[Spiff]

I will be there and I hope to see many FReepers there. I already know a number have said they will be there. This is certainly the place for any Arizona FReepers to be Saturday afternoon. So, who else is planning on coming? Let's get a roll call and then we can see about where to meet up.

[Spiff]

Border Security PING!

[Spiff]

Border Petition Rally -- March 6 -- Tucson

NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN - PETITION GOOD IN ALL STATES
100,000 Petitions for Troops on Border To Be Delivered to Federal Building

Plan to be there! Lots of parking! (Many coming from outside Arizona) [See larger map]	Americans to Gather at Tucson Park to Rally for Control of the Border (See Petition). El Presidio Plaza Park near the Federal Building Reserved by American Border Patrol - Event starts at 2 pm. Rally will conclude at 4 pm following a short march to the Federal Bldg. to deliver 100,000 petitions. Mexican President Vicente Fox will be at the Bush Ranch on the same day. To be broadcast on the internet using the ABP satellite van. For Information, Call 1-800-600-8642
GET YOUR PETITIONS HERE Download a full-size copy
El Presidio Park - Tucson Join us at Tucson's El Presidio Park on March 6 to demand that the government defend the sovereignty of the United States by putting the military on the border. Plenty of low cost parking at street level, and in a spacious parking garage under the park itself.	Special Guest Speakers....... Terry 'If You Ain't Mad, You Ain't Paying Attention' Anderson Former Chief Border Patrol Agent Bill King Arizona Assemblyman Randy Graf Author and Host of the Voice of Freedom Radio Show Brent Johnson Yeh Ling Ling, Director, Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America More Being Added
	Official Rally Logo Available This is the official logo for the rally in Tucson. Click here to see a larger copy. Download a copy and make T-shirts, signs, etc. Click here for pdf version.

[yonif]

bump for security

[DumpsterDiver]

Good luck, Spiff. I'll be looking forward for your report after the rally.

[Poohbah]

OK, one more time: What capability would be gained by putting a soldier on the border that could not be gained by putting a civilian law enforcement officer on the same stretch of border?

[uglybiker]

I'll be in the wrong half of the state. Be with you in spirit, though.

[hedgetrimmer]

God speed to you.

[sfRummygirl]

Hey, GOOD FOR YOU GUYS!
Is this the grassroots watchdog group that was being threatened? They have some equipment and were going to get some helicopters too?

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Bless you guys! Wish I could be there! Sigh. Take pics, lots of pics.

[JustPiper]

Looking forward to your after report!

[sasafras]

Spiff _ I plan to be there and I will also be at the PAN table across from the TCC today at the Sean Hannity book tour. Let me know what you'll be wearing so I can introduce myself. Take it easy.

[sauropod]

Ping.

[American Soldier]

Your typical active duty soldiers already spends WAY too much job on non-training activities. This is a distraction our military does not need. Let us defend the nation where the threats ORIGINATE -- overseas in forward operating bases. Putting soldiers on the Rio Grande during the War on Terror would be analogous to putting soldiers on the James River during the Indian Wars -- it's the wrong place at the wrong time to respond to the relevant threat.

Having a small number of military attached to the Border Patrol (similar to the way they are attached to the CIA and other agencies) might be helpful. A militarized border patrol that would take enlistees right out of high school and worked under the DOD or Homeland Security Department subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice might also be an option. With the Border Patrol's current entry standards (it's not that easy to get in!) you simply could not find enough bodies to man both borders.

[Dante3]

It is essential to protect our borders.

We don't need to have our military in Haiti or any other country. But with the enemy infiltrating this country (even Geraldo Rivera presented info about terrorists sneaking across the border), we do need to protect our borders.

[hershey]

I live too far away to attend, but was watching the Bush and Fox newsconference a short while ago...and Bush said Mexico and the US were 'more than neighbors, we're partners'. Everything was folksy, friendly. Why does that make the hair on the back of my neck stand up? We're being sold a bill of goods. Erase the border. That's what this is really all about.

[itsahoot]

The only troops you will ever see on our Souther border, are the ones to protect the undocumented workers from the irate citizens. I wish this were sarcasm.