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Mexico doubts border fence will happen
cnn International ^
| October 4, 2006
Posted on 10/04/2006 10:58:20 PM PDT by Red Steel
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posted on
10/04/2006 10:58:21 PM PDT
by
Red Steel
To: Red Steel
America doubts Mexico will eat words after it's built.
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:01:08 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(God Bless America)
To: Red Steel
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:03:03 PM PDT
by
Cedar
To: Red Steel; janetgreen; Czar; Borax Queen; nicmarlo; Americanwolf; Americanwolfsbrother; Spiff; ...
"There is no money to build it, so it won't be built," Aguilar told reporters. "Even though the wall was approved, there is no funding." Heck, with my next (sizable) quarterly tax check I send into the Feds, I will write on the memo, "my contribution to be used for the building of our fence!"
Screw you, Mexico.
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:06:10 PM PDT
by
kstewskis
("Tolerance is what happens when one loses their principles..." Fr. A. Saenz)
To: Red Steel
"But Fox's spokesman Ruben Aguilar said the U.S. Congress is unlikely to approve enough funding to finish the project."
based on past experience, I tend to agree. When the funding bill for this passes, I might look for the bidding process on the fence to start.
To: WoofDog123
I am worried that after the November elections, the politicians will forget about the wall and quietly go back to letting the illegals stream in and lower wages.
To: Red Steel
If $126 million will build a wall that has a length of 23 kilometers, then $1.2 billion will build a wall that's 219 km long, which converts to 135 miles of wall.
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:13:01 PM PDT
by
Red Steel
To: gubamyster
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:13:03 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: Red Steel
"There is no money to build it, so it won't be built," Aguilar told reporters. "Even though the wall was approved, there is no funding."
This is true, but the old "just don't fund it" trick doesn't work like it used to.
NumbersUSA has more than 270,000 members now (of which I am one). We can forget about the fence funding for now, then as soon as it's being voted on, we can all turn our energy to storming congress with calls and faxes, and we will effortlessly be informed of when that time is by email.
Things just don't "get lost" in the Information Age, because we can expend no energy as time passes, but then be instantly active when the moment arrives.
Our elected officials are appearing a bit "dinosaur-ish" with their repeated attempts to return to these obsolete strategies.
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:15:03 PM PDT
by
starbase
(Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
To: KittyKares
I am worried that after the November elections, the politicians will forget about the wall and quietly go back to letting the illegals stream in and lower wages. I think you are correct.
Remember what got this issue off the ground? Civilian activism on the border. That isn't going away any time soon.
The National Guard on the border has given us a much needed rest, but we don't expect them to be there long after the election, by then we will be well rested.
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:26:54 PM PDT
by
c-b 1
(Reporting from behind enemy lines, in occupied AZTLAN.)
To: MaxMax
El Wrongo. It will not be built. If we don't have the will to enforce immigration laws, why should we build a wall? We're too dumb and lazy to even re-build the WTC.
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:30:16 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
To: kstewskis
Heck, with my next (sizable) quarterly tax check I send into the Feds, I will write on the memo, "my contribution to be used for the building of our fence!"That should have a really big impact on the clerk who can't speak English.
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:31:46 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
To: Cobra64
Having worked in one of the check processing centers for the IRS, that's just not so. You have to be fluent in English to work there. That said, what it's not going to impress are the big OCR machines that the IRS uses.
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:45:30 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Red Steel
HA!! we'll hire some of the illegals to built it cheap.. why? because they do jobs that Americans won't! (SRC)
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posted on
10/04/2006 11:50:09 PM PDT
by
dcrider182
(thanks Dad ,for raising me right!)
To: dcrider182
We should import some cheap labor from Asia or Africa to build it. Oh, the irony!
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:27:46 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace begins in the womb.)
To: Red Steel
"The wall will be useless and unworkable," Aguilar said, adding that it would adversely affect the environment, including the reproduction of some species. while we are on the subject of the environment, what do you think is the environmental impact of a hoard of third world peoples who have no concept of environmental conservation, have not the means to implement such frugal environmental upgrades in their lifestyle due to poverty, who, notoriously as an ethnic group are known for licescious littering and dumping of toxic waste, who reproduce like rabbits, import a rainbow of diseases and traditionally operate old worn out motor vehicles with smog exept status as a way of life....need I go on ?
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:18:14 AM PDT
by
KTM rider
( Support Our Troops Donate to Irey)
To: Red Steel
I'm just worried about where we're going to get the illegals to build the darn thing. /s /no it's not
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posted on
10/05/2006 2:38:12 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: Red Steel
Cornyn: 700 miles of border fence won't happen Senator says doesn't have funds.
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Posted by axes_of_weezles On News/Activism 10/04/2006 10:19:08 PM CDT · 72 replies · 822+ views
The Austin American Statesman ^ | 4 October 2006 | eunice moscoso Cornyn: 700 miles of border fence won't happen Senator says plan isn't practical, doesn't have the necessary funds. By Eunice Moscoso WASHINGTON BUREAU Wednesday, October 04, 2006 WASHINGTON Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican and key liaison to the White House on immigration, said Tuesday that 700 miles of fencing approved by Congress for the United States' southern border will probably not be built because of a lack of money and other practical considerations. "It's one thing to authorize. It's another thing to actually appropriate the money and do it," he said.Cornyn predicted that some fencing would be built... |
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posted on
10/05/2006 3:02:35 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Red Steel
Correct. I multiply all government spending forecasts by a factor of at least 3. Having said that, I still fully support the idea. Money well spent.
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posted on
10/05/2006 3:03:27 AM PDT
by
CalvaryJohn
(What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
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