Lately, all of the Congressional offices in Washington have been inundated with bricks that have been mailed in from citizens concerned about border security. The bricks, which are accompanied by a letter calling for tougher border security, are meant to send a message to Congress that if we don’t build a fence the public is willing to do the job on their own. (The effort is being organized by www.send-a-brick.com)
I couldn’t agree more that immigration reform must begin with tougher border security, and I voted for a border fence when we considered the immigration bill. However, my strong stance on this issue doesn’t change the fact that more bricks arrive every day. They have already filled up a whole cabinet in my office.
So, we have a new and very serious issue to address. What am I supposed to do with all of these bricks? So far my office has received over 60, and we get more every day. Now, if every House member has received the same, the number would total over 26,000.
Congressmen Darrell Issa (R-Calif) and Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) are collecting bricks from other offices to be donated to Habitat for Humanity. I have heard a suggestion that we should build a wall between the House and Senate. There are rumors of several congressional staffers using them to build a new deck at their house.
Now, I know the readers of the FlashReport are creative people. What do you think we should be doing with bricks?
June 27th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Maybe you send a few to Shaq O’Neal. His free throw shooting is atrocious, hence the phrase, “he shoots bricks”. Just thought I’d throw in a sports analogy. On a more serious note, maybe if the wall ever gets built along the border, they could incorporate some of the bricks into the construction at certain places to remind the illegals that we don’t appreciate them sneaking into the country and breaking our laws.