Thursday, March 26, 2009

Secretary Clinton In Mexico

Secretary Clinton participated in a press conference yesterday with Secretary Patricia Espinosa. From the State Department website:
At the invitation of Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa, Secretary Clinton is traveling to Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico from March 25 to 26. While in Mexico, Secretary Clinton will discuss a broad range of bilateral and international issues of mutual interest, including cooperation under the Merida Initiative.


The video from their joint press conference is below:



Check out the very first reporter - he asked Clinton a number of questions. She, being the brilliant, capable woman she is, just laughed, and began to answer them all. No "uh, um, er, ah, well, um, well, LOOK" crapola came out of her mouth.

How lovely that Secretary Espinosa asked Secretary Clinton to return often, and for Secretary Clinton to respond with great affection for Mexico, having spent her honeymoon there!

If you wish to follow her travel schedule, you can click HERE.

While in Mexico, Secretary Clinton stated, as noted in this article, "U.S. Drug Policies Failed, Fueled Mexico Drug Wars":
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Mexico on Wednesday with a blunt mea culpa, saying that decades of U.S. anti-narcotics policies have been a failure and have contributed to the explosion of drug violence south of the border.

"Clearly what we've been doing has not worked," Clinton told reporters on her plane at the start of her two-day trip, saying that U.S. policies on curbing drug use, narcotics shipments and the flow of guns have been ineffective.

"Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade," she added. "Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these criminals causes the deaths of police, of soldiers and civilians."

Wow - that's huge. Clinton also said:
In comments to U.S. reporters, Clinton called for a new approach to tackling the drug problem, noting that "we have been pursuing these strategies for 30 years."

"Neither interdiction [of drugs] nor reducing demand have been successful," she said.

She continued in this vein, stating the issues without mincing words:
"Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade. Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these criminals causes the death of police officers, soldiers and civilians," Clinton told reporters during her flight to Mexico City.

"I feel very strongly we have a co-responsibility."...

"We will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you ... Our relationship is far greater than any threat," Clinton said at a news conference in Mexico City.

As well we should.

Secretary Clinton continues her travels today, continuing her good work on behalf of our nation. Damn, she makes me proud. And DAMN, she should be our president. But many of you already know that...She does our country proud.

4 comments:

SFIndie said...

Good morning Rev Amy! I just love when you post about our girl Hillary. The more people see how fantastic she is, the more they will compare what SHOULD have been with what IS, and will find what IS completely lacking. Unfortunately, I don't believe she'll run against an incumbent Dem, no matter how pathetic he is, so I doubt we'll ever see her in her rightful place - POTUS. What a loss for this country.

A friend of mine sent me the following this morning. He's a staunch Repub with whom I had many arguments about Bush, but we are in complete agreement about BigO...a bit irreverent, I suppose...

FROM THE FIRST BOOK OF DEMOCRAT

OBAMA IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT.
HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL FACTORIES.
HE RESTORETH MY FAITH IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HE GUIDETH ME IN THE PATH OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
YEA, THOUGH I WALK THRU THE VALLEY
OF THE BREAD LINE, I SHALL NOT GO HUNGRY.
OBAMA HAS ANOINTED MY INCOME WITH TAXES.
MY EXPENSES RUNNETH OVER MY INCOME.
SURELY, POVERTY AND HARD LIVING WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF HIS TERM.
FROM HENCE FORTH WE WILL LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES IN A RENTED
HOME WITH AN OVERSEAS LANDLORD.
BUT I AM GLAD I AM AN AMERICAN, I AM GLAD THAT I AM FREE. BUT I WISH
I WERE A DOG, AND OBAMA WERE A TREE.


The stuff that's floating around about him...is there ANYONE who respects this guy???

Thank goodness we have the videos of the puppies to bring a smile to our faces!

Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy said...

Good morning, SF! Wow, YOU are up early!!

You are absolutely right abt Hillary - did you see the recent poll in which she had a SEVENTY PERCENT approval rating?? People are really seeing how incredibly capable she is, how well she is received around the world, and should be realizing they were LIED to by Obama, the MSM, and right-wing Republicans. The world loves her - even in this video of her press conference, you have Espinosa asking her to please come back OFTEN, and she seems sincere!

FUNNY piece from your Repub. friend! Teehee!!

How's your boy doing?

SFIndie said...

My boy gets me up at about 5:30 every morning! A purr and a tap-tap-tap on the top of my head from his little paw is better than any alarm clock,no matter the time.

He holding his own. None of the 3 vets who saw him would commit to a specific diagnosis (other than he's FeLV+ with a host of symptoms that they refuse to attribute to the virus) so he's now going weekly to a holistic practitioner. He's had acupuncture twice now, on chinese herbs, and a variety of foods to get his weight back up. So far he's holding his own, which is great. I'm hopeful!

Thanks for asking....all your babies are doing well it appears from the video!

Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy said...

Oh, SF - that is SO sweet! I used to have a Siamese cat who would stroke my cheek to wake me up. Aren't cats awesome???

YES - the puppies are doing very well! Now they come running over, wagging their tales - SO CUTE!

Well, I am glad to hear that he is holding his own. I guess that's all for what you can really ask, right?