Rick Perry, Governor of Texas
 MailOnline (excerpts):  A United Nations official said that the US was in breach of international law when they put Humberto Leal to death in a prison in Texas last night.  The 38-year-old Mexican citizen was executed by lethal injection for raping and bludgeoning Adria Sauceda, 16, to death with a 40-pound chunk of asphalt.  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Leal's execution "raises particular legal concerns," including whether he had access to consular services and a fair trial.  Pillay also cited a 2004 International Court of Justice ruling saying the US must review and reconsider the cases of 51 Mexican nationals sentenced to death, including Leal's.  He claims this never happened.  In his last statement before he died, Leal apologized to the victims family and asked for their forgiveness, according to MSNBC.  He said, "I truly am sorry.  That is all.  Let's get this show on the road."  "One more thing, viva Mexico, viva Mexico."  Texas executed Leal despite objections from President Barack Obama's administration that the action would violate international treaty obligations and put US citizens abroad at risk.  The high court's 5-4 decision was a setback for the administration.  While there were few who doubted his guilt, Garcia's lawyers said he was not given the chance to contact the Mexican consul which was his right under the Vienna Convention.  The White House also fears that his execution could affect US diplomatic interests.  Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, had already rejected appeals to stop the execution from former President George W. Bush, as well as diplomats, judges, senior military officers and the United Nations.  Before the Supreme Court ruling came through a spokesman said the governor had no plans to halt the execution and the Texas Attorney General's Office has urged the Supreme Court not to intervene.  Leal made the 45-mile trip to Huntsville Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from death row at the Polunski Unit, just outside Livingston.  Prison officials described him as calm.  Leal's final meal request included fried chicken, tacos, fried okra and a bowl of pico de gallo.  He selected a sister, one of his attorneys and three friends to witness his lethal injection.  Also scheduled to witness are two friends of the father of his victim, 16-year-old Adria Sauceda of San Antonio.  Leal was convicted in 1994 of raping the girl before bludgeoning her to death with a 30-40 pound piece of asphalt rock, roughly twice the size of the victim's skull in San Antonio, Texas.  Texas authorities failed to tell Leal, who was born in Mexico and has lived in the US since the age of two, that under the Vienna convention he was entitled to contact the Mexican consulate when he was arrested.  

My Comments:  Okay, I could just hear him now, "Hello, Consulate.  My name is Humberto Leal and I left there when I was two years old, but......"   Let's add, "...resident of the US since he was two years old, fluent English speaker, who had exhausted all legal appeals to the "um-teenth degree," to that statement in the caption above.  You know, some people want to stick to red tape to the point it becomes ridiculous and retarded.  The law, which was never officially enacted by Congress, was never meant to be applied in such a manner as this.  As I stated on a former post, it isn't like he lived in Africa and only speaks Xhosa.  Humberto Leal APOLOGIZED to the victims family, as he was executed yesterday, and you still have people all over the nation whining "Humberto could have saved himself by calling the Mexican consulate, but he didn't get the chance!!"  How ridiculous is that in light of his CONFESSION?  "The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, 'He takes the wise in their own craftiness'" 1 Corinthians 3:19.  HELLO, is anyone home??  You have the president, himself, taking up "poor Humberto's" cause, because he is being treated so unfairly.  I'll tell you what I believe the UN's and Barack Hussein Obama's agendas are, that is, these Muslims (yes, the UN members are 2/3rds Muslim) can't stomach seeing any man put to death for his treatment against a woman - rape and murder or otherwise.  To them it's like executing someone for "kicking the dog;" this is first.  Second, Barack Obama is doing cartwheels to gain votes from Mexicans throughout the US, so he is showing much favoritism to this ethnic group, as well as blacks.  Third, I believe he has shown favoritism to Mexico because of the formation of the North American Union (consolidating the US, Canada and Mexico).  Obama is "One World Government" fixated and the North American Union is an important part of his agenda.  He can't convince me he is concerned about US citizens imprisoned in other nations, since he is willing to let Texas burn, while he sends military planes to help put out fires in Mexico.  I'm sure that Governor Rick Perry and other Texas law makers didn't forget that when Texas asked the Obama administration to help fight their wildfires, Obama turned a deaf ear.  Nevertheless, about the same time, Mexico called on the administration for help with their wildfires and Obama sent military planes to Mexico to help put out their fires.  I know, I've talked about that before, but I'm going to keep harping about it because I think Obama needs to go and run for the presidency in Mexico, not here! 

 I sent Governor Perry a "Thank You" for taking a stand for justice in this case and I would urge you to do the same.  You can send an email message from his website at www.governor.state.tx.us.  As I was leaving his site, I happened to notice he had a video about hurricane preparedness, so I listened to the short clip.  I then noticed at the end of his announcement he said, "God bless you, and through you, may He continue to bless the great state of Texas."  This impressed me greatly, folks.  I can't remember when I have seen a politician refer to the name of God; it was a sound for sore ears.  I believe the governor invokes the blessings of God, as he gives honor to the Lord publicly.  "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord and the people He has chosen for His own inheritance" Psalm 33:12.  This scripture is an Old Testament scripture concerning Israel, however, the Lord makes it very clear in the New Testament that we are "joint heirs" (Romans 8:17) with Christ and "grafted in" (Romans 11:17) as the people of God, when we serve Him.