Posted on 09/24/2011 3:14:51 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
Rick Perry in 2012: “The idea that you are going to build a wall, a fence for 1,200 miles, and then go 800 miles more to Tijuana, does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in 1980: “The idea that you are going to build a tunnel under the sea between England and France, does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in 1963: “The idea that you are going to send a man from the earth to the moon and back across that distance, does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in 1944: “The idea that you are going to send a fleet across the English Channel and land tens of thousands of men on shore on the other side, does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in 1930: “The idea that you are going to build a huge dam, in the middle of a river, does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in 1904: “The idea that you are going to dig a giant trench from the Atlantic to the Pacific for some sort of canal, does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in 1903: “The idea that you are going to fly through the air in some sort of flying machine does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in 1860: “The idea that you are going to build a railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific, does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in 1492: “The idea that you are going to sail west across the ocean, does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in 1400: “The idea that you are going to build a long line of dikes to hold back the sea, does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in 400 B.C.: “The idea that you are going to build a wall on the border with Mongolia, does not make sense.”
Rick Perry in Biblical times: “The idea that you are going to build a giant ark, does not make sense.”
Perry did not say it couldn't be done, just that there is a more practible way of regulating the border. He also mentioned using unmanned reconnaisance aircraft and other high-tech means of detecting illegal border traffic.
Aw, why'd you have to go and insert logic and facts?
You're mucking up all the the sound-bite-hyperbole emoting!
;-)
You are quick to understand.
But now it's necessary to state the facts with regard to the "Bi-National Health Insurance".
Firstly, it's private insurance, not any government program.
Secondly, it was only a study to determine if it was feasible to allow companies to sell a type of insurance that was allowed for treatment in both Texas and Mexico (thus, it is "Bi-National"). It resulted in no legislation.
Thirdly, this has nothing to do with ObamaCare. This was proposed ten years ago. It's not government-mandated, nor is it government-funded. It's private insurance that is good on both sides of the border. Don't let anti-Perry posters fool you with the scare words "Bi-National". I personally think it's a good idea to get rid of laws that make insurance more expensive and difficult to obtain.
You don’t have to fence the whole border. The wall needs to be backed by mobile forces and holding areas. If 300 people come through in a rush you have to be able to detect them, round them up, contain them, and then return them.
The idea is to make it hard. You don’t have to have the same level of barrier out in the desert where there is no water, towns, or roads as you do in areas where tunnels can leave a building in Mexico and arrive in a building in the U.S.
Humans have been building effective walls for a long time. The Great Wall of China and Hadrians Wall come to mind and there are some pretty effective walls out there now in Israel, Korea, India/Bangladesh.
It can be done. It’s pretty much an open border now. People leave the states for a vacation at home and seemingly return without being inconvenienced at all. That could be changed.
Most of the open borders / no fence types in upper incomes live in gated communities...go figure
We just can't see it because it leaves from one of those 57 states that are still yet undetected...
Oh you mean the part about "aviation assets on the ground"?...LOL!
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