Nightline's lead story was on the fence. Nobody in Bushco ever heard of grappling hooks?

[Bozita]

Or ladders? Or tunnels? Or any assortment of cutting/climbing/digging tools from Sears?

And the fence doesn't actually follow the border. It cuts some US citizens off from their US land which will soon be south of the fence.

"Why?" you ask.

Listen up!

Because it would cost too much.

Following the border with the fence would cost too fucking much?

Apparently so.

I gather this much. This fence costs too much if it follows the border. But if it doesn't, it's a bargain.

You've got to excuse me now. I'm next to a wall that needs a good headbanging.

Here's the Nightline transcript:

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=4618578&page=1


Safety and Practicality, or Government Intrusion?
Fence Along the U.S.-Mexico Border Divides South Texas Residents

By JOHN DONVAN and KATIE HINMAN
April 10, 2008 —

A fence along the Mexican border. It may seem like a good idea in Washington and other points north in America, but consider that any fence along the border is also a fence across Texas.

And that has some Texans furious at the construction project that is already grinding its way through the state.

In 2005, Congress authorized the Department of Homeland Security to build a fence -- some call it a wall -- across large swaths of the border. CLICK HERE to learn more.

The fence, 15 to 18 feet high, is already up for miles along the west, but it hasn't yet made its way to east Texas, toward the southernmost tip of the state.

People there are still protesting the intrusion of the government onto their land.

"I was approached by the Border Patrol back in August that my land was in the path of the proposed wall," said Eloisa Tamez, a professor of nursing at the nearby University of Texas-Brownsville. "I was taken aback because I had no idea that they were going to build a wall north of the levee."

That's because north of the levee is not only on her property, but in her backyard. If built, the fence would separate her from the rest of her land, which sits along the banks of the Rio Grande.

more...

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1. DUHbya's gang never did an honest days work.

Tools? The fucking idiot did a photo op where he was holding a sledge hammer.... wait for it...

to install a light fixture.

They're so dumb their hair hurts!

[Bozita]

2. Early in his reign, he posed with a shovel in hand. The mfr's sticker was still on the blade.

Yup, Georgie boy is a real ...

[TeeYiYi]

3. Am I missing something?...

... or did that fence look like the family dog could breach it by digging under?

Crazy unfair. Our government doesn't ask; they tell. That's one reason (of many) why I disagree with eminent domain.

TYY