Southern border fence erection moves at snail’s pace

With all the cries in Washington and elsewhere about beefing up border security, less than 18 miles of border fence has been erected out of 854 miles authorized last October by Congress, hears Grumpy Editor.

On Glenn Beck’s CNN program, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R., Calif.) revealed only 17.9 miles worth of double fence along the U.S.-Mexico border has gone up.

Seven weeks earlier, also on CNN, Hunter --- a Republican candidate for President --- mentioned President Bush expressed surprise when the congressman informed him that only 13 miles of fence had been constructed along the southern porous border.

At that snail’s pace, the remaining 836 miles of fence construction will take 1,171 weeks to complete.

Translation:  That’s by 2030, figuring there are no hitches.