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Rocks Thrown at Border Patrol Chopper
Rocks Thrown at Border Patrol Chopper
Aug 25 3:31 PM US/Eastern YUMA, Ariz. Illegal immigrants threw rocks at a Border Patrol helicopter, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing when one of the rocks damaged the rotor, the agency said. Neither the pilot nor the Border Patrol observer was injured. The A-Star helicopter was two miles west of the U.S. Port of Entry in Andrade, Calif., on Tuesday when a group of immigrants began throwing rocks at the aircraft. One baseball-sized rock gashed the rotor, forcing the pilot to land nearby, said Michael Gramley, spokesman for the Border Patrol sector based in Yuma, Ariz. Gramley said he did not know how high the helicopter was hovering when it was struck, but he said it was being repaired and is expected back in service soon. After the incident, 17 people were apprehended for illegally crossing the border, and two of them were being investigated for smuggling. Ten immigrants evaded capture. The investigation into the rock-throwing was continuing. ================================================== ======= Perhaps we should arm the copter with machine guns and fire back? KM |
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Perhaps we should arm the copter with machine guns and fire back?
No, that would be barbaric. However, I am continually amazed at the vociferous opposition to actually controlling our borders. For some reason the ACLU and a host of other do-gooder organizations find it anathema for America to actually restrict immigration to legal immigrants only -- a fact that baffles me. We are friends with a family from Columbia. They came to America the hard way -- legally -- and have struggled over the last decade with obtaining green cards for their family members, and with becoming American citizens. It has been a tough row to hoe, and they are rightfully proud of their efforts and status. They are also the most vocally anti-Mexican group of people I have EVER known. Their attitude toward illegal immigrants borders on Fascist -- they simply despise them for cheating and taking the easy way -- at what they see as their expense -- and I am sure they would advocate following this poster's (I hope) tongue-in-cheek suggestion to arm the border patrol helicopters with machine guns. But what is so wrong with stopping illegal immigration? Why is it okay to fly helicopters up and down the Rio Grande 24/7 -- at huge expense -- but building a fence is seen as some sort of "Berlin Wall"-type of deal? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Exactly my thought:
Just shoot back... Jay B |
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Interesting,
The USMC has some very nicely equipped Whiskey Cobras they could send up with the border patrol, and OH they are stationed right there at MCAS YUMA! I know where you are coming from Jay, my 1st wife was of hispanic descent, father Nuevo Laredo, mexico and Mom from Bogota Columbia....and they did not like the wide open borders either. Though my father in law had a very good paying job he said the illegals kept the pay down for Mexicans that were here legally. They are really good folks and I think very highly of them. Great family that loved a reason for a fiesta!!!!! Patrick student SPL aircraft structural mech "Jay Honeck" wrote in message newsxvPe.282087$_o.58618@attbi_s71... Perhaps we should arm the copter with machine guns and fire back? No, that would be barbaric. However, I am continually amazed at the vociferous opposition to actually controlling our borders. For some reason the ACLU and a host of other do-gooder organizations find it anathema for America to actually restrict immigration to legal immigrants only -- a fact that baffles me. We are friends with a family from Columbia. They came to America the hard way -- legally -- and have struggled over the last decade with obtaining green cards for their family members, and with becoming American citizens. It has been a tough row to hoe, and they are rightfully proud of their efforts and status. They are also the most vocally anti-Mexican group of people I have EVER known. Their attitude toward illegal immigrants borders on Fascist -- they simply despise them for cheating and taking the easy way -- at what they see as their expense -- and I am sure they would advocate following this poster's (I hope) tongue-in-cheek suggestion to arm the border patrol helicopters with machine guns. But what is so wrong with stopping illegal immigration? Why is it okay to fly helicopters up and down the Rio Grande 24/7 -- at huge expense -- but building a fence is seen as some sort of "Berlin Wall"-type of deal? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message newsxvPe.282087$_o.58618@attbi_s71... Perhaps we should arm the copter with machine guns and fire back? No, that would be barbaric. However, I am continually amazed at the vociferous opposition to actually controlling our borders. For some reason the ACLU and a host of other do-gooder organizations find it anathema for America to actually restrict immigration to legal immigrants only -- a fact that baffles me. We are friends with a family from Columbia. They came to America the hard way -- legally -- and have struggled over the last decade with obtaining green cards for their family members, and with becoming American citizens. It has been a tough row to hoe, and they are rightfully proud of their efforts and status. They are also the most vocally anti-Mexican group of people I have EVER known. Their attitude toward illegal immigrants borders on Fascist -- they simply despise them for cheating and taking the easy way -- at what they see as their expense -- and I am sure they would advocate following this poster's (I hope) tongue-in-cheek suggestion to arm the border patrol helicopters with machine guns. But what is so wrong with stopping illegal immigration? Why is it okay to fly helicopters up and down the Rio Grande 24/7 -- at huge expense -- but building a fence is seen as some sort of "Berlin Wall"-type of deal? Very simple.....votes. Upset the Latino community and its all over. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"W P Dixon" wrote in message ... Interesting, The USMC has some very nicely equipped Whiskey Cobras they could send up with the border patrol, and OH they are stationed right there at MCAS YUMA! I know where you are coming from Jay, my 1st wife was of hispanic descent, father Nuevo Laredo, mexico and Mom from Bogota Columbia....and they did not like the wide open borders either. Though my father in law had a very good paying job he said the illegals kept the pay down for Mexicans that were here legally. I never thought about that but he was right. I think the reason they let them in is they are funding our social security system with phony ID's. They pay in but will never collect. They are really good folks and I think very highly of them. Great family that loved a reason for a fiesta!!!!! Patrick student SPL aircraft structural mech "Jay Honeck" wrote in message newsxvPe.282087$_o.58618@attbi_s71... Perhaps we should arm the copter with machine guns and fire back? No, that would be barbaric. However, I am continually amazed at the vociferous opposition to actually controlling our borders. For some reason the ACLU and a host of other do-gooder organizations find it anathema for America to actually restrict immigration to legal immigrants only -- a fact that baffles me. We are friends with a family from Columbia. They came to America the hard way -- legally -- and have struggled over the last decade with obtaining green cards for their family members, and with becoming American citizens. It has been a tough row to hoe, and they are rightfully proud of their efforts and status. They are also the most vocally anti-Mexican group of people I have EVER known. Their attitude toward illegal immigrants borders on Fascist -- they simply despise them for cheating and taking the easy way -- at what they see as their expense -- and I am sure they would advocate following this poster's (I hope) tongue-in-cheek suggestion to arm the border patrol helicopters with machine guns. But what is so wrong with stopping illegal immigration? Why is it okay to fly helicopters up and down the Rio Grande 24/7 -- at huge expense -- but building a fence is seen as some sort of "Berlin Wall"-type of deal? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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All they have to do is go down to our local Home Depot and they could pick
up 200 of them on any day of the week. Now if they pull a truck over with 10-15 it makes the news. I just dont get it. I do think there is going to be some sort of crack down. There is a lot of talk on the radio these days. |
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Aluckyguess wrote:
I think the reason they let them in is they are funding our social security system with phony ID's. They pay in but will never collect. The illegals around here don't pay into the Social Security system. They don't have those types of jobs. George Patterson Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks. |
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Aluckyguess wrote:
All they have to do is go down to our local Home Depot and they could pick up 200 of them on any day of the week. They could get quite a few at the train station in Red Bank, NJ. George Patterson Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks. |
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Very simple.....votes. Upset the Latino community and its all over.
Illegals can't vote. Only US citizens can. If the (legal) Latino community gets upset at the suggestion of tougher border control, they are insulting their own people by implying all, or most, Latinos are criminals. Doh! Frankie |
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