From The Caucus in the New York Times:
“It’s going to be 20 feet high. It’s going to have barbed wire on the top. It’s going to be electrified. And there’s going to be a sign on the other side saying, ‘It will kill you — Warning.’” At an earlier rally, on the campus of Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn., he added that the sign would be written “in English and in Spanish.”According to Edward Wyatt, the listeners at two rallies in Tennessee cheered and applauded Cain's remarks.
Cain added:
“If we have to put troops with real guns and real bullets for part of it, we can do that too."What about the deficit? 2,000 mile fences don't come cheap. But wait! Although I haven't done the math, doing away with Social Security and Medicare might more than cover the cost.
Cain said that some folks had told him his suggestion is insensitive. Has anyone told him to his face that his suggestion is just plain stupid?
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UPDATE ON IMMIGRATION LAWS: Ormonde at Through the Dust said:
The last [Louisiana] Legislature passed two bills, both requiring employers to use the incompetent but poisonous E-Verify, and we are in danger of even stricter legislation based on the Alabama model. The speaker, Susan Weishar of the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University, shared with us a letter issued by several bishops in Mississippi last February, including Duncan Gray.The entire text of the letter from the bishops in Mississippi is here. It's a fine thing to see the religious leaders stand together against the punitive legislation. The letter is excellent. I hope to see similar action by the religious leaders in Louisiana.
