[Bullshipper]

This is bad news, and my prayers go out to his family.

The US consulate just came out with more travel warnings for Americans going to Mexico as we come into the high holiday season.

On the mainland, they are harvesting now and the druggies are kicking it up.

A federale plane inspector just got gunned down yesterday at the Mexico City airport, just like last year's "don't mess with us" message.

Over 13 policeman have been beheaded in Michoacan in the last 3 weeks and the heads where rolled like bowling balls up against the front step of the local police station. Tough argument against the $350 a policeman makes legitimately a month.

Yesterday in the same mountain farm town, 6 more cops where ambushed as they responded to a report of shotting and they found more than 1000 empty cartriges at the scene. These guys were alerted as to the possible danger, but never stood a chance.

And things are still dicey in the capital of Oxacca with the APO marches and teacher conflict that brought the federales in force to restore order in this capital when an american camerman was killed along with 3 other nationals after 6 months of protests over their allegedly crooked PRI govenor.

And the PRD party is trying to block Felipe Calderon, from taking his presidential oath of office in the traditional union headquarters on Dec 1st, but Felipe is showing some backbone and saying bring it on while he erects barricades and legislates that demonstrations will now have to be limited within reason inside and outside congressional chambers.

So there is more stuff in the local Mexican News that is making this a hot issue for the transitional government, but for me, life is the same where I live, just like for 99% of the other people in Mexico.

Hope it stays that way.