[TexCon]

About time he took action...

[umgud]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

[Dreagon]

This is just Perry's way of doing nothing while appearing to do something. Those camaras will be knocked out in no time, repaired a few times, and then the repairs will stop as peoples attention moves elsewhere.

[Charlespg]

"This is just one of those half-baked ideas that people dream up to save money but have no practical applications," said Jim Harrington, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project in Austin. "We would be far better off to invest that money in Mexican small towns along the border so people wouldn't have to emigrate."

have a heaping helping of STFU you idiot

[Kimberly GG]

I called his office. While he may be taking some action on border security, he has 'no opinion', on illegal immigration or the Senate and House bills. How convenient.

[Oldhunk]

If the cameras are positioned properly this could be a remarkable tool. It could be used to hold the Border Patrol's feet to the fire. Citizen sees a break ready to happen and starts recording the video. He can later post the whole thing and show everyone how the Border Patrol responds, if at all. But the cameras would have to be able to cover enough ground to track the immigrants for a reasonable length of time.

[cbkaty]

Bla...Bla....Bla...

I live in Texas and pretty perry is toast!

He is putting a band-aid on a beheading....

[R.W.Ratikal]

A better idea is to lay down a ten mile wide minefield. After the first day the flow of illegal aliens will stop.

Trust me on this one.

[Captain Rhino]

, of course, "This is just one of those half-baked ideas that people dream up to save money but have no practical applications," said Jim Harrington, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project in Austin. "We would be far better off to invest that money in Mexican small towns along the border so people wouldn't have to emigrate."

And just how far does the good Mr. Harrington think $5 million (border web camera project funding level) will go when distributed among all the Mexican border towns?

Here's a better idea. Why not just eliminate those pesky town bureaucrats. After all, they are just administrative middle men and women in for their cut (about 100% on the pass through). Instead, why not give the money directly to the illegals themselves?

Let's see...$5 million divided by...oh, say... 750,000 illegal border crossers...that works out to...ummm...a whooping $6.67 per crosser!

Howdeee! That'll sure convince a large number of illegal immigrants that things are economically okay in Mexico and there is no reason to come over the border.

NOT!

Mr. Harrison, you are what the communists call a "useful idiot." (Assuming, of course, you are not already a communist; you being from Austin and all.)

No, the money is actually better spent on its original purpose; one that will actually yield a useful result.