Reply #2: Reagan should have said "Sell us that wall!" [View All]

[EFerrari]

Has anyone read the report Amy Goodman did yesterday about the wall across the TX border? Homeland Security is buiding it across people's land but not if they are rich or Bush connected.

Holes in the Wall: Texas Border Wall Bypassing Wealthy Residents with Bush Admin Ties

With the Texas Democratic primary and caucus less than a week away, the Bush administration’s plan to build a wall along part of the southern border has suddenly become a campaign issue. After many landowners refused to give over their land for the eighteen-foot-high wall, the Department of Homeland Security began filing lawsuits against some homeowners. At the same time, the government is leaving large gaps to avoid building the wall on the property of wealthy residents, including those with ties to President Bush.

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/27/holes_in_the_wall_texas_border