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Border Gardeners to Plant First Bush of National Hedge on Mexican Border by Labor Day (IP)
Immagination Pressed | May 28, 2006 | Larwrence Schmerel

Posted on 05/28/2006 2:27:17 PM PDT by TSchmereL

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Several volunteers of a new organization named Border Gardeners for Hedging Against Illegal Immigration announced they will gather at a remote shallow section of the Rio Grande on the first Monday of this coming September to plant the first bush in what they hope to be a giant hedge that will extend the entire length of our Nation's border with Mexico. The Border Gardeners call their proposed barrier the National Hedge.

Retired landscape architect John Holly and his son, Brad, are hopeful that their proposed giant hedge will end illegal immigration from Mexico.

"Actually, it will be a series of several hedges which will connect to form a very long hedge row. This will be much less expensive than other types of barriers, which most Americans don't like because they ruin the natural beauty of our border with Mexico."

"It will also be a more compassionate kind of barrier and it will protect and conserve our national resources." Brad added.

Unlike the the more well-known plans of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps whose proposed fence includes a combination of barbed wire, razor wire, and in some spots, steel rail barriers, the Border Gardeners plan requires only a very bushy and dense barrier against the problem of undocumented migrants.

The Border Gardeners say that most of the expense will be for the irrigation required. "But, since we will have to pipe in plenty of fresh water for our National Hedge, I think we could have some drinking fountains and public restrooms at various locations along the hedge without much additional taxpayer expense." promised John Holly.

They hope their efforts prompt the federal government to follow their lead and support their proposed hedge along the entire border.

President Bush has pledged to deploy as many as 6,000 National Guard troops to strengthen enforcement at the border. But the Border Gardeners have said it is not the right kind of force. The group's founder, Billy Underwood, said they want twice that number of experienced planters and landscapers by the end of this summer.

"We've been fighting for this hedge for 8 years, but nobody seems to be listening." John Holly said.

Most of the first day of planting this September will be dedicated to speeches by Senators and Border Gardeners celebrating large donations which the group hopes to receive. As of midweek, the group had raised about $50 and a bag of mulch, organizers said.

"We're ready to start digging and planting." said Michelle Fern of Springville, Arizona, who was among at least a dozen of the volunteers who gathered for the group's first press release. She said she wants a hedge from California to Texas.

Jose J. Herrera of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a retired diplomatic consular officer, stopped en route to a family gathering nearby and happened to witness the groups first public announcement.

He said he's convinced the Border Gardeners are not anti-immigrant. "They're just anti-illegal," said Jose. "The Border Gardeners go the extra mile to avoid being anti-immigrant and that's what I find refreshing about this organization."


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; border; bordersecurity; bush; chertof; chertoff; deathofthegop; grahamnesty; illegalaliens; illegalimmigrants; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; mexico; noamnestyforillegals; shamnesty
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To: bnelson44
How many hundreds of years of growth were in them?

Many I'm sure. Maybe we could declare the border a protected environmental zone and Greenpeace could police it?

21 posted on 05/28/2006 2:48:40 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Proud soldier in the American Army of Occupation..)
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To: TSchmereL

22 posted on 05/28/2006 2:51:44 PM PDT by Antonello (Oh my God, don't shoot the banana!)
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To: capt. norm

I live here and I know what it looks like in the desert, trust me, you can drive through it with a truck.


23 posted on 05/28/2006 2:52:32 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: bnelson44

They grow here in Florida also and I've had many a prickly pear spine penetrate the sole of my running shoes and the tires on my dirt bike.


24 posted on 05/28/2006 3:00:16 PM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: capt. norm
Most coyotes use trucks to cross the border, not running shoes.
25 posted on 05/28/2006 3:03:34 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: capt. norm

But is it poisonous?


26 posted on 05/28/2006 3:06:46 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: capt. norm
Here is what they look like in the desert (it is the small plant under the saguaro)


27 posted on 05/28/2006 3:07:11 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: bnelson44

I give up. Plant a row of azaleas?


28 posted on 05/28/2006 3:14:06 PM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: bnelson44

I was under the mistaken impression that some of them came in on foot.


29 posted on 05/28/2006 3:16:20 PM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: TSchmereL

Sounds like another "Murtha Plan" to me. Send down the National Gardeners to the border--- then cut and run!

30 posted on 05/28/2006 3:32:30 PM PDT by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: TSchmereL

Just remember not to say "Ni!" to old women.


31 posted on 05/28/2006 5:22:21 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (One flag--American. One language--English. One allegiance--to America!)
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The illegals will just set the hedge and brush on fire to get rid of it.


32 posted on 05/28/2006 7:05:32 PM PDT by Spice
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To: TSchmereL

Why the delay on the first bush? If they started right away they could have half the border with New Mexico planted by Labor Day.


33 posted on 05/28/2006 7:14:04 PM PDT by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile.)
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To: TSchmereL

That is truly one of the most stupid ideas I have ever heard.

A hedge won't grow in most of Arizona, the illegals will drive right through it and it will obscure the view of who's coming across with drugs etc.

Must be a bunch of short sighted liberals.


34 posted on 05/28/2006 8:42:42 PM PDT by amihow
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To: TSchmereL

Okay, ya got me for about 20 seconds....

Hahaha.


35 posted on 05/29/2006 1:09:45 AM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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To: Gaffer

We don' need no steenkin' trimmers!!


36 posted on 05/29/2006 1:11:48 AM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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To: La Enchiladita; TSchmereL; Jim Robinson; martin_fierro; Brad's Gramma; AZ_Cowboy; onyx; HiJinx; ...

"We don' need no steenkin' trimmers!!"


ROFLOL -- Much needed comic relief on this topic!


37 posted on 05/29/2006 9:54:32 AM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Defend the Constitution! Represent LAWFUL Constituents! SEAL THE BORDERS NOW)
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To: TSchmereL
Border Gardeners to Plant First Bush of National Hedge on Mexican Border

Those illegal alien gardeners will make short work of it.

38 posted on 05/29/2006 9:57:47 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance; La Enchiladita; TSchmereL; W.

What a hoot! thank you! BUT, there are possibilities here...


39 posted on 05/29/2006 10:10:39 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: TSchmereL

Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!

U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121

U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121

White House comments: (202) 456-1111

Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep

Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm


40 posted on 06/15/2007 5:21:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008)
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