My Nightmare in Mexico

(Bunn E Rabbit) wrote in message ...
(Cameron Colostomy Callistus), Wrote:

Be afraid Cammy, be very afraid...
My nightmare in Mexico

So what you are saying is when on vacation, don't waste time in the
hotel gym with equipment one is unfamiliar with? The guy should've
been out on the beach for relaxing walks.

http://tinyurl.com/27du8

I posted the text from the Cameron's link for your viewing displeasure.
At least Sanders didn't have Mexicans throw cups of urine at him or
shout "Osama! Osama! Osama!" during a soccer game. This is what the US
will be if the Democrats and Republicans have their way. Perhaps it's
time to dust off that Musket?

--
Keith

My nightmare in Mexico
By Wade Sanders
February 19, 2004

So, you're thinking about a vacation in Mexico ? maybe Cancun, Puerto
Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas; complete with white sand beaches and luxury
hotels. You've researched your vacation on the Internet, consulted with
travel agents or friends, and you are struck by the relative
affordability of Mexican hotels as compared to their American brand name
counterparts, even as they appear to provide many of the same luxury
appointments. This is exactly what I did not too long ago, and I settled
on a lovely Mexican hotel on the beaches of Cancun.

My trip to the Yucatan Peninsula was to be a treat for my girlfriend and
nephew. I was contemplating a marriage proposal, and he was just out of
high school and had enlisted in the Marine Corps. Romance for me and a
final fling for him.

We planned a two-week adventure exploring the coastal cities of the
Yucatan by rental car, including stops at Playa del Carmen, Tulum and
Cozumel. What we never anticipated was that the entire trip would be
destroyed by our failure to understand that the same protections offered
by an American hotel would be completely absent in a Mexican hotel. As
an attorney, you would think that I would know better. Unfortunately, I
didn't.

Our Cancun beachfront hotel was beautiful. Marble floors and comfortable
rooms with a spectacular view. Great food and an attentive hotel staff.
It seemed a perfect place to spend our first two days relaxing and
finishing our vacation planning.

Our first day we lounged by the pool. After a bit, I decided to use the
hotel's well-equipped exercise room, which included a quadricep leg
lift. I set the weight on the lift, braced my feet against the weight
and began doing repetitions. After finishing, I set the safety mechanism
to hold the weights in place, or so I thought, and prepared to dismount.

Swinging my legs to the side, I started to stand. Before I could move,
the safety mechanism failed, and the weight platform crashed down,
glanced off my side and slammed atop my legs. Stunned and in shock, I
looked down to see my left leg bent at an impossible angle, a gathering
pool of dark blood pulsing from a gaping hole in my calf. A compound
fracture of the fibula had driven the bone out through my leg. After an
ambulance ride to a local clinic for setting and suturing, I returned to
the hotel.

A faulty weight apparatus had shattered our vacation and had begun my
education in some of the differences between the rights we enjoy here in
the United States, and the absence of them in Mexico.

Assured by the hotel that my medical bills and other damages would be
fully compensated and reimbursed, I paid all those bills as they came
due. This representation was confirmed by a local official of the
Mexican Ministry of Tourism. As a lawyer I was taught to get everything
in writing, but I trusted the smiling hotel manager.

Even though my vacation was ruined, he assured me that I had nothing to
worry about.

All I had to do was get well and then provide the hotel with photographs
of my injury and copies of my medical bills, and airline tickets, and
all costs would be covered.

Eight months later, I was as recovered as I would ever be, and I sent
the hotel all it requested. After avoiding my calls and ignoring my
faxes for more than three months, they finally informed me that my claim
was not valid in Mexico.

Contrast this with the information I received from the American Hotel
and Lodging Association. If I had been staying in one of the many
American-owned or licensed hotels in the area, such as a Marriott,
Hilton, or Sheraton, I would have received the same treatment available
to hotel guests in the United States, including full compensation for
all my medical and travel expenses, and a fair amount to compensate me
for my pain.

Feeling betrayed, I contacted the Mexican Consulate in San Diego. My
calls were ignored for several weeks. When I was finally contacted by a
representative, I was told that there was nothing that could be done.
They dismissed the representations of the Ministry of Tourism, and told
me I had to seek relief from the hotel.

When I contacted the central office of the Ministry of Tourism in Mexico
City, they told me that the official I spoke with was not authorized to
make promises. They also told me to seek relief from the hotel.

Finally, the hotel referred me to its U.S.-educated attorney, who
actually laughed at my claim and seemed to delight in my gullibility.
Thus, my experience with the fairness of the Mexican government and the
hotel system left me poorer by over $10,000.

So, my friends, if you are considering a trip to Mexico and a stay at a
hotel, just remember that you are not afforded the same protections that
you will enjoy in an American-owned or licensed hotel. Know that you
proceed at your own peril.

Sanders is an attorney practicing in San Diego. He can be reached at






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(Bunn E Rabbit) wrote in message ...
(Cameron Colostomy Callistus), Wrote:

Be afraid Cammy, be very afraid...
My nightmare in Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/27du8

I posted the text from the Cameron's link for your viewing displeasure.
At least Sanders didn't have Mexicans throw cups of urine at him or
shout "Osama! Osama! Osama!" during a soccer game. This is what the US
will be if the Democrats and Republicans have their way. Perhaps it's
time to dust off that Musket?

--
Keith

My nightmare in Mexico
By Wade Sanders
February 19, 2004

So, you're thinking about a vacation in Mexico ? maybe Cancun, Puerto
Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas; complete with white sand beaches and luxury
hotels. You've researched your vacation on the Internet, consulted with
travel agents or friends, and you are struck by the relative
affordability of Mexican hotels as compared to their American brand name
counterparts, even as they appear to provide many of the same luxury
appointments. This is exactly what I did not too long ago, and I settled
on a lovely Mexican hotel on the beaches of Cancun.

My trip to the Yucatan Peninsula was to be a treat for my girlfriend and
nephew. I was contemplating a marriage proposal, and he was just out of
high school and had enlisted in the Marine Corps. Romance for me and a
final fling for him.

We planned a two-week adventure exploring the coastal cities of the
Yucatan by rental car, including stops at Playa del Carmen, Tulum and
Cozumel. What we never anticipated was that the entire trip would be
destroyed by our failure to understand that the same protections offered
by an American hotel would be completely absent in a Mexican hotel. As
an attorney, you would think that I would know better. Unfortunately, I
didn't.

Our Cancun beachfront hotel was beautiful. Marble floors and comfortable
rooms with a spectacular view. Great food and an attentive hotel staff.
It seemed a perfect place to spend our first two days relaxing and
finishing our vacation planning.

Our first day we lounged by the pool. After a bit, I decided to use the
hotel's well-equipped exercise room, which included a quadricep leg
lift. I set the weight on the lift, braced my feet against the weight
and began doing repetitions. After finishing, I set the safety mechanism
to hold the weights in place, or so I thought, and prepared to dismount.

Swinging my legs to the side, I started to stand. Before I could move,
the safety mechanism failed, and the weight platform crashed down,
glanced off my side and slammed atop my legs. Stunned and in shock, I
looked down to see my left leg bent at an impossible angle, a gathering
pool of dark blood pulsing from a gaping hole in my calf. A compound
fracture of the fibula had driven the bone out through my leg. After an
ambulance ride to a local clinic for setting and suturing, I returned to
the hotel.

A faulty weight apparatus had shattered our vacation and had begun my
education in some of the differences between the rights we enjoy here in
the United States, and the absence of them in Mexico.

Assured by the hotel that my medical bills and other damages would be
fully compensated and reimbursed, I paid all those bills as they came
due. This representation was confirmed by a local official of the
Mexican Ministry of Tourism. As a lawyer I was taught to get everything
in writing, but I trusted the smiling hotel manager.

Even though my vacation was ruined, he assured me that I had nothing to
worry about.

All I had to do was get well and then provide the hotel with photographs
of my injury and copies of my medical bills, and airline tickets, and
all costs would be covered.

Eight months later, I was as recovered as I would ever be, and I sent
the hotel all it requested. After avoiding my calls and ignoring my
faxes for more than three months, they finally informed me that my claim
was not valid in Mexico.

Contrast this with the information I received from the American Hotel
and Lodging Association. If I had been staying in one of the many
American-owned or licensed hotels in the area, such as a Marriott,
Hilton, or Sheraton, I would have received the same treatment available
to hotel guests in the United States, including full compensation for
all my medical and travel expenses, and a fair amount to compensate me
for my pain.

Feeling betrayed, I contacted the Mexican Consulate in San Diego. My
calls were ignored for several weeks. When I was finally contacted by a
representative, I was told that there was nothing that could be done.
They dismissed the representations of the Ministry of Tourism, and told
me I had to seek relief from the hotel.

When I contacted the central office of the Ministry of Tourism in Mexico
City, they told me that the official I spoke with was not authorized to
make promises. They also told me to seek relief from the hotel.

Finally, the hotel referred me to its U.S.-educated attorney, who
actually laughed at my claim and seemed to delight in my gullibility.
Thus, my experience with the fairness of the Mexican government and the
hotel system left me poorer by over $10,000.

So, my friends, if you are considering a trip to Mexico and a stay at a
hotel, just remember that you are not afforded the same protections that
you will enjoy in an American-owned or licensed hotel. Know that you
proceed at your own peril.


Can't believe this "lawyer" was dumb enough to travel in a foreign
country without travel insurance.

FoggyTown
"It may be only your humble opinion, sir, but it happens to clash with
my authoritative one."

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 02:35:35 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
wrote:

Scipio wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:59:35 GMT, "Cameron Colostomy Callistus"
wrote:

"Bunn E Rabbit" wrote in message
...

I posted the text from the Cameron's link for your viewing displeasure.
At least Sanders didn't have Mexicans throw cups of urine at him or
shout "Osama! Osama! Osama!" during a soccer game. This is what the US
will be if the Democrats and Republicans have their way. Perhaps it's
time to dust off that Musket?

Thanks Bunn. I'm afraid I have more bad news. I'm afraid that your
politicians will give many of those urine throwing Mexicans Social Security
payments. The threat is the ongoing "totalizaiton" negotiations between our
politicians and bureacrats and those of Mexico. An agreement on
"totalization" would make hundreds of thousands of Mexicans eligible for
American Social Security even if they did not work in the US long enough to
qualify. The number of years worked in Mexico would bring up the total and
thus make Mexican workers eleigible for cash transfers from the US
government.

To qualify for American Social Security a Mexican would need to work in the
US only 18 months. And 5 million Mexicans working illegally in the US could
be eligible for the program since a provision in the Social Security Act
allows illegal immigrants to receive Social Security benefits if the US has
a totalization agreement with the illegal's country.

This is what your politicians are up to Bunn - making the ponzi scheme of
Socialist Insecurity, already headed for insolvency, a welfare program for
non US ciitzens. And guess what? You get to pay for it. You can find out
more here

http://www.worldnewsstand.net/04/article/1-6.htm

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0203/mowbray020403.asp

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1067471/posts

Wanting to do something, floating balloons, writing articles about it,
is a far cry from successfuly doing the thing being discussed. Just
imagine how the idea of further obligating our SS system, with
Illegals no less, will go down with the Congressmen who actually have
to vote on it, and receive their career-ending reward from the SS
retirees.

Bush is like a Bad-Idea Buffet.

Of course verifying the work history and ensuring that the taxes were
paid by the illegals & their employers will be interesting. FFM

Why not fine the employers an amount equal to the SS payments plus the
administration cost?

"Oliver Costich" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 02:35:35 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
wrote:

Scipio wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:59:35 GMT, "Cameron Colostomy Callistus"
wrote:

"Bunn E Rabbit" wrote in message
...

I posted the text from the Cameron's link for your viewing
displeasure.
At least Sanders didn't have Mexicans throw cups of urine at him or
shout "Osama! Osama! Osama!" during a soccer game. This is what the
US
will be if the Democrats and Republicans have their way. Perhaps it's
time to dust off that Musket?

Thanks Bunn. I'm afraid I have more bad news. I'm afraid that your
politicians will give many of those urine throwing Mexicans Social
Security
payments. The threat is the ongoing "totalizaiton" negotiations
between our
politicians and bureacrats and those of Mexico. An agreement on
"totalization" would make hundreds of thousands of Mexicans eligible
for
American Social Security even if they did not work in the US long
enough to
qualify. The number of years worked in Mexico would bring up the total
and
thus make Mexican workers eleigible for cash transfers from the US
government.

To qualify for American Social Security a Mexican would need to work in
the
US only 18 months. And 5 million Mexicans working illegally in the US
could
be eligible for the program since a provision in the Social Security
Act
allows illegal immigrants to receive Social Security benefits if the US
has
a totalization agreement with the illegal's country.

This is what your politicians are up to Bunn - making the ponzi scheme
of
Socialist Insecurity, already headed for insolvency, a welfare program
for
non US ciitzens. And guess what? You get to pay for it. You can find
out
more here

http://www.worldnewsstand.net/04/article/1-6.htm

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0203/mowbray020403.asp

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1067471/posts

Wanting to do something, floating balloons, writing articles about it,
is a far cry from successfuly doing the thing being discussed. Just
imagine how the idea of further obligating our SS system, with
Illegals no less, will go down with the Congressmen who actually have
to vote on it, and receive their career-ending reward from the SS
retirees.

Bush is like a Bad-Idea Buffet.

Of course verifying the work history and ensuring that the taxes were
paid by the illegals & their employers will be interesting. FFM

Why not fine the employers an amount equal to the SS payments plus the
administration cost?

Plus the $55K per head it will take to support the entrenched mojados that
have been lured by unscrupulous employers.