Virtual fence on Mexican border deemed insufficient

[Ravi]

20 million down the drain

Project 28 was not intended to be the final, state-of-the-art system for catching illegal immigrants, Giddens said. "I think some people understood that and some didn't. We didn't communicate that well."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_re_us/border_fence

 

[manifold]

The inefficencies lie in the technological execution, not the concept.

But nice (and wholly predictable) spin.

 

[Ravi]

Fixed it.

I'm still not convinced anything but a bubble over the country would work.

 

[manifold]

Fixed it.

I'm still not convinced anything but a bubble over the country would work.

That's because you think of everything in terms of absolutes. I'd be happy if it merely reduced illegal border crossings 80-90%. Requiring a 100% solution is unrealistic.

 

[Ravi]

I doubt it would even reduce it that much.

 

[manifold]

I doubt it would even reduce it that much.

I think it could.

 

[Shogun]

I told you before.. Make border watching a summer vacation destination with miles of KOA campsites along the southern border. We could offer half of the average national cost of an illegal as a door prize for each illegal caught inside the border.


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