Funny way to show “Friendship”

From an email sent to the No Border Wall Yahoo Group:

Friends – here is the latest update on Friendship Park, the historic meeting place overlooking the beach on the US-Mexico border.

Members of our leadership group joined a meeting with Customs and Border Patrol on Tuesday, January 6. …

At the January 6 meeting we were told that design plans for monument mesa have been finalized and these plans will not allow for public access of any kind, at any time to the fence on top of Monument Mesa or on the beach below. There will be a gate in the second wall they are building across the mesa, but this will be for maintenance only. They could not have been more clear and the ban on public access could not be more absolute.

Demolition of the cement plaza at Friendship Park began on the morning of our meeting (Jan 6). Our meeting concluded with a “tour” of the park where we got to see the backhoes and shovels begin their work. The intent was clearly to present to the staffers of the elected officials that the fate of the park is a fait accompli.

The park dates back to August 1971 when the most decent (and maybe the ONLY decent) person in the Nixon White House said “I hate to see a fence anywhere”… and ordered the Secret Servicemen to cut it.

The  Bush Administration wants to rewrite history before they leave office.  In a way, they’re succeeding… the Nixons look better all the time.    Were they with us now, Pat Nixon might say, “Mr. Obama, tear down that wall… please”  Dick  would undoubtedly add, “God-damn it, what the fuck were you thinking, Chertoff?”