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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:42 AM Original message |
Historic border canyon near San Diego is filled in (Bush answer to illegal immigration) |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. The stupidity of this administration just doesn't stop, does it. |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. How does converting a canyon to a FLAT piece of ground make it IMPASSABLE? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. They are constructing a road parallel to the border |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. So who got the lucrative contract to do the work?...n/t |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Bingo. It's not an act stupidity. Most every time this administration does |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Oh, I bet it start with an "H" |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. From the picture provided below it looks like the company is Kiewit, and the CEO is a Bushbot. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
58. See post #52 |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. What, Bush doesn't have any giant Buddah's to blow-up? n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Good comparison |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. That was my first thought as well. n/t |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Dirt"? From where? What's in it? |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Let me guess. Someone has a huge excavation project. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
57. The article says that they've already leveled hills for the "dirt' |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Canyons are there for a reason. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. Bush to announce that Global Warming isn't an accidental byproduct of government policy. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. How the hell did this happen? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. U.S. smooths away an illegal border crossing wrinkle |
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Joanie Baloney (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The destruction continues |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. Wait a minute..... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. What's the big deal - it has only existed since Noah's flood ;} |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. after this perhaps we can just fill in the Grand Canyon |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The Grand Canyon makes fundies nervous, too. |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. Isn't this going to make it easier to cross? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I would guess that the plan is to take away concealment, rather than removing an obstacle |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. You are probably right but let's not forget the track record of the brain trust behind this |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Well, as long as a Bush crony makes a profit out of it, it's all good... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
50. ALL of the Repug solutions are short sighted |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. True--or else they blame Democrats! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. No, it will shift illegal immigration to the east to the mountains and deserts |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
16. F'ing outRAgeous! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. Motherfuckers! How much has this thing cost us? Can Janet do anything about this idiocy? |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. Follow the money. Some SD contractor made a bundle doing this. |
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namvet73 (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
22. It's going to be a loooong 16 days! n/t |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. Stupidity--the gift that keeps on giving to |
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quidam56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
25. America The Beautiful . Until Bush/Cheney got hold of it. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. I'm a staunch preservationist, and I have no problem with Smuggler's Gulch being filled in |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. The fauna were driven out decades ago by people, and their sewage and litter. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Obviously it's not inaccessible. |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. This should never have happened. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I'm very familiar with the area - IT'S ALREADY TRASHED! |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It's not just about that area. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Even if it was restored to pristine, natural condition the flow of people and trash would continue |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. K&R |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. The best and only reason that President Obama should ALLOW torture is so we can |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. Pics and Video |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Wonderful photos. Tremendous help. Duncan Hunter, good grief. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Catastophe? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. It's a waste of money and won't fix any problems, but as local environmental disasters go it's small |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
36. Hey! why don't we just make it |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. *------------ $48.6.... MILLION ---------------* |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
59. Any Dem who voted for that needs to be given a pink slip |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm glad they didn't think to fill in Lake Erie to stop the illegals. |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Canadiens are "Frost Backs, and Mexicans are "Wet Backs" ... There is a difference |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. All Hail Lou Dobbs and CNN News. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. We have money for THIS crap????? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Aside from the enviromental part that was my question |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. The company is Kiewit Corp out of Omaha |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. It's all so simply Republican, isn't it? Good lord. So glad you posted this. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
56. I'm sure this will be an effective measure. After all, in the history of building barriers, |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. The Berlin Wall was pretty effective.... |
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Veruca Salt (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
60. WTF!!! |
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