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Henry Romero / Reuters
Farmer Amancio Morales' home in Huixtepec, Mexico, was among dozens damaged by Tuesday's earthquake. The 37-year-old said he expected to be homeless for the foreseeable future.
HUIXTEPEC, Mexico -- Dozens of families cleared rubble from their destroyed homes in southwestern Mexico on Wednesday following a major 7.4-magnitude earthquake that caused landslides, knocked down school walls and cracked a church tower.
At least 100 houses collapsed and 1,000 were damaged near the epicenter of Tuesday's quake in the municipality of Ometepec in Guerrero state, said Jorge Catalan, an official from the Ministry of Social Development.
No one was killed, but many residents, terrified by repeated aftershocks, spent the night outside and officials said they were preparing shelters and food for those who lost their homes.
Eleven people were injured in the tremor, the strongest to hit the country since the devastating 8.1-magnitude quake of 1985 that killed thousands in Mexico City.
The hardest-hit place in Guerrero was Huixtepec, a village of a few thousand people, said Admiral Sergio Lara, the local navy commander. About 40 percent of its homes were severely damaged, and only about one in five was unscathed, he said.
'I thought the world was going to end'
Standing outside the rubble of his own home and those of his extended family, 37-year-old farmer Amancio Morales said he expected to be homeless for the foreseeable future.
"Here we only make 100 pesos ($7.87) a day. To rebuild everything -- we just don't have enough," he said.
All 50 or so members of his wider family were now sleeping outdoors, he added.
A 7.4-magnitude quake centered near Oaxaca didn't cause heavy damage, but was felt across a huge area of the country. Telemundo's Julio Vaqueiro reports.
Large boulders from landslides blocked the road to the nearby small town of Paso Cuaulote, where nearly all 150 villagers, who grow beans and corn, were hit.
"I thought the world was going to end," said farmer Vicente Santiago, 30, surveying a crumbled wall in his father's cinder block home. His father, taking a nap when the quake hit, escaped unharmed even after the roof caved in.
Maria Lopez, 33, fled her home with her 2-week-old baby boy and spent the night by the river with the rest of the town.
"Rocks were falling from the mountainside onto the house," said Lopez, as she clutched her baby outside her seriously cracked mud-brick home.
Rubble-strewn classrooms
Students picked their way through rubble-strewn classrooms on Wednesday at one of the three primary schools damaged in the municipality. "The children were shouting. We had to evacuate," said teacher Abel Hernandez.
A major earthquake measuring as high as 7.6 magnitude, struck east of Acapulco. Msnbc's Tamron Hall reports.
In the nearby town of Igualapa, one of the towers on the colonial-era church crumbled, although locals were still holding a service inside.
In Mexico City, residents were largely spared, with only small cracks in buildings and minor damage to one subway line and a bridge. Mexico City is about 200 miles north-northeast of the epicenter.
The capital's repair bill for the quake, which was felt as far away as Guatemala should come in under $2 million, Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said.
Henry Romero / Reuters
A father carries his son next to the family's house, which was damaged by Tuesday's earthquake, in Paso Cuaulote, Mexico.
The type of the earthquake -- it shook the city from side to side rather than up and down -- and better construction regulations since 1985 saved the city from more serious damage, Ebrard told national television.
That was scant consolation to villagers in hilly parts of Guerrero left without a roof above their heads.
'It was so cold'
Among the locals forced to sleep outdoors by the quake in Huixtepec was a woman of about 90, Angela Hernandez.
"It was so cold last night," she said. "We need help -- wood or cement or anything."
There have been 15 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or stronger since 1973 within 310 miles of Tuesday's quake.
Mexico City, built on a lake bed, was badly damaged in 1985 when an 8.1 earthquake killed at least 10,000 people. In past years, Guerrero has suffered several severe earthquakes, including a 7.9 in 1957 which killed an estimated 68 people, and a 7.4 in 1995 which left three dead.
A magnitude-8.0 quake near Manzanillo on Mexico's central Pacific coast killed 51 people in 1995 and a magintude-7.5 quake killed at least 20 people in the southern state of Oaxaca in 1999.
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The drug lords have resources. This would be a good time to share some. And they'll look like benefactors, like humanitarians.
Agree...those drug lords have BILLIONS of dollars, they can be hero's just helping them and have the regular population on their side then. A win-win for the drug lords.
Mr. Williams: The drugs lords are not interested in fixing the situation. They want them poor, the poorest the better. They will be desperate and do anything for crumbs, which is precisely what the drug lords want. Brilliant, we just provide them with cheaper labor force...
@justiceforall-2038290
Sounds like the direction the U.S. is heading
The drug lord's (cartels) have millions or billions of dollars because of Americans love affair with drugs.
1 deleted, cullerco not-quite-on-topic and beginning a massive derail about immigration.
That was my thought. We have millions of illegals in the U.S. that we could send back as a helping hand to our southern neighbor. Noooo Problem !!!! How many would actually want to go back & help out their home country ?
Now there's an idea crackerjack. Send the Illegals and our own unemployed down there to help rebuild. Pay our own union scale. That to me would greatly improve things.
I know. The dirty illegals love being Mexican so much and don't want to assimilate to American values but I bet they wouldn't lift a finger to help their home country. They suck.
Nope, no comments here providing encouragement. Just a bunch of immigration rhetoric. Guess I should learn to expect that anytime anyone mentions Mexico or Mexican.
When will the Catholic Church start teaching their own rules to Mexicans:
Illegal Immigration Is A Sin
and even amnesty won't get rid of sin!
Archmagi
I agree with you on your post.
Could be the fact that people are tired of the number of illegal aliens from Mexico and South America. If you are trying to "hide" in a country, so that you don't raise the interest of the police force, you try to fit in - learn the language, don't fly your country flag, don't protest and claim the government is not helping you. Not so, with the illegal aliens from Mexico. If their own people would quit deserting their country, like rats deserting a sinking ship, people might be moved to feel compassion for them.
NMEast said:
If you are trying to "hide" in a country, so that you don't raise the interest of the police force, you try to fit in - learn the language, don't fly your country flag, don't protest and claim the government is not helping you.
This article is about homeless men and women and children in another country, has nothing to do with immigration or illegal immigration, so try to stay on topic and save the anti-immigration and anti-illegal immigration rhetoric for another article.The only Mexicans who dare to fly the flag and protest are the la Raza supporters (who are ethnic extremists, but are probably here legally--you think the government hasn't checked all of those out and deported the illegal and the undocumented?)and the druggies who have no respect for laws. The average Mexican citizen who comes here really DOES try to assimilate, and they DO learn the language--usually by the second generation they are fluent in English although they may still choose to speak it at home or to each other. I've heard some Mexican immigrants complain about La Raza, saying they draw too much unwanted attention to those who are just trying to live normal lives here, and I've had a Mexican immigrant woman tell me she was even afraid to put on traditional Mexican folk dance costumes for a cultural diversity dance even with Japanese women coming in kimonos, Koreans coming in hemboks, Irish women coming in Riverdance-type clothes, Indian women coming in saris--this woman was afraid to show up wearing Spanish flamenco dress and dance. And American cannot truly be considered free until all who live here feel comfortable about celebrating in their own way.
I've seen Irish immigrants flying the Irish Flag. I've seen people in the Southern states still waving the Confederate flag. Puerto Ricans fly their flag, so do American Samoans. There's nothing wrong with knowing where you came from and being proud of your heritage. The mixing of cultures and races in the US is part of what keeps us a growing and developing nation.
Back to the topic:
I feel for the Mexican people, and I realize the law abiding citizens are the ones who are paying the heaviest price between the druglords and the earthquake. Once I know what relief organizations are on the ground over there, I'll be making a donation.
Whatever you may think about Mexico, the people, the government, and the drug war, please remember that it's the average citizen who pays the price, and the children who suffer the most when their families become homeless and hungry. And the human cost, the human toll, is what matters most. I am thankful that no one as killed in the earthquake, but the months foollowing will see deaths, and we as global citizens have a duty to help where possible and give our fellow humans a hand up.
Give what you can, for someday you will need a gift too.
Thank you, Amanda, for a compassionate response. You made my morning. May we all have a little more love for our fellow human beings.
Racists, bigots, and idiots. They always seem to forget, until that one day when the find themselves in that same position. Missouri, California (again), Washington State, and some of the East Coast will feel its wrath at some point in the near future, unfortunately. Mexico has her issues but some of these comments posted by these God fearing Christians (I presume) are just mean and dumb. You'd figure hurricanes, tornados and floods would give a chance to pause and think
My thoughts exactly, Archmagi.
Archmagi . . . .
From what I have read so far, there are many people giving encouragement to the illegal aliens here in the United States, to return to their native homeland and offer help and hope !
All they have to do is turn themselves into ICE and they'll even get a free ride home.
But I should learn to expect that that won't be happening ! ! ! !
System's Down - why, exactly, are you picking specifically on those states? What did they ever do to you? There is no place on this planet that is immune to the forces of Nature, your hometown included. Maybe it's best that you don't tempt fate by wishing disaster on others. How are you any better than the people you criticize? Your post is just as "mean and dumb" as those your mock.
Archmagi....I'm with you. I am sick and tired of hearing all of the 'illegal' b/s from Americans who stole this land from Native americans and the Mexicans who were here first. All of you people posting on here are bunch of ignorant a$$es and need to learn history. I'll take a truckload of illegals over a concert hall full of Americans any day. at least some work would get done instead of a bunch of whining about how bad this or that is and why won't they go away. I am so ashamed of my fellow Americans it just makes me sick.
Beautifully said! And very true to anyone with an ounce of common sense. But the mere mention of Mexico immediately brings to mind our problems with illegal aliens, human smugglers, and the drug cartels in our country. And for that we have to blame our own government for not enforcing our immigration laws, and not securing our border with Mexico while they spend billions of our tax dollars doing so for foreign countries! As far as the System's Down post goes, he or she is correct. But until our government does its job on these issues the number of racists, bigots, and idiots will continue to grow!!!
jim - Pot/kettle. You need to learn a little history yourself. The Mexicans were not here first. The Incas and Aztecs were in Mexico before the Mexicans, who are descendants of Incas, Aztecs, Spaniards and other settlers of that portion of North America.
Bullfighter. I know there are nuclear scientists, meteorolgists, climatologists galore on the internet. Imagine my delight at seeing a post by a world class theologian!!! (Illegal immigration is a sin) Why does the world even bother with colleges when there are so many experts on the net? Alll the world's problems could simply be put up to a vote on thse boards!!!!!
I'm going to repost a comment I made under the first thread because 1) I can't believe the hatred and inhumanity some people are coming out with on here, & 2) The first thread was collapsed due to its hateful content...
When hurricane Katrina hit, other nations and peoples donated money and resources for the search & rescue, clean up, and rebuilding efforts. That money was received happily. Even the United States with all its wealth and organization can receive a gift gratefully.
I don't remember it being reported that these nations said 'the Kenedy's are uber-wealthy, let them pay to rebuild'. I also don't remember a call for Mitt Romney to pay for the rebuilding of Joplin or Tuscaloosa. Complaining about a select few rich people in a massive nation like Mexico to pay for rebuilding doesn't make sense to me. While they can help - because I believe 'of he who has much, much is expected', I'm not sure they could do everything that will be required.
The United States is a blessed nation full of wealth we take for granted. Instead of saying 'take care of your own', doesn't your human spirit grieve at least a little bit and want to do good where you can? We are better than that! We have the resources to do so much good around the world. Let's soften our hearts so whenever, or wherever something like this happens, let's ask "what can we do"? $1 from me and $1 from you, when all added up, can work miracles.
I am embarrassed for all the negative comments on here at the most wrong time possible. For those hurting, don't despair, you are not alone...
System's Down
"Trust in God, but lock your car"
Now replace the word car with border.
William Root said:
And for that we have to blame our own government for not enforcing our immigration laws,
Tell that to my coworker, whose 60+ year old mother was deported two days before Christmas because Immigration never told her adoptive parents in 1945 that citizenship wasn't automatic with her adoption.
Tell that to the parents of the 15 year old Texas girl who was mistaken for a 22 year old illegal Colombian and was deported.
Tell ME that--I spent 3 years in a deportation camp because USCIS lost my adoption paper 18 years after it was filed. My parents a Vietnam vet and his wife, passed away in a car accident before they told me I was adopted, so when ICE came to me and said 'Papers, please'and I said 'what papers?' I was declared illegal. They kept me in deportation for three years because they couldn't deport me; I was stateless (no home country, no original birth certificate because I was an abandoned infant) so there was nowhere for me to be sent. I was told I would either spend the rest of my life in deportation or I could produce the adoption paper.
Yes they ARE enforcing the immigration laws. No papers=life in deportation.
and not securing our border with Mexico while they spend billions of our tax dollars doing so for foreign countries!
When Bush was in office in 1994 there were 11,000 CBP (customs & Border Protection)officers at the border and he committed 564 National Guard troops. Under President Obama the number of CBP agents has grown to 20,000+ and the National Guard troop deployment has increased to 1200, their efforts now augmented by the deployment of several unmanned Predator drones utilizing Homeland Security's surveillance system that will continuously monitor 4 square miles or provide scanning monitoring for up to ten square miles. The technology also includes retina scanners that are reportedly accurate up to 50 feet away with the person being scanned running as well as MIT's new Xaver 800 Through-Wall imaging system--yes, they an see through walls now. It's called 'Wide Area Aerial Surveillance System'.
Homeland Security is planning to roll out the WASS nationwide in areas that are usually considered hot spots; they would be particularly useful along the border, to monitor communes and cult encampments in hard-to reach places like mountains, search canyons and ravines and snowy mountainsides for victims of avalanches and other disasters. The Xaver 800 can see through walls and roofs, giving the government a clear picture of who is inside a house, how many, and what these people are doing inside their houses. They'll be able to see who's cooking meth or growing pot in the basement, for example, who is brewing homemade moonshine in the woods behind the house, see who is breaking into someone's house, see a child molester molesting a child.
Also currently being implemented are portable DNA scanners. Currently it's being used in US deportation camps, border checkpoints and domestic prisons and foreign enemy prisons like Guantanamo Bay, using DNA stored in a database to identify illegals and foreign criminals. Once those baseline results are enrolled they want to initiate scanning at police stations, jails, border checkpoints and airports, requiring anyone leaving or entering the country to submit a DNA sample. If the DNA of a traveler is a close match for a terrorist, or if someone has kinship with someone who is currently detained in a deportation camp, they can ensure that that person is sent to deportation as well. If a relative is illegal chances are you are too, or you know how they got in, so you're guilty of harboring illegals and can be deported too.
Amanda - Bill Clinton was president in 1994, not (either) Bush.
So from 1994 until early 2009 (when Obama became president), in those 15 years you are saying that the number of CBP officers did not increase, that is was all Obama in 3 years. 7 years of Clinton & 8 years of GWB nothing - it was all Obama, Really?
jim-359951, you're suspended for a day for violating #1 of the Code of Honor.
16 deleted, Kevin Wilkinson with much the same. You're suspended for a day for violating #1 of the Code of Honor.
have a good day Amanda and stop worrying all the time about being deported. It is what they call belonging to another country legally. Go to any othet country and see how they would treat ya for illegally coming into their country.
as far as these people, have a good day; because, if you have one at all your already have been blessed! Good luck and all that!!
How about $8 a day for American Citizens who lost there jobs and homes to either natural disaster or the economy?????
Retired, those count on election day only. They're expendable.
Retired:
When a disaster hits here in America we have FEMA and Red Cross and other organizations. People give disaster victims temporary shelter, food, water, clean clothes, medical treatment irregardless of your ability to pay. If a tornado hit your town and the government didn't give you that FEMA safety net, would you just want someone to hand you $8 a day when, as an American citizen, you're entitled to temporary housing from FEMA, meals and medical treatment by the Red Cross? You'd consider $8 a day an insult and demand better from your government.
These poor people in Mexico don't have a government safety net. Mexico doesn't have adequate (if any) national government disaster response. They don't have what we have. instead of complining about what our government doesn't do for us, step back and look at what you do have and what you're entitled to , and realize just how lucky you are and give thanks thsat you were born in America where you can have all these things.
Give thanks for what you have instead of complaining about what you don't.
Amanda - you forget that Mexico does have wealth from oil. It's the choice of that government not to spend it on the same programs as our government has in place for situations such as this. You are entitled to spend as much of your money to help these people as you choose to send, but stop being holier-than-thou and have a little patience, compassion and understanding for your fellow citizens, many of whom are also homeless and jobless.
I have compassion for any country or place that suffers period. With that said, when America has no homeless left, when all of our children are fed, when medical care is affordable for all who need it, when we have no slums or gangs, then and only then should we play Keeper of the World.
We cannot take care of our Legal Citizens and Illegal Immigrants and the rest of the world too. Clean-up your own backyard America. That is why we pay taxes, not for our government to take care of the rest of the world. Let charities do that and mega churches all who get mega tax breaks.
ABC said:
You are entitled to spend as much of your money to help these people as you choose to send, but stop being holier-than-thou and have a little patience, compassion and understanding for your fellow citizens, many of whom are also homeless and jobless.
I'll accept that rebuke and apologize. I never meant to give the impression that I didn't care about the homeless, jobless people of America.
Having been there once myself, right after ICE released me from deportation camp in TX, I know how hard it is. Despite the fact that I left with a naturalization certificate and in the eyes of the Government I had citizens rights back again, people hesitated to hire me with a 3 year immigration prison record even though I had no arrest record and had a clean background. I ended up living in a women's shelter and working at a strip club (cashier/door greeter) for several months before I earned enough to get a tiny apartment, and it took me five years to work my way back home from where I'd been detained.
(FYI--I was adopted internationally and never told, so when immigration lost my adoption paper and came to me and said 'Papers, please'and I said 'what papers?' they declared me illegal and put me in a deportation camp until I succeeded in locating my adoption paper after 3 years of writing o every courthouse in three states to find the adoption paper.)
I now volunteer for a local nonprofit trying to help the homeless, and I help out at my local Social Services office by typing resumes for people who are unemployed. While the greater number of those who I type resumes for aren't actually looking for a job, at least I can do a little to help, and there are a few who do appreciate the help and HAVE gone on to successfully get a job and obtain employment.
Thats right Archmagi, and you should, because their illegal, and don't belong here. Now with their quake, we will probably be flooded with even more illegals.
Come on man... they bring all the drug we consume. You want us to work for it too? (insert sarcasm)
Yep, 50 or so people living in the house! No wonder they are thrilled to live 10 to a house with no furniture here. And no wonder our government loves to see it!
Its probably not an earthquake, it's probably them all hitting the ground after they jumped the wall.
So where is the Catholic Church?
I see the photos taken of these Mexican victims are "STUDIO QUALITY". Too bad poor Americans don't have the same resources to get their picture on MSN.
Fighting to avoid paying for contraception. It's more important than human life.
Bullfighter said:
I see the photos taken of these Mexican victims are "STUDIO QUALITY". Too bad poor Americans don't have the same resources to get their picture on MSN.
When there is a tornado or natural disaster in the US the news services are on the ground there taking pictures of the rubble and interviewing the survivors. Pictures are splashed on the newspapers, the internet, and TV. Nothing different from what is happening here.
Amanda . . . .
And how much aide money did Mexico send to us during all of those disasters we endured ! ! ! !
It's pathetic that we wait for a natural disaster to struck, to help other countries. SMH.
2 words that would get Mexico out of poverty:
BIRTH CONTROL!
Yeah, let's send them the stupid redumblicans to teach them abstinence... they're experts at it... and in the process we clean the country from those imbeciles who desecrate this country while wrapping themselves in the flag. bunch of hypocrites.
to justiceforall
BIRTH CONTROL
(you hit the mark with that comment)
Yes and send some to Africa and Bangladesh and other over populated countries who insist on having children they cannot feed.
If Mexicans are the "poster boys" for being Catholic, the world is in a lot of trouble.
With the money the illegals steal from us and send home that should take care of this problem. And since construction is down here in the US due to illegals working for nothing and living 20 to a house. If they were to go back and really do something for a change it would both help us and Mexico. I doubt they will as where will they get free room and board as they due here!!!!
Oh yea as our government tells us they are doing no harm stealing peopes SSN.
How about going to your own country and asking for help? Tell George Clooney go to Africa and ask for help not the U.S.Obama wrote Africa $20 billion check first day he was President half of Mexico lives here and if you go there they will shoot you and behead you.
This probably means more illegal immigration coming our way.. just what our country needs.
At least they work and they are not looking for tax break.
Yeah, because they get paid in cash and don't pay taxes, Einstein.
wow after all that has happened in the last 4 years with this country how could they even suggest something so stupid!!!!!
Because bigots still cannot shake the fact that the President of the United States is an African American.
I thought he was Hawaiian??
I thought he was half white, half black. Not an African-American.
Sorry, rgculver, still counts. Read a history book sometime.
justiceforall - what does this have to do with Obama?
Nothing. He went through the article at about 6:30 and wrote a bunch of BS to all of the threads.
No time to waste on that guy.
Justice..Typical Liberal BS..We don't like Obozo, so we MUST be racists.
How foolish.
Remember in November folks. It's JUST as racist to vote for someone because of his color as it is to vote against him because of his color.
I feel for the people in Mexico, but this country has enough problems of it's own. Mexico has to learn to do what we have always done when disasters hit. No one ever comes to help us out. We do it on our own.
How the f@#$ do you know how they get paid. At least they're not on Welfare and collecting food stamps like you.....
Yeah its time to send the little ponies back home where they belong.
Loosechange ya might want to change that ya know. People aren't stupid when you see them standing in the grocery line with two basket fulls of food. Then slide their little card in the slot, pay for non- food items with money. After one of them whom speak english or the cashier has to speak spanish and why; cause, they don't know how to speak english. What'd you think people are blind?
Always an excuse for you people isn't it. You just gather around your heads these people are breaking the law and its supposed to be ok. I think not and soon we'll get something done if we keep pushing the government. Have to vote for Ron Paul and get these other than American politicians out of office.
You have to be kidding me. Mexico needs help. What about all the tornado victims in Indiana and Kentucky. I'm sure Obama will be glad to volunteer OUR money and I'm sure the Hollywood set will raise a few million for them. Disgusting.
Go tell the American bankers who ransacked this country for the last 70 to 80 years... they've got plenty of money to help, but... you're not worthy of it.
The Illinois tornado caused a lot more damage to homes and the communicty than in Mexico and FEMA denied to help them with any funds. Our gov't is not helping our own right now after natural disasters, but we give billions to the world. Term limits needs to get some of the bozos (98%) our of office.
I agree Bob. TERM LIMITS.
Tommy Lee, we can institute our own term limits by voting the "Professional" Politicians OUT of Office. We don't need a law to do it. Such a law would never pass, as the house and senate would be voting themselves out of a job.
Mexico is calling ...Brad Pitt....George Clooney.....Sean Penn...... And last but not least Oprah.............it's just 100 homes probably about the third of what one on your homes cost.
Let the Drug Cartels help em....or the So-Called movie monguls....to hell with em...Who helps the USA when in need..
I agree...............Who do you turn to when United States of America turns away..........
Halliburton...? After all, they rebuilt Iraq (after they paid, of course) after we flatten the country out...
The Hollywood set will be glad to pitch in. Nothing like laying on the beach having everyone wait hand and foot on you for a few pesos. Send back a few million illegals to help clean up that mess.
Sorry state these folks find them. Unfortunately the Narco element will keep many aid workers out. The Narcos shoud step forth with big $$ and arrange some self-help. If the aristocrats that come to Vail to ski/dine/shop would pitch in I'm sure the money problem could be quckly be solved. Voila, earthquake aide that is home grown. How abou it?
@psp-620489: Ah yes... those 100 homes probably cost about the same as one of their pool houses, my workshop is better constructed than that... the funny thing is that the 1% actually believe they have EARNED thier money.
You can rest assure that billions of US tax payer dollars are already on the way.
That is sad. When it could help our own homeless and hungry
The billions in "aid " that will be sent and is sent anywhere else is merely more of the same distribution of gravy train dollars. We will need to appoint managers and accountants and workers and more managers to soak up the free money. We use it to bribe the officials in the area who do the same, soak up the free gravy train money. This is why it takes so long to get help to people really in need like those in Mexico now. All the vultures busily make every excuse in the world to get some under the guise of the insanely meek name of "red tape". Hell, people in Haiti still haven't received money donated. All the needy get is the scraps the greedy get the rest.
When or if they send one dime after refusing to help in this nation, there should be just about 350 million people standing on the white house steps; asking why in the hell would you do that and demand our money back. If our money isn't good enough for our own all be damn if some other country should get a dime.
Just saying.
With a $50 billion a year drug industry, the Mexicans can help themselves.
For all those ignorants (those who lack the knowledge - pun intended) who think that the drug cartels will come to the rescue of the Mexicans. Wake up! For them they're only cheap labor, the more desperate the better. That's just like pretending that bankers help the common man in America. That'll be the day!
justiceforall.................how about you sending over the first $1000. That should help at least 50 of those 100 homes....... and while you are there help them rebuild...........
Hey justiceforall, I hate to have to correct you on this, but many of us who disagree with you would like you to know that we are Republicans, not "redumblicans". I understand that this was probably an innocent error on your part, or perhaps a symptom of your lack of education, so no harm done. I find it very amusing when the best you libs can come up with are silly non-words that mean nothing. It is a little like the taunting games I remember outgrowing in about 4th-5th grade. Now that I have your attention, let's correct one other thing. We have nothing against the President for being an African American. On the other hand, his lies, broken promises, his ineptitude when it comes to foreign affairs, his obvious preference for other social structures over the US, his thinly veiled attempts to completely remake this country into the seat for his own monarchy, and his general ignorance, are all issues which we are a little tired of.
Hey goober it's not libs it's libertarians..
You can return to your right wing now..
The quake is all obama's fault as his voter-base created a stampeed trying to get here for the Nov. election.
You are a pig sir.. oink oink..
Oh heck, maybe the U.S. can borrow some more money from China to bail Mexico out. The illegal aliens here are much to busy gutting our imaginary budget to be bothered with repatriating with their country to help rebuild it.
What the hell? Americans are so ignorant. Mexico does not need bailing out. Obviously you were too stupid to read and hear what they said. There were no casualties and minor damage. In fact, even if there were damage to Mexico, I'm sure the country can handle itself. Being one of the largest economies in the world at about 1.5 trillion, having the 2nd largest city in the world, richest man in the world, not to mention that it is one of the most powerful countries overall besides its current drug problem. Americans perceive Mexico as a country in chaos when it really isn't. I've been there myself. To top it off, even Mexico has a better employment rate than the United States. I wonder where the US is heading. Try learning something before posting something biased and ignorant.
Cast if that's so accurate why are all the illegal southern people coming to America? I think you should let them all know Mexico is good again and they can come home!