Mexican teen shot at border.....

http://www.startribune.com/nation/95860179.html?elr=KArksUUUycaEacyU

[insert applause]

Hey, dickhead...I'm guessing that it really sucks to get shot and killed.  The difference between you and I is that I won't be trying to cross the border illegally anytime soon.  Let's see, however, if we can apply a few lessons from this experience.

Lesson #1:  Um, this should be obvious here.  There's a legal way to cross the border and an illegal way.  The legal way can get you a low paying job, possibly healthcare and sideways glances from committed ethnocentrists.  The illegal way can get you a bullet in your noggin, a little press coverage and some measure of outrage.

Lesson #2:  Um, this should be obvious here.  If you're coming to a gunfight with only rocks, perhaps you should postpone.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon apparently is pissed, saying that his government "will use all resources available to protect the rights of Mexican migrants."

Hey Felipe, just a thought here.  How about using "all your resources available" to improve your country to the point that it's not such a toilet bowl that your people want to leave it in droves?

Or how about using "all your resources available" to fight rampant government corruption and drug cartel activities?

Any thoughts on those ideas Felipe?

I see nothing wrong with the United States defending their borders with lethal force, especially with such obvious countermeasures: enter legally.

Since the bearded jackoffs declared war on us it would be downright foolish to allow any of our borders to remain as porous as they once were.  Times change, deal with it.