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I can not even begin to describe how angry this makes me. Another good man lost to the world, because the scum of the earth wanted to steal a truck. It is an atrocity that life is so cheap to these evil people. I know that God sorts everyone out in the end, but I dearly hope that these people get what is coming to them while they are still alive. An eye for an eye! A freind of mine also brings items across the border for the locals, and he seems to ignore the fact that things are getting out of control in Mexico. Mr. Quimby, you were right about traveling in Mexico. I think Mexico should be pressured into allowing American citizens, with a permit, carry handguns while traveling in Mexico. It might be safe to assume that these Bandido's might be less inclined to offer violence to those that have the ability to fight back.

That tusker in the last photo looks decent! Did your buddy get one? Inquiring minds..............?

Thats pretty sad! I wonder if the guy was involved in something, or just an innocent victim of bandido's or cartel members. With the current state of affairs and the growing resentment over SB1070, I am staying the heck out of Mexico. As much as I like the Baja, things are just getting too risky. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time can lead to bad things.

HAppy Birthday!

Terry, I am not sure about the costs in AZ. But I read somehwere that the average cost to the taxpayer is approx $45K per illegal. These costs include everything from trying to catch them, to the tax loss and everything in between. Considering AZ has approx 450,000 illegals............? Here are some interesting statistics I got from the internet. DARK SIDE of ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION YEARLY COSTS 45,008 illegal aliens from countries on the U.S. list of state-sponsors of terror or from countries that protected terrorist organizations and their members were released into the general public between 2001 and 2005 despite the fact that DHS couldn't confirm their identity. Ultimate costs are unknown. Remember 9/11? ? The Border Patrol arrested 39,215 "other-than-Mexicans," along the Southwest border. In 2004, the number jumped to 65,814. DHS admits they only catch an estimated 1/3 of the border crossers. Ultimate collateral damage costs of the ones not caught are unknown. ? Some sources say that bin Laden purchased several suitcase nukes from the Chechen rebels in 1996. Allegedly several of these weapons have been forward deployed to the US in preparation for al Qaeda's next attack on American soil. Ultimate costs are unknown. ? According to two trainers at an anti-terrorism conference, preparations are well underway in Islamic terrorist camps for attacks on American schools that will bring "rivers of blood and staggering body counts." Ultimate costs are unknown. ? Illegal aliens are enormously involved identity fraud. Costs are unknown. ? Illegal aliens are involved in a plethora of other criminal activities including such crimes involving methamphetamine, cocaine, home invasion, auto insurance fraud, life insurance fraud, food stamp fraud, mortgage fraud, auto theft, drug trafficking, prostitution, and counterfeiting documents. Costs are unknown. ? At the end of 2003, approximately 267,000 illegal aliens were incarcerated in U.S. correctional facilities. $6.8B Mac Johnson estimates that illegal aliens murder between 1,806 and 2,510 people in the U.S. annually, an average of 2,158 murders. (Representative King states illegal aliens are responsible for 4,380 murders) $8.4 B According to FBI Estimates on Number of Arrests in 2005 in the United States and applying a straight 5% of population representation, illegal aliens would have committed 704,709 crimes in 2005. Based on an average of $25,000 per crime, the costs would be $17.6 billion. Some estimates have their involvement much higher. $17.6B Based on a GAO report of 55,322 illegal aliens incarcerated in federal, state, and local facilities during 2003 and extrapolating the average number of offenses out across all 267,000 incarcerated illegal alien criminals results in some 1,288,619 crimes! Based on an average of $25,000 per crime, the costs would be $32.2 billion. Another estimated 240,000 criminal illegal aliens are not incarcerated. $32.2B Professor David Anderson reports that the net annual burdened costs of crime, in 2006 dollars that would be $1.62 TRILLION. A 5% illegal alien participation would be $81 BILLION. Some studies indicate the participation of illegal aliens is much higher than representation. $81B 80,000 to 100,000 illegal aliens who have been convicted of serious crimes still walk the streets. As previously noted, based on studies, those illegal alien criminal will commit 13 offenses each. Total costs are unknown. ? An estimated 2,258,550 pounds of cocaine made it through the southern border with an estimated street value conservatively estimated $72.2 BILLION. Resulting costs of the associated crime is unknown. Assume 50% is paid for through crime. $36.1B There are currently over 400,000 unaccounted for illegal alien criminals with outstanding deportation orders. Those are just the ones apprehended. At least one fourth of these are hard core criminals. Resulting costs are unknown. ? Researcher Deborah Schurman-Kauflin Ph.D. of the Violent Crimes Institute, reports that the illegal alien population includes 240,000 sex offenders – a "conservative estimate." Based on studies, they will commit 130,909 sex crimes annually. Using $50,000 as the average total economic impact, resulting costs are: $6.5B 63% of the sexual crimes, 82,473 victims, were committed by previously deported perverts who returned to commit the crime. Using $50,000 as the average total economic impact, this would be $4.1 BILLION - more than the cost of a proper border fence along the southern border. . $4.1B Operation Predator resulted in 6,085 child predator arrests. Some pedophile statistics report that each pedophile molests average of 148 children. If so, that could be as many as 900,580 victims. Resulting costs are unknown. ? Gangs Or Us estimates that MS-13 has over 15,000 members and associates in at least 115 different cliques in 33 states, and these numbers are continually increasing. .Resulting costs are unknown. ? In one report, mostly illegal alien Hispanics were involved in 25% of the fatal traffic accidents, an astounding 5 times as much participation as representation. In those accidents, 75% of the drivers had no auto insurance, nearly all of the vehicles driven by migrants were registered to other drivers, and 93% of the vehicles had false out-of-state tags. Resulting costs are unknown. ? Illegal aliens are often involved in DWIs at a rate that is 3-6 times greater than their representation in the population. Resulting costs are unknown. ? At a 5% representation, illegal aliens are responsible for 844 alcohol related fatalities. Data suggests their participation is actually far higher. (Rep.King states that illegal aliens were responsible for 4,745 alcohol related fatalities. If so, that would 5.6 times as many deaths as representation.) Resulting costs are unknown. ? Based on NHTSA data and a 5% participation rate, illegal are responsible for 309,050 accidents, 2,132 deaths, 139,400 injuries, and a cost of $11.5 billion. Data suggest their involvement is much higher, maybe 3-5 times higher. $11.5B Half of all children born to Hispanic Americans in 2002 were illegitimate, twice the rate for American whites and 42 percent higher than the overall American rate. Rates are suspected of being even higher for Hispanic illegal aliens. Resulting costs are unknown. ? There are an estimated 5.1 million ESL students in the USA. If 90% of the ESL students are children of illegal aliens then the education costs for children of illegal aliens is about $34.5 billion per year. $34.5B Many illegal aliens are carrying horrific third world diseases. In the 40 years prior to 2002, there were only 900 total cases of leprosy in the US. In the following three years there have been 9,000 cases. TB is epidemic in many illegal alien communities and a new Multiple-Drug-Resistant (MDR) TB is spreading. Each person infected with TB will infect 10 others. Treating a single case of MDR TB costs between $250,000 and $1,200,000 per person. Resulting costs are unknown. ? Between March 2000 and March 2005, only 9 percent of the net increase in jobs for adults went to people born in the US but natives accounted for 61 percent of the net increase in the overall size of the 18- to 64-year-old population. The jobs were taken mostly by illegal aliens, displacing native born Americans. Resulting costs are unknown. ? The National Academy of Science reported that from 1980 to 1995 there was a 44% of the decline in the real wages of high school dropouts as a result of immigration. This affects Black and Hispanics Americans the greatest and is a great contributor to the high unemployment rate in this segment of the population. Resulting costs are unknown. ? Harvard Professor George Borjas has reported that illegal aliens displaced American workers at a cost in excess of $133 billion dollars in 2005. $133B The Wall Street investment firm Bear Stearns states we are losing $35 billion a year in income tax collections from jobs that are now off the books. $35B National Academy of Sciences study estimated that immigration's net benefit to the American economy is only $10 billion. This item is included to illustrate one of the very few real economic benefits of tolerating illegal aliens. Most of the other benefits of illegal aliens "doing the work that Americans won't" at lower wages goes into the pockets of their employers. -$10B A Rice University study calculated that in 2006 the net annual cost of legal and illegal immigration will add up to $108 billion. Illegal immigration is about half the total. $54B The population of the USA recently crossed the 300,000,000. At the present growth rate, it will hit 400 million as early as 2029 and about 500 million in 2050. And if things don't change real fast, maybe even a Billion by 2075. Additional infrastructure costs will be in the TRILLIONS. ? Immigration will account for 96 percent of the future increase in the school-age population over the next 50 years. Cost to the infrastructure is unknown. ? A recent report notes that illegals sent and estimated $45 Billion south in 2006, which was up from an estimated $30 Billion in 2004. That money leaving the economy does not produce secondary jobs here. Using a 2:1 money multiplier, that is $90 billion removed from the American economy. $90B A Census Bureau study estimates that households headed by illegal aliens used $10 billion more in government services than they paid in taxes in 2002. These figures are only for the federal government; costs at the state and local level are also significant. The study also finds that if illegal aliens were given amnesty, the fiscal deficit at the federal level would grow by nearly $29 billion. $10-29B Jonathan Weisman of the Washington Post states "The Senates embattled immigration bill would raise government spending by as much as $126 billion over the next decade While some of the costs summarized above are subsets, e.g. cost of the murders as part of the cost of crime, as you can see the economic costs of tolerating illegal immigration is quite considerable. You are paying for it in terms of higher taxes, insurance premiums, et cetera. Some estimates place the net costs of each illegal alien in the country at $50,000 – $100,000. (FYI: 12,000,000 X $50,000 = $600,000,000,000) When the all the indirect costs are factored in, it is probably even higher. In any case, it is a cost that YOU are paying for. Even saving ten cents on a head of lettuce, how much lettuce would that buy? Regardless, What price do you put on each American who has been molested, raped, killed, or murdered by an illegal alien?

Well......, a Coueswhitetail.com dance team was just formed......., do I smell a website hockey team in the works?

Thanks Gino. This is far from over..........one of these days I am going to get some face time with Ted. It would be cool to book one of those hunts with Ted from his Sunrize Safari deal, or the big Ted Nugent birthday bash at the ranch in Texas. One of these days!............

First and foremost, the concert was excellent, at least in my opinion! I got ot the fair at 5:00 p.m, had a couple refreshments at the beer garden walked around and checked a band at a different stage. Got oto the main stage area at 6:30. Called Bob, Ted's road manger at the appointed time. No answer! Left message on voice mail. Waited a few and talked to the security guard. He could not give me answer. Called the road manager again, finally he answered and met me at the side gate. He said " I will take the shirt", and I said " can I give it to Ted in person"? He said" Not tonight"! . So, who am I to argue with a road manager that probably see's hundred's of guys like me wanting a face to face with Ted. I was crushed! All day I was looking forward to meeting Ted! But at least he got the shirt and letter, and included some tidbits into his show about Coueswhitetail.com. So, fast forward to the middle of the concert. In between songs, Ted is talking about our guns and freedoms and then he mentioned " There is good backstraps to be found at websites like Coueswhitetail.com" Me and the people I am sitting with give each other a high five. O.k so we got a little publicity out of it in front of a few thousand people. So, Ted has the shirt and the attached letter mentioning Amanda and a link to her website. I also mentioned that if he has the time, to stop by and say hi to all his fans and supporters. I aplologize for any miscommunication. When I talked to Ted's road manager I thought I was going to get some face time, or maybe I just made the wrong assumption. Ted has my number and email on the letter as well as the website address, we will see if there is any communication...............To be continued! Desertbull, During the encore song of "Great white Buffalo" Ted brought out his bow and flaming arrow. Since he did not have a pasty white boy with a Coueswhitetail.com shirt on his head to shoot at, he shot his guitar instead. You can part company with $550.00 another time Sorry for the bad pics. After I met with the Road Manager there was a million people already packed around the stage and I was too far for good photos. I have been to many concerts at the Pima County fair. This was the most crowded I have ever seen it. Sorry, but I tried my best. Thanks Tony for your help! I will try again another time!

Nice!

Sounds like a great trip Lark. fried turkey and trout. Excellent grub!

I should be headed for Montana in 13 days. Think that fire will still be going when I get there? I will stop for some mountain dew and Cheetos on the way Dang it. I am going to be well west of Billings

Students Kicked Off Campus for Wearing American Flag Tees By George Kiriyama NBCBayArea.com updated 28 minutes ago On any other day at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Daniel Galli and his four friends would not even be noticed for wearing T-shirts with the American flag. But Cinco de Mayo is not any typical day especially on a campus with a large Mexican American student population. Galli says he and his friends were sitting at a table during brunch break when the vice principal asked two of the boys to remove American flag bandannas that they wearing on their heads and for the others to turn their American flag T-shirts inside out. When they refused, the boys were ordered to go to the principal's office. "They said we could wear it on any other day," Daniel Galli said, "but today is sensitive to Mexican-Americans because it's supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it today." The boys said the administrators called their T-shirts "incendiary" that would lead to fights on campus. "They said if we tried to go back to class with our shirts not taken off, they said it was defiance and we would get suspended," Dominic Maciel, Galli's friend, said. The boys really had no choice, and went home to avoid suspension. They say they're angry they were not allowed to express their American pride. Their parents are just as upset, calling what happened to their children, "total nonsense." "I think it's absolutely ridiculous," Julie Fagerstrom, Maciel's mom, said. "All they were doing was displaying their patriotic nature. They're expressing their individuality." But to many Mexican-American students at Live Oak, this was a big deal. They say they were offended by the five boys and others for wearing American colors on a Mexican holiday. "I think they should apologize cause it is a Mexican Heritage Day," Annicia Nunez, a Live Oak High student, said. "We don't deserve to be get disrespected like that. We wouldn't do that on Fourth of July." As for an apology, the boys and their families say, 'fat chance.' "I'm not going to apologize. I did nothing wrong," Galli said. "I went along with my normal day. I might have worn an American flag, but I'm an American and I'm proud to be an American." The five boys and their families met with a Morgan Hill Unified School District official Wednesday night. The district and the school do not see eye-to-eye on the incident and released the following statement: The district does not concur with the Live Oak High School administration's interpretation of either board or district policy related to these actions. The boys will not be suspended and were allowed to return to school Thursday. We spotted one of them when he got to campus -- and, yes, he was sporting an American flag T-shirt. The last time I looked, the AMERICAN flag is red, white and blue.

Nice animals Gino.! Certainly some great trophys! Bet you guys had a blast! Are those bullet holes in that Malaria sign?

Awesome! Glad you are back safely and had a good time. Can't wait to hear the stories, and see the pics.

Ted Nugent wouldn't be caught dead in a Burberry coat, and would have just shot him. Chuck Norris would have fed him the knife for dinner. Arnold .........I'll be back! Janet Napolitano

Well said Coach. Some of what you said mirrors my own thoughts. This country wll topple because of the weight of its own greed. I have said this before, and I will say it again. I am not predjudice, or racist. I do not care what color your skin is or what language you speak. Illegal immigration is a disease to this country. It is like a cancer that has spread for many years and worked itself into the social fabric of our nation. It is like an univited guest, a party crasher that everyone notices, but are afraid to force him to leave. What would we do if a stranger walked through our front door, and helped himself to whatever he wanted in our home? What if he ate all the food in our fridge, used our telephone, our personal resources and made his own rules, all in the name of self entitlement. Thats what immigrants do to our society. They use and abuse the system, and they feel they are entitled to live here on our coin! Illegal immigration is a revolving door. They get caught, deported and they are back again. It is like flushing money down the toilet. Catching and deporting people many times over is redundant, and useless. In my opinon the biggest problem we face is incompetent politicians. The Janet Napolitano's of the government, and last but not least, President Obama who seems determined to build a socialist, no see, no tell, society. John McCain makes me sick, as now he is jumping on the border security bandwagon, when not long ago he was one of the people involved in drafting an amnesty package. What a moron. Somebody mentioned something earlier about "ethnic cleansing".........hogwash.! This country needs a good social and political cleansing, not to mention a financial cleansing for Wall Street and the banks.

Gino....Gino....Gino....Gino....Gino........! Welcome back. Glad you returned safely! Looking forward to hearing about your great adventure!

If anybody thinks these sports teams are doing this in protest over SB 1070, you are sadly mistaken. They are doing nothing, but what they think is best, for the teams revenues!

In situations like this I think you have to ask yourself... "what would Ted Nugent do?" Going back to school the next day sporting your red, white, and blue is the perfect answer!!! WAY TO GO CALI BOYS!!! And people wonder why I like Ted Nugent so much. When I saw him in concert 3 weeks ago, he brought an assualt rifle out on stage and basically told the feds "screw you", this is my gun, my rights, and you ain't gonna take it from me!

Exactly right! Maybe that is what Brewer had in mind. Get some media attention, and light some fires under the butts of the seat shiners in Washington D.C.

Did you mean "Death Hunt"? Great movie! I have always liked Lee Marvin, and Charles Bronson. The tough guys of yesteryear!

Well said Tony! In my opinion, I think the Suns are cutting their own throat. It is simply a ploy to keep from losing revenues from all the "Boycott" threats being made around the country. Since sports teams travel so much to play teams in other cities, they still get a revenue share, and I am sure they don't want to lose theirs becuase they are a team from the "Evil, racial profiling State of Arizona" LOL. If you look at it in the perspective of approval rating and 70% of Arizona taxpayers approve of the new Bill. What if those same 70% of all the Arizona Suns fans boycotted the games becuase of the Suns initiative to enter their team into the political termoil. Theoretically, they just went up the creek without a paddle. But on the flipside they may offset some of fanbase loss by recuiting new fans from the hispanic community over the new "los Suns" motif.

Students Kicked Off Campus for Wearing American Flag Tees By George Kiriyama NBCBayArea.com updated 28 minutes ago On any other day at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Daniel Galli and his four friends would not even be noticed for wearing T-shirts with the American flag. But Cinco de Mayo is not any typical day especially on a campus with a large Mexican American student population. Galli says he and his friends were sitting at a table during brunch break when the vice principal asked two of the boys to remove American flag bandannas that they wearing on their heads and for the others to turn their American flag T-shirts inside out. When they refused, the boys were ordered to go to the principal's office. "They said we could wear it on any other day," Daniel Galli said, "but today is sensitive to Mexican-Americans because it's supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it today." The boys said the administrators called their T-shirts "incendiary" that would lead to fights on campus. "They said if we tried to go back to class with our shirts not taken off, they said it was defiance and we would get suspended," Dominic Maciel, Galli's friend, said. The boys really had no choice, and went home to avoid suspension. They say they're angry they were not allowed to express their American pride. Their parents are just as upset, calling what happened to their children, "total nonsense." "I think it's absolutely ridiculous," Julie Fagerstrom, Maciel's mom, said. "All they were doing was displaying their patriotic nature. They're expressing their individuality." But to many Mexican-American students at Live Oak, this was a big deal. They say they were offended by the five boys and others for wearing American colors on a Mexican holiday. "I think they should apologize cause it is a Mexican Heritage Day," Annicia Nunez, a Live Oak High student, said. "We don't deserve to be get disrespected like that. We wouldn't do that on Fourth of July." As for an apology, the boys and their families say, 'fat chance.' "I'm not going to apologize. I did nothing wrong," Galli said. "I went along with my normal day. I might have worn an American flag, but I'm an American and I'm proud to be an American." The five boys and their families met with a Morgan Hill Unified School District official Wednesday night. The district and the school do not see eye-to-eye on the incident and released the following statement: The district does not concur with the Live Oak High School administration's interpretation of either board or district policy related to these actions. The boys will not be suspended and were allowed to return to school Thursday. We spotted one of them when he got to campus -- and, yes, he was sporting an American flag T-shirt.

It's makes me wonder if this situation applies to other schools. With the huge budget cutbacks that our school systems have seen in recent years, school districts are at a disadvantage. However, enrollment fraud is not acceptable. If it is a proven case of fraud or deception, I hope those responsible are punished accordingly. I do not know if the parents of the kids crossing the border for school are paying a "reasonable tutiion", but I highly doubt it, hence the reason for a fake address. Every child, or adult for that matter, has the right to a decent education, but not using fraudulent or deceptive measures to obtain that education. It does not matter if you are a citizen or not, it is circumstances like this, multiplied exponentially throughout the U.S, that puts a huge strain on education budgets and the quality of education as a whole.

Very Nice!