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POPSThe Right Was Right Now that the elections are over we can all focus on what really matters: calling each other names. This time around we have someone on the Right pretending to be someone on the Left and thence presenting the Democrat's "new manifesto" to Congress. I figured this would be pretty stupid... and it is. But it's so patently absurd that it actual moves into the realm of humour. Afterthought: It's either that or someone really on the Left making fun of people on the Right for their paranoia about what will happen when the "godless, heathen, french-hippie communists" take over. I didn't bother to do enough research. Either way, enjoy. Or don't.
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POPSWhat Part Of Illegal Don't You Understand? "We are stuck with a bogus, deceptive strategy — a 700-mile fence on a 2,000-mile border to stop a fraction of border crossers who are only 60 percent of the problem anyway, and scattershot raids to capture a few thousand members of a group of 12 million. None of those enforcement policies have a trace of honesty or realism. At least they don’t reward illegals, and that, for now, is all this country wants."
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POPSSmugglers Build an Underground World Shrink-wrapped bundles of marijuana, nearly 14,000 pounds worth $5.6 million in street sales, were found in the shipping container and in a trailer next to it, making clear the tunnel’s purpose: to serve as another major smuggling corridor. Found Mo
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POPSNY Times Opinion on the Border Fence I've never been a fan of the border fence. It seems to me that it's only going to keep out the lazy, not the determined. I don't think that spending billions to build (how much to maintain?!) a fence that won't be very effective makes any sense.
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POPSVatican Calls US-Mexican Border Fence "Inhumane" Speaking for the pope, Cardinal Martino also addressed the issue of the integration of Muslim immigrants in European countries. “Much still remains to be done,” he said, adding, “It is necessary to provide for legislative, juridical and social intervention to facilitate such an integration.”
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POPSInsist That Congress Provide Border-Fence Funding Last year Congress passed the Secure Fence Act that committed the U.S. to build nearly 700 miles of double-tiered fencing along some of the most porous parts of the U.S.-Mexico border, but that legislation did not provide the funding.Insist that Congress follow through and provide the appropriations.
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POPSOpen letter to the president One of the biggest lies about the recent immigration bill is that it is a 'comprehensive' bill. Fact is, all the border enforcement provisions in the bill are already authorized under law. And in the case of the physical security, the fence bill passed last year authorizes more than the current bill does. In other words, it offers absolutely nothing when it comes to security if we would just enforce the laws already enacted. The bill offers nothing but amnesty to millions of people here illegally. And if we can't currently stem the tide of illegals entering the country, what will amnesty do to help?
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POPSSex, Security Control. No Birth Control for prisoners/guards The ruling of the International Court of Justice has not resulted in a dramatic change in the situation: of the 61 passages in the fence, only 26 are open all year round for the use of Palestinian farmers, while less than half the farmers enjoy direct and regular access to their lands; the gates are open only 64 percent of the planned and declared time; in 72 percent of the communities there have been complaints about routine humiliation and verbal harassment on the part of the soldiers; 24 percent of the communities complained of damage caused to produce as a result of being refused entry to agricultural areas; and 85 percent of traditional roads have been ruined and cut off by the fence.
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POPSCongress Slashed $3 Billion From Border Funds! Petitions are being handled by NumbersUSA, a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Arlington, Virginia, with more than 531,000 activists committed to reducing immigration. By signing this petition, you have agreed to receive periodic updates from us via email and you may opt out at any time.
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POPSMexican anger over US 'trespass' Mexico's Congress has condemned what it says is a border violation by US workers building a controversial barrier between the two countries. What a joke! 6 million illegal Mexicans trespassing in America, and they worry about 10 yards. We should tell them if they take back their 6 million trespassers, we'll move our fence back 10 yards.
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POPSIf Bush and Cheney are Impeached, Nancy Pelosi is next in line! Bill Barnstead authors this article exposing and comparing Nixon's demise to the current situation of George W. Bush. It is a most revealing and authoritative article covering the wars (Viet Nam & Iraq), the two presidencies, impeachment, and what we expected to get from Bush compared to what we really are getting. You have to read the entire article. It also lays out the crisis at the Mexican border.
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POPSN.Korea building fence to keep people in. Ive really got a lot to say about this but to make it short, I am outraged that this is going but not surprised. N.Korae has regressed if anything during the last decade and as for the entire human race, growth is slow!
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POPSImmigration Overhaul Bill Stalls in Senate Well, I'll be darn. Do you think they'll scrap the thing and do it right the next go-round? They might try actually enforcing the laws already on the books and build that fence! Sad about the fence, but not much of an alternative Unless the established laws are enforced.
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POPSMexico Will Try to Persuade Bush NOT to Sign the Fence Bill Almost comical: "We have pointed out in a clear and unequivocal way that it seems unnecessary to us and seems wrong," Derbez added. "We think it is a gesture that doesn't reflect the friendship between nations of Latin America and the Caribbean and the United States."
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POPSMexican Soldiers Hold Arizona Border Agent At Gunpoint In Washington, D.C., State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said the encounter "stemmed from a momentary misunderstanding as to the exact location of the U.S.-Mexican border." The Mexican army has told the Border Patrol it knew of an incident involving its soldiers, but it did not confirm the details. In years past, the Border Patrol has arrested Mexican soldiers who crossed the border, then typically released them back to Mexico.