Boost US borders: Schwarzenegger

[cal04]

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who recently angered his state's Hispanic community with his views on illegal immigration, called on the US federal government to boost patrols along the US border with Mexico."We have the money to do it," Schwarzenegger told the Fox News Sunday television program. "It's not a lack of money. We can afford the war in Iraq. We can afford to control our own borders." The US-Mexican border can be secured "by just having more patrol," he said.

"That's what every country does. It's not reinventing the wheel. That's a no-brainer. You don't have to be a brain surgeon or anything like this to figure that one out. If you have not enough border patrol, the people can go through left and right."

Schwarzenegger, who emigrated from Austria in 1968, came under fire last month by praising the controversial "Minutemen," a group of American volunteers patrolling the US-Mexican border in Arizona. "The federal government has to solve" illegal immigration, he said. "But if the federal government falls short of doing their job and fulfilling their responsibility and the promise to the people, then the average citizen will rise up and will do their job."

Schwarzenegger had also drawn a storm of criticism last month by suggesting that the United States should simply close its borders to stop the inflow of illegal immigrants. He later corrected himself, saying he meant to say "securing" instead of "closing." "It's very important to know I meant secure the borders," he reiterated Sunday. The Hollywood action star refused to say whether he will run for re-election in 2006. "This is not the year to make those announcements," he said.

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[Missy M]

1. Maybe we should have "closed" the borders...

...in 1968. I think he's been here long enough to know the difference between "closing" and "securing".

[Mark E. Smith]

2. Steroid Arnie Is Blatantly Pandering To The Racial Right Now

Amazing what a 20 point drop in this Pugs poll numbers has done to his claims of moderatation.

Maybe he could lend one his Minutemen pals his pappy's old brown shirt.

[Trillo]

3. "We have the money to do it"? Really?

I seem to remember Bush saying almost those exact same words over Iraq. Is this some kind of PNAC meme?

The greatest federal deficits in history have been created since government leaders have been repeating the meme, "We can afford to do it." Now a state leader is saying it....

[Dover]

4. Wonder if he and/or his sponsors are invested in the Security Business.

About 6 years ago a financial advisor said that all the real money was going into defense and security companies.

[warrior1]

5. This dude

really needs to watch.



A Day Without a Mexican

One day California wakes up and not a single Latino is left in the state. They have all inexplicably dissappeared, chaos, tragedy, and comedy quickly ensue.

[jmowreader]

6. Let's see if I understand this...

California has an Austrian-born governor, a veteran of the Austrian army, who is demanding that the US border be "secured."

Now let me see...we've got that neat picture of Arnie smoking a joint. There are rumors that he's a steroid user. Something tells me that, by applying Republican-passed laws to his situation, we could figure out some way to revoke this idiot's citizenship and declare him persona non grata.