Comments on: Bureaucrats To The Border

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:54:08 +0000

We have seen these feckless “half-measure” feints before under previous administrations. Then politicians announce that they do not work and need either: (1) to consider “comprehensive amnesty” and/or (2)some idiotic internal surveillance program where ordinary Americans get treated as if this country is one giant airport (e.g. TSA style).

It is possible to build and staff a real border wall (in fact, a certain middle eastern ENTITY did it as did various European countries a couple decades ago).

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:38:54 +0000

Alan Bersin, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, said the troops would “support” the work …

You know — providing water, food, shelter … voter registration …

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:51:55 +0000

John Derbyshire says forget the wall across the US-Mexican border, he wants a wall around Washington DC.

By: Mike Marks

Mike Marks — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:36:53 +0000

Ilana,

There are so many ways one could go with “POLITICAL PARTICLES IN MOTION, SUSPENDED IN GAS”. What a great line! I think Brownian motion is a good description of this. The temerature must be rising with the coming of the midterms.

By: Nobody

Nobody — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:07:35 +0000

US-Mexican is about 2000 miles long. That’s less than one soldier per mile. That ought to work out great!

By: james huggins

james huggins — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:55:12 +0000

National guard? Border patrol? US Marines or the French Foreign Legion. None of it matters if the leadership isn’t committed to getting the job done. This is nothing but posturing. If they do allow the troops to be effective I’ll wager they slack off as soon as the national spot light goes on something else. Perhaps, since so many people are fed up with the intolerable situation on the border, as well as in the cities up north or in the midwest this situation won’t be allowed to go back to the status quo.