Obama-Calderon

As reported last week by Norman's International, President-elect Obama will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon today in his first meeting with a foreign leader since elected in November.  

Predictably enough, violent crime in Mexico, immigration, trade and the U.S.-Mexican border will be at the top of the agenda, reports the BBC.

Change Gon' Come

Like some rich white folks locking the entrance to a gated suburban community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has decided to beef up civilian and perhaps military defenses along the U.S.-Mexico border to guard against the violence stemming from the drug economy from spreading north.  

Officials at the DHS said the operations call for aircraft, armored vehicles and special teams, and if unable to be quelled by civilian units like border patrol and local law enforcement, the military may -- though not likely -- be called in for assistance.  

Napolitano is heading the Obama administration's HSD; it's been a long time comin', but I know a change gon' come.