Comments on: Passive-Aggressive Gringo Repellent https://www.isegoria.net/2016/08/passive-aggressive-gringo-repellent/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Dan Kurt https://www.isegoria.net/2016/08/passive-aggressive-gringo-repellent/comment-page-1/#comment-2490534 Dan Kurt Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:38:05 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40731#comment-2490534 Read the history of the Mexican war. President James Polk instructed Diplomat Nicholas Trist to obtain Baja California, but Trist decided not to do it, defying Polk and angering General Winfield Scott.

The Baja came close, very close, to being part of California.

]]> By: Slovenian Guest https://www.isegoria.net/2016/08/passive-aggressive-gringo-repellent/comment-page-1/#comment-2490530 Slovenian Guest Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:58:10 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40731#comment-2490530 You are onto something, Bob. Annexation instead of amnesty may be an even better idea than a border train!

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2016/08/passive-aggressive-gringo-repellent/comment-page-1/#comment-2490525 Isegoria Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:16:25 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40731#comment-2490525 More seriously, imagine the real-estate value of Baja California as part of the US, rather than Mexico.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2016/08/passive-aggressive-gringo-repellent/comment-page-1/#comment-2490515 Bob Sykes Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:57:01 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40731#comment-2490515 Well, we did fill up the northern half of Mexico. Maybe we should go whole hog and take the rest. They do have great beaches, and wholesale dope.

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