Oddbean new post about login | logout @1831505a The wall was BS, and had massive holes. Not to mention, it was supposed to be reinforced concrete, not steel bollards. Unless you put the military or national guard on the border, like other countries do, it's all just waiting to be compromised by the cartels
@91bd5fdb Texas disagrees.
@1831505a How? They have a constant stream of illegals daily. They aren't stopping shit, no matter how much Abbot virtue signals to conservatives
@91bd5fdb Were you expecting perfection? I expect a trickle, not a torrent.
he's delusional and thinks that there was going to be a moat with crocodiles and armed guards like in pixel planet i mean i agree there should be live fire and if we're to have a military budget it should go to flying over the border and maintaining a no mans land, killing anything within a few miles of the wall itself >it was supposed to be concrete what did you think was being built a fuckin 10th century castle? this shit does need to be maintained, i mean i'm all for enslaving the illegals here to do so, then burying them in it great wall of china style but you'll need to do something about the liberals first
@dictatordave @91bd5fdb To the point, concrete walls was part of the original "Build the Wall" promise. It was going to cost $1B. Steel bollards was the cheaper option that was still effective. It's just a nit. Even if it cost $10B, that would still be cheaper than what we're dealing with today.
@1831505a I know there will always be a way when there's a will, but I'm just sick of covering for Trump's blatant failures and lies. The father of the vaccine, as he likes to be called. I was a huge Trump guy, lost a bunch of friends over my public support of him. I would still be on the "Trump Train" if he hadn't explicitly stabbed us in the back. The border crisis is not exclusively his fault, by no means. But letting migrants in wholesale is part of the plan, replacement
@91bd5fdb I believe Trump was genuine in building a wall. And also that Democrats pulled out all stops to work Congress and public opinion against it. Failure? Maybe, but not a lie. We would've been better off today had the wall been completed. That's what Democrat leaders are saying if you read between the lines when they shout NIMBY (Martha's Vineyard, NYC, etc.).