Posted on 04/08/2017 6:36:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The wall along the Mexican border doesn’t have to be made of boring concrete slabs.
It might be a “smart wall” filed with fiber optic cables designed to detect anyone trying to climb over or tunnel underneath it. Or it could resemble a medieval castle, with a notched top and turrets. It could be made of solar panels, or even be a work of art.
These are among the ideas submitted to the Department of Homeland Security, which is considering bids to build a barrier of some kind between Mexico and the United States.
This round of bids is actually to build a prototype for a wall, the first step in President Donald Trump’s much repeated promise to build a border wall....
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Turtles, rabbits, mice, lizards, etc. The list is long.
Most solar arrays are tilted southward in North America (it's an equator thing).
Your concerns are like an oncologist worried about his lung cancer patent’s hang nail.
Your tone isn’t necessary.
Most people can understand the importance of protecting the environment. The cost of doing the few things I suggested are minor in cost and it doesn’t change the end goal of having a border wall.
Congratulations. You have revealed yourself to all to be a narrow minded fool who finds it easier to label a group of like-minded people with broad pejorative brushstrokes rather than think or reason. How well versed are you in population genetics? I majored in zoology and have been a lifelong student thereof.
Furthermore, you are obviously NOT very literary, as you cannot spell or even proofread. Yet you would cast aspersions upon others?
I watched an episode of The Grand Tour on Amazon where they were going to destroy the guys house.
Brits have a RIDICULOUS law about bats.
I can’t remember what they had to go through in order to raze the house but the bats had to be removed..on their own. Like climbing up on the roof..removing the roof..and they escape naturally.
Maybe it is like our Bald Eagle.
See post 18. Birds, rodents, insects can pass without incident. Human size critters... Not so much.
The left is looking for any excuse to hold up this project and you are handing them a stupid reason on a silver platter.
Hey Ed I had spotted owl for dinner, yummy.
Wanted to remove any doubt that you're a jerk, eh? My neighbor's 2 year old daughter is more mature.
Clearly, the left WILL use this excuse anyway. I am just offering a very easy solution.
Just build the same damn wall the Israelis have. In the mean time send the National Guard NOW. Have them put up barbed wire and other welcome mats.
Those walls are ridiculous. They will not stop a thing. They are playing us for fools.
It’s an international border so regular army can assume security duties.
Si, si!
Someone here had suggested that they use the old “Dragon’s teeth” anti vehicle traps like in WW2 and then plant Cholla Cactus in a bed about 15 feet wide. That would not stop a determined illegal but it would stop a lot of them and it would be a lot cheaper and easier to set up.
Nobody walks through a bed of Cholla, not even in heavy clothing!
You know... We don’t even need a wall. We just need a sign that says “You will be arrested and after a lengthy prison sentence you will be deported. The person that fires you, will receive a sentence in prison double yours and all their assets will be seized.”
Until the people that hire illegals face business destroying penalties they will still come.
They need to be stopped at the border as well as take away the incentives as you suggested. The problem is immigration enforcement is political. At least the wall will work even if a communist is elected President.
$20B is pocket change. The funding is being politicized and bargained away by establishment RINOs.
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