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The L.A. Times continues to define the new normal. The article Governor, Mexico Far From a Good Fit contains many hidden assumptions that would be shocking if things in California - specifically California's liberaldom elite - were at least somewhat normal. For an example, let's examine this passage:

Schwarzenegger seems to have damaged his relationship with Mexico by using the driver's license issue as a campaign theme last year, analysts said. When asked about it during the recall effort, Schwarzenegger replied on the radio: "You have to understand, I love Mexico. I have done four movies in Mexico."

His relationship with the nation contrasts sharply with that of former Gov. Gray Davis, who met with Fox eight times during his first term and referred to the Mexican president as a compadre. Davis was pointedly trying to contrast himself with his predecessor, former Gov. Pete Wilson, who had a chilly relationship with Mexico.

For more on Davis' links to Mexico - the very links that played a large part in his recall - see this:

In a transparent effort to appease ethnic interest groups, newly elected California Governor Gray Davis has used a blatantly rigged legal maneuver to overturn the will of 5 million California voters and kill Proposition 187, the law that banned state funded non-emergency benefits for illegal aliens...

"In no democracy in the world," FAIR Executive Director Dan Stein charged, "are the results of an election overturned without the voters having their day in court -- that is, until today. The decision to drop the appeal of Prop. 187," he continued, " has absolutely nothing to do with its constitutionality. This is a capitulation by Governor Davis to pressure from an elite group of pro-illegal immigration politicians and organizations. The implications of this are as frightening for the future of self government in our country as they are outrageous."

Or, this:

On August 4, 1999, the page 1 headline in the LA Times read "Zedillo Key to End of Prop 187." It should have read - "Heads of State Impose Their Will on Citizens of California." But no, instead Mexican President Zedillo gets headline kudos for playing a key role in ending Prop. 187. A foreign leader working to thwart the will of California voters?

Or, specifically concerning another California politician's "friendly ties" with our neighbors to the south, see this.

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hello, I'm a 17 year old student in France and I'm doing research about censorship in the journalism. Would you be so kind as toanswer the following questions:
-Have you already censored photos in your paper ?
-Who gives the order to censor pictures ?
-Do you think there is freedom of the press if you have to censor your photos ?
-Can you tell me what are the characteristics of a typical censored picture ?
Thank you very much for helping me.

Some patriots must raise funds and find officials who will accuse those in government who should be required to register as agents of the Mexican state. Doesn't California law allow for officials to be subject to an accusation like an indictment from the public? If such public officials were often subject to this accusation; of a criminal refusal to register as agents of a foreign government, when this is required of them, the highest levels of the executive will quake in panic.