tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8736128181714045519..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: That Dammed Border FenceGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86014533104650555982008-08-28T11:49:00.000-05:002008-08-28T11:49:00.000-05:00Some folks oppose anything (I mean anything) that ...Some folks oppose anything (I mean anything) that would slow the flood of people entering the country illegally. They dislike most things about the American culture and want it replaced. Instead of looking at what it is being replaced with, they see only their fantasy version. One day they complain about a fence (there basically is no fence), the next week they complain about enforcement (and there basically is no enforcement of the laws on the books). Everyone knows this except those on a "missison." What is that mission? Could it be USA gang land? Just look at our cities. Isn't that what is happening? It can't happen fast enough for some people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-45421178098259117522008-08-28T10:34:00.000-05:002008-08-28T10:34:00.000-05:00So, we should give a trillion dollars to Mexico so...<I>So, we should give a trillion dollars to Mexico so it can go into the crooks pockets?</I><BR/><BR/>We could've paid Haliburton to manage the project and then we'd only have to worry they'd lose a couple billion to corruption.<BR/><BR/>Still the benefits to the US taxpayer would dwarf whatever upside we get from the Iraq disaster. Remember that oil prices started this climb when we started a war in the Persian gulf so all that extra money spent by taxpayers on gasoline is basically a warmonger tax hike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74947999591875467682008-08-27T16:23:00.000-05:002008-08-27T16:23:00.000-05:00Not at all, Plato. The fence idea is stupid in it'...Not at all, Plato. The fence idea is stupid in it's own right, separate and apart from my positions on immigration policy.<BR/><BR/>Far and away most illegal immigration happens at the legal checkpoints, either through coyotes bribing guards or about 50% of illegal migrants actually come in legally and overstay their visa. The reason the wall is a joke and is not worth any of the (predictable, predicted, but) unintended consequences is that it fails to focus preventive resources where the problem is actually occurring.<BR/><BR/>Not only that, to the extent illegal immigration happens between the checkpoints, a wall still doesn't work. Show me a 10 foot wall and I'll show you an 11 foot ladder.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38219656477891054192008-08-27T15:42:00.000-05:002008-08-27T15:42:00.000-05:00So Grits, is this your way to press your point tha...So Grits, is this your way to press your point that we should have open immigration from Mexico and allow everyone who can get across the river "come on down?"<BR/><BR/>PlatoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81660782137856128962008-08-27T15:24:00.000-05:002008-08-27T15:24:00.000-05:00Maybe, Mexico should spend a trillion dollars of t...Maybe, Mexico should spend a trillion dollars of their own money fixing up Mexico? It's not like Mexico doesn't have natural resources and workers. What? The problem is that their government is crooked? So, we should give a trillion dollars to Mexico so it can go into the crooks pockets? Smart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2435235177525793092008-08-27T14:32:00.000-05:002008-08-27T14:32:00.000-05:00I note on the news flooding going on in other part...I note on the news flooding going on in other parts of Arizona that don't have a fence to blame it on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-37562406122932107092008-08-27T09:15:00.000-05:002008-08-27T09:15:00.000-05:00We can't annex Canada, because France will surrend...We can't annex Canada, because France will surrender. And we need them to help fight the Moslems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78855323480407861342008-08-27T08:46:00.000-05:002008-08-27T08:46:00.000-05:00If we annex them, then who will we have to bitch a...If we annex them, then who will we have to bitch about though?<BR/><BR/>We won;t be able to say "those pansey Canadians" anymore.. and sheesh, can you see 35 during rush hour.. 10,000 burros trying to merge in Hillsboro would create quite a snarl..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-634620382697265012008-08-27T00:50:00.000-05:002008-08-27T00:50:00.000-05:00I agree Dale.Texmex is my favorite food.I agree Dale.<BR/><BR/>Texmex is my favorite food.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-9572202876666258222008-08-26T23:26:00.000-05:002008-08-26T23:26:00.000-05:00The fence we ought to be building is along the bor...The fence we ought to be building is along the border with Guatamala. Let's just annex Mexico and Canada and get it over with. That is the obvious direction we are heading in as a country anyway. The United States of North America.Dale https://www.blogger.com/profile/15891930614860047978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30326682334939113282008-08-26T22:01:00.000-05:002008-08-26T22:01:00.000-05:00Oh, and $1,000,000,000,000 goes a lot farther in M...Oh, and $1,000,000,000,000 goes a lot farther in Mexico than it does in Iraq. We gotta pay truck drivers $100K per year over there cause they are risking death just to haul a load. <BR/><BR/>Just think of all the houses, roads, stores and other stuff thats been built in Texas in the last decade... a lot of that stuff was built by hard-working Mexicans for cheap so it is the opposite of the Iraq.... in Mexico you pay less for MORE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72260067729002031232008-08-26T21:54:00.000-05:002008-08-26T21:54:00.000-05:00If the USA had spent a trillion dollars fixing up ...If the USA had spent a trillion dollars fixing up Mexico for the last 7 years instead of blowing up Iraq then the damned place would be so nice no mexicans would even want to come here and they'd be making a fense to keep us out.<BR/><BR/>$1,000,000,000,000<BR/><BR/>Damn we are dumb!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38147096258834696992008-08-26T20:02:00.000-05:002008-08-26T20:02:00.000-05:00Ignorance can be fixed but stupidity is forever. ...Ignorance can be fixed but stupidity is forever. <BR/><BR/>Our immigration policy reminds me of a skit where Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans tried to take a board through a door. My sons thought the skit was hilarious and I guess it was but when it is public policy it is hard to laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-26497824924091119322008-08-26T19:20:00.000-05:002008-08-26T19:20:00.000-05:00God, the stupidity hurts!God, the stupidity hurts!Windypundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788171819370012437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1893474387454877452008-08-26T18:52:00.000-05:002008-08-26T18:52:00.000-05:00maybe the fence will wash away?maybe the fence will wash away?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68131000545901229262008-08-26T17:39:00.000-05:002008-08-26T17:39:00.000-05:00It should be noted that in many cases along the bo...It should be noted that in many cases along the border a significant rain will result in flooding whether there is a fence there or not. I would bet under the same weather conditions without a fence the area would be flooded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com