Posted on 09/05/2011 4:50:33 AM PDT by JosephSmithNAW
Perry's word "1200 miles from Brownsville to El Paso two things how long do you think it will take to build that, and then if you build a 30 foot wall from Brownsville to El Paso the 35 foot ladder business is real good, you got to have people on the ground."
This is stupid and this line of argument, when it came from the pundits and the talking heads has been busted before. No one is saying that just build the fence and leave it there. Proponents of the fence have always said that the fence is only ONE of the many important steps that have to taken jointly with others to secure the border
I have no idea why Perry is so hell bent on committing political suicide. He had little credibility on immigration to begin with because of his stance on dream act, sanctuary cities etc. Now he has to stretch this to breaking point? I hope his positions on Amnesty and other immigration issues do not follow in this same mold.
In 2008 McCain went from frontrunner to single digit candidate in the GOP primary because he embraced comprehensive immigration reform, amnesty and the rest of that nonsense. It was only after he got an earful from GOP primary voters and made a back flip on this, that he was able to revive himself in New Hampshire.
You would think candidates would learn from the history of past elections
Blah blah blah. Never gonna happen. We need a non political security wall just like the Israeli's have on the west bank. Walls aren't Democrat or Republican, they just work 7x24 an extreme force multiplier. Every other "solution" is BS.
Cal, Az, Nm and Tx better start securing the border, screw FedGov. These so called ranchers who have to feed prickly pear cactus to their cows better get a clue. The will be compensated for the needed land to build a wall.
Maybe it would be easier for me just to move to Israel, screw it.
You’re right.
I would make a lousy ‘illegal’ alien.
Or an ‘illegal’ anything, since I follow the law.
So, how many ropes would there be hanging from that fence?
I’m sure the border patrol would never notice.
BTW. How ‘smart’ to you have to be to be a criminal?
I guess I’m pretty dumb since I don’t break any laws.
And how long have they been building this wall?
So you're the idiot driving 65 in the fast lane of the freeway, eh?
If you're going to obey the speed laws, use the right lane.
I didn’t realize VA was a border state...you haven’t a clue what the Rio Grand Valley is like. Go visit and stay there for a while....you might possibly get it if you do.
So you don't throw used AA batteries in the trash? You recycle florescent light bulbs? You walk 3 blocks to the crosswalk when there isn't a car in sight? You claim every Nickle you find on the parking lot ground as income on your tax forms? You carry an unloaded gun in your car when driving in dangerous neighborhoods?
There are literally hundreds of thousands of unenforced laws on the books, and you obey every one of them?
If a law is not enforced, I don't bother obeying it. I jut assume it is not the law. That is how illegal aliens view the immigration laws. They are not enforced. That's why we have millions of them living here care free.
Where did I say anything about a wall in my post ?
Notice how the Israeli fence is see through so you can see them coming. Plus piles and piles of coiled razor wire to slow down trespassers until the Israeli military can respond to the intrusion
“So you don’t throw used AA batteries in the trash?”
Nope. Take them to a recyling center when I have enough.
“You recycle florescent light bulbs? “
Same as above. But currently don’t have any fixtures.
“You walk 3 blocks to the crosswalk when there isn’t a car in sight?”
I live in the country. I driver everywhere and there are no ‘crosswalks’ where I live.
“You claim every Nickle you find on the parking lot ground as income on your tax forms?”
Find money? hahaha.. I’m lucky enough to ‘earn’ money to pay for what I owe.
“You carry an unloaded gun in your car when driving in dangerous neighborhoods? “
Don’t own a gun.
“There are literally hundreds of thousands of unenforced laws on the books, and you obey every one of them?”
“That is how illegal aliens view the immigration laws. They are not enforced.”
So you are trying to denigrate me and stick up for the illegals?
Glad to know where you stand.
An Israeli style fence fence fence will work great along most of the Texas-Mexico border. Yes we realize you Texas dudes are real special with a river constituting 95% of that border. But a fence (not a wall) is feasible along most of that Tex-Mex border and will stop just about all Mexican trespassers. Of course all fences have to be backed up by armed response by the Border Patrol and National Guard
Same as Obama's worthless arse is protected not just by a high wrought iron fence around the White House but by the Secret Service
Great visual aids
Most conservatives just aren’t that interested in the issue of immigration. I don’t see this hurting Perry. It certainly hasn’t in Texas.
However, I will say... it gets a little bit tiring to hear what should be done along that border by people who have never been to the border, have no clue what it's like (terrain wise), many of the people who own the land don't want it, and the people studying the problem for years are smarter and know more than a bunch of FReepers!...Rick Perry being just one of them!
If you're dumb, you don't know if you are, or, are not breaking laws.
So, you are not breaking any laws that you know of.
I occasionally speed.
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