Let me start by saying the very idea of Trump’s wall is
STUPID…it’s not about border security….it’s a monument to Trump’s ego and maybe
a financial boon to his allies (where’s he planning on getting the steel? His
own buildings aren’t built with American steel.)…nothing more.
For one thing, most illegal immigration is a case where
people come here legally and overstay their visas so why is Trump focused on
the border to Mexico Mexico Mexico
Another issue…the length of the border itself. The border
between the US Mexico Rio Grande Colorado River . There’s a lot of border space
that Trump is ignoring along Canada Great Lakes .
He claims he wants to stop criminals from coming but what’s
to stop criminals from going around the walls….or under or over as they’ve done
for years with the current barriers? Not a damn thing! The only people his wall
would stop are the poor who are coming here to seek asylum…which is legal. If
Trump were really concerned with securing the borders, he’d construct a wall
all around the United States
That brings up another point…the effect on the environment.
There are wildlife refuges right where Trump wants to put some of his wall.
Humans share this planet with other life forms and we’ve already driven some
species to extinction. Our planet has a very delicate eco-system and every
species has a part to play in it…though what houseflies and mosquitoes
contribute is beyond me. We need to protect our planet. The movie Independence
Day featured aliens who visited worlds to plunder their natural resources and
essentially kill the planet. Who needs aliens when we’re doing that on our own?
We need to protect our wildlife and environment because despite what the orange
idiot says, climate change is very real. The movie 2012 looked at what we could
be looking at if we don’t clean up our act. Truthfully, the movie did go to
extremes…we aren’t looking at an ice age like that anytime soon but our polar
ice caps are melting and ocean levels are rising while the habitats of some
animals are disappearing. We’re not past the point of no return yet but it’s
not far off if we don’t work on cleaning up our acts.
Back to the shutdown. It’s been going on for over 2 weeks.
Some people are out of work because of it. Some are stuck working with no pay.
Neither of those situations is acceptable to anyone with a soul. The Democrats
have come up with plans to reopen the government and fix those situations.
Republicans have been in favor of these same plans…but Mitch McConnell, whose
love for blind obstructionist tactics is well documented, refuses to let
anything happen unless his fuhrer is ok with it. When did Congress stop being
about checks and balances and go to being a rubber stamp on whatever the
President wants? Trump is about as evil a politician as we’ve ever had but let’s
face it, enablers like McConnell are complicit when they refuse to do the jobs
they were elected to do…not to block an agenda or to serve an agenda, but to
serve the American public to do what’s right for the nation.
