--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:

> Although I'm as close to Mike's contraband as I want to be, I still

appreciate

> the generous spirit of his invitation (I guess).

hahahahaha
thats a funny way to put it
& you are correct to guess both the invite & the spirit are real
so how could your appreciation not also be

> As one who owns property in and plans eventually to reside within

one of these

> frontier zones, I'd like to add some perspective here.

first
do you agree there are 3 & only 3 sniffer exclaves

that was really my try & point of inquiry

of course you are right about the chokepoints

& thats why it must boil down to a simple matter of topology

so how many claves & what are their true shapes is really the main
course here

& my exquisitely delicious personal situation is just desserts

your other info is great to have while here too tho

i have also found the rio here as little as 5 paces wide
& nowhere even ankle deep
so i expect the chnmtx retry will go well
provided we dont have to flee again

also just the sound of the also mentioned doelot tripoint & its safe
looking location have been even more inviting to my imagination

but i hope some company will arrive for these tries
even if not you yourself lowell

also i am finding the conditions increasingly agreeable as i get to
learn the place
& i havent even ventured far beyond las cruces yet
tho i realize the territory of my clave is much more extensive

what i am really looking for first tho is unlimited free internet

that will make being here a complete & utter delight
for then i could rejoin you all at bp in strength again
rather than in just these mad dashes thru the crazy library system
they have here
practically at ground zero of the cross

but more on this later if possible

> When I used to return from the border at Eagle Pass, Texas (near

which my

> property is located), the Border Patrol's secondary highway

checkpoint (just

> southwest of the junction of US 57 and FM 481 about 12 miles

northeast of Eagle

> Pass) was more often closed than not. When it was open, the

minimal staff was

> looking only for illegal immigrants. They were Border Patrol,

after all, not

> Customs. They would just wave you through if you looked halfway

blond and

> didn't have any passengers obviously trying to hide. That all

changed after

> 9/11. Now the Border Patrol is part of the Bureau of Customs and

Border

> Protection's "One Face at the Border." The checkpoint is always

open, and the

> staff is human, canine, and videocam. Each person is quizzed on

U.S.

> nationality or immigration status, destination, and purpose of

trip, just as is

> done at the U.S. Border Stations at the end of the international

bridges. These

> secondary checkpoints are legally considered functional equivalents

of the

> border. Thus the agents have authority to search without warrant

and

> interrogate under oath (so say the Supremes). Be advised that the

Bureau also

> has authority to throw up impromptu mobile checkpoints anywhere

within a

> reasonable distance of the border.
>
> If one leaves Eagle Pass northward on US 277, then takes Texas 131

north, and

> then goes eastward on US 90, no Border Patrol checkpoint is

encountered until

> somewhere near Uvalde on US 90. I don't remember the exact

location. In any

> case, the fuzzy zone between the boundary and the secondary

inspections widens

> out considerably above Eagle Pass, as it does in the area downriver

from Laredo.

> There are no checkpoints between Eagle Pass and Del Rio. I'm sure

the locations

> of the secondary checkpoints is dictated by the chokepoints in the

highway

> infrastructure.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "acroorca2002" <orc@o...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 11:57 AM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] customs exclaves in the usa
>
>
> > well you can forget about that marijuana passport idea since new
> > mexico has no legal medical marijuana
> > hahaha
> > & it appears the las cruces el paso domestic customs exclave i am
> > currently in is one of at least 3 i have finally fully sniffed out
> >
> > tho there could be more
> >
> > the second of these cuts off the big bend
> > & the third one cuts off the southernmost tip of texas
> > from north of laredo but south of hebbronville & falfurrias etc
> >
> > so all 3 of the loveliest protuberances of texas get cut off
> > & lowest new mexico gets circumcised too along with the

westernmost

> > nose of texas
> >
> > so yes thats a divided customs exclave in this apparently unique

case

> > of nmtx
> >
> > & texas has no medical marijuana either btw
> >
> > so basically that whole idea is caput & complete for now
> > except maybe i will give governor bill richardson a call
> > if he is still governor
> > as he is a famous proponent of legalizing all marijuana
> > & might enjoy the unique opportunity of getting involved in such a
> > stunt
> > for all i could imagine
> >
> >
> > in the meantime i have recovered the geocache
> > yikes
> > & good thing i didnt waste time giving its location
> > since i realized all dogs can sniff dope & many love to eat it too
> > not just customs service dogs
> > & so i will be recommitting the stash to an indoor location safe

from

> > all dogs
> > & still accessible 7 days a week except major holidays
> > about which more later too
> >
> >
> > but basically i have been smoking the stuff as fast as i can &

still

> > cant imagine finishing it all at this rate before spring unless

some

> > of you get down here to help me consume it
> > because we will probably never get it out of here
> > hahaha
> > but could have a great time using it up
> >
> > & i know there are at least half a dozen of you within overnight
> > arrival range
> > so what are you waiting for
> >
> > & remember we get to be in el paso too
> > not just las cruces
> >
> > so i can & we could retry the chnmtx tristate point
> > where i had to settle for a class c visit last year
> > before taking flight
> >
> > maybe the rio will even be bone dry this time
> >
> > it nearly was last time
> >
> > or theres even an interstate tricounty point here in my little

clave

> > we could explore one day
> > where dona ana & otero counties of nm meet el paso county tx
> >
> > well anyway thats just for starters
> >
> > the place is quite civilized too
> >
> > so i hope many will come to play cheech &or chong with me
> > & sooner than later
> > but there is in fact probably no hurry at all
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to

http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

> >
> >
> >