TTLF: Building The Fence, Plus Mel Goes Nuts

Yes, yet another fine day in America. Even those down in Texas can say "hey, we got some rain, and it has cooled off a bit." Always look on the bright…side of life..whistle whistle. And while we are talking about the Southern areas, how’s the fence coming?

Border Patrol agents handy with a hammer are being diverted from enforcement duties to finish 70 miles of fencing on the shared border with Mexico.

The Border Patrol is "going back into the fence-building business," said a memo last week asking for agents with construction experience, The Washington Times reported Tuesday.

The agents are pitching in as the Bush administration withdraws half the National Guard troops sent last year to complete 70 miles of border fence by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

"The president’s game of pretending to enforce our border continues. He has never been serious about this issue at all," said Rich Pierce, executive vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents the agency’s 11,000 non-supervisory agents.

On one hand, it is great that the fence is being built. On the other, patrolling and border enforcement will be down as the agents are building the fence. No win situation for the short term.

Interestingly, according to a grassfire.org email, "the President is calling on border agents with welding and construction experience to finish 70 miles of fencing on the border," which, according to them, proves that Bush is not serious. Why? Instead of caling on Border Patrol agents, perhaps the federal government, which has allocated $1.2 billion towards building the fence, could easily find civilian contractors who would love a piece of that pie.

Meanwhile, Mel Martinez is proving Conservatives who did not want him to be RNC chair correct

The Republican Party’s national chairman scolded his party’s two top presidential candidates this week for their tough stance on illegal immigration, even as both men moved to try to one-up each other in calling for stricter enforcement.

Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, President Bush’s handpicked choice for party chairman, chided former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani for opposing and mischaracterizing the Senate immigration bill Mr. Martinez helped craft.

Maybe Mel should stick with what his true job at the RNC is: raising money. Cause his silly policies, including shamnesty, have caused people to reduce their donations to the GOP, at least nationally. The base wants tough enforcement on illegals. So do most Americans. Not quite sure what world Martinez and President Bush are living in. Leadership is great. Sometimes leaders have to lead people to deal with unpopular issues in an unpopular way. Usually, though, they should be listening to the people when most want something.

Anyhow, why not go sign the "where’s the fence?" petition?

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