Comments on: Border Wars: First, Fire Michael Chertoff…

By: La Shawn

La Shawn — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:41:16 +0000

THIS right winger never wrote anything about loving Chertoff or referencing anything about a “sterling performance” re: Katrina, but I agree with you on the “undocumented labor” part. I may blog about this, but I’m withdrawing my support for NSA spying as long as King George allows illegal aliens to run free, drink, drive and kill people, and allows companies to keep hiring them without penalty.

Thanks for that much-needed bucket of cold water.

By: Cobra

Cobra — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:35:37 +0000

Waitiminute…I thought you right wingers LOVED Michael Chertoff when he and “Brownie” had that sterling performance during Hurricane Katrina?

Bottom line…Bush’s corporate pals like cheap, undocumented labor, and Bush isn’t going to tick any of them off. Case closed. Think about that Mexican border the next time the President says “he’s trying to keep you safe by spying on you.”

–Cobra

By: chris

chris — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 01:38:51 +0000

Yo Zakia,
Before you go skipping down “Let’s bag on Bush” lane, This problem did not suddenly appear with the Bush Inauguration. I agree it needs to be stopped and I agree (with most of you) that Bush seems to be ignoring the problem. I’m downright mad about it- but let’s not get unhinged here…..

By: carmen

carmen — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:05:52 +0000

Landmines and troops is what the southern border needs. And a real president willing to back up our laws.

By: Zakia

Zakia — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:26:01 +0000

Bush doesn’t want to stop it. We can only speculate why. I think him and Fox have soemthing going on, an arrangement. Fox blames US Corporations for the poverty that Mexico suffers and feels Mexicans can be allowed to come and go as they please because of it. But yet he does nothing to stem the entrance of American corporations and so called abusement of his people. George Bush claims mexicans take jobs most americans won’t due and the fuel the economy yet , in reality, they send much of their pay back to Mexico.

So my theory is. As long as Fox and his country makes free money off of America, and as long as Corporations and other entities are allowed to get cheap labor. There will be an open border. Fox is just pimping out his people and Bush (was) looking for the hispanic vote and to make corporate lobbyist happy which = $$$.

And the rest of us here have to pay for it all.

By: Texas Jack

Texas Jack — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:04:03 +0000

Easy there, children! Let’s back off the blood ‘n gore just a touch! For the poster who was upset ’cause the Border Patrol didn’t charge in guns blazing – would you like to take on two or three mounted .50 cal machine guns with a pistol? Be sure your will is up to date first.

Mexican Army? Got proof? Humvee = Hummer with a cammo paint job, and military surplus, encluding weapons, aren’t that hard to buy/steal. Shoot, I bet a real Humvee could be had in Mexico, for a price. Druglords do have money.

Send in the army? BTDT some years back. One kid got killed, and the military got pulled. Besides, even a light regiment would cost buckets of thousand dollar bills to deploy and maintain, and could only cover a tiny fraction of the border (a few miles tightly, a few tens of miles mobile).
Look, I don’t like it any more than you do. I live in Houston,where where MS13 is getting stronger by the day, and black-on-black crime has rapidly been overtaken by brown-on-brown, and a quarter of the population can’t speak American.

Leon, you asked if you should get a gun. Yes. Get two. Keep them loaded and ready (and WELL out of reach of children) for defense. Practice. Teach your lady how to use them. And pray to God you never have to.

Added note: La Shawn, thanks. This old Texan comes here often, and appreciates you.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:15:24 +0000

Let’s face it people, Bush could put a stop to this tomorrow if he wanted to, but either he doesn’t want to, or he’s being told what to do by his “daddy” Vicente Fox. It’s the 25th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration…and this clown is the best my party can do? Bush isn’t even fit to carry the Gipper’s jockstrap.

By: Conservative Outpost

Conservative Outpost — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:41:05 +0000

Run for the border

Or perhaps, run “away” from it, if you happen to be the US Border Patrol lately…as many of them are being outgunned by Mexican military personnel working w/drug dealers (or immigrant smugglers) trying to get into the US. A West…

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:23:00 +0000

Hold up, did I just agree with La Shawn on something?! Seriously though, I have hated the way our borders have been handled for as long as I’ve known what borders were.. and that’s been regardless of who was president, who controlled Congress, etc. During my lifetime we have spent way too much time and resources on security issues outside our country while ignoring the obvious, growing problem at home. I’m sure I’ll be called many things for this, but I say build a wall.. it would be cheaper than the increased costs that legal citizens like myself incur each year as a result of the illegal immigrants.

By: California Conservative

California Conservative — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:44:54 +0000

U.S. and Mexico: What Border Security?

Sometimes a picture says more than words…

But Michelle Malkin has plenty to say on the subject, and she provides an excellent round-up of other bloggers covering this important news.
“The borders remain the path of least resistance into …

By: tigger2006

tigger2006 — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:17:58 +0000

Oh, by the way, since Cindy Sheehan said if someone actually invaded the US, she’d be there beating them back with her rolling pin … I wonder where she is? Probably giving head to Hugo Chavez.

By: tigger2006

tigger2006 — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:14:47 +0000

Why does this even need ground troops, really? Don’t we have any attack helicopters in the US? Once local law enforcement pinpoints the location, radio in an Apache. If you want to try to avoid bloodshed, give the people in the vehicles 30 seconds to move away. Whether they move or not, take out the vehicles with Hellfire missiles.

What’s Mexico going to do, declare war on us? Ooooohhh, I’m so scared …

By: chris

chris — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:54:42 +0000

Also, (while up here on the soapbox), I have been sending back requests for donations to the RNC specifically stating why I was withholding my support- namely the weak stance on border security. If we hit them where it hurts, their money machine, maybe- Just maybe- they will pull their heads out of their.. um .. the sand.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:50:02 +0000

Well, one way to find out if they were actually Mexican Army or posers, ARREST THEM! They were engaged in a felony act for crying out loud! I especially like the quote from the local law official saying “no one wanted to pull the trigger.” Okay, so you wear those just for decoration? All that is needed is the intent to actually protect the border- If you asked the military for volunteers to stand that duty, you would get more than you need- In fact the Marines I work with everyday are all trying to either volunteer for duty in Iraq or go again. (Maybe according to the Army report recently published, THEY are are too weak to sustain the effort, but not America’s Marine Corps. And for the record, I don’t think the Army is either. Just some political bull-.)

By: Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:28:47 +0000

THE WAR AT THE BORDER: ESCALATION

Paging the Department of Homeland Security. Hello? Hello?! *New* via the San Diego Union Tribune : Two tons of pot found inside Mexico-U.S. border tunnel Investigators discovered a sophisticated cross-border tunnel yesterday extending about a half-mile…