Comments on: Rundown 3/2 http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/03/rundown-32/ National and international news analysis, film, theater, music and more, from WBUR and PRI Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:26:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adrian http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/03/rundown-32/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Adrian Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:08:25 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=286#comment-225 Itn't it interesting. The world at the Top has all these Over Qualified Idiots Running the Show & now look at what is happening. I think all this Depression thing is a Farce, a Scam, so the big boys can claim a massive Tax Break on the Trillions of $'s lost. You can bet the Bottom Dollar that the money is Socked away somewhere. Or is it that the world is faced with a Real Cotastrophy like they have out Mortgaged the Joint more then the Value of the World's assets. If so the the World is Bankrupt. Itn’t it interesting.

The world at the Top has all these Over Qualified Idiots Running the Show & now look at what is happening.

I think all this Depression thing is a Farce, a Scam, so the big boys can claim a massive Tax Break on the Trillions of $’s lost.

You can bet the Bottom Dollar that the money is Socked away somewhere.

Or is it that the world is faced with a Real Cotastrophy like they have out Mortgaged the Joint more then the Value of the World’s assets. If so the the World is Bankrupt.

]]> By: hitesh http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/03/rundown-32/comment-page-1/#comment-217 hitesh Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:10:41 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=286#comment-217 Hello--hitesh here, one of the producers, responding to Grace above. Grace, thank you for the note. Just wanted to clarify that in the interview, Sam Quinones was speaking of Phoenix in particular, where the kidnappings have been limited to the drug smuggling and trading community. Of course, you are right to say that it is a wider problem in Mexico. Very delighted to have this new way of speaking with our community of listeners. Thanks. hitesh Hello–hitesh here, one of the producers, responding to Grace above. Grace, thank you for the note. Just wanted to clarify that in the interview, Sam Quinones was speaking of Phoenix in particular, where the kidnappings have been limited to the drug smuggling and trading community. Of course, you are right to say that it is a wider problem in Mexico.

Very delighted to have this new way of speaking with our community of listeners. Thanks.

hitesh

]]> By: Grace http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/03/rundown-32/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Grace Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:36:36 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=286#comment-216 Correction to Mr. Quinones' observations. The people being kidnapped are not all "human" or "drug" smugglers. This ransom kidnapping started to be a problem in Mexico about 2-3 years ago. It became most apparent and public when innocent wealthy business owners in Mexico started getting kidnapped. It was getting harder for the drug cartels to get their drugs across and get their money, so people within the cartels started resorting to kidnapping the wealthy to pay back the money they owed to the drug cartels. Now it is not only the wealthy in Mexico, it has deteriorated to stealing from anyone on the street and killing them in cold blood for no reason. Even for the $20 they have in their pocket. The worst thing is that this violence has now spread to the U.S. side of the border towns and no one is safe! Correction to Mr. Quinones’ observations. The people being kidnapped are not all “human” or “drug” smugglers. This ransom kidnapping started to be a problem in Mexico about 2-3 years ago. It became most apparent and public when innocent wealthy business owners in Mexico started getting kidnapped.

It was getting harder for the drug cartels to get their drugs across and get their money, so people within the cartels started resorting to kidnapping the wealthy to pay back the money they owed to the drug cartels.

Now it is not only the wealthy in Mexico, it has deteriorated to stealing from anyone on the street and killing them in cold blood for no reason. Even for the $20 they have in their pocket. The worst thing is that this violence has now spread to the U.S. side of the border towns and no one is safe!

]]> By: Michelle Belanger http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/03/rundown-32/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Michelle Belanger Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:34:29 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=286#comment-214 Listening to the story about kidnappings amongst drug dealers, I wonder how much this whole process and the underground market that it's built around could be undermined if marijuana was legalized and regulated like alcohol. Listening to the story about kidnappings amongst drug dealers, I wonder how much this whole process and the underground market that it’s built around could be undermined if marijuana was legalized and regulated like alcohol.

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