Ha! Reporter on Lou Dobbs Just Mentioned * Cutting 9,790 Border Agents

[stopbush]

Back in 2004 - Congress approved hiring 10,000 new border patrol agents, but *'s 2006 budget
included funding for only 210 of them!

They could have made more of it, but at least it was mentioned.

[aquart]

1. So instead of restoring the funding for border agents

Georgie is going to cause massive upheaval in the lives of National Guard families. Because the incomes ain't comparable, I'm just bettin'.

[RadiDem]

2. I thought he said 2000?

not 10,000

[stopbush]

11. Congress approved hiring 10,000 agents over 5 years, ie: 2000 per year.

Bush cut that by 90% for 2006 and funded only 210. Over 5 years, that would have
added up to only 1050 agents.

I used a bit of RW addition in my headline (assuming bush COULD have funded the full
10,000 immediately if he wanted to).

[partylessinOhio]

3. That was also mentioned this afternoon on another program.

It should be repeated loud and repeated often.

Back in 2004 - Congress approved hiring 10,000 new border patrol agents, but *'s 2006 budget included funding for only 210 of them!

[KittyWampus]

4. Recommended! PLEASE let the Democrats get this

[redqueen]

5. I guess national guard members don't get paid as much?

Bubble up economics works... trickle down is a massive failure.

How many times must it be proven before it sinks into their heads?

[nickyt]

12. Earlier thread from Eugene says:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2286082

NO National Guard

[KittyWampus]

6. THIS should be tomorrows headline

[CatWoman]

7. they are also billing tonite's speech as nothing but another

photo op :D

[KittyWampus]

8. see, i like Dobbs. don't love him... but do like him

[redqueen]

9. ahahahaha... who's billing it that way?

it's dead-on accurate... so... if it's the MSM saying that... I have my suspicions that they're only trying to regain a veneer of credibility so people will trust them again by this fall, when they'll be shoving their anointed corporatist candidates down our throats.

[CatWoman]

13. I walked in from work around 6:05

you know how they have a reporter giving his report on a certain segment?

Sorry, didn't catch the reporter's name.

[redqueen]

14. CNN reporter or local reporter?

Either way... hope it's from the bottom up, and not some ruse to get people thinking they're generally trustworthy anymore.

Thanks!

:hi:

[libodem]

10. Wonder how they will blame Bill Clinton for this one?

maggots, scum, morans

[pretzel4gore]

15. this punk named 'bowering' at 930 AM upper ny state

was calling for the 'militarisation' of the US/Mexico border, and saying bush is a nitwit for responding to Mexico's Fox blah blah blah.....isn't New York blue? wtf! this guy wants 50 thousand usa troops on the border!
the station also carries meester analcyst limbah-humbug, so it's not as if it's disconcerting or anything...still(?)

[MsKandice01]

16. Did Lou's head explode??

Nothing pisses him off more than border security issues.

[pansypoo53219]

17. irony

i just caught a bit of 'Touch of Evil'-chuck heston, janet leigh, orson welles, and there's chuck playing a mexican talking about the 1600 mile border, completely free, undefended and no rifle to be found. BWAH HA HA HA.

later one of the characters said he didn't speak mexican. OY!

[w4rma]

18. Lou Dobbs rocks. (nt)

[redqueen]

19. Kick

:kick: