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...everyone is confident that DHS will be so sensitive. At the eastern edge of the border, in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, where there has been a 30-year struggle to recover wildlife habitat from urbanization, ranching and agricultural clearing, over 95% of the native brush land has been erased. The area is home to a necklace of salvaged brush habitat known as the Lower Rio Grande Wildlife Refuge, 115 tracts along 70 miles of river front, purchased with $70 million in federal funds. "One of the ironies of this proposed fence is it flies in the face...
...America," said Nancy Brown, public outreach officer for the refuge. This rich biodiversity has helped revive little border towns like Roma, a former river steamboat port, whose picturesque 19th century dusty plaza now boasts the World Birding Center. Looking down from the Roma Bluffs towards a large swath of brush near the international bridge, birders can watch four species of birds, including the Audubon oriole and the rare white-collared seedeater, not found elsewhere. Fears that the brush areas may have to be cleared to better secure the border is alarming Valley residents. "The outcry has been universal," Brown said...
...Mayor, and his chief lieutenant on the project, Ellen Sahli, brush off the criticism. They note that Daley has had a record of success in tackling the city's worst problems: he lifted the nation's worst school system from academic poverty, razed the very high-rise ghettos his father erected generations ago, and nearly halved the city's murder rate. "I have always set high goals," Daley said. "This is a problem that can be solved." Many of his critics, however, aren't sure that this...
...cannot brush off McCain's "small varmint gun" quip as entirely lacking substance. If anything, it's a model of political economy: There's the obvious reference to Romney's now-notorious "evolving" opinions (on gay rights, on abortion, on immigration), there's the more obscure dig at Romney's comic explanation for his spotty hunting record (the "lifelong hunter" has been on two hunts - "for small varmints, if you will"). And there's the for-junkies-only joke, resurrecting a six-month-old charge that Romney's landscaping company employed illegal immigrants from Guatemala. As an added bonus...
...really are.” She recommends a quiet, reflective summer: “If you have a few weeks to yourself, use it to remember who you used to be...Remember how you used to paint—you know, before your life got crazy? Pick up a brush again. Give it a chance.” More serious but less serious than the first issue, less “adult” but more adult, Freeze 2 takes on the weight of the world, and after thinking about it carefully it looks they’re saying...