Here is the big price that’s been paid for our security.
http://www.lbeh.org/moh/arlington/

In her speech, the Senator says, “Last year, the House put in the Secure Fence Act specificity about exactly where the fence would go. There was no requirement that the local people, private property owners, cities that are right on the Rio Grande River would have any input whatsoever. I do not think Congress can say that the priority fencing is 15 miles on either side of the port of entry of Laredo. It might be 10 miles. We might be spending billions of dollars that are unnecessary putting in 15 miles. It might not even be possible to put it in certain places because of the geography and the topography. We have an amendment in the underlying bill that does require local input so that Congress is not mandating, but, instead, the Border Patrol chiefs, who have been designated by the Department of Homeland Security, will make these decisions.”

http://www.senate.gov/~hutchison/speech562.html

For the record, I am definitely in favor of the fence and sacrificing for the good of Texas and the country, but I am also definitely against the government running roughshod over the citizens if something else can be arranged.

Was there ever a time when those that were elected to office could be fully trusted to say what they mean and act accordingly? Maybe George Washington?

Now is your chance Fred, anybody could beat her in the next primary.

The US can put a fence on it’s border without your permission, legally.

By the way, the border between the USA and Mexico is a distance of 1,254 miles, that 130 miles of fence is about 1,124 miles TOO short…

I don’t give a damn WHAT gets disrupted, we MUST have a definitive, strong and well defended border…

We can dam up the mouth of the Rio Grande and back that thing up deep and wide all the way to El Paso, we can build a wall, or a fence, we can put troops on the border with ‘shoot to kill’ ROEs, I don’t care HOW it happens as long as it happens…

“What the new law does, Hutchison said, is require that the government consult with landowners and local elected officials, many of whom have felt bulldozed and ignored by the federal government as it moves ahead with its plan to build 130 miles of fencing in Texas.”
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If that’s all there is to it, what’s wrong with that? If my livelihood were being threatened I, the “threatenee”, would certainly want the opportunity to consult with the “threatener” to see if a compromise could be reached. She was trying to help those people along the border whom she represents. She didn’t vote against it. I think Senator Hutchison has done a pretty good job overall. I am sure I don’t need to ask this question for I surely will be told anyway but … where am I wrong in my analysis?

I love this blog… thanks, Texas Fred !

Well, I was called a fool, I was laughed at, I was made fun of and told I didn’t know my ass from 3rd base where politics was concerned…

I was told that there was NO WAY she would EVER do that, I heard “Why would she leave the Senate to become Governor?? That’s a lesser position and you are an idiot’…

I wonder if any of those that castigated me would have the BALLS to come forth and say they were wrong??

Rumors have been floating for quite some time that KBH does indeed look to retire and come home to make a run at the State House…

Well, KBH has cut her own throat here in Texas, she was once the ‘Belle of the Ball’ and the toast of Texas, but those days are long over, she’ll be doing good to get elected dog catcher after this bullshit…

ot: Murder interesting (sick) story from Mobile

I propose that all federal legislators and their staffs be conscripted to work on the border fence. We are already paying them more than $7 an hour, and if we keep them busy doing real work, there will be no time for them to continue to pick our pocketbooks.

We could probably sell enough pay-for-view of the fiasco to offset the federal deficit.

As for the quality of the work…well, if past performance is any measure…’nuf said.