Posted on 08/29/2009 9:25:55 AM PDT by deport
Updated: Perry calls border wall ‘nonsense’
By Jason Embry | Friday, August 28, 2009, 05:28 PM
In a speech today to at the Montgomery County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business Forum, Gov. Rick Perry said he prefers a “technological barrier” along the Texas-Mexico border instead of a physical border wall. Here’s a 43 second clip
....Update: Perry spokesman Mark Miner said Perry is “for a fence in strategic areas, but he believes you need to use technology and other innovative resources to protect the border. He doesn’t believe you need to build a fence from one end of Texas to the other.”..... end snip
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I rather agree with the guy - the fence is expensive, and not too difficult to circumvent. Just recently, they caught Mexicans cutting the steel up and selling it for scrap. Higher tech and more boots on the ground would be the way to go, I rather think.
talking about “technological” border security is a political tap dance to try to appease people who want a wall without offending hispanics. what a crock.
The technology fence requires even more boots on the ground. That part they won’t provide and the fence will be just like most immigration enforcement..a farce.
An independent TX would have the fence and it would be effective as part of a national defense.
“Higher tech and more boots on the ground would be the way to go, I rather think.”
Drones. Missles. Make ‘em think real hard about coming illegally.
If we're going to use a "physical" fence, I prefer one with the fence posts mounted on very large, structurally sound insulators. An electrical carrier would be woven through the fence wire and would carry a high voltage.
A system such as I've described carries at least one negative. There would be some endangerment to wildlife, but I don't think that would be particularly objectionable to most sane citizens.
>> Gov. Rick Perry said he prefers a “technological barrier” along the Texas-Mexico border
What Perry has in mind is no doubt some sort of RFID toll tag system for illegals.
Maybe time to play a little “follow the money”. Building a fence may require taking of property via eminent domain if the parties can’t come to an agreement to fair market. May be interesting to know how much property is left to be purchased and just how those negotiations are going. And if those land owners contributed to Perry’s campaign.
What Perry has in mind is no doubt some sort of RFID toll tag system for illegals.
LOL....... Hey amigos, stop by the water tank and get your pellet implant before moving on.
I have long supported a fence providing it’s electric!
Perry seems to be a great panderer!
A fence by itself is just a speed bump for the illegals. I think (hope) that was what Perry meant.
Whether there is a physical fence or technological fence, there must be boots on the ground and eyes in the sky overwatching and enforcing it.
Perry is not perfect but a far closer to what we need in Texas than Kay Bailey.
Perry is not perfect but a far closer to what we need in Texas than Kay Bailey.
Well we’ve had him at the helm for almost 12 years now and a couple more as LtGov. Time for him to find another teat to suck at.
I’ve always thought that anti-personnel mines were always an effective tool?
Best tagline I’ve seen.
12 years now
S/b 10 years....
sheesh
Code phrase for “We will talk a good talk, but that’s about it”
Perry does know the crowd he’s speaking to. That said parts of the border once you get away from the Gulf becomes a challenge to build a physical barrier such as a fence due to the canyons, etc.
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