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The Washington Times ^ | 05 Mar 2008 | Tony Blankley

Posted on 03/05/2008 7:41:15 AM PST by BGHater

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To: Slapshot68
Good morning.
“Concrete keeps people out...ask the West Berliners.”

Concrete keeps people in (mostly), just ask the East Berliners.

Yeah, I think that’s more like it.

Michael Frazier

21 posted on 03/05/2008 8:17:09 AM PST by brazzaville (No surrender, no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
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To: F15Eagle
Him and legions of other empty suits!
22 posted on 03/05/2008 8:17:17 AM PST by Califreak (Hangin' with Hunter-under the bus "Dread and Circuses")
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To: BGHater

Once I caught several carp while cat-fishing with night crawlers. They were all 5 lbs or so. Eventually I figured out I was (duh) catching the same fish, over-and-over, so I threw the carp on the shore, started catching pan-size channels and the problem was solved.
A `virtual fence’ allows Chertoff & Co. to jack their apprehension figures, an argument can be made that the border is being regulated, and then it’s: “OK, now we can move on to `comprehensive immigration reform’, a `path to citizenship’ . . . “. Ad nauseuam.
The problem is that once an illegal is released, he tries again until he succeeds. They aren’t estupido—they know there is no real political desire on the parts of our leaders to secure our borders. Their presidente said as much recently. Their government aids them in circumventing our immigration laws.
A real fence—like the concrete walls we installed to keep Sunnis and Shi’tes apart in Baghdad, and as the Israelis built to keep out homicide bombers—would keep out illegal aliens.
Back to the analogy, we could hold the (comparatively) few criminal trespassers who get by a real fence and forward the bills on to Mexico for its citizens.
This is apparent to anyone. It is a real attempt to police our southwestern border. All a virtual fence does is allow more “catch and release”. It’s all just more `smoke and mirrors’.


23 posted on 03/05/2008 8:38:12 AM PST by tumblindice ("Fight for your country." Hector)
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To: Digital Sniper
"...we have Sheriff Joe to back it up!

I just love that guy! No PC bull crap with him. Tow the line or your toast!

24 posted on 03/05/2008 8:42:52 AM PST by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: BGHater
Hmmmm....Omnibus Bill Includes Border Fence-Gutting Amendment

A Republican...Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison...introduced it.

25 posted on 03/05/2008 9:14:01 AM PST by ravingnutter
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To: ARE SOLE
Speaking of treason...

Looks like a flood heading our way...

26 posted on 03/05/2008 10:01:27 AM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Dead Corpse
The Bush administration is not only undermining the American blue collar worker and making us pay to be invaded, they are facilitating the importation of illegal drugs into the country.

It's amazing, disgusting and heart breaking. Our country is lead by people that ignore the law and the people. We the people don't count for $hit.

Regards

27 posted on 03/05/2008 11:10:34 AM PST by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
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To: BGHater
"..shifting away from a network of tower-mounted sensors and surveillance gear."

At least with that we could get an accurate count of how many new residents we have.

28 posted on 03/05/2008 11:13:38 AM PST by Designer (We are SO scrood!)
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To: ARE SOLE
As long as people only pay attention to the campaign slogans and not what the elected person actually does, this will continue.

No politician has ever gained a thing by allowing a problem to be solved.

29 posted on 03/05/2008 11:14:19 AM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Digital Sniper
"So...what does a "virtual fence" do apart from beeping out the equivalent of "Look! There goes another one!"?"

More like; "there go another thirty of'em"...(second camera) "Got twenty more over here"

30 posted on 03/05/2008 11:16:57 AM PST by Designer (We are SO scrood!)
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To: F15Eagle

He;s doing what Pres.Bush tells him to do.


31 posted on 03/05/2008 12:21:24 PM PST by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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