tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post113954074097341666..comments2023-12-27T09:00:42.844-08:00Comments on The Workday Liberal: U.S. to Cuban delegation in Mexico City: You can't stay here.bhfrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261648934732735275noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post-1139849308085186042006-02-13T08:48:00.000-08:002006-02-13T08:48:00.000-08:00Now you're blaming the Bush administration for enf...Now you're blaming the Bush administration for enforcing a law that was passed by Congress 10 years ago, before Bush took office! Even if you don't like the law, don't misplace your criticism.Jeff Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15487617570444403143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post-1139584238776559712006-02-10T07:10:00.000-08:002006-02-10T07:10:00.000-08:00This is a Hotel in between a rock and a hard place...This is a Hotel in between a rock and a hard place. The US laws are not enforcible in Mexico. This is obvious. However, a US subsidiary can realistically have reason to fear US government reprisals against it's holdings that are located within the US. The company must then decide whether it is more costly to violate Mexican law or US law. The hotel owners lose money either way and this is now a potential donor to the Democrat party. For the sake of a vendetta on Castro, the Bush administration risks the loss of good relations with Mexico and support of the wealthy hotel/tourism industry.<BR/><BR/>All that said, the French activist was a poor example to use here. Quoting the article you linked to:<BR/><BR/>"The Frenchman rose to fame in the late 1990s for denouncing globalization and junk food, and spent six weeks in jail in early 2003 for smashing up a McDonald’s restaurant. He was sentenced to four months in prison in November for destroying a field of genetically modified corn in southern France."<BR/><BR/>This is an activist that has been known to go beyond Free Speech and express himself by violating the rights of others and destroying their property. This is a known criminal activist and it is definitely within the rights of a sovereign nation to deny entry to a person that could be rightly labeled an eco/political-terrorist.<BR/><BR/>That same article on the frenchman went on to say:<BR/><BR/>" “This is ridiculous, this is illegal, you’re violating his free speech,” Kramer said. He said calls to the U.S. Immigration Department and to the Department of Homeland Security had failed to secure an explanation.“ "<BR/><BR/>The idea that the US must allow a foreigner with a criminal past to enter the US in order to express his views is what is truly "ridiculous". Just as US laws and the US Constitution don't apply in Mexico, the First Amendment does not apply to a foreign national with a criminal past that has not even reached US soil yet. Perhaps he wants the right to vote here as well? Make use of the 2nd amendment and carry a gun here on US land. What other rights under the US Constitution/Bill of Rights does this article want to grant a French citizen?Britt Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986920803945707276noreply@blogger.com