Congress wanted to, but Bush pulled the funding so he could spend the money elsewhere. Congress voted for something like 10,000 new border gaurds, Bush slashed it to like 250.
One of the many reasons Bush doesn't want to touch this topic.
Jay
Bush to ask for Guard troops on U.S. border
- (bluke)
- (18)
- May 15, 2006, 06:35:24 AM EDT
Even if it did, it would be a bad idea.
- (Another Scott)
- May 15, 2006, 07:37:40 AM EDT
Is this the future?
- (jbrabeck)
- (3)
- May 15, 2006, 12:13:05 PM EDT
Much as I dislike it, the guns *are* pointing the other way
-NT
- (drewk)
- (2)
- May 15, 2006, 12:16:55 PM EDT
Would be realtively easy to have them point the other way
- (jbrabeck)
- (1)
- May 15, 2006, 12:25:49 PM EDT
Think we could get mexicans to train dogs for cheap:?
- (hnick)
- May 15, 2006, 12:29:37 PM EDT
How about funding the border Patrol instead?
-NT
- (Silverlock)
- (3)
- May 15, 2006, 12:21:11 PM EDT
Border Patrol would cost real money
- (jbrabeck)
- (1)
- May 15, 2006, 12:27:08 PM EDT
Yeah, Bagdad is real quiet
- (drewk)
- May 15, 2006, 12:41:40 PM EDT
Congress wanted to
- (JayMehaffey)
- May 15, 2006, 01:30:05 PM EDT
Favorite sons
- (ChrisR)
- May 15, 2006, 12:48:57 PM EDT
Hagel obviously hasn't gotten the memo...
- (jb4)
- (1)
- May 15, 2006, 01:12:38 PM EDT
Slightly OT: Who's enlisting in the reserves?
- (drewk)
- May 15, 2006, 01:36:43 PM EDT
Ah! A "Star Trek" solution?
- (rcareaga)
- (5)
- May 16, 2006, 08:26:38 PM EDT
his base may well be what you claim, but Bro marries them
- (boxley)
- (2)
- May 16, 2006, 08:37:11 PM EDT
and everyone else in Latin America hates the Meskins...
- (rcareaga)
- (1)
- May 16, 2006, 10:00:18 PM EDT
only the indios dislike the meskins
- (boxley)
- May 16, 2006, 10:54:51 PM EDT
What is the sound of an empty head imploding?
- (jb4)
- (1)
- May 17, 2006, 05:28:32 PM EDT
splurch
-NT
- (jbrabeck)
- May 17, 2006, 11:00:22 PM EDT