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If you’ve ever thought George Bush a little too eager to invade countries, you’ve thought right!

A 1.5-mile barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border was designed to keep cars from illegally crossing into the United States. There’s just one problem: It was accidentally built on Mexican soil. Now embarrassed border officials say the mistake could cost the federal government more than $3 million to fix. The barrier was part of more than 15 miles of border fence built in 2000, stretching from the town of Columbus to an onion farm and cattle ranch. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said the vertical metal tubes were sunk into the ground and filled with cement along what officials firmly believed was the border. But a routine aerial survey in March revealed that the barrier protrudes into Mexico by 1 to 6 feet.

That’s another three million dollars that the man who protects your wallet protected you and your family from. Three million dollars that could’ve gone to soldiers in Iraq (he’s helping al-Qaeda by underfunding troops!), families in need of healthcare or toward energy independence but instead, it’s going to be spent on rebuilding a wall which was created foolishly to begin with.

I just wonder what political hack they’d hired to do the job in the first place. You think someone qualified could’ve saved us three million dollars?

This entry was posted on Friday, June 29th, 2007 at 11:48 pm and is filed under Outside Retort (Current Affairs).