Surprise, surprise - Guess who’s coming to a border near you!

[LunaC]

Have you wondered “Why the immigration issue NOW?” Well, here’s a clue…….


Bush turns to big military contractors to gain control of U.S. borders

The quick fix may involve sending in the National Guard. But to really patch up the broken border, President George W. Bush is preparing to turn to a familiar administration partner: giant military contractors.

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, three of the largest, are among the companies that said they would submit bids within two weeks for a multibillion-dollar contract to build what the administration calls a "virtual fence" along the U.S. borders.

Using some of the same high-priced, high-tech tools these companies have already put to work in Iraq and Afghanistan - like unmanned aerial vehicles, ground surveillance satellites and motion-detection video equipment - the defense contractors are zeroing the long borders that separate Mexico and Canada from the United States.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/18/news/bush.php


I’m just soooooo sick of this Fascist crap!

[EFerrari]

1. Every day I think, when that fence goes up, I hope I'm on the right side.

This is a shot of Angel Island, where the detention center for Chinese immigrants still stands today, complete with writing on the walls that chronicles who was there, when and for how long -- the women tried to leave tracks in case their families went through the same facility. Ca. 1882.

[documaker]

2. Ahhhh -- I knew it. Thanks for answering my questions.

Posted them elsewhere. Knew there was an underbelly to all this.

Basically the mass demonstrations, all the divisive talk was just free TV advertising via duped news editors given a wink and a nod. Cheaper than buying ads for military contractors. Just a business plan, the bastards.

[EFerrari]

3. Welcome to DU, docmaker. Those mass demonstrations

were mass demonstrations.

What the Republican media did with them was another thing.

[SammyBlue]

4. It's bad enough Raytheon is here in Tucson making missiles

Now we're going to have Lockheed-Martin and Halliburton here too.

Thank G-d I'm moving soon!!!

[Chulanowa]

5. A "Virtual wall"?

Who are we trying to stop? Virtual Mexicans?