Amexica

[Ian Livingston]

> but the
> book is not just about the drug war, its about the beauty of the place
> and its people beyond the terror being inflicted upon it. those are
> the people to champion and mourn
>

Hear, hear!
I look forward to reading it.

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:18 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Two recent books I've been reading really prove the point of the bad
> shit resulting from drawn lines:  Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder--Hitler
> & Stalin fighting over Poland, Ukraine, Belarus mostly and currently
> Amexica by Ed Villiamy, the war at the borderlands between the US and
> Mexico. If you like Charles Bowden check out Amexica--its not as
> purple prosey self-indulgent as Bowden, alot more grounded though I
> like the both writers immensely. If you want any further evidence of
> the moral incompetence and douchebaggery of the Reagan administration
> (and every US administration and corporate globalization sleazehounds
> following) look no further. Not forgetting the many insanely evil
> things being perpetrated on the Mexican people by a corrupt gov't,
> compromised law enforcement, ridiculously childish and moronic and
> satanic drug barons, and many more. it really beggars belief. but the
> book is not just about the drug war, its about the beauty of the place
> and its people beyond the terror being inflicted upon it. those are
> the people to champion and mourn
>
> rich
>



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