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2008-03-13 Home Front Economy

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Posted by lotp 2008-03-13 15:45|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The environmentalists opposed to the fence don't seem to worry about all the trash and impact of all the people trudging through the desert.

Posted by Thealing Borgia6122 2008-03-13 15:59|| 2008-03-13 15:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting idea but there is no real mention of where the water would come and water can be a killing matter out West. In addition, the idea still requires people for enforcement but at least they wouldn't be driving thru a 60'Wx10'D canal.

Posted by tipover 2008-03-13 17:21|| 2008-03-13 17:21|| Front Page Top

#3 You could fill it with acid instead? Or maybe some kind of permanent dye so that anyone swimming it is bright pink and dies three days later?

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2008-03-13 18:04|| 2008-03-13 18:04|| Front Page Top

#4 One word only, "Gators"

Posted by USMC6743 2008-03-13 18:29|| 2008-03-13 18:29|| Front Page Top

#5 What idiot came up with this idea as an idea for dissuading illegal immigrants? This guy doesn't know where the term "wetback" came from?

Real ID verification and SERIOUS penalties against those who hire illegals are the only things that will stop this flood.

Posted by Pancho Elmeck8414 2008-03-13 18:36|| 2008-03-13 18:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Fill it with Katrina surplus hunter/killer dolphins.

Posted by tu3031 2008-03-13 21:12|| 2008-03-13 21:12|| Front Page Top

#7 The proposal seeks to restore a stretch of the West's greatest waterway, the Colorado River.. The plan seeks to create a broad water barrier while also restoring a fragile wetland environment that once thrived in the area.

Basically they'd flood what used to be a marsh. It's a very large area, and currently a migration route for illegals.

The environmentalists opposed to the fence don't seem to worry about all the trash and impact of all the people trudging through the desert.

You left out the corpses. The area in question is also a dumping ground.

What idiot came up with this idea as an idea for dissuading illegal immigrants? This guy doesn't know where the term "wetback" came from?<

I'm sure he does. Likely he's closer to the problem than you are.

Besides, ever try to cross a marsh?

The idea is to force them to either pick another route, or slow them down trying to find a route.
Note the word is 'dissuade', not 'eliminate'. That's the job of the Federal government.

Real ID verification and SERIOUS penalties against those who hire illegals are the only things that will stop this flood.

Agreed. Again, that's the Federal government's responsibility. Arizona has a law in place. But verification-and-penalties is a level of responsibility far above the local gov't.

You could fill it with acid instead? Or maybe some kind of permanent dye so that anyone swimming it is bright pink and dies three days later?

Lemme guess - PhD from Mouthbreather U. ?

Posted by Pappy 2008-03-13 21:17|| 2008-03-13 21:17|| Front Page Top

#8 if it wasn't geographically near-impossible, I'd like to moat it with the New River - full of toxins, poisons, and pollutants, and flowing north into the U.S. from Mexico. Google it - it'll only make you slightly sicker than wading in it

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-03-13 21:24|| 2008-03-13 21:24|| Front Page Top

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