What in the freeking Hell is going on that these violent scumbags get into the USA to begin with? The monstrous sized fed gov that consumes trillions, is an utter failure at this constitutional duty. If the ancient chinese with no earth moving machinery could build a 4000 mile long wall 2000 years ago, why cant the greatest nation on earth do something about a a boarder 1/4th as long? This situation is dreadful and appalling and pres Bush needs is derelict in his duties/
I'm not saying that's a bad analogy. Not at all.
An interesting fact, though, is that the Great Wall of China was built with slave labor, with conscripts consisting of every male between fifteen and sixty. It is estimated that for every mile of the Great Wall that was constructed, there were over a hundred deaths through overwork, starvation, and malnutrition.
For the Chinese Grand Canal, the toll was even higher.