International diversification Well done, Mixz1; and, for many of those who, like yourself, have chosen to invest in property, here, in Mexico,...
Courtesy to older people Life, I've seen elderly people pulled out of line (by those assigned to monitor the line), to be taken up to the front...
A/C Just as Cancuncanuck suggests by her post, you might not choose a tropical climate if a/c had not been invented. We use ours, liberally, but...
What they do now, is peg the value of their currency to that of the USD, allowing changes to occur, if at all, only by stages. (The Yuan is...
Well, Mixz1, I expect Steve will be pleased to hear that his forum now has the power to move international markets! As for the term, "fatally...
It does appear that way, RG, but perhaps the U.S. is overreacting, after years of benign neglect in this area: I understand there were, until...
Benefits of INAPAM I've mentioned before, some of the benefits available to holders of the Mexican Government sponsored, INAPAM card, such as 50%...
Yellowsubmarie, I don't know how you feel about hot weather, generally but, after laying aside the idea that you're dying if you're sweating, it...
U.S. Prisons/U.S. drug laws Life, I know you've often alluded to the fact that the U.S. has the largest number of people behind bars of any...
A day of reckoning The U.S. has been fatally weakened, and by that I don't mean it's going to cease to exist as a country, but will join the...
Naturalization oath Who ever pays any attention to what they swear to, anyway.... Here is the official text of the oath that every new citizen...
I think it's been hitting about 31 (high 80s), with strong sun, and high humidity, the last five days or so. In terms of how it feels, this is...
You just did miss Scott, who came at about 8:30 PM, Friday. V.
twini, I just think it has to start with the people. Politicians can do nothing major to remove benefits, and reduce the expenses of government,...
This is the key. The U.S., for example, requires you to renounce foreign allegiances when you are sworn in as an American citizen, but other...
Tea Party I don't. But, neither do I think they will have any impact on changing the tax structure in the U.S., because the movement has been...
Iraq I hadn't experienced hostility directed at me because I was an American until the invasion of Iraq: even then, it was more of a thinly...
What you've suggested, here, Zackman, illustrates my point: too many Americans are focused on ideologies, and dichotomies they think exist, such...
Tolerance One thing I've really appreciated here, in Cancun, is the local people's tolerance for bad Spanish. They go straight to trying to...
Nice...plan! :icon_cool:
