Schwarzenegger mobilizes National Guard to border

AP/GoogleNews ^ | 7/16/10

[Kartographer]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday mobilized members of the California National Guard as part of a federal effort to deter drug trafficking and illegal immigration along the border with Mexico.

His order supports President Barack Obama's plan to have 1,200 National Guard troops assist with federal border protection, customs and immigration agents.

[Kartographer]

I have to ask why now?

[Illuminatas]

Uhh, because he is less popular than Gray Davis.

[blam]

They probably sent them without any ammo.

[Flycatcher]

His order supports President Barack Obama's plan...

Supports? What an odd choice of verb.

This could be the worst bit of reporting I've read in the last couple of hours.

And it's been a tough couple of hours too...

[KoRn]

Racist!

[KoRn]

Without ammo? The probably don’t have any weapons either.

Carrying weapons would be insensitive to border crossing cartel members, and wouldn’t promote social justice.

If our people carried guns, it would only encourage the cartel members to carry guns after all.....

[cabojoe]

They’ll probably be ordered to hand out food, water, and maps.

[blasater1960]

Why cant the Arizona Gov do this??

[azishot]

No ammo? Wouldn’t surprise me. Napolitano sent the Nat’l Guard to the AZ border as *support* for the border patrol so they could sweep the desert or something. It’s all for show.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

Trying to boost his flagging poll numbers.

[musicman]

"I have to ask why now? "

Ummmm....he might have fell off the wagon....

[musicman]

fell = fallen

[Moonman62]

Without ammo? The probably don’t have any weapons either.

It's an empty gesture by a governor who loves illegals to help out a president who loves illegals.

[ltc8k6]

A show for the courts to help Holder...

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Don’t forget the condoms.

[cabojoe]

And Home Depot gift cards for their first gas leaf and dust blower.

[LouAvul]

And I can remember when Davis was recalled (I was living in kalifornia at the time) and how so many freepers were singing arnold’s praise. Yet, he’s turned out just exactly the way I figured he would. And those freepers are strangely quiet.

[My Favorite Headache]

She doesn’t want to spend state tax payer money to do the job that the fed’s should be doing.

[lewislynn]

a federal effort to deter drug trafficking and illegal immigration along the border with Mexico.

Racists!

[Libertynotfree]

It was a show, that’s all. There is no intention to close the border.

[SpaceBar]

A show for the courts to help Holder...

I smell a setup along those lines too.

[Global2010]

I read/heard a commentator say those in the National Guard being deployed to the border are all pencil pushers in an office.

I don’t remember the source. Sorry.

[Global2010]

And heluim.

[Cobra64]

If I were Prez, I'd send 6,000 of these guys to the southern border with instructions to shoot to kill (unless the illegals are headed South).

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[Cobra64]

If I were Prez, I'd send 6,000 of these guys to the southern border with instructions to shoot to kill (unless the illegals are headed South).

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[Vaduz]

(effort to deter drug trafficking) last week the cops found a train tanker car loades with pot in LA nobody knows how many other trains loaded with drugs have made it in country it’s just a show for the Gov.

[AuntB]

I wish the fool would send the guard to my county. These mountains are FULL of armed Mexican drug cartels.

[Screaming_Gerbil]

May I ask what county / mountain area that is?

[HiJinx]

Ping!

Isn’t California broke?

[Brilliant]

My thoughts are:

1) I thought only the federal government could enforce the immigration laws?

2) He’s putting NG on the border? Isn’t that racist? Isn’t it profiling?

3) These libs will do anything if you make a few dollars of federal funding available.

[archy]

Ping!

Isn’t California broke?

No biggie. He'll pay them in I.O.U.s.

At minimum wage.