Posted on 11/14/2004 12:26:55 PM PST by primeval patriot
Yes, a nut.
As in Patrick Henery's "I know not what course other's may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death"!
OK, I'll bite: what nutty thing are you suggesting you'd do while quoting Patrick Henry?
Pro America is now considered radicalism
God save us from this leftist swill.
No reason except I wanted to see it in print another time....
"The legislation enhances security around our borders, and reduces opportunities for terrorists to enter and stay in the United States...every provision in this bill that is within the Judiciary Committee's jurisdiction, is tied directly to a specific recommendation made by the 9/11 Commission."
Same,
I'd go on and on, but for the sake of brevity.......
Satellites & drones do this already. If were a matter of just having patrols, then why did Israel build a 32 ft high concrete barrier?
Relax !! Our enemies are safe for now! I'm in chains !!
The logistics of securing the border are not the issue.
LOL! You're at over 30,000 personnel in forward deployment, with 1 mile gaps between men. You think that will be sufficient?
You've also left out support crews, bases, detention facilities, roads, infrastructure, etc. Realistically you're looking at a few hundred thousand men to seal just the Mexican border. You are talking about tens of billions of dollars annually. Not going to happen, and it doesn't need to. Consider an asymmetric approach.
1. Many of our borders are self-sealed. The desert handles most of the southern border, the ice the northern. We just neeed to fill in the blanks
2. The idea is when they get here, THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO AND NOWHERE TO WORK. Throw some businessmen in jail, fine others, into bankruptcy if necessary.
3. Regular sweeps, like we used to do in the 70s. Those who are using someone else's identity go to jail for 3-5, the rest go home.
A local businessman who has, as far as he can determine , legals told me the other night that one of his employees told him he had better learn Spanish.
His reply was if the rest of the crew doesn't learn English by next Spring, they are gone.
What about this law that automatically lets a person become a citizen when they marry a US citizen.....I see wo many guys down here in florida who marry much younger non-US girls.....
There was an article in today's Houston Chronicle that mentioned congressman-elect Ted Poe. He wants to see something done about the illegals and is against Bush's amnesty/guest worker plan. Thank God another voice of reason and sanity has been added to Congress.
bump
During WWII, the German Panzer armies surprised the French & English armies by going through the Arden. The Arden was thought at the time, by contemporary military planners (except the Germans) to be impenetrable.
LOL!
If that were true, then why did Texas vote for Bush.
Feel free to point out our vulnerable flank on the Mexican border.
Canada and the coasts do not count.
LOL! Tell him I want to buy him a beer...
Are you serious?
I am very worried about the mexican tanks that will roll over the border. (*rolls eyes*)
Actually, point 2 and 3 are the important ones. We don't have to make it impossible, just difficult. I have a car security system. It doesn't keep my car from being stolen, 100%. It just increases the "risk" part of the "risk/reward" calclation.
Unfortunately, about half of the illegals are coming through the Arizona desert. The only thing the desert accomplishes is to slow them down and make logistics for the smugglers a little tougher.
The Border Patrol caught over 235,000 in the last 12 months just here in Cochise County, Arizona. The agents estimate they only caught 20% of those crossing.
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