Fortunately, this one has all those guns and lawyers.
There’s no reason whatever to click that link, the title covers the content. But I made the mistake of scrolling down to the comments, where I was reminded once again that there is no Freedom Party. There’s just two acknowledged flavors of leash-lovers.
Looks like the wall is going to happen…MAGA
Despite what the msm and the brain dead trolls say Trump is getting a lot accomplished despite the fact that he is fighting the dumbocrats, the media and his own party…
Is there anybody left that HASN’T tried to fight Trump? Step right up and take your best shot. Our fearless leader will deal with your stupid asz in a minute.
Yeah. Uh huh.
“Please, Mr. Trump, sir. Be all awesome and take other people’s land so you can protect me with a big wall. And Real ID would be nice, too, and don’t neglect to put real teeth in E-Verify. Because if people can move around or hold jobs without government permission, the terrorists will win, or … we can’t be free, or … how does that last line go again?”
“Fortunately, this one has all those guns and lawyers” . . . and money, ours of course.
Well, this is actually a clear-cut case of eminent domain. The land is to be used for the safety and security of the country.
Not to:
Protect some dying species due to supposed habitat loss
Sale of land to some developer (who is usually and suspiciously connected to the politician..)
To block utilization of some natural resource
To take from one individual for some community housing project
Yeah, I hate eminent domain when it’s used to slam some poor snook because of snail darters, rat farts (a new source of methane?), money to a politician or to take my house and replace it with a welfare housing block.
But to make our borders stronger? Okay. As long as the current owners are paid a fair price (and I wonder how many speculators have been buying up border land in preparation for this process… hmmm…)
And now for something completely different…
A bit of ephemera I’ve managed to pack away for a few decades – an unused bumper sticker that reads:
Hands under the border
Douglas/Agua Prieta
Those were different times. But not so much…
Cynic that I am – I still haven’t invested in mylar balloons and votive candles – but I’m sorely tempted.
Concur fully with Andrew.
You guys been paying attention to how well that “let’s build a wall” thing has worked out in Israel? 🙂
A quick look at history will reveal a few other famously unsuccessful walls.
I have, Joel. And it has worked pretty damn well for them. And for Hungary as well.
The walls in Israel seems to be doing a much better job than the current wall on our southern border.
And when some towelhead does something bad near a gate in the wall, and the Israelis shut the gate fot 24 hours or so, all the other towelheads that make money by using the gate are starting to get riled at the towelies that are doing stupid stuff.
As to Hadrian’s Wall, or the Great Wall, they did well in stopping the small incursions. Not so great against large incursions, but in that case border walls really serve as a breakwater, not a stop. If Mexico tries to redo the Mexican-American War, then a solid border wall will work the same.
Borders are good. So are good fences.