The Wall

[Glen]

7 minutes ago, Adam said:

Dude you'd be stationed off the coast of Puerto Vallarta! 

I'm a civilian. Only two more years of inactive reserve time left and I'm completely done.

[mtangelsfan]

3 minutes ago, Glen said:

Putting the military on the border is literally engaging in war. It's the military.

Plus, that means pulling those assets from other areas, and retraining and equipping them for an entirely new mission. They're the military, not the Border Patrol.

Good grief, plenty of countries use military to guard their borders.  Besides, would you prefer them to lose their jobs?  Do you really care if they get pulled from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria?  Do you care if they scale back their presence in Japan or Europe?

I sure in the hell don't.  We should be doing that and if we can find a place for them to stay in the military (if they want to) all the better.

You have a lot of "don'ts", what is your solution to the border situation?

[RallyMo]

7 hours ago, Jason said:

In all seriousness, the only way a wall will work is if it is heavily patrolled by law enforcement. I don't see that happening so this is just a $21 billion symbol.

A symbol that says "thanks for your support, suckers."

[RallyMo]

6 hours ago, Lawrence said:

I'd like to see the military come home and fill that role. 

One can dream. 

That's no dream. It's sure to happen under this administration.

[Glen]

4 minutes ago, mtangelsfan said:

Good grief, plenty of countries use military to guard their borders.  Besides, would you prefer them to lose their jobs?  Do you really care if they get pulled from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria?  Do you care if they scale back their presence in Japan or Europe?

I sure in the hell don't.  We should be doing that and if we can find a place for them to stay in the military (if they want to) all the better.

You have a lot of "don'ts", what is your solution to the border situation?

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/03/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/

 

I would keep doing what we're currently doing because it's working.

[Lhalo]

19 minutes ago, RallyMo said:

That's no dream. It's sure to happen under this administration.

Good

[Lhalo]

54 minutes ago, Glen said:

Yeah, war with Mexico would be fucking awesome.

War with Mexico? Hahaha!!!

[mtangelsfan]

32 minutes ago, Glen said:

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/03/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/

 

I would keep doing what we're currently doing because it's working.

Nice chart, but if it was working the numbers would be dropping, not staying linear.

[RallyMo]

2 minutes ago, mtangelsfan said:

Nice chart, but if it was working the numbers would be dropping, not staying linear.

Wait, isn't overall population increasing?

[mtangelsfan]

and it has been since that chart's beginning point.

[Taylor]

12 hours ago, Geoff said:

It was $12b when Mexico was going to pay for it. Now that we are...

That peso-USD exchange rate is fantastic!

[RallyMo]

1 hour ago, mtangelsfan said:

and it has been since that chart's beginning point.

So doesn't make the recent trend relevant as a share of overall population, especially since the distribution indicated by the information indicates a changing distribution relative to how long the people making up that population have been in the country?

[Jay]

2 hours ago, RallyMo said:

A symbol that says "thanks for your support, suckers."

It also says, "fuck you, libs."

 

[mtangelsfan]

The trend is fine, but it should be going down.  When it starts going down, then I would consider it successful.

I am not for the wall by the way. 

[RallyMo]

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

It also says, "fuck you, libs."

 

Childish as always.

[Glen]

9 minutes ago, RallyMo said:

Childish as always.

It's all he has left.

[Blarg]

10 hours ago, Jason said:

Hey,  that's my idea. Just run a shipping canal across the States. 

[Lhalo]

I'll be happy when the numbers on that chart are hovering around 0.

[mulwin444]

So, never happy...

[Blarg]

Just to add to my post,  that canal would be filled with sharks not lazy,  unreliable Florida gators. 

[Lhalo]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Just to add to my post,  that canal would be filled with sharks not lazy,  unreliable Florida gators. 

They better have frickin laser beams attached to their heads.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I'd bet some of the recent trend in illegal immigration was due to the mortgage crisis.  When the economy tanked a lot less money was getting sent back to Mexico which in recent years was their largest source of foreign income.  The wall is ridiculous but something needs to be done.  Under Reagan 3M illegals were given amnesty and that was supposed to be the end of it.  30+ years later here we are looking at another 11M+ in the country illegally while the feds have failed to secure the border.    

[Tank]

3 hours ago, Glen said:

I'm a civilian. Only two more years of inactive reserve time left and I'm completely done.

the way you post all day long i'd have thought you were inactive in the military already. 

ba-zinga!!

[Tank]

31 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Just to add to my post,  that canal would be filled with sharks not lazy,  unreliable Florida gators. 

they better not be san jose sharks. those sharks suck.

[Jay]

39 minutes ago, Lawrence said:

I'll be happy when the numbers on that chart are hovering around 0.

So grant them all amnesty/citizenship.

Then watch the chart repeat itself...