Welcome to The Big Jewel, where we are shocked, shocked to find that Mexican police officers do not have the proper tools to do their jobs. The whole sordid story is in this week's piece by Tyler Smith: Notes From "El Cadete" By Tyler Smith "TIJUANA, Mexico - The police department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers." -- Associated Press, November 23, 2006 -- Today we were out in the field, forging ahead in the battle against corruption in the streets of Tijuana. This is what police work is all about. It's us against them; good vs. evil in a truly biblical sense. In the field we can make a real difference. Unfortunately, my partner Juan Pablo forgot his slingshot, and when a gang of overweight 3rd graders took hostages ("Put the carne back in carnicería!" they belched) at a municipal building off the Paseo de los Héroes, they held us at bay with spitballs and Indian rug burns until reinforcements arrived... For the full article please visit http://www.thebigjewel.com To unsubscribe from The Big Jewel's Hilarious Weekly Email please send an email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to neilpasricha@xxxxxxxxx