[normy]

Well I know for a fact because I have a relative who works for the Highway Patrol, that because of Perry's policies and the spending we do on securing the U.S./Mexico border, my relative personally turned over 18 illegals in a 2 week stint as back up to the US border patrol.

My relative told me to let everyone know all Texas Highway Patrol have to spend two weeks from their families away from their normal patrol areas to secure the US/Mexico border, patrolling by themselves.

That is called putting your money where your mouth is. Not "joking" about electric fences.

[hinckley buzzard]

I appreciate that. The worst thing about the "electric fence" idea is the possibility some one might take it seriously and put one up.

I know fences of the right sort in the right places can help a lot however. I spent ten years on the Arizona border myself(not as a leo mind you) and know something of the terrain and the distance between outposts of civilization, and the congestion at the crossing points.

[potlatch]

[Not “joking” about electric fences.]

I keep notes and this is how it went;

Cain said he would ‘build an electrified fence on the border, and ‘yes, it could kill people’.

The next day he said ‘it was a joke’.

But still later he reversed again and said, ‘I’m not walking away from that’.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20121695-503544.html

Maybe “heartless” is all a matter of “perception”.