[cweese]

Wow! 70 whole miles???

[linear]

And of course, not a word about the environmental harm done by illegal crossers...

[3AngelaD]

Cry me a river.

In Penitas, a riverside community west of McAllen, Maria Cantu said human smugglers have parked their car in her driveway more than once as they waited for undocumented migrants to cross the river. Her home is behind the city's water treatment plant and 150 yards from the Rio Grande.

''So really, I'm for it," said Cantu, who recalled one smuggler who drove across her yard and toppled the back fence. ''The illegal immigration back here is bad."

[Publius6961]

A green jay glided down from arching trees overhead, disappearing into a tangle of thornbrush thicket that has grown undisturbed on this land since ...

I stopped reading right there...
"*bleeping* green jay...?"
*barf* is too mild a comment.

Insanity is now the norm in many areas, it seems.

Since everybody owns public land, each nutjob can behave as if he runs his own little private "country". No matter what he smokes regularly, or what periods of lucidity he has between alcoholic oblivion...

[Poundstone]

Cry me a river.

[Graycliff]

Will the fence cut off their river access?

And the crystal clear water comment makes me laugh. they must be talking about a different river.

[RonF]

Already, surveyors have been tracking down property owners, in some cases offering them $3,000 for permission to survey the land.

Wait a minute. If the government wants to build something and needs to survey an easement on your property, I kind of doubt that they need to ask your permission or pay you money to do so.

[Graycliff]

Will the fence cut off their river access?

And the crystal clear water comment makes me laugh. they must be talking about a different river.

[dalereed]

Benavides is deeply worried , so move to Mexico!

[mtbopfuyn]

Last I heard butterflies and green jays can fly higher than the often talked about but yet built fence.

[TLI]

on the banks of the Rio Grande, its clear water gurgling over sandstone slabs

Huh? It might have been clear in the 1700's but today? Whoever wrote this had a few too many "little green butterflies."

[IronJack]

Boo freakin' hoo for the butterflies. And a yawn for the turtles and blue jays and nightcrawlers and other poor little woodland critters.

Get over it.

[gubamyster]

ping

[SwinneySwitch]

Ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.

[Calpernia]

You may want to highlight this on the TownCrier:

>>>Already, surveyors have been tracking down property owners, in some cases offering them $3,000 for permission to survey the land.<<<

[Liberty Valance]

"...on the banks of the Rio Grande, its clear water gurgling over sandstone slabs..."



LOL! if you can get passed the raw sewage from Nuevo Laredo and every other crap hole along the Mexican side of that river.

[ryan71]

Let’s all vote on every social issue. For example:

We all vote on having or not having a fence. If you vote “for” the fence, you pay $5 to support our hospitals, schools, police, etc. If you vote “against”, you pay $1,000. Simple.

If you vote “for” government healthcare, you taxes go up 20%. If you vote “against”, 0%.

If you vote “against” drilling for oil, new refineries, or nuclear power, you pay $6/gallon of gas. If you vote “for”, you pay $1.

Choice, choice, choice. The left love choice. Let’s give them a choice on every issue.