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| First fence construction begins |
| 2006-05-28 |
| Scores of volunteers gathered at a remote ranch Saturday to help a civilian border-patrol group start building a short security fence in hopes of reducing illegal immigration from Mexico. The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps plans to install a combination of barbed wire, razor wire, and in some spots, steel rail barriers along the 10-mile stretch of private land in southeastern Arizona. The group's founder, Chris Simcox, said they want a secure fence and they're starting at the site where his first patrols began in November 2002. Rancher John Ladd and his son, Jack, were hopeful the effort would limit the illegal immigrants and drug runners who have cut the small fence along the property or just driven over it to cross into the U.S. "We've been fighting this thing for 10 years with the fence, and nobody will do anything," Jack Ladd said. Most of the day was dedicated to speeches from politicians and Minutemen leaders and celebrating large donations the Minutemen group has been receiving. Minuteman spokeswoman Connie Hair said it would take up to three weeks to build the estimated $100,000 fence. So far, the group has raised $380,000 for more border fences, she said. Timothy Schwartz of Glendale, Ariz., who was among at least 200 volunteers gathered, said he wants to see a fence along the border from California to Texas. "We're not going to stop," Schwartz said. "We're going to stay here with a group and keep building." Quetzal Doty of Sun Lakes, Ariz., a retired U.S. diplomatic consular officer, brought his wife, Sandy, to the event. He said he's convinced the Minutemen and most Americans aren't anti-immigrant. "They're just anti-illegal," said Doty. "The Minutemen walk the extra mile to avoid being anti-immigrant and that's what we like about the organization and what got us interested." The last paragraph must be excised in any MSM republication. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #9 Gracious, boy! Are you always so disparaging and abusive to people you don't know and so cynical about matters of which you have no actual knowledge? Son, every word I said was true and you need to relax. What a nasty piece of work. |
| Posted by: Slolulet Sletch7958 2006-05-28 22:11 |
| #8 Terribly sorry - the Sarcastic Ass Contest is being held on another blog. |
| Posted by: Fordesque 2006-05-28 21:05 |
| #7 *slaps forehead* Damn! Thank you, Tony. I know some of those guys - we go hunting ever so often. Never shot one cuz they aren't lawyers, lol. Hmmmm... I need to think about this - they're all old hard-bitten nasty bastards, kinda like me, lol. Real wildcatters with not a namby-pamby Daddy's Money or Petrofizzicist in the lot, so only facts will talk, not fluffy-bunny shit. This could be great, lol. Thanks! God RB is great! Rantburgahu Akbar! |
| Posted by: Slolulet Sletch7958 2006-05-28 16:00 |
| #6 This is so cool. I really wish these guys well. Surely there's some oil guy in Texas that's got $20 million burning a hole in his pocket... |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-05-28 15:47 |
| #5 I think this is the group I sent some fence money to a few weeks ago. Money well spent. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-28 15:33 |
| #4 Now, if we cover that fence with a few snipers, that will be the end of border crossings there. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-05-28 15:15 |
| #3 If they complete the 10 mile stretch, it will embarrass the border Govs and the congress. It will be both impossible to ignore and impossible to easily explain away. The MSM wil cover it because they'll spin to lay it solely at Bush's feet, though it was definitely a group clusterfuck that led to this moment. This is the seed that will get it done. Thank you, Chris. |
| Posted by: Slolulet Sletch7958 2006-05-28 11:26 |
| #2 Cost overruns, you know, the usual reasons. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-05-28 10:52 |
| #1 At $100k per 10 mile stretch, that would be $20 million for the entire border. So why is our government saying that it would cost billions?? |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-05-28 09:51 |