One of the favorite rhetorical tactics of the same-sex marriage lobby is to equate same-sex marriage with the civil rights issues of the 1960s. This is a very successful tactic, though not a fair one. But it’s being utilized in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The states of Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas are the states with same-sex marriage prohibitions that are now being contested, so the 1960s civil rights card is being played.
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Blog entry by Allan Wall, published on VDARE.COM, January 10th, 2015.
Tags: Federal Judiciary, Homosexual Agenda, Texas
My family and I have safely returned from our annual Christmastime visit to Mexico, and it was a good visit.
Christmas, the celebration of the incarnation and birth of Christ, is special everywhere it’s celebrated. The essence of the holiday is the same, though you’ll find it expressed differently in various cultures throughout the world. Christmas, called Navidad in Spanish-speaking countries, is a special time in Mexico.
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Article by Allan Wall, published on Mexidata.info, January 5th, 2015.
Tags: Border, Film, Travel to Mexico
President Obama has recently announced his intention to chamge U.S. Cuba policy. How is that going to turn out?
Coincidentally, my family and I visited Cuba last summer. (See Our Summer 2014 Trip to Mexico and the Island-nation of Cuba.)
Cuba has been a communist country since 1959. It has been isolated from the United States, though the two countries formerly had close relations.
How are Obama’s proposed changes in Cuba policy going to affect the island and its people?
How would such changes affect Cuba’s “National Question”? And what about our National Question?
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Article by Allan Wall, published on VDARE.COM on December 29th, 2014. The article also includes a photo of my family and I in a ’57 Ford Fairlane convertible (with a Mercedes engine). We didn’t actually drive it, but rode in it for an hour and our chauffeur let us pose for photos in the classic automobile.
Tags: Agriculture, Automobiles, Church, Communism, Cuba, Food, Foreign Policy, Hispanic Culture
In 2005, I was deployed to Iraq with the Texas Army National Guard, 36th Infantry Division. Our unit was sent to Iraq two years after the initial invasion. In 2005, the American and coalition troops deployed there were engaged in various aspects of what could be described as occupation duty. Iraq had plenty of violence that year, as insurgents attacked the coalition, and various Iraqi factions fought each other. Therefore, the focus on security was paramount.
Infrastructure-wise, it was impressive to see what the U.S. occupation had accomplished by 2005. The size and scope of the American military presence was enormous.
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Article by Allan Wall, published on The Social Contract Press, Fall 2014 issue.
Tags: Archaeology, Border, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Military, Military Alliances, The UK, U.S. Military
My family and I visit Mexico each summer. This past summer, while visiting Mexico, we took a side trip to the island-nation of Cuba, where we spent a week. It was a fascinating visit.
Americans are forbidden by the U.S. government to visit Cuba as tourists, but are allowed to visit Cuba for cultural, scientific or religious reasons. It was under the religious exception that we visited.
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Article by Allan Wall, published on Mexidata.info, December 1st, 2014.
Tags: Church, Cuba, Hispanic Culture
The Iguala atrocity was an outrageous and deadly collaboration between a local government and a criminal gang. It occurred in southern Mexico’s violence-prone Guerrero state, which had Mexico’s highest murder rate last year.
The principal explanation of what occurred after the disappearance is that the 43 students were killed, their bodies burned and dumped in a river. Until recently, there was no forensic proof for this, but now one of the victims has been identified.
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Article published on Mexidata.info, December 15th, 2014.
Tags: Forensic Science, Violence, Weapons
Plans are underway to construct a new airport in Mexico City.
Mexico City’s current international airport is at capacity, and a larger one is needed. This past summer, my family and I flew in and out of Mexico City on our way to Cuba and the airport seemed crowded – the planes seemed close to each other.
The new planned airport was announced by Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto on September 2nd, 2014, in the annual “Informe” (equivalent to the U.S. State of the Union Address).
This is an ambitious undertaking and, if completed as planned, would be a spectacular structure.
The new airport is to be constructed adjacent to the current airport. The initial cost estimate was 9.1 billion U.S. dollars, but that estimate has since been revised upwards to 13 billion USD. It wouldn’t be surprising if it winds up costing even more.
Construction is to begin next year, in 2015. Funding is to be 58% public and 42% private.
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Article published December 8th, 2014, on Mexidata.info.
Tags: Aviation, Mexico City
The Christian Post ran a story entitled Evangelicals Split Over Obama’s Executive Action On Immigration.
One should be careful with titles, however. The article is not about disagreement among evangelicals in general, but among prominent activists of the Evangelical Immigration Table, which is a pro-amnesty evangelical group financed by atheist/globalist George Soros. I call them the Soros Evangelicals.
The disagreement is not over the final goal, which is amnesty for illegal aliens, it’s over the best way to achieve that amnesty.
Evangelicals should not be bamboozled into supporting amnesty.
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Blog entry by Allan Wall, published November 30th, 2014 on VDARE.COM.
Tags: Illegal Alien Amnesty
In our system of government, the legislative branch (Congress at the national level) is supposed to make the laws. A determined president, however, can pass legislation unilaterally by (a) signing an executive order or some other sort of presidential edict, or (b) having various government departments pass regulations.
Of course, if Congress is doing its job, it can stop the President from doing this sort of thing. However, if Congress just lets it happen, the President can get away with it.
President Obama has an agenda and he is determined to advance this agenda. Recently, for example, he announced that he is unilaterally giving an amnesty to many illegal aliens. Also, the administration recently released a collection of thousands of proposed regulations which are to be finalized in the next few months. This includes regulation which could open the door to federal jurisdiction over small bodies of water (ponds, even puddles) on private property.
For more information, see my recent blog entries entitled It’s Not Just immigration, Obama Unilateralism Continues – Saturday Night Live Notices and Obama Admits: “I Just Took An Action To Change The Law”.
Congress needs to be more assertive in protecting its prerogatives and prevent the Executive Branch from grabbing so much power. And, the American people need to be more vigilant, in keeping an eye on what both the President and the Congress are doing, or failing to do.
For an example of a power grab which was prevented, by public outcry, consider the example of the recent farm labor regulations the administration tried to impose but gave up on after so many objected.
1. Department of Labor’s Hilda Solis To American Farmers – Replace Your Nephew With An Illegal Alien!
2. Labor Department Withdraws Proposed Meddlesome Rule Changes Governing Youth Farm Labor
Tags: Executive Legislation
Protests continue in Mexico, as people call for justice in the case of the Iguala kidnapping and massacre.
On November 20th (anniversary of the Mexican Revolution) protests were held, including a big one in Mexico’s Zocalo Square.
Will the protests over Iguala have serious political repercussions, or will they eventually just fizzle out and be replaced by protests over other causes or newer outrages?
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Article by Allan Wall, published November 24th, 2014, on Mexidata.info.
Tags: Violence