This newspaper is published 15 miles north of the TX-MX border. Before O'LOOFAH and SHAMNITY declare victory over getting the military on the border (since Shrub says it's NOT "militarizing"), a Border Patrol representative is quoted here as going, Heh-we-don't-need-this. A political science professor in that area says, "This is THE issue driving the mid-term elections this time. Why did it pop up out of the blue? Two months ago we weren't talking about this. And those of us on the border just don't see it the same as people in Ohio."
If Shrub thought he was going to line up his wingnuts, HAHA!1-------the Minutemen say here that THEY WILL NOT BE TAKEN FOR FOOLS!!1 The white males on sL-IMUS this morning agreed that Shrub satisfied NO ONE, that EVERYbody is p.o.(ed). It shows how far the Shrubbites will go just to stampede the Diebold machines. Remember how they used to say that Dems "will do ANYTHING TO WIN"?-------hah. This is just this election year's new Gay-marriage issue.
And just to add something without starting a new thread: FALWELL looks like an engorged tick.
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http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=13193&Section=Local.... "We wouldn’t turn it down," said T.J. Bonner, National Border Patrol Council president. "But
it’s of marginal value. It’s being touted as something that could free up all these Border Patrol agents."
There are already a couple of hundred agents helping the Border Patrol by serving in support roles, but
there aren’t 6,000 positions for the guardsmen to fill, he said. ....
Bonner dismissed Bush’s five-part plan, which was outlined Monday primetime in a live address to the American people, as
a "political smokescreen" to appease those who are calling for more border security. ....
"Sending unarmed troops to assist the Border Patrol with logistics consisting of paper-pushing and vehicle maintenance is exactly what Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has done as
a vacant political scheme during an election year," said Minuteman president Chris Simcox in a statement. "President Bush’s political maneuver will do nothing more than place career desk jockeys and support personnel in a very dangerous environment."
"We do not take lightly those why try to take us for fools."
The Minutemen want armed guards. ....
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