Letter to Mr. Fox (Still president of Mexico)

With Thanks to James Quirk from Amargosa Valley, NV, USA
(Note from WeT_AhUiZoTe)
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November 1, 2006

To the honorable President Vicente Fox y Quezada, of
the United States of Mexico…

On this day in November my wife and I were watching
the news program, 6-9 on TV Azteca,(they have been
known to distort the truth so forgive me if you did
not say what I heard) I listened as you talked about
ending your presidency. You said “Yes, I will go to my
ranch, kiss my wife Martha, hug my grandson Vico” …..
Then later you commented…. “ Is an honor to be born in
Mexico, imagine if I was born in the United States,,,
uuuff” (yeah, imagine if you were born someplace like
“Cleveland Ohio…Terrible!!)

First I would imagine that pride of being born in
Mexico is all that millions of your citizens have.
They have no jobs, no homes, and hope in the future.
Millions of others have fled Mexico to find work in an
economy that WILL support them, in the United States
of America. They send billions of dollars back to
Mexico to help keep the economy of Mexico from being a
total disaster. There are people that are living in
homes that are made of sticks with cardboard tied to
the sides all around thousands of your cities. They
are not homeless drug addicts and mental patients that
should be institutionalized, they are FAMILIES, with a
momma and a poppa and many children.. Yes these people
are proud to be Mexicans, proud because Mexican people
are good people and hard workers. Mexican people are
honest and very loving of there families. Not proud
because they are BETTER than a USA citizen or better
than a Iraq citizen. Not proud because they have the
best president that helps them or the best governor
that helps them and leads their country with honor.
Not proud because their economy is growing and there
future looks so bright. Not proud because their leader
will give them six years and then… go kiss his wife
and hug his grandson and live on his ranch … They are
proud because they are individuals and they are
Mexicans United, that stand up with each other for the
betterment of them all. They are proud like the
protesters in Oaxaca that stood together against a
corrupt government, some dieing for there unity for
their cause. To die for a cause is a dispirit thing
for a people to do. A terrible sign of the bad state
of affairs their governors are in. You have a right to
be proud of these Mexicans, I would be proud too..
Despite the fact that I was the leader of these people
and for them I give an economy that is supported
mostly by drug trafficking and foreign jobs. But I
would cry every night because I was a failure to my
people, my proud Mexican brothers and sisters. You can
smile and make jokes, but the people are not laughing
the people are not happy for you. The people are not
proud of your racist statements about being born in
the USA. The people are not proud because you call the
USA people racists because they build a fence to
control their boarders. The people want there to be no
reason for the USA to build a fence. The people want
jobs in there own country.

I could imagine that your statements are to breed hate
between the US and Mexico. The influence of the USA
has brought hardship on many corrupt, oppressive
governments around the world. The freedoms and high
living standards in the USA have been a goal of many
citizens in many countries and have caused them to
rise up against their governments that have kept them
poor and obedient. There are countries today that
control their news media and the internet so that the
people in their country do not see what is out in the
world. They put anti-American propaganda continually
in the news to make them hate the USA so that they
won’t notice that there is a better life. (I am not
saying that the USA has not done some terrible things,
that is not the point of this letter though) Can you
imagine being the leader of a group of people that are
all equal to you?

Now I wouldn’t presume to think that I could look over
the boarder and tell you how to run your country or
set policies, but I do know pride, I see it in the
eyes of the Mexican as he is sending money to his
family in Mexico, more money each month than he could
make in Mexico in half a year. I see it in the eyes
and faces of the protesters in Oaxaca as they march
and stand up against what is wrong. I see it in the
man who lives in the stick house with cardboard sides
as he brings home another bag of maiz to feed his
children. And finally I see it in the smile of the man
who has made his children rich and has made himself
rich and has all that he will ever need to have his
family live like kings. But pride is not enough nor is
it always correct. You could of helped your country in
the past six years and you could help your country in
the future, you helped your family, you helped some
important companies, so you are capable. But you
didn’t and you won’t, you’ll go out to pasture like
George, Bill and all the other ex-somethings. Your
legacy being six years of leading the poor country of
Mexico. Your arrogance is like the tail of a donkey,
it covers up the place were all the crap comes from,
shoos away the pesky flies, and it is the last thing
everybody sees as you are leaving.

I was angered by your comment about being born in the
USA, but I didn’t hate Mexicans for it, I only hate
one Spanish American man who thinks he can say he’s
honored to be Mexican and that makes him one…..

Sincerely James G Quirk Jr…