Excuse me for admiring the engineering and construction work that went into the fence we have. I agree with you that we are not doing enough. But I would never dismiss the work of many people who I know were working in good faith in a very political environment to build something like they have. Pardon my enthusiasm. And as far as the MSM and the administration go, they have gone out of their way to say repeatedly that the fence doesn’t work, when parts of it work very. Remember, fence in and of itself doesn’t work, we also need more law enforcement personnel and more technology to make the fence work. We need more fence, and we need more double-layer fence, like what we’ve built in San Diego that Glenn didn’t get a chance to photograph. Again, Virginia neighbor, I apologize for my appreciation of the fence if it offends you that much.
The BP folks are not happy with the current situation. Neither am I. Obama, McCain, and others pay lip service to border security, but the reality is that they have held border security hostage to the passage of CIR. The do no favor enforcement first. If you read the 2007 McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill, they used border security milestones as part of CIR.
What I am afraid of is that the public will be fooled into believing that this marvelous fence has been built along with a virtual one and the border is now secure. So it is ok to go ahead with CIR and amnesty. I don't know how engaged you are in the immigration movement, but I am very skeptical about your "appreciation," of what has been built so far. Obama, Napolitano, and Chairman Cong. Bennie Thompson have been dragging their feet on the construction of the fence. And so were George Bush and Michael Chertoff until almost the end of their adminstration.
The Secure Fence Act passed 89-11 in the Senate with both Obama and Hillary voting for it. The reality was that this was just political cover for the Dems prior to the 2006 mid-terms.