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| Mariachi Band Leads Elephants Across Rio Grande |
| 2006-10-13 |
| Hat tip the Godfather™: October 11, 2006 — Reports of an elephant crossing the river or people trying to smuggle an elephant across were rampant Tuesday while an elaborate political stunt was taking shape near the mouth of the Rio Grande. It was a while later that the stunt, which was a photo shoot, was abruptly met by federal agents. (emphasis added) “The elephant never made landfall into Mexico, but I tell you something, he could have made 15 laps back and forth, but no one showed up,” said Raj Peter Bhakta, a former star on the NBC show “The Apprentice,” who also is a Republican candidate for the 13th District U.S. House of Representatives seat in Eastern Pennsylvania. (emphasis added) Send that guy some cash! He was in Brownsville to raise funds with friends and decided to get a first-hand look at border security while he was here, he said. In Brownsville, he witnessed half a dozen men swim under one of the international bridges “with complete immunity” which in turn prompted him to take the immigration issue to the next level. Bhakta decided to see if he could get an elephant accompanied by a six-piece mariachi band across the river. “To my surprise, (but no one else's) the band played on, the elephants splashed away, and nobody showed up,” Bhakta said of the stunt. “IÂ’m astounded.” ------------- Someone reported to the Border Patrol that people were smuggling elephants, he said. Bhakta was getting on a plane Tuesday afternoon shortly after the USDA released the elephants and they began their journey back to Maybank. He said he was “staggered” by what happened on Tuesday and was planning on sharing the story with his potential constituents. “If I can get an elephant led by a mariachi band into this country, I think Osama bin Laden could get across with all the weapons of mass destruction he could get into this country,” Bhakta said. The mariachi band was not immediately available for comment. ROFLMAO! |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #14 A-Hole or not, he's right abotu border security. And its a damned effective stunt. GWB and the congress shoudl be ashamed for nto doing a dmaned thing about this 5 years out from 9-11. they've had a majority, why do they let the Dems run things? Grow some balls before they get cut off. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-10-13 21:59 |
| #13 growler Actually, if you'd watched the show, you'd know Raj is kind of an a-hole. grrr don't watch the T-wee much, its all Freds fault. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-10-13 19:51 |
| #12 #19 g - you watch network television? Whatever for? Couldn't you find any oil paint to watch dry? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-10-13 18:37 |
| #11 The only thing encouraging happened a couple of days ago upstream when somebody caught a 7 1/2 foot alligator in the river. I imagine if there were several hundred gators in there, that all the wading across would diminish rapidly. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-10-13 18:36 |
| #10 Actually, if you'd watched the show, you'd know Raj is kind of an a-hole. |
| Posted by: growler 2006-10-13 17:49 |
| #9 Raj Peter Bhakta gets my vote! »:-) |
| Posted by: RD 2006-10-13 17:04 |
| #8 And to think that it happened on |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-13 16:43 |
| #7 nobody wants to acknowledge the elephant in teh |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-13 16:26 |
| #6 Film at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAcIGx-nxdI&eurl= Rita Cosby interviews and there is video of the ride. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-10-13 16:00 |
| #5 Hope there will be film at 11. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-10-13 15:16 |
| #4 If true, this is an ALL TIME CLASSIC! A mariachi band and elephants. Laughing so hard that I'm crying. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-10-13 14:55 |
| #3 I'm with ya', DV. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-10-13 14:52 |
| #2 BFD, as everybody know, you can take an elephant to water, but you can't make it drink. On the other hand, the mariachis can be made to drink, assuming you provide cold beer. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-10-13 14:51 |
| #1 It is so funny it is sad. The only reason I'm still voting republican is the democrats are even worse (and traitors on top of it). |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-10-13 14:49 |