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David Dodd

David Dodd is a Reader contributor. See staff page for published articles.

Florida Man Shot Outside Rosarito Beach Bakery

You've done nothing but throw insults at me because nothing that you have to say has any substance and you don't bother to read my comments, you simply assume. In fact, comment after comment directed at me are filled with 90% insults; it is not uncommon for this to happen when someone doesn't know what in the hell they're talking about. Go back and read your comment #28. Here's what you have to say: "Give it up gringo..." Give WHAT up? Is this some stupid battleground for you? "Since you cannot spin your way out of this, you are attacking me, making assumptions about me, what I believe.Oopsie, time to attack the messenger." I don't spin anything, I've lived here for two decades and you're trying to tell me what I haven't seen for myself. You're the one who is assuming things here. "It is you who has been caught consistently manipulating." Manipulating what? What is there to manipulate? "When men start saying things like "Lady", you just know they are pissed off." Wow, you must be a mind reader. Well, except that I'm not pissed off. "Oh pardon me while I shirk in a corner because the gringo guy has assaulted me personally and he really thinks he knows all about me." Why would I assault you personally? I'm responding to your comments. Does that bother you, when someone disagrees with you? "Teehee gringo, you lost. but you know what, Allison & Partners are paying really good money for spinners right now, maybe you should get a job with them, or who knows, maybe you're already working for them." I'm sure you're not attempting to be INSULTING, right? "Heck, I think you could really sell real estate down here, even now - and be able to pull it off." I don't even know what this means, maybe it's another insult?
— November 13, 2010 2:15 a.m.

Florida Man Shot Outside Rosarito Beach Bakery

"People do not simply go on with their lives here, they do not." Yes, WE do. WE go shopping, WE work, WE pay our bills, WE enjoy family gatherings, WE. I personally live my life just fine here, so does my wife and the two of three kids still living in Baja. All of these drugs have been passing over the border for decades, the only reason the wars broke out was because the corridor for transport shrunk. Then the U.S. pressured Mexico into fighting the Cartels, and the Cartels started fighting each other over the turf left behind by those who were killed or captured. The VAST majority of what is going on here in Baja is NOTHING compared to what's happening in Juarez and all over Monterrey. The VAST majority of the death and destruction is the authorities and Cartels fighting or the Cartels fighting each other, and if you live here how do you not know this and see it for what it is? This is the one and only story that needs to be written about the Cartels: Twenty billion dollars per year. Wrap your head around that and every damned thing that happens here concerning the Cartels doesn't need to be explained. People not involved in it aren't diving into bunkers here. Stuff goes down right near the street from where I live, but I walk right by it and no one cares. A block away, a couple of people "involved" were gunned down in their vehicle waiting for a traffic light. The cops picked up the casings and took photographs and someone hosed off the street and a few hours later, it was as though nothing had happened.
— November 13, 2010 1:57 a.m.

Florida Man Shot Outside Rosarito Beach Bakery

You are entitled to your opinion, incorrect as I find it. You do not understand journalism, you have this set of standards you want to apply to the world, and if people don't see it your way, you seem to become upset. You only want to read stories from revolutionaries, stories about protests, the drug smuggling wars, grave injustices done to Mexicans at the hands of tourists and expatriates, everyone's out to rip off Mexicans. Lady, I've given more to this country than I ever gave to my own. As for T.B., since he's not going to come in here and say anything, I'll tell you what I've seen from him: Giving money to the poor here, living amongst them, being a part of their lives, unassuming, asking for nothing in return. He lives in the crappy little room, overpaying the rent because he's a gringo and doesn't know any better. He doesn't care. Last time I saw him, he invited me for lunch at a place he frequents, knows the people there. They overcharged him ten dollars. I pointed it it to him, but he already knew. He paid it without complaining, even left a nice tip. Who took advantage of whom? See, I'm guessing you're from the S.F. area originally. So was he. Dollars to donuts you two are the same age, too. I just wanted to carry on this conversation long enough to spring that on you. He was a sixties hippie. Still holds the same ideals. He also understands rules in journalism, and apparently you don't. That's the only difference between you two.
— November 13, 2010 1:12 a.m.

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