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Donation will allow Minutemen to erect high-tech border fence
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| Associated Press
Posted on 08/22/2006 9:33:03 PM PDT by mdittmar
TUCSON, Ariz. A Washington-based company is donating up to seven (m) million dollars worth of fiber-optic security fencing material for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps for new barriers near the border.
The mesh has embedded sensors that can differentiate between human and animal contact and conditions such as high winds or heavy rain. Tied into cameras and alarms, the system can alert monitors to the precise location of any intrusion.
A spokeswoman for the Minuteman corps says the material could be used on range fencing similar to what the group put up earlier this year on a southern Arizona ranch.
Arizona's 377-mile border has been the focal point for smugglers bringing illegal immigrants into this country for years.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; foolsandmoneypart; immigrantlist; simcox
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We the people, doing the job our elected officials won't do.
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:33:03 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: gubamyster; A. Pole; HiJinx
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:37:47 PM PDT
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: onyx; Rex Anderson; nopardons; Ms. AntiFeminazi; Howlin
well, somebody is going to get their mortgage paid off for this... can you believe it? have they not read the newspapers?
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:38:58 PM PDT
by
PDR
(Isn't it nice when corporate and political interest collide....)
To: Howlin; Texasforever
A Washington-based company is donating up to seven (m) million dollars worth of fiber-optic security fencing material for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps for new barriers near the border. What company is this?
7 million ??
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:39:46 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Bolton- "No one has explained how you negotiate a ceasefire with terrorists")
To: mdittmar
what company? i'd patronize them. i dont need much fiber-optic cable nowadays, but what the hay.
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:40:09 PM PDT
by
thefactor
To: Howlin
Oh look. A high tech cattle fence.
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:40:31 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: mdittmar
Washington-based company is donating up to seven (m) million dollars worth of fiber-optic security fencing material150 yds of fensing?
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:41:56 PM PDT
by
delacoert
To: COEXERJ145
LOL.........one can only imagine what they'll do with this!
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:42:12 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: PDR
Well, you can't pay your mortgage in barbed wire.
To: PDR; EternalVigilance
I just pinged and linked y'all to this on the other thread.
I pinged EV too, but he likely arranged this donation.
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:43:16 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- "if" only 10% are radical, that's 100 Million who want to kill us.)
To: mdittmar
We can put a man on the moon in the 60's but they cannot build a barrier on dry land that people cannot get through in 2006.
Let the anarchy continue!
To: COEXERJ145
they will just go around it.
To: volunbeer
So what was your previous incarnation on Free Republic?
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:46:08 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: Howlin
I'm betting the cable will be sold and the money will never be seen again..
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:47:49 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: PDR
YIKES!
I'd love to know if that company will write this donation off. If they try to do that, they are in for a very unpleasant surprise!
This still is NOT the promised "ISRAELI STYLE FENCE" and who knows when or even IF another fence, of ANY KIND, will be built.
To: COEXERJ145
I just joined tonight.
I was google searching today and came across the board. I normally talk about college football online but I enjoy debate when I cannot sleep.
To: onyx
OK, so they're gonna have a high speed internet connection attached to this cattle fence for their webcams.
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:50:38 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
To: volunbeer
Go back to chatting. This is NOT the place for dilettantes and the ill informed.
To: COEXERJ145
He's the TWA 800 pilot.
It's been a month and a half, where are the frog marches?
To: BigSkyFreeper
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:52:09 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- "if" only 10% are radical, that's 100 Million who want to kill us.)
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