I recently read an article that I found very interesting. Not only does it impact us locally, but it also secondarily impacts our fellow Americans, even if it’s probably unknown to most of them. It was about the wall that was deemed necessary to “combat terrorism” by our Department of Homeland Security a few years ago. It tells a story of a 73 year old Native American woman trying to save her land that has been in her family since the 18th century from being taken from her by the DHS. (Even though she is offered “fair market value”) It tells the story of Eagle Pass, where there are miles of fence being erected through the center of town, much to the chagrin of not only the townspeople, but also the Mayor. The article gives us information on the bleeding of the government’s wallet by grossly overpaid and decidedly under-delivering corporations such as Boeing, (my personal favorite as they were my most recent employer) who are given ludicrous amounts of money to engineer and build a fence…….wait a minute…..doesn’t Boeing build airplanes? WTF? The only way I can think to put this in perspective would be for one of us hiring an engineer from Ford to build us a soap box derby racer, and paying him 500 grand for his horrifically overqualified work. This article basically leaves us with the overwhelming impression that the brand spankin’ new DHS secretary Janet Nepolitano will have her hands full trying to clean up this mess here. Of course, that is, if this administration really is about change!
