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August 19, 2010
Re: Border Fence Bookended By Two Wide Open Foot Bridges Into US
Topics: Political News and commentariesWe spend $2.4 billion building fencing, then ended it at two obvious and wide open foot paths, or bridges, to simply walk into the US at leisure:
ACALA, Texas (AP) -- On each side of a towering West Texas stretch of the $2.4 billion border fence designed to block people from illegally entering the country, there are two metal footbridges, clear paths into the United States from Mexico.Dan Riehl reminds us that these are the same people that will be running your health care.The footpaths that could easily guide illegal immigrants and smugglers across the Rio Grande without getting wet seem to be there because of what amounts to federal linguistics. While just about anyone would call them bridges, the U.S.-Mexico group that owns them calls them something else.
"Technically speaking it's not a bridge, it's a grade control structure," said Sally Spener, spokeswoman for the International Boundary and Water Commission, which maintains the integrity of the 1,200-mile river border between the U.S. and Mexico. The structures under the spans help prevent the river - and therefore the international border - from shifting.
Whatever they're called, there are fresh sneaker tracks on the structures - indicating they're being used as passages into the country.
It is as stupid, and laughable as it is infuriating. Rule number one in government, we must demonstrate our incompetence. It's the DC way!Lets also add that these are the very same incompetent nincompoops who are rapidly expanding an already bloated big government with the intention of controlling "every aspect of our lives."
Scary thoughts.
Posted by Richard at August 19, 2010 9:00 AM
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