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1. #271045
   On March 22nd, 2008 at 5:44 pm, geminicontender said:

   This ought to please Nancy. As long as it is not our borders. Mexico is also safe on their southern border thanks to US. And people still hate us? Hmmmmm

2. #271046
   On March 22nd, 2008 at 5:45 pm, rooster said:

   Would you like a little salt in that wound?

3. #271047
   On March 22nd, 2008 at 5:49 pm, Romeo13 said:

   Come on… we had to help them buiild that fence…

   After all, we wouldn’t want all those M-16s we gave to Hamas to get across that border…

   /sarc off

4. #271049
   On March 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm, Jeddite said:

   You vixen!

5. #271050
   On March 22nd, 2008 at 5:59 pm, right_on said:

   “NIMBY!” Thus sayeth the Democrat Clown-works…

6. #271052
   On March 22nd, 2008 at 6:17 pm, DBNinKY said:

   “The US… forking over $23 million… and … the Army Corps of Engineers to assist with construction.”

   Look on the bright side: I’m sure if we had problems with illegal immigration, tunneling and the like, Egypt and the world community would pitch-in and help us build a wall…wouldn’t they?

7. #271055
   On March 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 pm, Marshall Russ said:

   The rest of the world loves to spend our money. And we are so hated for it. This must be what Obama’s crazy uncle Wright when he said,“America’s money….is flying out…..of the roost!!!!!

8. #271057
   On March 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm, beenthere said:

   This makes no sense whatever, even by the standards of George Bush. Let’s see: the Arab world is awash in petro-bucks. Hundreds of billions? Likely, trillions of dollars. And we are supposed to build their stupid fence? Now, it they were to pay us $23 billion that would be acceptable. But of course not. If it makes sense, the government is adament it not be done. If it is stupid and self-destructive beyond belief, then Yeah! Go for it!

   Wait a minute, isn’t there a sensitive ecology somewhere that this fence would damage or destroy? Won’t it be viewed as provocative by some terrorists group, somewhere forcing them to kill Americans? Isn’t it racist in some way?

   I suppose George is thinking, as Republicans typically do, that if we build this fence the Egyptians will just love us like you wouldn’t believe and there will be peace and hugs everywhere and he will get a Nobel out of it …

9. #271060
   On March 22nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm, ajmontana said:

   Someone take their finger off the bassackwards button. GOOD GRIEF!!!!

10. #271062
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:00 pm, hadsil said:

    List of countries not allowed to build a border fence:

    United States, Israel

    List of countries permitted to build a border fence:

    Everyone else

11. #271063
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm, rooster said:

    Can’t wait to hear what the candidates have to say about this………just what I thought, nothing, because they won’t be asked.

12. #271064
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm, katieanne said:

    No surprise. The US isn’t allowed to secure its borders and that is apparently just fine with our President and Congress. Everyone’s safety matters except US citizens.

13. #271065
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm, Blind_Mule said:

    Wait a minute, isn’t there a sensitive ecology somewhere that this fence would damage or destroy?

    Sand Fleas

14. #271066
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:12 pm, txvet2 said:

    On March 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 pm, Marshall Russ said:

    The rest of the world loves to spend our money. And we are so hated for it.

    A pearl of wisdom. This works domestically, too. The people who receive the most largesse from the government resent and hate us the most for it. A combination of frustration that it isn’t more, combined with the humiliation of having to take it, mixed with the unwillingness to cut the umbilical, and bound together with the contempt for those who would pay them for doing nothing.

15. #271067
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:21 pm, zorro said:

    Michelle, surely you jest, this is a joke, right?

    /sarc off

16. #271068
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:26 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

    The American Army Corps of Engineers plans to send teams to Egypt to help push forward the border fence plans.

    I’ve got this figured out. This is a training exercise for the Corps of Engineers to allow them to work out the bugs of building a fence. That way when they get funded to build the one on our southern border they will be efficient and speedy.
    I also hear they are going to build a levee near the Nile River to practice building those also.

    Now I’ll turn my sacrasm off.
    Happy Easter!

17. #271072
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:48 pm, rooster said:

    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:12 pm, txvet2 said:
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 pm, Marshall Russ said:

    The rest of the world loves to spend our money. And we are so hated for it.
    A pearl of wisdom. This works domestically, too. The people who receive the most largesse from the government resent and hate us the most for it. A combination of frustration that it isn’t more, combined with the humiliation of having to take it, mixed with the unwillingness to cut the umbilical, and bound together with the contempt for those who would pay them for doing nothing.

    Ouch! Truth hurts.

18. #271076
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm, palani said:

    Egypt! Probably to keep the non-muslims out.

    AP just reported that the Pope baptized an Egyptian born muslim, Magdi Allam, now living in Italy and speaking out against the madness. Oh boy, wait ’till OBL hears about this.

19. #271077
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 pm, Defector01 said:

    Michelle,
    Ignorance is bliss at this point. i’d swear you’re just torturing your loyal readers with articles like this

20. #271090
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 8:41 pm, graysonret said:

    Where’s the environmentalists in all this? Does PETA know? Has an environmental study been done to assess the impact on…camels, for example? The fence could be crossing a migratory route. The people on the other side may feel discriminated against. Is that where Rev. Wright is, this weekend? You just can’t come up with 23 million and expect to have a fence built right away. You need committees and subcommittees. Has the Unions been asked for contractors? Can’t exclude those. This could take years to start.

21. #271093
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 8:52 pm, juliesa said:

    List of countries not allowed to build a border fence:

    United States, Israel

    Egypt! Probably to keep the non-muslims out.

    Nope. Read the article please:

    Cairo, Egypt (AHN) – The United States has announced that it is planning to help Egypt build a border fence along the Gaza-Egypt border. Washington transferred $23 million worth of special aid to the North African nation as part of its assistance in locating smuggling tunnels.

    Over the past few months, smuggling between Gaza and Egypt has garnered more attention in light of the Israeli economic blockade on the small Mediterranean strip of land. Israel is calling on Egypt to improve its crackdown on Palestinian smuggling, which the Jewish state says allows weapons to enter Gaza that are then used against southern Israel.

    The planned fence between Egypt and Gaza will employ technology directed at preventing the fence from being damaged. This is in response to Palestinian militants who blew a hole in the current wall between the two nations that allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flock into Egypt late January and early February.

    The American Army Corps of Engineers plans to send teams to Egypt to help push forward the border fence plans.

    No timetable has been given yet as to when the wall will be constructed

    While building the wall, the Americans also hope to help Egyptian security forces locate and destroy smuggling tunnels into Gaza

    Israel has welcomed the move, saying that American participation will help end the movement of weapons into Gaza.

22. #271100
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 9:44 pm, beenthere said:

    OK, the additional context provided by the article does help clarify and I admit I should have checked it out. But I honestly think it changes nothing. I actually wouldn’t terribly mind giving the money to Israel. They would know what to do with it. But Egypt? No way. The money will just disappear into the Egyptian bureaucracy, never to be seen again, except in the pockets of terrorists. Surely our idiotic government knows this. Right?

23. #271110
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 10:35 pm, RealImmigrantChick said:

    WHY WHY WHY do we keep giving $ to everyone else to protect their bordes, build their schools and roads, etc. ? I just got more mail from the RNC and sent it back with no money and “where is the fence”.

24. #271119
    On March 22nd, 2008 at 11:07 pm, maisy said:

    George Bush is a traitor and John McCain will follow in his footsteps. The sheer treachery of these kind of things makes my blood boil. The President and Congress spit in the faces of Americans each and every day. They are getting rich …aided and abetted by our subsidizing their illegal labor.Meantime we middle class Americans sink into the abyss they have created for our future. Still think Bush is wonderful…. anyone????

25. #271133
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 12:03 am, madchef said:

    See! Even Egypt has a problem with Mexicans crossing illegally into their country. Then again, they are only doing the jobs that Egyptians won’t do.

26. #271145
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 1:25 am, Speakup said:

    Get the idea that the people running our government are on their own agenda and they have no fear of us at all?

27. #271146
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 1:39 am, txvet2 said:

    On March 23rd, 2008 at 1:25 am, Speakup said:

    Get the idea that the people running our government are on their own agenda and they have no fear of us at all?

    Why should they fear us? We can’t even nominate our own presidential candidate.

28. #271149
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 2:30 am, DocattheAutopsy said:

    Ugh, not another boondoggle.

29. #271162
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 5:56 am, gayle said:

    ‘”Just another day in “paradise”‘ of insanity.

30. #271173
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 8:15 am, tgillian said:

    You gotta believe that our guys are simply “sticking it to us ignorant, racist idiots.”

    How else do you explain the timing and concern for the Mexican southern border and now Egypt?

31. #271175
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 8:19 am, tgillian said:

    Sorry, I hit submit too soon.

    When McCain said “…I’ll build the g*ddamn fence”, he didn’t say where.

32. #271176
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 8:19 am, rooster said:

    Do we really think a border fence will help?

    Europe’s borders have all but disappeared. But, to work in a european country you must have permission and to have permission, you have to register with the government of the country you reside.

    Employer enforcement will work here if the imbeciles are serious about stopping the invasion.

    I am not against a fence or increased Border Patrol, or even our own military stationed on our southern border.

    We have to stop the incentives. Even liberal, socialist Canada ended its destructive anchor baby provision of their constitution.

    When will we get a leader that believes in the American people?

33. #271188
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 am, Kevin K. said:

    For me at least, Maisy (#24), now President Bush was the lesser of two evils both times. He was better than his opponents, and probably better than what we’re going to get this round. God help us all.

    At least it’s Easter, and we can focus on the message of the Resurrection (for Christians), Naw Ruz (new year’s day on the 21st for the Baha’is with their calendar), and/or the beginning of spring (for those of other faiths).

34. #271252
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 1:42 pm, rightisright said:

    On March 23rd, 2008 at 1:39 am, txvet2 said:
    Why should they fear us? We can’t even nominate our own presidential candidate.

    that pretty well says it all, the left wing msm does that for us.

35. #271254
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 1:48 pm, rightisright said:

    Just once before I get off this ride, I’d like to vote for the best of the 2 running, not the lesser of 2 evils. Be so confused I can’t decide which will do the best for this great country, instead of which will do the least damage and not vote for either.

36. #271272
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 3:10 pm, carole said:

    23 million for their fence, 25 million to give hamas lessons on how to kill 140 million to hamas, and in the meantime a new york food handler has typhoid fever….thanks bloomberg, bush, mccain

37. #271315
    On March 23rd, 2008 at 6:47 pm, CC said:

    Related…sort of…

    http://www.wehategringos.com/

38. #271481
    On March 24th, 2008 at 7:58 am, MrVIBEMAN said:

    This just makes me sick..

39. #271488
    On March 24th, 2008 at 8:32 am, Laree said:

    To the Gov of New Mexico – this is a border state. Gov Bill Richardson endorsed Obama to get our minds off of “Typical White People” James Carville, Richardson you are a Judas? Really how long has this been going on? Gov Bill Richardson “Please Don’t Judas Me” secure your states border. Odd this is happening right now Easter Season.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vcmmL2UZWY

40. #271518
    On March 24th, 2008 at 9:25 am, DesertLover said:

    Good for the Egyptians … they must have a stronger lobbyist than the US citizenry …

    Besides … this is real money … for a real fence …

    All we get is virtual crap …

    How about they take their virtual money and shove it up their collective virtual backsides … then that money will have the same real chance to see daylight we have to see a real fence on our southern border …