hispanic Texas families that work for me there discourage me from coming down and want their kids to move north.

The way you describe the area, I would have thought you would have been abducted and murdered. No?

A good friend’s (fellow equine surgeon) family ranches south of Tucson…similar area to our El Sauz Ranch. His brother was working on a windmill and witnessed some sort of cartel activity. They abducted him, duct taped him up, threw him in the back of a truck, and hauled him down in the Chihuahua desert. They stopped and one told another to throw him out and shoot him. For some reason he didn’t and they drove off and left him. An old Mexican man with a burro loaded with water bags found him, untaped him and got him a ride back to Agua Prieta.

So, where is the carnage and danger you harp about?

All white families in the area along 3167 don’t let their daughters go anywhere along that road at night. The local people are very cautious. It is night and day different than it was even a few years ago. When I was a kid…it was the safest place in the world.

It's in your fevered imagination.

You have no idea. Ask Hector how important it is to stay away from Mexican water if you go offshore.

quote:

A good friend’s (fellow equine surgeon) family ranches south of Tucson…similar area to our El Sauz Ranch. His brother was working on a windmill and witnessed some sort of cartel activity. They abducted him, duct taped him up, threw him in the back of a truck, and hauled him down in the Chihuahua desert. They stopped and one told another to throw him out and shoot him. For some reason he didn’t and they drove off and left him. An old Mexican man with a burro loaded with water bags found him, untaped him and got him a ride back to Agua Prieta.

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

Ask Hector or his cousin their opinions when you are fishing. Yeah I go down there and fish as well. I love South Texas. The cartels like tourists and tourism…good for money laundering. They own most of the resorts in Mexico. They know how to keep it visual for you guys.

Come bow hunting on my place near El Sauz and drive in to Rio Grande City for supper after dark. FM 3157 will get your attention when the sun ain’t shining.

I'm not saying there isn't a cartel crime problem in Mexico. Obviously, there is. Nor am I saying that there aren't plenty of undocumented folks moving north through the area where you hunt.

What I am saying is that the idea that the US side of the border is some wild-west free for all with rampant violence all over the place is nonsense. If you look at the reporting, the level of violent crime has gone down in the region in the past few years. In fact, El Paso and Laredo have been voted some of the safest cities in Texas. They are damn sure safer than where I live in terms of your chances of being the victim of a crime. At the hand of a US citizen, by the way.

I'll say what I always say: 99% of the illegals coming across the border are coming to work so they can take care of their families. They're not coming here to deal drugs, commit murders, or engage in human trafficking.

I know that doesn't fit with the Republican Boogie-Man narrative of these folks but it is undeniably true.

Carry on.

Like I said…get Hector’s opinion.

It is damn unsafe in the rural areas along the border. Yeah, the cartels keep their neighborhoods (inner cities) low-key to keep the eyes off. I have counted over 100 human encounters on my ranch in a day…in the middle of nowhere. I won’t hardly drive FM 3157 at night any more and damn sure not without an AR-10 in the seat beside me. The sheriff of Starr County advises against night travel on that farm to market road.

Provide me with some sort of an example of a violent or serious or any crime attributable to undocumented immigrants on FM 3157.

There have been numerous incidents where white girls have been attempted to be run of the road presumably by cartel members. And their have been car jackings.

And, I take it that none of your claimed "100 human encounters" on your ranch resulted in you being robbed, assaulted, or in any way harmed?

No because I go nowhere down there without an AR-10 slung on my shoulder or saddle. I have had numerous confrontations and we certainly can’t leave a camp or anything of value in any building. We don’t even lock buildings now because the doors will be damaged. The Hispanic Texas families that work for me there discourage me from coming down and want their kids to move north.

The way you describe the area, I would have thought you would have been abducted and murdered. No?

A good friend’s (fellow equine surgeon) family ranches south of Tucson…similar area to our El Sauz Ranch. His brother was working on a windmill and witnessed some sort of cartel activity. They abducted him, duct taped him up, threw him in the back of a truck, and hauled him down in the Chihuahua desert. They stopped and one told another to throw him out and shoot him. For some reason he didn’t and they drove off and left him. An old Mexican man with a burro loaded with water bags found him, untaped him and got him a ride back to Agua Prieta.

So, where is the carnage and danger you harp about?

All white families in the area along 3167 don’t let their daughters go anywhere along that road at night. The local people are very cautious. It is night and day different than it was even a few years ago. When I was a kid…it was the safest place in the world.

It's in your fevered imagination.

You have no idea. Ask Hector how important it is to stay away from Mexican water if you go offshore.

Numerous instances of "white girls" being run off the road by cartel members?

I can picture that: several members of a Mexican cartel, driving north in a vehicle loaded with felony weight narcotics but when they see a carload of "white girls", they decide it's a good idea to run them off the road. You know, so the DPS and the Border Patrol and the DEA and local law enforcement start looking for them.

You are nuts.

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A good friend’s (fellow equine surgeon) family ranches south of Tucson…similar area to our El Sauz Ranch. His brother was working on a windmill and witnessed some sort of cartel activity. They abducted him, duct taped him up, threw him in the back of a truck, and hauled him down in the Chihuahua desert. They stopped and one told another to throw him out and shoot him. For some reason he didn’t and they drove off and left him. An old Mexican man with a burro loaded with water bags found him, untaped him and got him a ride back to Agua Prieta.

So, you're saying that a family rich enough to own a ranch south of Tucson had a family member who is an American citizen kidnapped on the US side of the border, abducted, taken across the border, threatened and left for dead? By Mexican cartel members?

And, there wasn't one peep of reporting about this event in the national, local or conservative whackjob media?

Do you hear yourself? You sound delusional and paranoid.

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So now we are back to the OP.

For those of you who don’t know anything about South Texas…in the short time Biden has been POTUS…he has wrecked it beyond recognition. It has become the smuggling capital of the world…human and drug. It is now a dangerous place.

But…make no mistake about it…the carnage is coming to a town near you…complements the Biden Administration.

Bullshit.

https://www.borderreport.com/n...d-safest-in-america/

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2...ontinues-to-decline/

https://www.axios.com/2020/12/...ties-safest-fbi-data

I'll be traveling to Brownsville, Texas to fish at South Padre island for a few days next week. I go every year.

Never a hint of the carnage of which Lane speaks. Everyone is friendly, welcoming and other than two drunks (young and white, I might add) getting in a fight at a local bar, I've never seen even a hint of trouble. No drug dealing, no human trafficking, no gun fights in the streets, no cartel hit men. Just friendly locals and tourists.

Ask Hector or his cousin their opinions when you are fishing. Yeah I go down there and fish as well. I love South Texas. The cartels like tourists and tourism…good for money laundering. They own most of the resorts in Mexico. They know how to keep it visual for you guys.

Come bow hunting on my place near El Sauz and drive in to Rio Grande City for supper after dark. FM 3157 will get your attention when the sun ain’t shining.

I'm not saying there isn't a cartel crime problem in Mexico. Obviously, there is. Nor am I saying that there aren't plenty of undocumented folks moving north through the area where you hunt.

What I am saying is that the idea that the US side of the border is some wild-west free for all with rampant violence all over the place is nonsense. If you look at the reporting, the level of violent crime has gone down in the region in the past few years. In fact, El Paso and Laredo have been voted some of the safest cities in Texas. They are damn sure safer than where I live in terms of your chances of being the victim of a crime. At the hand of a US citizen, by the way.

I'll say what I always say: 99% of the illegals coming across the border are coming to work so they can take care of their families. They're not coming here to deal drugs, commit murders, or engage in human trafficking.

I know that doesn't fit with the Republican Boogie-Man narrative of these folks but it is undeniably true.

Carry on.

Like I said…get Hector’s opinion.

It is damn unsafe in the rural areas along the border. Yeah, the cartels keep their neighborhoods (inner cities) low-key to keep the eyes off. I have counted over 100 human encounters on my ranch in a day…in the middle of nowhere. I won’t hardly drive FM 3157 at night any more and damn sure not without an AR-10 in the seat beside me. The sheriff of Starr County advises against night travel on that farm to market road.

Provide me with some sort of an example of a violent or serious or any crime attributable to undocumented immigrants on FM 3157.

There have been numerous incidents where white girls have been attempted to be run of the road presumably by cartel members. And their have been car jackings.

And, I take it that none of your claimed "100 human encounters" on your ranch resulted in you being robbed, assaulted, or in any way harmed?

No because I go nowhere down there without an AR-10 slung on my shoulder or saddle. I have had numerous confrontations and we certainly can’t leave a camp or anything of value in any building. We don’t even lock buildings now because the doors will be damaged. The Hispanic Texas families that work for me there discourage me from coming down and want their kids to move north.

The way you describe the area, I would have thought you would have been abducted and murdered. No?

A good friend’s (fellow equine surgeon) family ranches south of Tucson…similar area to our El Sauz Ranch. His brother was working on a windmill and witnessed some sort of cartel activity. They abducted him, duct taped him up, threw him in the back of a truck, and hauled him down in the Chihuahua desert. They stopped and one told another to throw him out and shoot him. For some reason he didn’t and they drove off and left him. An old Mexican man with a burro loaded with water bags found him, untaped him and got him a ride back to Agua Prieta.

So, where is the carnage and danger you harp about?

All white families in the area along 3167 don’t let their daughters go anywhere along that road at night. The local people are very cautious. It is night and day different than it was even a few years ago. When I was a kid…it was the safest place in the world.

It's in your fevered imagination.

You have no idea. Ask Hector how important it is to stay away from Mexican water if you go offshore.

Numerous instances of "white girls" being run off the road by cartel members?

I can picture that: several members of a Mexican cartel, driving north in a vehicle loaded with felony weight narcotics but when they see a carload of "white girls", they decide it's a good idea to run them off the road. You know, so the DPS and the Border Patrol and the DEA and local law enforcement start looking for them.

You are nuts.

They are back haul my friend…driving south.

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What are the good things about biden?

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He was a democrat supporter until it became evident to him that the left would leave him for a whim.

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Mayorkas cites ‘immediate need’ to waive regulations, build border wall in Texas as immigration surges ....
"There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996]," Mayorkas said.

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DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is citing an "acute and immediate need" to waive dozens of federal laws in order to build a border wall in south Texas where illegal migration has surged, a sharp contrast to dismissals of the use of such barriers in the early days of the administration. ....
"There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996]," Mayorkas said.

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Well, we want them to have a limit on who can come across the border. It is too open right now," NY Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Sunday. "People coming from all over the world are finding their way through simply saying they need asylum