bif
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Thu Oct-26-06 01:26 PM
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"Bush: "We're modernizing the southern border of the U.S." |
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Edited on Thu Oct-26-06 01:28 PM by bif
Just heard this on NPR. Talk about Orwellian speak. Sounds more like turning the clock back to the Middle-Ages with fortified towns.
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Thu Oct-26-06 01:29 PM
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1. How does a 700-mile fence protect a 2700-mile border? |
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Thu Oct-26-06 01:50 PM
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8. Land mines would work better. |
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And guard towers every 300 meters, with machine guns set with interlocking fields of fire. And how about hover drones, with lasers. They're cool.
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Thu Oct-26-06 01:32 PM
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2. He is now the 'decorator in chief'? |
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"modernizing the southern border"...what a FOOL! TRY PROTECTING IT YOU IDJIT!
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Thu Oct-26-06 01:34 PM
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3. and who gets the money for the contract - do your own research |
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Thu Oct-26-06 01:36 PM
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4. Would the no-bid contract be going to a company beginning with H? |
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Thu Oct-26-06 01:46 PM
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7. try a country beginning with I |
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Thu Oct-26-06 02:09 PM
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Why not let the Mexicans build it?
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Thu Oct-26-06 01:37 PM
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5. Corporatizing, not modernizing. |
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It's all the neocons know.
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Thu Oct-26-06 01:37 PM
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6. Kinda like "We're bringing stability and democracy to Iraq" |
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Same smell, different load of Bullshit.
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Thu Oct-26-06 02:59 PM
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for Katrina clean up or the fence?
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Thu Oct-26-06 03:03 PM
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11. 'Modernizing' is their code word for hellacious changes |
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They also want to "modernize" Medicare, Social Security benefits, etc.
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