Thread: Border fence won't keep determined out

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Article published Feb 10, 2007


Border fence won't keep determined out


An old saying goes something like this: "Locks don't keep the bad guys out, they keep the honest people honest." Spending $49 billion for a fence along the Mexican border is another huge waste of the taxpayers' money. Fences never kept determined people out. More than likely, contractors will get rich maintaining the fence at the taxpayers' expense.

The only way to stop illegal immigrants is to make it undesirable to be here. Employers who knowingly employ illegal aliens should be held accountable and charged with crimes against the American people.

When are our elected officials going to do their jobs? When are they going to start representing the American people? When are we, the American people, going to start holding them responsible?

Leasing American soil to foreigners is a crime against the people. Extorting money from citizens is a crime against the people. Allowing illegal aliens to thrive in our society is a crime against the people. Lying while under oath is a crime. Falsifying prescriptions is a crime. Driving while under the influence is a crime.

It is the obligation of the people to protect our rights and country against all enemies, both domestic and foreign.

Bertran J. Skelton
South Bend

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Interaction

I was only a pup when I first started doing anything in local radio back in 1976, so when I read the article in The Tribune on Jan. 14, I just about did a Bart Simpson and "had a cow."

I passed up the lower management position at the then new Concord Mall JC Penney store to make sure that I was on time for my part-time job at WDOW-AM (1440) in Dowagiac. It took 45 minutes to get from Dunlap to Dowagiac.

AM radio has been doing something for listeners since FM took over in 1968: listening to and trying to give the public what it wants. The FM program directors are wrong. The listeners are not just looking for more music with less commercials; they are looking for more interaction.

One reason the personalities at WNIL-AM (1290) have been such fixtures is that they communicate with people and they do not put anyone down. Those general managers and program directors who are stretching their formats as far as they can will only break themselves in the mire of satellite garbage.

What's wrong with pre-announcing and post-announcing a song? In my college classes, they called that ramp in and ramp out.

Debbie Burns Roberts
Niles



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I HAVE TO DISAGREE !

A Barrier will slow them down.

A barrier will funnel the free flow into area where the border patrol can amass more resources.

A barrier will stop drug laden vehicles from simply driving over our unguarded borders.

The triple fence in San Diego has been 95% effective in stopping the illegal flow of people and drugs. Property values and public safety has dramatically improved on both sides of the border. Normalcy has returned to cities on both sides of the border.

The United States has never attempted to build an effective barrier across its border so it would work if we had the will. Why do you think all of the activist and Mexico are crying so much over the proposed fence:
IT IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT WILL WORK.

R/ Skip

How come no one has thought to put up an electric fence?

Well if all the OBL's state that a fence won't work, why are sooo opposed to us building it then? Because they know damn well IT WILL WORK.

I like the electric fence idea Nitty. But if that's not feasible, then why not a fence typical to a prison?

you are right sippy, a fence that is used in prisons will suffice, it would make me think twice about climbing a fence with all that sharp razor fence on top!