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Border Fence To Bypass Property Of Wealthy Bush Donor

Think Progress   |   February 19, 2008 03:16 PM


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In October 2006, President Bush authorized the construction of a 700-mile border fence between the United States and Mexico. Now, however, the Department of Homeland Security's construction plans are facing opposition from Texans who object to the fence cutting through their property. The Washington Post reports on the hard line the Bush administration is taking with these protesting landowners....

...DHS has no problem pursuing elderly and struggling homeowners. In the small town of Granjeno (pop. 313), however, the border fence would, conveniently, "abruptly end" at the property owned by Dallas billionaire Ray L. Hunt.

It's not surprising that the administration would be hesitant to upset Hunt, who was a Bush-Cheney campaign "Pioneer" in 2000. More recently, Hunt "donated $35 million to Southern Methodist University to help build Bush's presidential library." In 2001, Bush appointed Hunt to his Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, granting him "a security clearance and access to classified intelligence."


 
 

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Will some reporter please get McCain on record as to what he'll do about this? And then broadcast his answer all over America. Please.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:06 AM on 02/20/2008

:
El Numero Uno Coyote:

Jorge Bush

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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:09 AM on 02/20/2008

See; the whole point of the wall is not to keep the aliens and the "terrorists" that the Republicans eroticize their existence around, out of the country, but more to feed their Republican illusion of safety and control.

The wall is just anotherl of how frightened of it's own shadow American became under Herr Bush.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:37 PM on 02/19/2008

This would officially give Bush the nom de plume--Whore. Easy one too.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:14 PM on 02/19/2008

Hey, the drugs have to come in someplace!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:03 PM on 02/19/2008

It had to stop there after all you can't keep the hired help out. Now can you.?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:57 PM on 02/19/2008

Why does this not surprise me?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:31 PM on 02/19/2008

Golly, have the Republicans made America a swell place or what? I think I'll invest in a wall building company.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:24 PM on 02/19/2008

Of'course, so Hunt can put up a toll plaza.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:08 PM on 02/19/2008

Here I got one: Mr. Bush, tear down that fence. See, I just saved the world from cheap Mexican labor kinda like raygun.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:59 PM on 02/19/2008

Typical, pay money to some politician, and get special treatment. BTW how is that working out for all of you that voted for Bush but are being treated like dog dtoppings stuck to his shoe?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:13 PM on 02/19/2008

A moat or canal from Brownsville to San Diego, it would do double duty, sea to sea and allow patrol boats to handle the strays and fast freight vessels between ports.
Excellent sailing from the hot air blowing in from the North. (Washington)

Hunt will be able to put a toll booth, those rich folks like a steady cash flow...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:46 PM on 02/19/2008

$35M will get you quite a lot during these Bush/Cheney years.

A donation well-placed, Mr. Hunt.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:42 PM on 02/19/2008

Shocked. Shocked, I tells ya.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:11 PM on 02/19/2008

laws apply differently to rich people, unfortunately there's nothing new about that.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:03 PM on 02/19/2008

If you have photos of Lou Dobbs working on the fence please send them to HuffPost

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:58 PM on 02/19/2008

What a difference a Buck makes for all those Bushies.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:28 PM on 02/19/2008

Money can't buy you love, but it will get you lots of other stuff you never thought of.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:00 PM on 02/19/2008

Don't fence me in!

Oh, I'm sorry. But a Bushman shouldn't suffer from Bushism. So back to Bing!

Don't fence ME in.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:52 PM on 02/19/2008

Once that fence goes up: no way any illegal immigrant get into the country. Ever.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:48 PM on 02/19/2008

Keep telling yourself that, but it will not be true. for one they can tunnel for another they can hop on a plane and just stay. Or drive into the country and stay either way no fence will stop them.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:11 PM on 02/19/2008

It was sarcasm.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:49 PM on 02/19/2008

Those illegals who want to return home will be stuck here.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:06 PM on 02/19/2008

Is this typical, or what?

Go fight and die for America (unless you're a son or daughter of a wealthy Republican)!!

We'll protect America at all costs (unless it inconveniences a wealthy Republican)!!

Sheesh. These people have no shame.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:47 PM on 02/19/2008

Hey, wasn't he one of the hunt brothers that ran the silver scam some 20 yrs. ago. Hopefullly if the fence goes up everywhere else, people will funnel to that spot.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:29 PM on 02/19/2008

WOW! You mean if you have friends in high places you can GET STUFF, (or not) from the Repuglicans? I'll bet you could even get your own department in charge of- say, security or emergency management if you were, say, a friend and equine event coordinator.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:20 PM on 02/19/2008

ALSO...the SAME Hunt that purchased oil rights from the Kuds in Iraq !!!!!

Destabilizing efforts in Iraq ???? Not if you're a friend of the Bush family !!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:16 PM on 02/19/2008

"KURDS"...not "kuds"...although it's not a bad mistake if you think about it !!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:17 PM on 02/19/2008

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This is nonsense, libtards!

Look at the plans for the building of the 'fence'.

In reality, we are going to build one huge-ass Walmart that will stretch along the entire U.S. and Mexican border.

Exactly at the point where that donater's property begins is where one of the store's back doors will be.

You people disgust me.

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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:11 PM on 02/19/2008

You're funny....uninformed, but funny !!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:18 PM on 02/19/2008

sacasm, my friend

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:56 PM on 02/19/2008
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