TLF: Wither The Border Fence
It’s bad enough that the Feds are dragging their heals in an apparent move to mimic the NY Giants offense on building the border fence. Now……
Congress last night passed a giant new spending bill that undermines current plans for a U.S.-Mexico border fence, allowing the Homeland Security Department to build a single-tier barrier rather than the two-tier version that has worked in California.
But the measures did not pass before House Republicans blasted the changes to the border fence.
“The fact that this was buried in a bloated, 3,500-page omnibus speaks volumes about the Democrats’ unserious approach on border security and illegal immigration,” said House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican. “Gutting the Secure Fence Act will make our borders less secure, but it’s consistent with the pattern of behavior we’ve seen all year from this majority.”
The 2006 Secure Fence Act specifically called for “two layers of reinforced fencing” and listed five specific sections of border where it should be installed. The new spending bill removes the two-tier requirement and the list of locations.
Yet quite a few Republicans voted for the bill, which also cut $77 million from the Homeland Security’s domestic nuclear detection office.
“Pulling back from the double-fence mandate is a prescription for failure that will only allow more smugglers, criminals and illegal aliens to enter the United States through our land border with Mexico,” said Duncan Hunter (R-Ca), who also is running for his party’s presidential nomination.
Pulling back in the face of an enemy is what Democrats are great at.
I would also mention that Congresses poll numbers are at an all time low, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll, but the article is a travesty of normal Bush derangement and Republican hatred.
And it is a good thing the Feds are incompetent when it comes to the Southern border, otherwise, how else would our Border Patrol agents get in their tear gas target practice?
Michelle Malkin has a breakdown of how Dems still lost on the spending bill.
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December 18th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Karma bitch slaps a bitch…
It’s crude and callous enough to dress as a Virginia Tech murder victim for Halloween, but then to be entirely unrepentant in the interviews that followed, well sometimes one gets what one deserves….
December 18th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Have a “DarK” Christmas?…
CHRISTMAS fairy lights should be switched off to save the planet, Scrooge ministers said yesterday.
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December 18th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Good News Open Trackback Tuesday…
When I first started taking on the large task of moving 8 blogs into 1, it was quite an overwhelming thought. I had all of my blogs moved from Blogger over to Wordpress, because they can import them into one site. They are numbered in the order to …….
December 18th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Good Stuff Tuesday…
From time to time (OK, about once a week…) I like to share posts from some of my favorite bloggers. So, here goes…Not so fast my friend – Earlier today Bill Clinton made this statement:”Well, t……
December 18th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Hajj Intimidating for Secular Reporter…
And she was expecting…?Performing the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage more ancient than Islam itself, is complicated and confusing even for those well-versed in Islam—so it’s particularly intimidating for someone who’s hardly religious. As a s…
December 19th, 2007 at 4:43 am
Penn ST student who wore VT victim costume discovers that choice=consequence…
Well, I can’t pretend to be surprised, after the fiasco over Bill Maher’s Steve Irwin costume last year.
Penn State Students Dress as Virginia Tech Victims
It started with a picture on Facebook and has now created a firestorm…
December 19th, 2007 at 6:45 am
Flight 93 Blogburst: Tbogg Lying to readers…
Not only did TBogg hand delete Jaques comment, but he was apparently torn about it, changing his mind a number of times over a period of weeks.
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December 19th, 2007 at 7:30 am
Did Students Also Suck up Government Benefits?…
A Spanish teacher in Ohio has her students conduct a role playing exercise where she has them assume an identity of a Latino and try to apply to enter the US legally. She then stamps all their papers DENIED and tells them to figure out how to get in I…
December 19th, 2007 at 9:01 am
WTW: Love Children!…
Morning, y’all, Jebediah Murphy here on another gorgeous White Trash Wednesday. I reckon I’ll admit I am a bit pressed for time, ye olde server needed a swift kick in the reboot, apparently. But, I have noticed a curious coincidence. Start…
December 19th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Presidential Campaign Christmas Vacation…
Podcast Show Notes
We open up with a conversation about the Presidential Campaign including Mike Huckabee’s Merry Christmas ad, the “cross” (or two beams from a bookshelf) as well as Ron Paul’s interview with Glenn Beck and his …