Reply #15: The SF Chronicle, aka my local fish wrap, is calling teachers, nurses [View All]

and health care workers "leftist guerillas" -- trying to tie them to the drug lords AGAINST WHOM THEY ARE PROTESTING! Mendacity on display:

Calderon to take office in Mexico today
Some lawmakers camping in Congress to block ceremony

Trapped somewhere between farce, stagnation and tragedy, Mexico takes a stumbling step forward today as Felipe Calderon takes office as the nation's president.

Little is certain about the day's ceremony or the next six-year presidential term. Even whether Calderon will be able to put on the presidential sash is in doubt, with opposition lawmakers camping out overnight in Congress and preparing to physically block his inauguration.

The nation's problems are daunting: Leftist guerrillas are organizing in the south, violence by drug cartels is at an all-time high and political gridlock is likely to block progress in Congress on badly needed economic, political and social reforms.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/01/MNGCRMNCIL1.DTL&feed=rss.news