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~~National Security~~ Border Fence Plan Riles Environmentalists

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2003-12-03 7:34:53 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hands up anyone who has ever seen a bird or an insect blocked by a fence...

And ostriches don't count, BTW.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-12-3 8:20:44 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-12-3 8:20:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey,environmentalists.Do the words"Bite me"hold any meaning for you?
Birds,insects will fly/crawl/tunnel over/threw/under a fence. Of course being a city boy NMM wouldn't know that.Remember folks NMM is one of those people that wants us to give-up our 4x4's.

Posted by raptor 2003-12-3 8:33:39 AM|| 2003-12-3 8:33:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Redactado para la Longitud & La diversiÃ³n"
Them's fightin' werdz... I think.

Posted by .com 2003-12-3 8:39:16 AM|| 2003-12-3 8:39:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The area along the border where the fence exists has a border patrol road on the US side and a no-man's land where the illegals gather on the south side. Neither is a habitat. The issue is immigration, and the lefties are, as usual, trying to use environmental concerns to stop a project they just don't want. Nothing about a second fence would be damaging to teh environment, any more than trash (empty water jugs, dirty diapers, food wrappers, foil, etc.) that the illegals ditch in the brush is....

Posted by Frank G 2003-12-3 9:14:32 AM|| 2003-12-3 9:14:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Frank G:

So, now we have two reasons to put a fence up. To keep the garbage out, and the illegals too.

Posted by Dragon Fly 2003-12-3 9:16:48 AM|| 2003-12-3 9:16:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Now all we need is to put a several thousand mile fence alond the Canadian border. Nothing against Canadian's, but they're government is a bunch of Pro-asshats.

Posted by Charles 2003-12-3 10:15:52 AM|| 2003-12-3 10:15:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I'd sure like to know how this frickin' delicate ecosystem managed to survive millenia of natural disasters. Seems like the whole thing should have just swooned, keeled over, and died on the spot.

Posted by BH 2003-12-3 10:45:41 AM|| 2003-12-3 10:45:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 "Scenic" Tijuana River...

Snicker...

Posted by mojo 2003-12-3 11:10:33 AM|| 2003-12-3 11:10:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 "Scenic" Tijuana River... Snicker...
Mojo - that means it hasn't caught fire... yet!

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-3 11:27:29 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-3 11:27:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 So exactly what is the difference between a Mexican fence and an Israeli fence? Please discuss.

George: If you're going to build a Canadian fence, 54'40 would be a good start(keep the Esquimeaux out). Also Rove thinks Vermont should be on the 'other' side of the fence, hehe!

Posted by john 2003-12-3 1:07:35 PM|| 2003-12-3 1:07:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I do the environmental thing to the best of my ability - ducks unlimited, clean water groups, arbor foundation, plant trees, kill deer, all that good stuff. Still having a hard time analyzing how adding more fence hurts that paticular ecosystem. The erosion factor can be countered w/other measures. Don't see building more fence as the cancer to the ecosystem there.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-12-3 2:09:33 PM|| 2003-12-3 2:09:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 George: If you're going to build a Canadian fence, 54'40 would be a good start
Naaaah, build from Massena, NY, to Ottawa, follow the Ottawa river to New Liskeard, then straight north, along the Ontario/Quebec border. Offer the Maritime Provinces the option of joining, if they so choose. Let the Quebecoise rot in hell, if they so choose, or even worse, join with France as IT slips into hell. I just hope that my Canadian friends that actually live in Quebec manage to find those new jobs they're looking for elsewhere, first.

As for Vermont, having Dean as a legal resident should constitute sufficient punishment for any manner of sins.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-3 3:04:36 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-3 3:04:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Well, I guess my plan to put in bouncing bettys every 10 yards is right out, then...

Posted by mojo 2003-12-3 6:30:43 PM|| 2003-12-3 6:30:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Where I grew up, fenses were very rare between houses. So it wasn't until I moved away from the Northeast (US) that I heard the phrase "good fenses make good neighbors". This statement hasn't ever sat quite right for me, but these days border fences sound about right, and about time.

Same goes for Israel, times about a million.

Just like back home, you don't need to build a fence if your neighbors conduct themselves like ~~actual human beings~~ GOOD neighbors.

Posted by Hyper 2003-12-3 10:35:54 PM|| 2003-12-3 10:35:54 PM|| Front Page Top

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