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1. #1
   On July 14th, 2010 at 10:25 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Others are really concerned for their own health and safety.

   You worry too much. What could possibly happen? This is America afterall.

2. #2
   On July 14th, 2010 at 10:27 am, letget said:

   I wonder if this has anything to do with the rop type who are said to be near the mexican border? Fox news has had several people saying they are indeed there. Please keep on top of this Michelle. We need all the information we can get.
   L

3. #3
   On July 14th, 2010 at 10:29 am, no2pcbs1 said:

   if this administration is involved, it’s either going to be all smoke and mirrors, or actions to discredit the new Arizona law.

4. #4
   On July 14th, 2010 at 10:32 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   This will be bigger’n Waco! Six Flags! More Fun!

5. #5
   On July 14th, 2010 at 10:33 am, WarEagle82 said:

   I suspect the DHS will arrest and deport all American citizens within 5 miles of the border thus preventing any possibility of their infringing the “rights” of illegals as they cross the border…

6. #6
   On July 14th, 2010 at 10:40 am, SHoward said:

   WE82 may have a point. I believe I heard a while back that some Americans headed to the border to try to stop the nonsense themselves. What if that’s true?

   If there are private citizens staking out the border, even if it’s just to observe and report, the clowns in DC will probably try to stop that, instead of the illegal activity that’s actually going on.

7. #7
   On July 14th, 2010 at 10:46 am, JamesLee said:

   ooh boy….

   I would say that this will be called off quickly. I suspect the various agencies have gotten together to make a push against the drug gangs.

   Now, it’s out in the open, and they’ll either call it off because the element of surprise is gone, or Bis Sis JaNo doesn’t want to offend the poor Mexicans.

8. #8
   On July 14th, 2010 at 10:48 am, granite said:

   On July 14th, 2010 at 10:29 am, no2pcbs1 said:

   if this administration is involved, it’s either going to be all smoke and mirrors, or actions to discredit the new Arizona law.

   Can’t disagree.
   This administration is full of America-haters, after all.
   Maybe they’re tired of merely apologizing for America, and really want to actively give the USA its come-uppance.

9. #9
   On July 14th, 2010 at 10:57 am, WarEagle82 said:

   One thing is for sure. This administration doesn’t want anyone securing the border and they’ll sue you if you try…

10. #10
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:06 am, Ignatius Reilly said:

    It really is a shame: As badly as we need effective action to secure the border, we conservatives are going to greet any steps taken by the Obama administration with cynicism and contempt. We pretty much did the same with the Bush administration.

    But there is a reason for this: The corrupt Washington establishment has repeatedly shown that it is not interested in pursuing the lawful ends demanded by the people. They are determined either to outright defy the people or to deceive them with Kabuki theater while they continue right along their unwavering open-borders path.

    I’ve pretty much lost patience. I am the type of guy now that if I were a judge in the Inquisition and some heretic renounced his sins and swore his faith, I’d say, “Let’s go ahead and burn the bastard, just to be sure.”

11. #11
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:14 am, Mister P said:

    The Chicago corrupticrats are in league with organized crime and no doubt are protecting the drug lords. The whole border fiasco is about keeping the drugs flowing into the country.

12. #12
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:17 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    I still maintain that there are major well-connected American interests getting wealthy from the illegal drug trade. It is the biggest industry in the world and operates almost exclusively on US cash. Cash needs to be laundered before it can be used. The largest industry in the world amasses a lot of cash that serves no purpose if it is only going to be warehoused or buried in the ground. It must be laundered.

    That is why I also believe that providing money laundering services is one of the primary reasons that certain interests insist on the need for super giant banks that cannot be effectively managed or regulated. When a snake eats a pig, it cannot hide the outline of the pig coursing down its gullet. We would rather not know that the snakes are eating our pigs so rather than protect the pigs, we allow snakes to get so big that they can swallow the pigs without detection.

    That is only my opinion but clearly, no one seems truly interested in cutting off drugs crossing our borders. Mayber Big Sis plans on paving the desert.

13. #13
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:21 am, Rorschach said:

    Mister P is dead on. The drug cartels are doing exactly what they did in South America and buying their way into the political arena in order to buy themselves protection. They have financial resources that would make most first world countries blanche. they can buy entire governments, and have. You don’t think for a moment they haven’t already bought and paid for ours do you?

14. #14
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:23 am, letget said:

    I wonder if Gov. Brewer is aware of this? I would think someone would give her a heads up about what is, or might be, going on in her state.
    L

15. #15
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:35 am, Kevin K. said:

    Letget, I don’t think that right now the federal government would give Gov. Brewer the time of day. (Unless it were required in order to get some tax or fee money out of Arizona.)

16. #16
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:38 am, southsideironworks said:

    Never trust a Fed.

17. #17
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:42 am, jsmiddleton4 said:

    Not sure I follow how this is a bad thing for AZ SB1070.

    Seems to me almost any outcome is good for SB1070.

18. #18
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:47 am, Flyoverman said:

    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:17 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    I still maintain that there are major well-connected American interests getting wealthy from the illegal drug trade.

    Spot on Phil.

    Can we start with the mayor of Phoenix and then move on to every other AZ politician who has supported a boycott of their own state? That is an intellignece marker you cannot ignore.

19. #19
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:52 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:47 am, Flyoverman said:

    I’m glad you said it and not me. Every time I insist on asking mayors of sanctuary cities exactly how much money they are taking from the drug lords, I get skewered.

    To believe that American politicians are less corruptible than Mexican politicians is incredibly naive. How many times when a mass murderer is caught, we hear his neighbors say that “he was the nicest guy in the world, the last guy you would suspect”?

    If all evil men twirled their mustaches and said “Nyah-ah-ah!!!”, it would be easier to protect ourselves. But the enemy amongst us is always well-disguised.

20. #20
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:53 am, John Deaux said:

    On July 14th, 2010 at 10:25 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Others are really concerned for their own health and safety.

    You worry too much. What could possibly happen? This is America afterall.

    But the border is safer than any time in the last twenty years. The government told me so.

21. #21
    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:57 am, Flyoverman said:

    On July 14th, 2010 at 11:52 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    I’m glad you said it and not me.

    It is one thing to oppose a law. However, when you go so far as to openly support boycotting your own constituents, if that does not cause the bright red flashing light to go off in your head, nothing will.

    To call that “odd ehavior” for a politician is an understatment.

22. #22
    On July 14th, 2010 at 12:08 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    What? Corruption in politics? Never! John McCain took care of that a long time ago…

23. #23
    On July 14th, 2010 at 12:10 pm, DirkBelig said:

    Anyone else getting Waco flashbacks?

24. #24
    On July 14th, 2010 at 12:12 pm, WarTip said:

    I would like to believe that they are actually making an effort to secure the border … at least the part of it that has been (temporarily?) “ceded” to Mexico by closing it off to American citizens.

    As conspiratorial and nuts as it may sound, given that the feds own lawsuit directly states that Arizona, and in turn, her citizens, have no legal right to impede the flow of illegal aliens, I would not put it past them to begin working on “relocating” those pesky Americans who so foolishly purchased land close to the border.

    Time will tell … I just hope that this will not be the next shot heard round the world.

25. #25
    On July 14th, 2010 at 12:16 pm, letget said:

    WarTip #24,
    I have thought the same thing, but didn’t say it. Nothing would surprise me with this bho and team.
    L

26. #26
    On July 14th, 2010 at 12:24 pm, RobM1981 said:

    There are some BIG questions that need answering here, such as:

    Will President Chauncey Gardener bow to President Felipe Caulderon when he apologizes?

    Will he apologize to other Central American leaders, too? If so, will he bow? Kneel? Lick their boots?

    Will Chauncey ask the UN for an intervention, citing the United States inability to control its own population?

    Will Chauncey formally blame that former leader of Texas for all of this? No, not George Bush – although he’ll be blamed. I mean Sam Houston. Is Sam Houston going to be tried, post-mortem, by Eric Holder?

    WE NEED ANSWERS.

27. #27
    On July 14th, 2010 at 12:44 pm, Truesoldier said:

    Agents brought in from all over the US for a 2-3 month TDY. Unusual that all directives are coming from Napolitano’s D.C. henchmen.

    Lets see 2-3 months, depending on the start date, could take us into the end of October…and the midterm elections. Coincidence, I think not.

28. #28
    On July 14th, 2010 at 1:13 pm, prendad said:

    I wouldn’t be surprized if they went in there planning a big fake demo of pretend force and got their butts shot off when the cartel retaliates thinking it is real. Oh, but I forgot, Obama says the border is A-OK and there is nada to worry about.
    Never mind.

29. #29
    On July 14th, 2010 at 1:28 pm, Ty85719 said:

    Sounds like a temporary “show of force” intended to make it appear as if they care or that they are doing something – wouldn’t be the first time. These quick punches do not amount to anything.

    Oh, and an update: the vast majority of this workforce will be nothing more than paper pushers, not active agents monitoring and protecting the border. From the numbers I have seen, it will amount to a single added agent per 3 miles of border

30. #30
    On July 14th, 2010 at 1:35 pm, granite said:

    On July 14th, 2010 at 1:28 pm, Ty85719 said:

    Sounds like a temporary “show of force” intended to make it appear as if they care or that they are doing something – ….

    Of course, they don’t, and won’t.

    …the vast majority of this workforce will be nothing more than paper pushers, not active agents monitoring and protecting the border. From the numbers I have seen, it will amount to a single added agent per 3 miles of border.

    What?
    No lawyers?!

31. #31
    On July 14th, 2010 at 1:47 pm, bear1909 said:

    The DHS is going to assure the safe passage of narcotraffickers through a set zone in Arizona.

    All of the bluff and fluff from Eric “Bag Holder” Holder is just political cover for the pea and shell game over AZ’s new law that crimped the full length border access of the narcos.

    This isn’t a game that O-hole can win. Too much is in the open now for him NOT to be impeached for failing to protect the US from enemies foreign and domestic.

    John Roberts will have his day in court. O-hole’s hubris in the State of the Union address will cost him. Not many people think much of that slight, but it was not cool and pissed off the Chief Justice.

    We must be patient. Notice how Boston and other cities are caving on their boycott nonsense.

    Be safe everybody!

    Bear1909 out.

32. #32
    On July 14th, 2010 at 1:48 pm, jrgdds said:

    Never attribute to conspiracy that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.

    When it comes to incomptance,Obama Al-Potus, may peace be upon him, and his administration are world class.

    America Held Hostage: Day 540

33. #33
    On July 14th, 2010 at 1:53 pm, dadmin said:

    It might culminate in a combined raid on the AZ statehouse and enforcement of the minority president’s open-borders policy.

34. #34
    On July 14th, 2010 at 2:29 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    But, this leads me to believe that some US Mexican operation is planned or the Border Patrol is anticipating something from across the border.

    More likely.

35. #35
    On July 14th, 2010 at 2:30 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    dadmin said:
    It might culminate in a combined raid on the AZ statehouse and enforcement of the minority president’s open-borders policy.

    Something tells me they have firearms confiscation in mind too.

36. #36
    On July 14th, 2010 at 4:22 pm, eCurmudgeon said:

    What’s Washington planning at our southern border?

    Er, to move it north about 300 miles?

37. #37
    On July 14th, 2010 at 9:01 pm, zorro said:

    It seems our men and women on the front lines are concerned enough to report in, this is our cue to pray for their safety and our country.

38. #38
    On July 14th, 2010 at 10:42 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    I’m hoping it’s part of comprehensive immigration reform (i.e. invade and conquer Mexico).