Mexico Border Barrier Work Starts

[Newsjock]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2007/01/24/national/a210326S80.DTL

Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- Construction began Wednesday on vehicle barriers that will be part of a mix of fencing along the Arizona-Mexico border to discourage illegal border crossings.

The construction is part of a Bush administration initative announced last year that aims to provide a mix of high-tech virtual fencing and a traditional physical barrier.

The first phase of construction will consist primarily of concrete-filled vertical tubes set into the ground to prevent vehicles from entering.

... On Jan. 12, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff cleared the way for the work to start by waiving environmental regulations and laws impeding construction along the 2.8 million-acre Barry M. Goldwater bombing range.

[OneBlueSky]

1. one of the bad things about fences is that they can be used to keep people in . . .

as well as to keep people out . . .

didn't they try this in Berlin? . . .

[2Design]

2. so are mexicans building the wall to keep us in n/t

[noahmijo]

4. As a matter of fact they are

I live in Tucson. Nothing gets built out here without them doing all the labor.

[bananas]

3. It needs a good name like the Iron Curtain and the Great Wall of China nt

[Wise Doubter]

5. How about - Freedom Fence- ?

[SayWhatYo]

6. hehe

[Az_lefty]

7. perfect irony...

don't be surprised if the fool in the white house picks up on that.