Arizona governor requests helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles from Obama for border "missions"

[Bluebear]

Gov. Jan Brewer has sent another salvo in her ongoing war of words with the federal government regarding border security, this time seeking helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles to help combat illegal drug trafficking.

In a May 20 letter to President Barack Obama, Brewer askings the federal government to reallocate some of the nation's network of OH-58 Kiowa helicopters to Arizona for use in border missions.

The state currently has 13 such helicopters, but nine are dedicated to training missions, leaving only four to support actual law enforcement efforts.

According to a distribution map provided by Brewer's office, the federal government has 158 OH-58 Kiowa's scattered in all but a handful of states throughout the nation. Brewer is asking that some of those aircraft be moved from other states to Arizona.

http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/PoliticalInsider/83999

[Horse with no Name]

1. He better tell that crazed bitch NO!

Seriously. This woman has a hard-on for Mexicans--and now she wants the support of the federal government in her execution of them?

[notadmblnd]

2. buy them yourselves Arizona.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. Hmmm. What will she do with the unmanned aerial vehicles?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Program them to shoot anything that (a) moves, and (b) has less than 0.435 albedo? -nt

[FiveGoodMen]

9. That's what I'm afraid of.

Aparently, there's no bottom to this.

The US will sink infinitely low.

[WeDidIt]

4. Here ya go, Racist Jan

[joeybee12]

5. The word bitch, IMHO, should almost never be used...

...but I'm willing to make an exception.

[Horse with no Name]

6. I agree

Which is why I used it. It's not a word that I generally use but I made the exception for that craven bitch.

[Teka]

7. Not sure what the issue is with this

Since we don't want the State to enforce border security, it is rightfully the job of the Federal Government.

And while it has gotten better under Obama, it still has a ways to go.

[Horse with no Name]

10. She didn't ASK for the federal government to step in

She ASKED them to allocate the helicopters.
Big difference.

[Tempest]

11. So in other words she wants it both ways

She wants to be able to go her own way on immigration, but wants the government's assistance in doing it.

I'd give the state what they asked for, and then charge them for it. Cash only. No money, no helicopters.

[emilyg]

15. She has asked for the

government to step in many times. According to her - never a response. byw - NO woman is a B.

[RobertPlant]

12. i think the theme of Goddard's campaign should be

Throw the Bitch Out (a take on Ray Stevens' "Throw the Bums Out")

[C_U_L8R]

13. Arizona can pound sand

until they grow the f up

[imurhuckleberry]

14. Bush budget scraped 9,790 border patrol agents / Shouldn't this fit somewhere

in the republicons meme that the Federal govt. hasn't done enough?

February 09, 2005

The law signed by President Bush less than two months ago to add thousands of border patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border has crashed into the reality of Bush's austere federal budget proposal, officials said Tuesday.

Officially approved by Bush on Dec. 17 after extensive bickering in Congress, the National Intelligence Reform Act included the requirement to add 10,000 border patrol agents in the five years beginning with 2006. Roughly 80 percent of the agents were to patrol the southern U.S. border from Texas to California, along which thousands of people cross into the United States illegally every year.

But Bush's proposed 2006 budget, revealed Monday, funds only 210 new border agents.
see...http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-02-09/news/17360128_1_border-agents-patrol-agents-new-border

[Hepburn]

16. Oh, hell, why doesn't she ask for a few combat battalions, too?

Bat crazy...the AZ governor is totally bat shit crazy!

[HopeHoops]

17. Buy your own fucking helicopters, shithead!

Paint them black and don't forget the Nazi insignia on each side! While you're at it, encircle the Grand Canyon in razor wire and you'll have your very own concentration camp on the cheap!

[Decoy of Fenris]

18. UAVs? You'd think that'd be a decent potential short-term solution.

Unmanned, and most importantly, UNARMED drones patrolling the border, tracking on border-hoppers. Utilizing a GPS uplink would then allow easy detection and interception by the Border Patrol for a hopefully calm, peaceable resolution.

Helicopters are a bit much, though, and of course Arizona themselves would have to buy any such materiels from the federal government.