tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post304306838571188223..comments2024-02-14T11:00:03.180-05:00Comments on Tom McLaughlin: Tense At The Arizona Border In NogalesTom McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-65974360689058387532012-07-03T12:35:21.210-04:002012-07-03T12:35:21.210-04:00It's a mission of some kind, or was, as I reme...It's a mission of some kind, or was, as I remember. Not sure about its current status.<br /><br />Somebody else asked about it and I looked it up two years ago, but I forget now what it's called.<br /><br />I saw it off in the distance on my right as I was driving south on a main highway from Tucson to Nogales that day. I zoomed in with my telephoto lens for the shot.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-47030441539604598502012-07-03T10:17:44.891-04:002012-07-03T10:17:44.891-04:00Tom, what is the
white building that looks almost...Tom, what is the <br />white building that looks almost like a church with a domed part in the Nogales blog?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07466573693089355428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-5697178639437477302010-06-25T18:23:29.041-04:002010-06-25T18:23:29.041-04:00CNN has an article on this very thing Tom:
http:/...CNN has an article on this very thing Tom:<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/24/cartel.threat.border.town/index.html?hpt=C2 <br /><br />Nogales, Arizona (CNN) -- Mario Morales keeps his Commando assault rifle propped up on the seat of his patrol vehicle. The car snakes along a dirt road about a half-mile from the Mexican border.<br /><br />-tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-51567218014301941932010-06-24T13:59:39.115-04:002010-06-24T13:59:39.115-04:00If you've got time in Tucson, check out Sabino...If you've got time in Tucson, check out Sabino Canyon up in the Santa Catalinas. I have a friend who lives over there and it's beautiful. Saguaro National Park is worth a trip, too. Might be a nice for a break between getting escorted off government facilities! Good luck on the trip.<br /><br />TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-24349524441081998012010-06-24T11:00:57.354-04:002010-06-24T11:00:57.354-04:00Thanks for the tip Joel.
Borderfence:
If it's...Thanks for the tip Joel.<br /><br />Borderfence:<br />If it's so safe there in Nogales, AZ, why did the BP agent from Maine I talked to tell me it isn't safe for me to even be on International Street because I might get hit in the head by a rock? And how come 57,000 illegals were arrested in your city last year? And why have tourists been advised that it's too dangerous to go to parks in your area?<br /><br />And why did I see BP Agents training with assault rifles at their headquarters as if they were in ground combat? I could show you the pictures, but that BP captain erased them from my camera. <br /><br />As for being "another tool for the Border Patrol press team," why did they give me the runaround and then kick me out?<br /><br />They wouldn't even tell me how many agents they had in Nogales because they didn't want the "bad guys" to know their strength.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-79311547359598353912010-06-23T19:12:40.225-04:002010-06-23T19:12:40.225-04:00You should also check out some of the main paths t...You should also check out some of the main paths that they choose to follow deeper into Arizona, similar to the one where the Arizona farmer was recently shot and killed. There are trails lined with garbage because so many illegals have been there before.<br /><br />Good luck, Joel JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-15502637590827327062010-06-23T12:12:28.770-04:002010-06-23T12:12:28.770-04:00Hi Tom: As a 24 year resident of Nogales, Arizona,...Hi Tom: As a 24 year resident of Nogales, Arizona, I encourage you to talk to some of the 25,000 people that live here, work every day and enjoy this as one of the safest communities in the country before you pile on with the rest of the sensationalists and trash my home town. If you're going to be another tool for the Border Patrol press machine, it's your choice but at least look around you and see the billions in legitimate commerce going on. Oh, and it's Nogales, "Sonora" and International "Street". Sonoma is a county in northern California.<br />BTW, one of my best friends was born near Bath, Maine, is in the Border Patrol stationed in Nogales and at least informs his friends back home about the whole picture here. His Mom was just here on vacation and loved it.Borderfencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04165143096914679649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-84368088339730800792010-06-22T22:18:25.677-04:002010-06-22T22:18:25.677-04:00Tucson itself doesn't inpire me to take pictur...Tucson itself doesn't inpire me to take pictures. It's wide and sprawling - lots of fast food restaurants, strip malls, motels, etc. Not what I want to pull over and shoot.<br /><br />If you want desert and mountains and Mexico, I'll send you some shots.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-91695603485744233492010-06-22T21:07:59.770-04:002010-06-22T21:07:59.770-04:00Look forward to hearing more Tom! Anyone who does ...Look forward to hearing more Tom! Anyone who does not believe Tom about the "fence," should do some traveling and actually see the border! My grandparents live near the CA state border and there are literally road signs showing a mother and children running as a caution to cars there are so many illegals. If you have lived in a border state you know what I am talking about. If you have not seen anything other then New England you can believe Tom and the pictures OR actually do some traveling and learn a thing or two about other places in our great country.mainemomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-32095614829697166132010-06-22T15:26:52.965-04:002010-06-22T15:26:52.965-04:00Great story but the part about the hole cut in the...Great story but the part about the hole cut in the fence makes me wonder why that looks like a door that was put in the fence not just a piece cut away by someone trying to get through it. Why would there be that bar across it with what appears to be padlocks on each end if someone 'welded' it back on. Is that some kind of handle in that rusted spot near the bottom. And why is that number so neatly painted on it. And from the looks of it you could probably dig a hole under that spot in the time it would take to cut a hole in the fence. Seems to me that this picture speaks 1000 words or more and none agree with the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-54005130145362468342010-06-22T15:18:15.712-04:002010-06-22T15:18:15.712-04:00Pictures of Tucson! Pictures of Tucson!
You ta...Pictures of Tucson! Pictures of Tucson! <br /><br />You take great photo's Tom and I want to know what all the snowbirds from Canada head down to.<br /><br />I have this image of desert and cactus trees broken up by acres of white camping trailers and green 18 hole courses.<br /><br />-tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-44402635488198023622010-06-22T14:15:23.034-04:002010-06-22T14:15:23.034-04:00Great article! -MonroeGreat article! -MonroeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-13307055152182170842010-06-22T13:28:30.184-04:002010-06-22T13:28:30.184-04:00That would be me.
I'm sitting in my Tucson mo...That would be me.<br /><br />I'm sitting in my Tucson motel room waiting for a phone call from BP headquarters here in the city. They're in a staff meeting. I just called and spoke to someone named Mario Escalante who promised to call me back in forty minutes.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-20222593738101269542010-06-22T13:27:03.346-04:002010-06-22T13:27:03.346-04:00Tom, the first picture, with the fence in the lowe...Tom, the first picture, with the fence in the lower left - does it continue along the top, or is that some 'rich' person's house in Mexico with their own fence?<br /><br />-tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-71770017826129897772010-06-22T13:22:05.259-04:002010-06-22T13:22:05.259-04:00I did something like that once (walk around a base...I did something like that once (walk around a base hanger) and got the same treatment - basically 'you should know better than to do that'. <br /><br />Oh? <br /><br />Judging from your online 'list of who's visiting' I see Tuscon Arizona listed, they are still checking.<br /><br />I'm not an alien, I'm a Canadian. Do you see antenna or green skin?<br /><br />-tomax7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com