Texas governor plans "virtual" border patrol

The Scotsman ^ | June 2, 2006

[fatrat]

actually the cameras are a great idea. very cheap and effective if the border patrol answers the calls when crossers are reported. also, if you record the action on the cameras you can prosecute the jerks who are trying to destroy them. if they can destroy a camera, they can certainly cut through a fence. we need cameras and a good fence and adequate numbers of border patrol to secure the border.

[NoTaxTexas]

I agree. How'd Perry like being a "virtual" governor indeed. What does it say about Perry that Krazy Kinky is making more sense on the immigration issue?

Krazy Kinky was on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC show Wednesday night and I found myself wishing Perry would say the common sense things that Krazy Kinky was saying. Here's an excerpt:

"I think the Hispanic voters in Texas feel exactly the way that I do about it, which is the policy, the immigration policy, is “Remember the Alamo,” really. It is that Travis drew the line in the sand, and that meant that the line that‘s the border, the Rio Grande, should be inviolate. It should be—should be sacred. I mean, we should not give citizenship freely to people who cut in line, when too many people have died trying to become Americans.... I suggested over a year ago the “five Mexican generals” plan. ... We divide the border into five sections and we appoint a Mexican general in charge of each section, and we give him a million bucks, which we hold for him in a bank account. And every time we catch an illegal coming through his section, we withdraw $5,000.

Now, I was telling this plan to George 41, George the elder, who was at Texas A&M University last month, introducing John McCain. And George—the president was chuckling about the five Mexican generals plan, and John McCain came up and he said, You know, the five Mexican generals plan is probably better than anything we‘ve got going right now.... And that‘s about the way it is. We need to focus a lot of attention on the border, I‘ll tell you that.... Joe, the only problem is that the politicians are afraid to offend people. And that‘s why you got the problem with the Crips and the Bloods right now, the Republicans and Democrats, all those big marches with half a million Hispanics in Dallas and LA, and they don‘t want to offend them for political reasons. And the only one who‘s doing well right now is Vicente Fox and Pemex oil and the Mexican government.

And Texas is—south Texas, the hospitals or overrun with illegals. I don‘t mind us paying for their health and their education, I just want the Mexican government and Pemex Oil, one of the richest entities in the world, to step up and pay their fair share. And if they don‘t, well, then, I‘m afraid we‘re going to have to ask for an Israeli discount. We‘re going to have to do something about the situation in Texas.... Our governor has been busily banning gay marriage for the past four years, and he‘s neglected the border. And that‘s why you find dead bodies in the back of cargo container trucks. That‘s why we got the mess. We need to talk to Bill Richardson. We need to talk to Janet Napolitano. We need to come up with a coherent policy with the other border states because I don‘t think the cavalry is really coming to save us."

[WriteOn]

The number to report the spotted illegals will be 1-800-555-1212. At least until someone ponies up for real responders, rather than virtual ones.