well at least the serious one has bit the dust
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/top_news/story/9e2e9849c
but the following one is still alive & laughing
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, d3vb0y@... wrote:
>
> U.S. wants to build fences at Canadian border
> Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:19:18 -0800
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> U.S. wants to build fences at Canadian border
> Asset H06658 Posted By gaanjah_mama
> Add the spectre of security walls rising along âthe worldâs longest
> undefended borderâ? to a federal election campaign already being driven by debate
about
> Canadaâs relations with the United States.
> The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Thursday night to consider
> erecting âphysical barriersâ? along the American border with Canada, the firmest
> step yet toward building the kinds of fences now in place on the Mexican
> frontier to stop the northward flow of illegal aliens and smuggled goods.
> The directive to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was passed by a
> strong majority of the House and was contained in an amendment to a controversial
> immigration bill working its way through Congress. The motion cleared the way
> for about 1,100 kilometres of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border in
> Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, but also urged the agency to âconduct
> a study on the use of physical barriers along the northern border.â?
> Clashes between Prime Minister Paul Martin and U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins
> over climate change, handguns and softwood lumberâ"prompting Mr. Martinâs
> stump-speech pledge not to be âdictated toâ? by the U.S.â"have soured U.S.-
Canada
> relations and prompted opposition claims the Liberals are recklessly provoking
> conflicts to win votes.
> Yesterday, a spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, who is
> responsible for handling cross-border security issues in the federal cabinet, said
> barriers have not been part of Canadaâs security strategy and have not been
> raised in bilateral discussions with the U.S.
> âGiven the size of the border, youâre not going to have a wall all along the
> border,â? said Alex Swann, noting that âstaticâ? defences are widely viewed as
> less effective than risk-reduction measures such as identity cards.
> âYou never rule out anything in the security game,â? he added, but âitâs not
> a priority for us.â?
> Sponsored by Representative Duncan Hunter, a California Republican who has
> long championed fences and walls to halt illegal crossings in the southwestern
> U.S., the plan to shore up U.S. borders passed by a vote of 260-159 on Thursday
> but was strongly denounced by some Democrats as a âBerlin Wallâ? for North
> America.
> âAmerica with walls between Canada and Mexico is not an America that reaches
> out for people to come here legally,â? argued Representative Sam Farr, a
> California Democrat.
> Mr. Farrâs press secretary, Jessica Schafer, said yesterday that the
> congressman will keep fighting to have the fence provisions stripped from the final
> legislation.
> âThis would be a massive change in how the borders with Canada and Mexico
> operate,â? she said. âCanada is supposed to be our friend. Why in the world would
> we do this?â?
> Representative James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, one of the strongest
> proponents of the immigration bill and a backer of the Hunter amendment, said during
> Thursdayâs debate: âOur nation has lost control of its borders, which has
> resulted in a sharp increase in illegal immigration and has left us vulnerable to
> infiltration by terrorists and criminals.â?
> There is a strong belief among many in the U.S. that Canada serves as a
> conduit for anti-American terrorists. Despite false suggestions that several of the
> Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers had entered the U.S. from Canada, the thwarting of
> Montreal-based âmillennium bomberâ? Ahmed Ressamâs planned attack on the
Los
> Angeles airport in 2000 has fixed Canada as a haven for terrorists in the minds
> of many Americans.
> Earlier this year, the Minutemen volunteer border brigade drew controversy
> and accusations of being xenophobic vigilantes when it carried out its first
> northern patrols. And a grassroots U.S. lobby group called Let Freedom Ringâ"which
> runs the website WeNeedaFence.com and is strongly backing Mr. Hunterâs
> proposalsâ"has also urged consideration of barriers along the U.S.-Canada border.
> Last month, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced a
> secure-border initiative that provided for increased use of unmanned âdroneâ?
> aircraft, infrared cameras and other high-tech surveillance measures, as well as
> increased staffing, to patrol the Mexican and Canadian borders.
> But driven by concerns in the U.S. southwest about the tide of illegal
> immigrants and goods, and touting the effectiveness of an existing barrier near San
> Diego, Mr. Hunter has pressed lawmakers to approve widespread border fencing
> as a national security imperative.
> Mr. Hunter, who is also chairman of the powerful House Armed Services
> Committee, claimed Thursday that a wall between San Diego and Tijuana has âcut
down
> on murders, itâs cut down on smuggling, and itâs brought order on both sides
> of the border.â?
> Even before passage of Mr. Hunterâs proposal, Mexican President Vicente Fox
> had denounced border fencing as a âdisgraceful and shamefulâ? initiative that
> violates human rights and does nothing for the U.S. economy. He has urged
> Congress to grant legal status to millions of Mexican illegals now living in the
> U.S.
> Canada and the U.S. have long and proudly promoted their shared management of
> the worldâs longest âundefendedâ? border. But the official terminology
> describing the boundary has been undergoing an adjustment recently to avoid leaving
> the impression of a frontier thatâs undefended against terrorism.
>
> American Liberals Sneaking Across Border Into Canada Illegal ImmigrantsAuthor
> Unknown11-24-04
>
> The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has
> intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the
> illegal immigration.
>
> The re-election of President Bush is prompting the exodus among Left leaning
> citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray and agree with Bill
> O' Reilly.
>
> Canadian border farmers say its not uncommon to see dozens of sociology
> professors, animal rights activists and Unitarians crossing their fields at night.
>
> I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood
> producer huddled in the barn," said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage
> borders North Dakota. The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry. He asked me if
> I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have
> any, he left. Didn't even get a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?"
>
> In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences
> but the liberals scaled them. So he tried installing speakers that blare Rush
> Limbaugh across the fields.
>
> Not real effective," he said. The liberals still got through, and Rush
> annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't give milk."
>
> Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals Near
> the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive them across
> the border and leave them to fend for themselves.
>
> A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions," an Ontario
> border patrolman said. I found one carload without a drop of drinking water.
> They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though."
>
> When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often Wailing
> loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been
> circulating about the Bush administration establishing re-education camps in which
> liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch NASCAR.
>
> In the days since the election, liberals have turned to sometimes ingenious
> ways of crossing the border.
>
> Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on bus trips to buy cheap
> Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans disguised in
> powdered wigs, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and
> quizzing the supposed senior-citizen passengers.
>
> If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, We
> get suspicious about their age," an official said.
>
> Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are Creating
> an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan Sarandon movies.
>
> I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just cant
> support them," an Ottawa resident said. How many art-history majors does one
> country need?"
>
> In an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada, Vice
> President Dick Cheney met with the Canadian ambassador and pledged that the
> administration would take steps to reassure liberals, a source close to Cheney said.
>
> We're going to have some Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. And we might put some
> endangered species on postage stamps. The president is determined to reach
> out."
>