Thursday Quiz Time

You are Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. You want to build a 670-mile fences along the border between the U.S. and Mexico, but you need to build a little public support and get those pesky environmentalists out of the way. Do you:

a) appeal to the American public's fear of another terrorist attack and explain that you think the border would help keep terrorists out?
b) appeal to the American public's jingoism and failure to understand basic economics and explain that you think the wall would keep cheap workers out?
c) appeal to the American public's ignorance as to who you are and what you do and explain that "illegal migrants really degrade the environment" to get those wacky tree-huggers out of the way?

The correct answer, kids, is (c). Because migrant workers are the problem, and building a 670-mile wall along the Rio Grande--keeping animals from fresh water and turning a beautiful natural landscape into a security nightmare--is the solution.