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| Mexico Imports Millions of Tons of Trash to Southern Arizona Annually |
| 2011-01-07 |
| PHOENIX -- A new website to draw attention to tons of trash discarded along the Arizona-Mexico border has been launched by state officials hoping to stem the flow of refuse left behind by illegal immigrants making their way into the United States. The website, azbordertrash.gov, is also seeking volunteers to participate in cleanup efforts along Arizona's 370-mile border with Mexico. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #8 All in good fun, tw. Extra credit to Anonymoose for using numbers and actual math. Next round is on me. Q-Ship! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-01-07 23:59 |
| #7 SteveS, I do love being out-argued. I'll pay for that round of drinks. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-07 22:51 |
| #6 only one - it's an overweight version of the F-150 *drink up!* |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-07 21:47 |
| #5 whatever they've brought with them and dropped on this side of the border becomes an import from Mexico "Not so fast", he replied. Now you have changed the preposition. And the subject as well. I'm OK with illegals importing trash *from* Mexico (actually I'm not!), but that is still a long way from Mexico imports stuff *to* somewhere. Even though it is just across the border. And while we're going on, shouldn't an F-350 count for a round of drinks? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-01-07 21:42 |
| #4 Tons, I'd believe. Millions of tons stretches credulity. The USS Ronald Reagan weighs 20628 tons. According to the article, 2,000 tons a year. But even that is a stretch. A Ford f350 pickup weighs about 6 tons. That is 333 pickups worth of trash. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-01-07 16:11 |
| #3 "Shouldn't the headline read Mexico exports...?", he asked pedantically. Once the legals have made their way across the border, whatever they've brought with them and dropped on this side of the border becomes an import from Mexico, SteveS. Had they stayed on the Mexican side and tossed it across, that would be an export. See how easy it is? ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-07 14:34 |
| #2 And the lefty tree hugging moonbats complain about my son and his dirt bike.... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2011-01-07 13:24 |
| #1 "Shouldn't the headline read Mexico exports...?", he asked pedantically. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-01-07 13:08 |