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To: Spiff

.9 miles, eh? That'll stop 'em, fer shure.

This is silly. What we need is for the federal government to put up a real fence...one long enough to do some good.


8 posted on 08/09/2006 12:06:46 PM PDT by MineralMan (non-evangelical atheist)
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To: MineralMan
.9 miles, eh? That'll stop 'em, fer shure.

This is silly. What we need is for the federal government to put up a real fence...one long enough to do some good.

Absolutely! And the MCDC's fence is a demonstration designed to a.)highlight the issue of border insecurity, b.)garner news coverage to embarass the government into action, and c.)pressure the government to erect and improve border barriers along the entire border. The MCDC does not intend to erect enough border barrier to secure the entire border nor even large parts of it. It is a political project with the goal to get the Federal Government to do their job and secure the border. This is much like the original Minuteman Project who secured a tiny portion of the border with volunteers. That effective demonstration has lead to much of the border security measures we're seeing voted on or put in place today. If it wasn't for the MMP, there would not have been HR 4437 and President Bush would have sent 6,000 (this number is alleged, but its the number he's using) National Guard Troops to the border. That's the point of this and it is going to do some good.

9 posted on 08/09/2006 12:11:23 PM PDT by Spiff ("They start yelling, 'Murderer!' 'Traitor!' They call me by name." - Gael Murphy, Code Pink leader)
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