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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

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El Numero Uno Coyote:

Jorge Bush

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