Standard Mischief

That’s 6,000 unarmed, presumably only observing, National Guard troops to watch our southern border. Assuming that they are all 100% on duty, and never sleep or take breaks, or go on vacation, each member of the Guard will have their own one third of a mile to observe and report on, leaving all the Border Patrol people to do the pickups and arrests. Yea, right.

George Bush seems to want to appear to be doing something about our open borders, but it’s a charade. He’ll tie this do-nothing mobilization with his temporary worker program and hope he can get both through congress. If he succeeds, companies like Mall-Wart will no longer have to use subcontractors as tools to get their cheap labor, They’ll be able to hire above the board.

CNN.com:

Wal-Mart officials told the newspaper those arrested were employees of a subcontractor and that the nation’s largest retailer has contracts with subcontractors requiring that they follow all federal, state and local laws.

“It is our understanding that the individuals taken into custody at the Pottsville distribution center construction site were employees of subcontractors and not Wal-Mart associates,” Wal-Mart said in a statement emailed to CNNMoney.com.

I’ve been ranting over at Pawpaw’s place, in the comments. I see he’s got a new tagline too.