Texans to B*sh: Get off my lawn!

[fooj]

http://www.firedoglake.com/

Texans to Bush: Get Off My Lawn!

A funny thing happened on the way to building the Lower Rio Grande Valley portion of the Texas-Mexico border fence.

It was something that caught Chertoff and the Department of Homeland Security off guard, the White House, Congress and even the average American citizen who lives miles away from the border in question — Texans, who actually live along that portion of the border, don’t want it.

It’s a concept that is hard for the rest of the country to grasp. After all, aren’t border residents living in fear for their lives by living on the frontlines with what conservative extremists like to term “the invasion” of illegal immigrants?

Well, according to border residents, the only invasion they’re feeling is the one from Washington that is dictating that a fence be built through, along and around their communities.

The idea of a physical structure being built is so repulsive to these residents that in a show of rare solidarity, unlike anywhere else seen in the country, activists and environmentalists are joining forces with politicians, business owners and local law enforcement to present to Congress alternative ways to secure this portion of the border.
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Good for them! Like the article states...what an example of people standing up to "Big Brother"...

[liberal N proud]

1. Everyone is supposed to be afraid of the brown people

[aquart]

3. Except, it seems, the ones who actually get to see them.

[Melissa G]

4. Most of us who live in that part of Texas are Brown

and our relatives may live across the river. The white folks in the area also wander back and forth. The Texas Border has always been a pretty permeable place and we like it that way.

[liberal N proud]

5. No reason you shouldn't

[tbyg52]

2. I'm sure Bush will be happy

to listen to the concerns of the people. :sarcasm: