Bismarck, North Dakota News

" To "MAMMAMIA" Frankly, I consider good fences to be fifteen tall, surrounded by guards, and ominous with death traps for the ungrateful people who try to sneak in and steal our money that we worked for-for us-AMERICANS. Key word for illegal immigrants. ILLEGAL "

" Apparantly some people don't know where the fence lies for this country. We can be attacked and killed, go to save other innocent people from terrorists and half the people in the country consider ~us~ the villans! "

" I am with Bill all the way on this one. I was raised on that phrase “good fences make good neighbors”. Our boundary fences were mesh topped with 3 barbed wires. Our cattle and horses were never a problem to our neighbors and their sheep and hogs never troubled us. Never did figure out a good way for making a deep “pass” though. As far as the US borders are concerned, the trafficking of drugs and individuals who do not have our “best interests” at heart present a clear threat to our nation. Far too many illegals pay their “coyotes” off by packing in drugs. Unabated reproduction and careless conservation practices result in starving people. What a nasty dilemma that makes for us. Third world nations are just exactly that because of their own conduct. We can not survive as a nation with various other nations flooding us with their problems. Ranchers who have had their homes “backed up against the border” for generation are now being driven off their lands by the flood of illegals passing through their property. The illegals are breaking into the homes and buildings and threatening the owners with weapons. If you think I am kidding, I will give you a few places where you can go and experience the invasion “up close and personal”. "

" When I quoted Robert Frost I meant to imply that he had it right. Good fences do make good neighbors. But I don't consider a "good" fence to be 20 foot high razor wire protected by armed guards. "

" Bill, yes, fences may keep people out, but, maybe some people need to be kept out. Do you leave your front door unlocked so anyone can come into your home anytime and help themselves. How about car doors, ever lock them? Got a garden shed? Do you lock it? Own a business or have an office? How much security is devoted to those places? The idea of a fence and security at our boarder is no less important than fences and locks on our personal property. When it has been shown repetedly that the Mexican government is not only encouraging but actively aiding illegal crossing of our boarder by its citizens it becomes no longer a matter of illegal migration but invasion. We have a right to secure our boarders from invasion. "

" Robert Frost is dead. "

" Bill, There is nothing wrong with a fence. It establishes a boundary and a meeting place to lean on while neighbors chat. A nice, big, sturdy, electric fence between the US and Mexico would solve a nasty problem, Fences have gates that are opened for friends. "

" I was dismayed when the Robert Frost quotation I used this morning was interpreted the way many of you interpreted it. The poem was published in 1914 and takes place in the countryside, it is about a man who questions why he and his neighbor must rebuild the stone fence dividing their two farms. The poem is readily available on the Internet. Just use a search engine like goggle and type in “Mending Wall,” and read it for yourself. "

" When Robert Frost wrote the poem Mending Wall, which contains the phrase, “Good fences make good neighbors,” I don’t think he was thinking of fences around cities, regions or countries. I think he meant keeping your cows or chickens, or sheep confined or simply defining the limits of your property or your neighbor’s property. Fences that are small, attractive and moderately functional. Fences that would contain unlocked gates. The types of fences one would encounter in ones neighborhood. You certainly would not want to lock out your friends would you? Fences that would say, “this is mine, but come on in and visit, lets have something to drink and get to know each other.” "

" The Berlin wall was very effective. It virtually eliminated all unauthorized travel between the east and west. Try crossing illegally, you get shot on sight. We need a border like that. I'm all for immigration, just do it legally. Make all the illegals here sign up to be a citizen and shut the border down for illegals. Maybe we need to increase the amount of immigrants per year, that's fine. But I'm tired of politicians and laywers just plain taking and giving away all that the U.S. has worked for just so they can get elected again or make a buck or both. "

" I have no problem with a fence on our boarders. Immigration is honorable and desirable in the United States. This is a country of laws, so let's amend that to read; legal immigration is honorable and desirable. To those that want to leave, the gate swings out as well as in. "

" To Bill, You took the words right out of my mouth. There is a great deal of truth in that old saying. "

" Putting up the Berlin wall was a crime,barring East and west Germans from safe travel between each other. The Russians could'nt stand watching all the East Germans fleeing Communisms failures. "

" Although the Berlin wall was a failure it was built to keep folks in........not out. "

" "Something there is that doesn't love a wall. . ." Robert Frost. "

" Look at the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall what failures they where. "

" I really enjoyed this article. It would be interesting if some of the clergy would use this topic of "fences" in their sermons -- since it would certainly be a good issue especially this time of year of "Peace on Earth". Doesn't everyone have fences of some kind or another in their lives? "

" A well-groomed hedge makes an excellent fence. "

" Agree 100% with Bill!!!! "

" Good fences make good neighbors. "