{"id":14457,"date":"2012-06-26T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14457"},"modified":"2012-06-26T10:55:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T14:55:07","slug":"does-the-government-want-to-enforce-the-border-with-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14457","title":{"rendered":"Does The Government Want To Enforce The Border With Mexico ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/us\/2012\/June\/Outdated-Border-Patrol-Hurting-US-Security\/\">CBN News<\/a>\u00a0posted a story today about a technology that would make a huge difference along <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">America<\/a>&#8216;s southern border with <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mexico\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=19.05,-99.3666666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=19.05,-99.3666666667 (Mexico)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Arlington, Texas\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=32.705,-97.1227777778&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=32.705,-97.1227777778 (Arlington%2C%20Texas)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Arlington, Texas<\/a>, is home of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Cowboys Stadium\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=32.7477777778,-97.0927777778&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=32.7477777778,-97.0927777778 (Cowboys%20Stadium)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Cowboys stadium<\/a>, and one of the most technologically advanced municipalities in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>CBN News met a man there who developed the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Burglar alarm\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burglar_alarm\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">security system<\/a> for the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Super Bowl\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Super_Bowl\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl<\/a>, and may also hold the key to securing the southern border.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;The fence is a wonderful tool if you want to stop wildlife, if you want to stop livestock, if you want to stop somebody for 30 seconds,&#8221; Dan Hammons, owner of Hammons Enterprises, explained.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;We think the border needs to be a line in the sand as opposed to a wide area,&#8221; he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;If a person crawls over that fence or crosses that border illegally, we have a wide array of sensing technologies that will set off an alarm and will turn on a camera on a node tower,&#8221; Hammons said. &#8220;So you can determine, is it a person, is it a deer, is it a cow.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;With our system, I&#8217;m confident that we are going to detect 100 percent of the people crossing that border illegally,&#8221; he boldly claimed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hammons &#8216;security system costs about $1 million less per mile than the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Separation barrier\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Separation_barrier\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">border fence<\/a>. Because of the bandwidth of his security system, Border Patrol agents would be able to see thousands of video streams covering thousands of miles in real time.<\/p>\n<p>The article at CBN reports the government&#8217;s response:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Still, decision makers in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Washington, D.C.\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8951111111,-77.0366666667&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=38.8951111111,-77.0366666667 (Washington%2C%20D.C.)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Washington<\/a> have repeatedly turned down Hammons&#8217; ideas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;They have shut the door in our face,&#8221; he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;We offered to do this for them for free. We wanted to build a three-mile section of it for free. No cost or obligation to the government, all we wanted was an operational evaluation,&#8221; Hammons recalled.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>He hinted that the system&#8217;s potential may be viewed by some as a political problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to be able to tell the truth about what&#8217;s going on on the border,&#8221; Hammons said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to be able to show the American public exactly what is happening down there.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>In the meantime, ranchers along <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Arizona\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=34.0,-112.0&amp;spn=3.0,3.0&amp;q=34.0,-112.0 (Arizona)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona&#8217;s<\/a> border feel like they&#8217;re stuck in a war zone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;Regardless of what Homeland Security and Border Patrol says, the border isn&#8217;t as safe as it&#8217;s ever been,&#8221; Ladd said. &#8220;There&#8217;s more drugs coming right now than ever before.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;A guy driving a Border Patrol truck up and down the fence isn&#8217;t going to cut it,&#8221; he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why is the government ignoring a solution to securing our border that would be both cheaper and more effective?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right; border-style: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=97f48de0-cbf3-4d99-a58d-d7d005652434\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBN News\u00a0posted a story today about a technology that would make a huge difference along America&#8216;s southern border with Mexico. 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