Howdy ho! Let the money flow! West Texans will soon have showered upon their heads the amount of 400,000 US dollahs in support of Operation WRANGLER.

WRANGLER, you say, wassat? Why, it’s an initiative by the Texas Guv to combat crime along the border with you-know-who. NO, not New Mexico. That other Mexico.

Perry better hope the armed thugs who did this don’t move east.

On account of our Southwest border will be shown to be the terrorist-inviting empty expanse that it is.

I’m gonna have an Operation WRANGLER this weekend, too. Need some new boot-cut jeans, since the board shorts are wearing out and it’s darn cold here.

HILLARY CLINTON: American Idol?
[Hat Tip: Found via Six Meat Buffet]

Can’t say which is more pathetic: The El Paso Times’ Brandi Grissom for running this 120-word story on a couple of residents who oppose the death penalty, or the couple of residents who oppose the death penalty.

120 words for a news article? Hey, she never even said who the moratori-folks associate with.

The anti-penalty Tures are reported and supported by this well-known movement obscure blog.

Intrepid reporter Grissom has a blog, which highlights the Web 2.0 environment that defines El Paso, a city well-known as the “Austin of West Texas.”

Something’s afoot at Electronic Frontier Foundation. They want to hear from folks who have had trouble entering or leaving the US. Given EFF’s litigous nature and expanding-to-ACLU-like-proportions, methinks a legal action is in the works. But the action may not be that well-grounded, since EFF are trolling for personal experiences.

Hell, ask the robbed, beaten, raped, starved, dehydrated, chilled, scorched illegals who stream north across the Southwest Border about “trouble.” Somehow, I don’t think EFF is focused on them. I also don’t think EFF is focused on why illegal immigration is bad for all involved. [Hat Tip: Boing Boing, even though they didn’t link to anything useful.]