Bush’s electronic $800 million border fence still faulty...

[Mons Venus]

Friday, June 18th, 2010
The nation’s infrastructure may be crumbling, but U.S. taxpayers can be thankful that the Department of Homeland Security paid top dollar for a 52-mile electronic fence to keep illegal immigrants on the right side of the Mexican border, to the tune of $800 million, or roughly $15 million per mile.

The problem:  it might not even work.

That’s the most recent assessment of the so-called SBInet or Secure Border Initiative by federal technology expert Randolph Hite, who testified before a House of Representatives subcommittee Thursday.

The string of surveillance cameras, unattended ground sensors, and guarded towers heavily touted by the Bush Administration was supposed to usher in a future of border security.

But the much-scaled-down project has not met lowered expectations and has been plagued by cost overruns, Hite said.

“Let me emphasize our long-held position that SBInet is a risky program,” Hite said according to a written statement released after the hearing.

“DHS has yet to identify expected quantifiable or qualitative benefits from this block,” Hite said of the project’s current phase.

The project was billed as the technological answer to the nation’s border security needs by former President George W. Bush in a May 2006 national radio address.

“We are launching the most technologically advanced border security initiative in American history. We will construct high-tech fences in urban corridors, and build new patrol roads and barriers in rural areas. America has the best technology in the world, and we will ensure that the Border Patrol has the technology they need to do their job and secure our border."But cost delays and poor planning have prompted Homeland Security to halt construction on the project which now covers a 53-mile stretch of land along the Arizona border, far short of planned 2,000-mile electronic net running from Arizona to Texas in 2006.

Worse yet, Hite said that DHS has lowered performance expectations so that the system must detect less than half of anything that crosses the net.

[Mons Venus]

$800 million wasted and NO teabaggers around? 

[SAMSON123]

When are you americans going to come to the understanding that the so called 'Illegal Invasion" isn't illegal at all... as a matter of fact it is deliberate. Mexicans, Guatemalans, Hondurans, Peruvians, Columbians, etc etc are being flooded into america to provide cheap labor across the board in every field... and the end result is what you see happening america now wide scale UN or UNDER employment. THe Trade Field has been devoured by these people who will work for 5 or 6 dollars per hour whereas before carpenters, electricians, stone masons, etc made 20 to 30 dollars per hour. YOU are being made not into third world as you so callously put it... but to FOURTH WORLD STATUS, which means not only are you poor, but you are without manufacturing, without resources, without education and innovation... essentially reduced down to a state of NOTHING. The Gulf Gusher will be the Nail in the coffin for america.

These fences are just another way of fleecing the tax payer and making the companies that provide the material for these supposed fences RICH. I suggest everyone get the ROSETTA STONE language course and learn Spanish and the unabridged LEARN THE WAYS OF ISLAM course and book for the NEW AMERICA

[Bindare_Dundat]

$800 million wasted and NO teabaggers around? 

How many illegal invaders are you housing?

[Soul Crusher]

How many illegal invaders are you housing?

What if he is one or is having a gay affair with one?

[Mons Venus]

When are you americans going to come to the understanding that the so called 'Illegal Invasion" isn't illegal at all... as a matter of fact it is deliberate. Mexicans, Guatemalans, Hondurans, Peruvians, Columbians, etc etc are being flooded into america to provide cheap labor across the board in every field... and the end result is what you see happening america now wide scale UN or UNDER employment. THe Trade Field has been devoured by these people who will work for 5 or 6 dollars per hour whereas before carpenters, electricians, stone masons, etc made 20 to 30 dollars per hour. YOU are being made not into third world as you so callously put it... but to FOURTH WORLD STATUS, which means not only are you poor, but you are without manufacturing, without resources, without education and innovation... essentially reduced down to a state of NOTHING. The Gulf Gusher will be the Nail in the coffin for america.

These fences are just another way of fleecing the tax payer and making the companies that provide the material for these supposed fences RICH. I suggest everyone get the ROSETTA STONE language course and learn Spanish and the unabridged LEARN THE WAYS OF ISLAM course and book for the NEW AMERICA

QFT

[Soul Crusher]

QFT

So you want to learn the ways of Islam now fake soldier? 

[Skip8282]

So you want to learn the ways of Islam now fake soldier? 

Of course he does.  Islam is a pedophiles dream religion.  He'll be able to fantasize about what he wants to do to baby's and his local Imam will pat him on the back for it.

[Soul Crusher]

I'm in his head today along with that other liar Blacken. 

as for this story, immigration was GWB's biggest failure as POTUS.  He was a disgraceful jerkoff on this issue. 

[Skip8282]

I'm in his head today along with that other liar Blacken. 

as for this story, immigration was GWB's biggest failure as POTUS.  He was a disgraceful jerkoff on this issue. 

That's an understatement.  You own that bitch's mind through and through.  He can't even make an intelligent comment anymore - just repeats himself like a semi-literate retard...but, but, but bubbleboy bubbleboy bubbleboy.


Ah...too much fun.