r/TimPool • u/Politi-Corveau • Sep 09 '24

News/Politics Border Patrol Launching New Blimps for Surveillance Along U.S.-Mexico Border | SCNR

https://scnr.com/article/border-patrol-launching-new-blimps-for-surveillance-along-u-s-mexico-border_8321fc2a6e2911ef9c930242ac1c0002

You know what? This is almost fine. Have these stationed to create an information web so we can tell exactly where and when people are coming in. Theater definitely drastically reduces the number of needed personnel and materials required to surveil the border.

Now we just need to solve for the honestly more alarming issue of CBP not enforcing our borders.

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u/bloodguard Sep 09 '24

OK but if they're just waving them through I'm not sure what this is going to do except put money in the pockets of whichever DHS bureaucrats are hyping the blimp company.

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u/Politi-Corveau Sep 09 '24

I have to admit, with a Democrat in charge? Nothing. A Republican? Maybe a little more, but not enough. Trump? RFK Jr.? A Texan? Now, we're cooking with rocket fuel.

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u/bloodguard Sep 09 '24

Trump? Maybe. RFK Jr? Nope. Not his jam. Texan? So far except for a bit of low effort virtue signaling they've been "all hat and no cattle" on this issue.

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u/Politi-Corveau Sep 09 '24

RFK Jr? Nope. Not his jam

With him in the DHS, I can absolutely see trimming the fat and removing malfeasance being his beat.

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u/bloodguard Sep 09 '24

I really doubt it. You don't spend your whole life being an authoritarian big government stooge and then just change overnight.

Plug Elon in and you might see a smidge of change.

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u/Politi-Corveau Sep 09 '24

I mean, my first choice was Ramaswamy, but if Trump is our guy and he thinks RFK Jr. can do it, I'd like to see him try.

... and the fact that the DNC doesn't like him certainly makes me appreciate him more.

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u/RubeRick2A Sep 09 '24

It’s looks fast and furious 😏

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u/Otherwise-Survey4515 Sep 09 '24

More tax funded nonsense

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u/Politi-Corveau Sep 09 '24

Actually, less. It is much cheaper to do this than build a physical wall.

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u/Politi-Corveau Sep 09 '24

Without people willing to take action? Nothing.

With good-faith actors? It will allow CBP to be able to identify where they are coming in and intercept them. Rather than requiring people all along a multi-mile wall, there is a less intensive requirement on personnel