{"id":2364,"date":"2008-02-29T13:16:15","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T21:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2008-03-01T19:24:47","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T03:24:47","slug":"good-fences-make-good-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2364","title":{"rendered":"Good Fences Make Good Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mickey Kaus writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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1)<\/strong> Border control advocates want<\/a> an actual physical fence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong> Respectable Bush comprehensivist types like Chertoff want to substitute a sophisticated hi-tech "virtual fence" for the crude actual physical fence.<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong> Border control types say the "virtual fence" won’t work.<\/p>\n

4)<\/strong> Respectable Bush comprehensivists like Chertoff in fact cut back on actual fencing, choosing the "virtual fence."<\/p>\n

5) <\/strong>Where it’s installed, the actual fence works<\/a>.<\/p>\n

6)<\/strong> Where it’s installed, the "virtual fence" doesn’t work<\/a> .<\/p>\n

7) <\/strong>Chertoff feels sorry for himself<\/a> ("I thought I heard myself getting roundly criticized … as squishy and soft").<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Mickey Kaus writes: 1) Border control advocates want an actual physical fence. 2) Respectable Bush comprehensivist types like Chertoff want to substitute a sophisticated hi-tech "virtual fence" for the crude actual physical fence. 3) Border control types say the "virtual … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration","category-mickey-kaus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t