“But most significant is that the border wall-levee system will stay along the river’s edge. Earlier plans had the fence winding through towns like Granjeno as far as two miles inland from the Rio Grande, cutting off huge swaths of property into a no-man’s land between the fence and the river. The fence also would have cut off water access to farmers and ranchers in the area.”
WTF? Apparently, the feds don’t even know where the border is located. This is BS, pure and simple. Likely a result of the KBH amendment to the spening bill a few weeks back.
Time to remind these a$$holes where the real power lies in this country. We demanded a fence, we expected a fence, we are getting screwed, again. Tall fences, wide gates... Doesn’t seem such a difficult idea, to me.
Lock and Load.
Calm down, everyone!
Nobody is building anything!
This is more election year empty promises!
Go back to work! Nothing to see here!
Republican cheap labor and Democrat voters shall not be infringed!
No fence??? Then how about a one mile wide MINE FIELD!!!! along the entire border.
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Actually, this doesn't seem too bad. An 18 foot sheer face is a nice fence. I don't think too many people would bitch if we built an 18 foot high concrete wall. Of course, that assumes the water level in the river doesn't rise, so of course that 18 foot sheer rise would have to be above the HIGH WATER MARK!. In which case, most of the time the rise would be much greater than 18 feet. And...if that was the approach, they should just do this down the entire length of the Rio Grande -- a levee on the American side with a sheer face, 18 feet above the high water mark (flood stage.)
That would make one heck of a fence indeed.
That was the idea moron!
But have no fear, we've had a primary decision, any further effort toward security would be wasted, you (and they) are home free.
How surprising
This is nothing more than building a lake for some private land owner. Stealing government money is easy, just watch
The present levees are 15 feet high. Chertoff has decided to add 36” to their height in an absolutely ridiculous attempt to pretend that this worthless President and his GOP lackeys in Congress have done something about border security. It’s a sure bet that those extra 3 feet won’t even be noticed by the drug smugglers and coyotes, but it will manage to cost the US taxpayers many millions of dollars.
Is it any wonder that conservatives will stay home from the polls in November, after the many times we have been lied to by this bunch of scam artists?
To hell with those so called sister cities. Are these people loyal Americans or are they bound up in some loyalties to the Mexican people and Mexico? These idiots should kiss the ground every day and thank God they live in America instead of Mexico and cut out their bs games
Funny that FedGov and the state of Texas have no problem with building a highway to through Texas that will be a hundred plus yards wide, but for some reason, when the people demand a little border control they come up with all kinds of ways to make sure it doesn't happen.
What the hell is the deal with this two-mile inland crap for the fence? The only reason they are doing that is to guarantee opposition and make sure it won't happen.