Comments on: Tech Issues Delay "Virtual Fence" Plans

Homeland Security Officials Say Border System Fails To Meet Contract Requirements

[joyous88]

The fence to "nowhere" another great republican idea,

what went wrong? how did these greed driven criminals
get in the white house, haliburton is building the fence.

[twocanpete]

Unless by some miracle Mike Huckabee wins in November there is no chance this fence will go up. Either Obama or Juan McCain will open the border and flood this country with illegal aliens. The fools in Washington cannot see the handwriting on the wall. Or maybe they do and this is all part of the plan to bankrupt this nation and fill their own bank accounts. http://twocanpete.blogspot.com

[missingamerica]

"28 miles of our border for $20 million"?

Hmmmm...$714K per mile? Let me think...a decent camera with PTZ and IR capabilities and video motion detection goes for $1500, retail...

Of course, you''d also need pole mounts, solar power sources w/backup batteries, computers to aggregate and store the video feeds, backup motion detectors, normal and infrared spotlights on PTZ mounts, the connecting wiring and/or wireless transceivers, a control room for the HMI elements...

Huh...no way could you get it done for $714K per mile using the typical "big government contractor" who requires two or three times actual cost to get anything accomplished.

Somebody shafted Congress...

[walt1944-2009]

The Great Emperor Bush II is upset that his plan for a "virtual fence" to stretch along the border between the USSA and Mexico does not work!

Apparently, if "THE FENCE" does become workable, it won''t be until 2011. By then most of the inhabitants of Mexico will have crossed over into the USSA and the country of Mexico and other points south should be quite empty of human beings.

In the meantime, the Great Emperor will continue to support the "virtual fence" idea much as he has stubbornly supported other ideas of his which have become DISASTERS, such as the Emperor''s version of "star wars", which operates only on warm, calm, sunny days and only when there are no other flying things in the sky!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!
sig heil, McCain????

[cbsblogger]

Has this administration ever done anything with competence? If so I''m not aware of it. Don''t say they protected us since 9-11 because that has been nothing but luck, and Bush is not out of office yet. BTW they didn''t protect us when they should have on 9-11......but maybe they didn''t want to.

[excoachken]

The "technical problems" that the Bush Administration has found with the installation of the "virtual fence" are simply that he hasn''t found a way to quietly give Haliburton a "no bid contract." Otherwise, everything is as cool as the other side of the pillow.

[sociallyjust]

If a nation-state fails to control its borders, then in practicality, that nation-state either ceases to exist as a sovereign, independent nation, or is ''on the decline.''
As applicable in these [extremely dangerous]times, constant monitoring and surveillance is necessary, especially in deference to safety, security, and anti-terrorist measures regarding The United States.
We must adjust and tighten our border control to the extent of our having our borders impenetrable!