Suggested reading for Cherkoff and Bush:
Private citizens have built more fence along the border than the government has and the next question is, where'd they direct the money that was already allocated for fence construction?
Posted on 12/04/2008 6:52:00 AM PST by oldbill
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff declared success Wednesday on President Bush's vow to double the size of the U.S. Border Patrol and near-success on his pledge to build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. The two measures leave President-elect Barack Obama in a better position to get an immigration bill passed, he said.
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So ridiculous. I suspect that with modern technology and the right people in charge we could complete that entire fence in a single year - minus a couple communities that file legal action to block it in their region.
Near-success on his pledge to build a fence? So that’s what they call not building something these days. Who knew?
How are you going to get the illegals to leave, if we can’t even get the president-elect to prove that he’s not an illegal alien?
Don’t forget who put jerkoff Chertoff in either...
Just like on spending, we’re getting Compassionate Conservatism on immigration right up to the end. Shoot me now, please. We’re doomed.
“Near-success” is like, uh....FAILURE
Not that I take any exception to that statement, because it's patently true, but what'll be interesting to see is how many crimmigrants deport themselves as the economy crashes.
The vast majority of them are unskilled illiterates who work in hospitality, construction, and landscaping. Well, if folks don't know if they're going to be employed next week, how many are going to eat out, travel, build a house, have their property landscaped? Further, if mom got fired and dad got his hours cut back, a job slinging plates at Chili's or cleaning rooms at the Marriott might sound pretty good. They're going to start getting pretty angry that they can't make ends meet while Pato and Rosamunda are working jobs they could do.
Will the D's risk losing vast swaths of American voters in exchange for a new subset of 20-40 million votes? Are those votes going to be dependable (once they realize we'll mail their welfare checks to them in Oaxaca, why stay where it's cold)? Can a major party continue to compete when it's composed of a diverse array of grievance groups (queers, mexicans, a few remaining unions, youthful idiots, etc.)?
Owl_Eagle
“When the stock market crashed,
Franklin Roosevelt got on the television
and didn’t just talk about
the princes of greed, he said,
‘Look, here’s what happened.’"
-Slow Joe Biden
The idiot Carl Rove thought so!!
We assume illegals are “conservative” by nature. If by conservative you mean to say reactionary in a dictatorial manner, you are generally correct. But let’s not forget that communists, fascists, socialists, and dictatorships are reactionary organisms. In their mother countries there are no checks and balances upon governmental overreach. In their fatherlands there are no separations of church and state. In their homeland, they never accepted rights we accept as god-given.
Even in business, the majority possess a “bossman” mentality that north generally do not accept.
I think every illegal I’ve talk with say they voted Obama. And yes, they voted.
If anyone is deserving of ill-wishes it’s Chertoff.
Suggested reading for Cherkoff and Bush:
Private citizens have built more fence along the border than the government has and the next question is, where'd they direct the money that was already allocated for fence construction?
>>>>I suspect that with modern technology and the right people in charge we could complete that entire fence in a single year<<<<<
The 700 mile Alaska Pipeline was built in three years at a normalized cost of about $28 billion (2006 dollars), going over two substantial mountain ranges (Brooks and Chugach) and in temperatures of -40F to +90F (interior Alaska gets cold *and* hot).
Upfront permitting, planning, design, etc. added two years to the total.
In its day the pipeline was a marvel, and I distinctly recall that it was in the news and on TV regularly. There was a lot of interest in the guys who went to work on it, and what they were like.
Just like our 700 to 1,000 mile border fence, an engineering challenge which also is in the news and being reported on by the MSM all the time.
Why just this week I saw a Frontline and then a “60 Minutes” story on “The Fence”.......
/sarc
Nevermind.
“Judge” Chertoff who I once admired has become a shameless and unrepentant liar. It’s truly shocking how low he’s fallen in the last several years.
Hey Chertoff!....don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!
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