Who knew Texas even had a homeland security department?

That other part, about staying safely north, is less than shocking.

In Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, more than 2,600 people were murdered last year. In Praxedis Guadalupe Guerrero, where the police force has one working patrol car, three rifles and a single pistol, a 20-year-old mom who’s still studying for her criminal justice degree just took a job as chief because no one else would. Part of the six-page Mexico travel advisory from the U.S. Department of State notes that the children of American government workers in Monterrey have been ordered to get the heck home.

From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20101024/OPINION03/10240306/1409/metro/Adios-to-Mexico?#ixzz13GuXTau9