
This Engineer Is An Actual Wall Expert And She Just Destroyed Trump’s Wall Proposal In One Post
Debates across the U.S over President Trump’s border wall finally came to a head in December, resulting in the longest government shutdown in U.S history. And while the partisan issue has mostly swirled around ethical and economic issues, engineer and court-accepted ‘wall expert’, Amy Patrick has entered the ring with a different point – a structural one.
Engineer Amy Patrick is a court-accepted ‘wall expert’ so she set out to explain why Donald Trump’s wall was not a feasible project
Image credits: Amy Patrick
In a detailed Facebook post gone viral, Patrick laid out from an engineering perspective why the wall is “a disaster of numerous types waiting to happen.” No matter what side of the aisle you fall on, you can’t help but realize that if anyone knows what they are talking about on this issue she’s that person. Scroll down below to read each one of Patrick’s concerns from architectural to ecological, as well as people’s responses.
Image credits: AFP
She began her post by laying out her impressive credentials
Then laid from an engineering perspective why the wall was doomed to fail
People appreciated her expertise
The shutdown isn't about the wall anymore. It's a dementing megalomaniac acting like a petty spoiled brat to get his way. His illusions of grandeur make him think that he's an omnipotent emperor, while in fact he's just being a revengefull dictator.
Get the slaves to build a replica of the great wall of China - that is what Trump is after. He is probably planning to get Mexican labour to build it cut-price.
I snicker when people mention the Great Wall. It actually wasn't intended to keep the Mongols out at all, but it was meant to impede their retreat so that the Chinese army could catch up to them.
You are correct. Just read and analyze his Tweets.. It is becoming an HONOR to be falsely Tweeted by Trump.
Don't expect the Trump worshipers to care about some butterflies. Or people.
Load More Replies...I also want to make an update that, by people in the U.S., I meant people are in danger of being deported. People who have lived her for years or have come to find shelter.
Oh, I don’t. If they din’t care about people, they definitely wouldn’t care about some insects. Or other creatures that are necessary. Please don’t think I’m putting animals ahead of people. Like I mentioned, border towns are in trouble — if I’m correct, may not be — and immigrants. People in the U.S. right now are in danger. It’s pathetic.
If you told trump about the butterfly reserve, he'd laugh in your face.
Oh, most definitely. He’d laugh in the face of anyone who mentions any ecological problem that we’re facing.
@sh: I hadn’t heard of that! I just looked it up and found it on usnews.com (https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2018-10-23/trump-signs-water-projects-bill-1-aimed-at-fla-toxic-algae). Interesting! That’s certainly a good thing. I apologize for the late reply! I also want to apologize for my other comment. It seems it wasn’t entirely factual. Thank you for saying something and enlightening me.
Actually if you study the societal and business results post-San Diego wall you will find that it actually helped to control the chaos that both San Diego and Tijuana had been experiencing. There ar3 now homes and businesses on both sides of the border and Tijuana’s economy has skyrocketed with legitimate business. Many Americans actually are living in Tijuana and crossing the border daily to work in US. Check your facts please.
I apologize for my mistake. I should have done more research. Thank you, for both information, and for not being rude.
Oh, I do. I just wish it was handled differently. All I have done is say that the Wall itself is going to hurt a butterfly reserve, and possibly even other things. I’m very concerned about any amount of crime that is present in my country.
Hey! Do not bereave people who do not like complicated realities of simply solutions with no apparent side-effects! It is just not fair that we should not assume that a complex socio-economic problem is not solvable by a few tons of concrete! And please stop with all these ramifications, who cares for negative impact on our own lives if we can get a symbol of freedom and strength! A wall! Well..., uhm..., oh, nevermind.
How can the guy say that flooding is only possible in a SMALL AMOUT? Half the damn border is the Rio Grand RIVER. A RIVER!! THAT"s about half the size of the entire boarder! You ever try to build a wall IN A RIVER? You can't. which means you have to either invade mexico and steal their land, or encroach on US taxpayer land AND sacred Native American land. You want to kick Native Americans off their land again? You want to tell the us taxpayer your taking his land and giving some to mexico because you have to forfeit space for this wall? You're gonna tell that to the Texans that they have to give their property to mexico? Good luck with that when/if the construction crew shows up on their lawn in the open and carry state.
All this discussion about a so called wall, while 800.000 don't get paid because of a president who cares more about his golf than his country.
Sh, wake up and face the facts that the joker is sending all of the USA down the drain. He and his rich buds have sold out your country to the Russians. How about that?!
Load More Replies...Oh, you think you made a big, smart point there, adding your little "how about that?!" at the end? Well how about this... the USA has been headed down the drain and it is equally the fault of the Democrats and the Republicans. People no longer use their brains to vote, they just diligently fall in line with whatever their party says. The sooner people understand that 95% of politicians don't give a flying f*ck about any of us, the sooner we start moving in a direction that may be hopeful.
He is buddies with Putin because in the future he wishes to build a Trump building in Moscow
You liberal idiots truly think anyone who doesn't agree with you must be a Trump supporter?! What world do you live in? Government is evil. period. I don't agree with most Trump supporters, but I despise liberals because of your s****y, elitist attitudes. Downvote me all you want, I know who you are and I can downvote too.
All government is evil? You don't like roads? property laws? hospitals? garbage removal? mail delivery? Do you live in a part in the world in which you need no one and have no contact with any other human being?
@Reginald Joseph Forgive the hyperbole, allow me to clarify. No, I don't think that all government is evil all the time. Almost all the things you mentioned are provided by local or smaller municipalities' government, which I highly support. I believe decentralized government is the best way for a free country to function. I think the federal government is mostly incompetent, and yes, evil at times. I don't even think their evil is always intentional, but I do know when the federal government gets involved with something, it turns to s**t. I'm not about continuing to give power to people who continually abuse it, regardless of political party.
Sigh... you should be well aware at this point that Trump has actually golfed and gone on more trips than Obama did his entire presidency. But I suppose it's just too much at this point to expect a Trump supporter to care about actual facts and not just the s**t that spews from Trump's mouth.
Trump is obsessed with the Wall the same way Ahab was obsessed by the whale. It's Trump's Moby D**k: the Great White Wall.
I just thought it said "Trump's d**k". I'm gonna erase that image from my mind now..
I'm always going to refer to it as Trump's Great White Wall now. Thanks! :-)
That is what Narcissist people do. Put something in their head and then go with it as through that is fact/truth/reality.
Besides, most people who enter the country illegally fly in on airplanes anyways and a wall won't do anything to stop those.
That's what I thought when I first heard this idea.
Load More Replies...Maybe trump should stop hiring undocumented workers at his properties?
Don Spencer needs to spend some time in the south. He said "flash flood areas comprise a small percentage of the area being addressed"...ever been here after a hurricane? Drainage on the scale that we would need post hurricane would not happen if there was a wall in place. And as for the Environmental Site Assessment that she suggested...why do you think Donnie defunded the EPA.....
Very interesting read and I had no idea such specialist existed! Pretty darn cool if you ask me! I think however that TrumpieDumpie just wants to deflect all attention away from the Mueller investigation... He is just so darn selfish... I cannot wait until this all exploses in his nasty face!!!
Tahani could it be possible to send the joker to the Sun? I wish that this could be done. I’m scared of what he will do next. He’s totally unstable and just a puppet in the hands of some obscure group.
Load More Replies...It was a completely stupid promise to make during the election run-up and even more ridiculous to try to fulfil it.
Agreed. It would have been wiser to push for infrastructure replacement/repairs.. probably that would have given him close to 90% rating..Also would have benefited most of the citizens/taxpayers.
Like they were ever going to agree to that stupid, dumb idea.
Load More Replies...The wall will never be built, at least not in the way the moron-in-chief has envisioned it. That dumb son-of-a-b***h wants to have a structure you could see from space and wants his name on it. Nothing he has "accomplished" in his presidency has been for the positive. He is hate and selfishness personified and the sooner we are through with him the better.
It' pretty obvious Don Spencer doesn't live in the Southwest. I was born and raised in Yuma, AZ. Flash floods are stinking unpredictable as to when and where they happen. Hasn't flooded in this area in years? You just jinxed it -
Trump’s Professor: ‘Dumbest Goddam Student’ I Ever Had, Reveals How He Got Into College. Trump has previously suggested that he had an MBA from Wharton’s prestigious graduate school, opting to tell people he went to the “famous” Wharton. But, that too, was a lie. They’re pretty much known for their business graduate degrees, and Trump played on that prestige when he spoke with people. In reality, Trump never attended any graduate studies there, and only transferred in during his junior year to enroll in their undergraduate program for two years. http://news.groopspeak.com/trumps-professor-dumbest-goddam-student-i-ever-had-reveals-how-he-got-into-college/
95% of drugs come through LEGAL ports of entry (DEA). Two thirds of undocumented immigrants came here legally (over-stayed visa's, there is already a wall at most populated areas, leaving the most hostile terrain open. 5 Billion for a wall will build about 215 miles, leaving over 1900 "open borders", illegal immigration from Canada increased 142% in 2018. The furor in the media over the wall is nothing more that a Trump ploy, and will bleed necessary fund from border security such as more surveillance, better technology, more Border Patrol agents and increased security at legal ports of entry, to say nothing about finding and deporting those undocumented immigrants who are already here. In early 2017 Trump was offered 25 billion in return for providing a path to citizenship for DACA to which he verbally agreed---what happened to that offer?
Look at the Great Wall of China. It was built to keep out Mongols and other unwanted people. That worked out well - it wasnt like Gengis Khan with friends stopped dead in front of the wall and said "darn, we has no other choise but go home empty handed ". Some historians says that - besides doing s**t in the long run - it did help to topple a whole country because of the costs (both to build, defend and maintain).
*puts a wall in place of the door in Trump's White House bedroom* There you go, pal. No immigrants can get in, and no Cheeto-faced morons can get out. I'd call that a win-win.
Walls never ever have worked. Even the Great Wall of China, that makes Trump's wall look like a garden fence, is now just a tourist attraction, as are the Berlin Wall, Hadrian's Wall, the walls in Israel... please can anyone enlighten us with a wall that does work?
If everybody is focused on the wall and the government shutdown, or abortion, or "deep state", then business can go on as usual. Beware of make-up "important" pseudo-political topics that simply create a shield to hide the really important decisions that are made with no scrutiny or open discussions. When politicians plaster emotional response issues all over the place the safe guess is that they are using it to hide something that has to do with a lot of money and/or will have far-reaching consequences.
Are congressmen and senators still getting paid during the "shutdown" ?
I'm not a wall expert but I see a few flaws in the wall pictured. Sawsalls, cutting torches, and old fashioned hacksaws.
Extremely interesting, I also hope the wall doesn't happen, count the days until trump is GONE !!!
I thought Berlin wall was the last one to go... Building wall at this time and age... and people really supporting it?!!! Isn't Mr. USA President acting like a dictator...err Nazi?!!!
Since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, more than 70 new walls have been built by countries such as Hungary, France, Spain, and Saudi Arabia, all of which built walls to specifically repel unwanted immigrants. During this same time frame, Israel, Ireland, Finland, and Turkey, among others, built their own walls for peace-keeping purposes or other reasons. So yes Virginia, there are still valid reasons for building walls, valid reasons which are supported by the people of those countries; and while some have dictators in charge,(Saudi Arabia and Turkey) the majority do not. And not a Nazi in sight; other than the uninformed one reflected in your mirror.
Trump is talking about the fact that the wall will ensure national safety. Does he realize that because of the shutdown there is nobody checking who's getting into the country via airports? And why am I even mentioning this, it's not as if Trump cares about that at all. He just wants his wall, if he's still in office during coming Christmas this year, I'll send him tons of lego, so he can built his wall himself.
Welcome to the DDR. Only they wanted to keep their people in instead of the others out.
I remember the gut wrenching feeling of isolation when I saw the Berlin Wall in person (yeah, I'm that old).
So it takes an American "Engineer Wall Expert" to realise this stuff? LOL. Here in Australia the average 10 year old 5th grader would have told you the same. Hilarious. #dumb&dumberinUSA
Australia is an island continent....you built in wall
Load More Replies...I got a trump ad while reading this Oh the irony. Trumps been advertising a lot lately.
I have to admit, I oppose the wall for selfish reasons. Republicans have been complaining about having to pay for other peoples' food, shelter and medical care through taxes. I just don't want to pay for someone else's silly wall.
The joker will suck the life out of the USA economy. His rich followers have put him where he is now for some obscure plan to change the balance of the World’s leardership. I don’t know exactly which way, but he and his chumps are working with the Russian government from the start. This very strange relationship with a Communist country is traiteurs towards the USA. The citizens of the States must wake up now before it’s too late.
She's good. I just wish more was said about animal migration and habitats being destroyed. All just collateral damage, as are Federal employees. However, the wall is a smoke screen for selling the US to Russia. All we need now is for a civil uprising of all those who threaten to do so when impOTUS is impeached and found guilty. The Russians will offer their military (again) to step in and "help."
The buffoon slob degenerate trump wants a wall so he can fulfill a campaign promise to his lowlife cult who are not in any way even near a majority of Americans.
Using the Great Wall of China as an example of how it can be done is funny. I am just assuming here that the people that built it probably didn't go home after an 8 hour shift, weekends off, overtime and fair pay? What about workers comp. Unions? Any one die and the builders close the site for a period of mourning? Anything old has a big chance of having been done off the hardship of the masses, the poor masses.
Trump admits that the US has become a debt-trap hell-hole and that 300 US Citizens flee South seeking a new life away from their creditors and the IRS.
Trump Admits that the US has become a debt trap nightmare and that 300 US Citizens Flee South over the the border each week seeking a less stressful life - this makes it hard for their creditors and the #IRS to find them
WHY did Trump chose a "wall"..Infrastructure replacement/repairs would have been a no brainer. Probably 90% of Americans would have approved of that.Given Trump's past of almost always seeking personal financial gain. Personal gain would be difficult when funds are going to 50 states. BUT one big project ($5+ Billion headed up by individual(s) choose by Trump. Now -- there is great possibility for personal financial gain
Is the plan to build the wall out into the sea? Or will people just paddle around the edge?
I hope the engineer has a fan page, this information is priceless. I'm a Systems Developer and never heard of a project moving forward without a Project Leader or feasibility analysis.
So how does she say how to stop 1housands of people crossing the boarder illegally ranging from 9 month pregnant women who intend to have the birth on US soil so to have an anchor baby to people who specialize in human trafficking kids for the sex trade or to bring in drugs???? How does she plan to stop the abuse of the court system by people demanding sanctuary when they just want economic opportunity to get free stuff?
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just legalize recreational marijuana? Have you ever seen anybody that's high, give a flying Smurf testicle about immigrants? (Yes, I know....bring the pain)
roofs work its old as the wheel!! America need a roof to protect them from immigrants!!!
I don't know why this is such big deal. All of this has already been said and proven before.
But are the people who need to hear it listening?
Load More Replies...All you need is a climbing rope and a shackle, just throw the weighted shackle end over the wall and shackle it to the end you're holding and pull it tight so it forms a noose over the top of the wall..... Adios amigos
IF she's so smart, why doesn't she figure out a wall that will work ? It's easy to disparage other peoples work when you don't have to produce any of your own !
Duh. Not much thought for an engineer. Ignorant of the purpose of the project.
I think I liked Bored Panda better when they were politically neutral.
It'll be as easy to circumvent as that Berlin wall was. "She began her post by laying out her impressive credentials..." #ArgumentFromAuthority
There are different types of walls/fences for each type of terrain. It is obvious that this engineer did not study the prototypes or any of the specifications. In order to have these walls constructed an engineer had to design and sign off on the designs. As a registered engineer, she needs to go back and review the plans and specifications for each scenario before commenting, as she appears extremely unprofessional as well as borderline malpractice.
yeah one guy. wHO caREs If MExiCo GEts FLOodEd aS LoNG aS WE aRe saFE burn in hell kiddo you have no soul.
The wall of china did not work--china was successfully invaded by the Manchus who replaced the Ming dynasty with the Qing dynasty. And according to the DEA and DHS a wall will not stop 99% of drug traffic, and about one third of human trafficking. For around $320 an immigrant can fly to Canada and enter the US WITHOUT a visa.
Load More Replies...The first part of the great wall of china took twenty years, and the whole thing (yes, I am aware it's longer than the U.S. Border) took 2,000.
You mean you hate being proven wrong, especially when it comes to politics, regardless of which platform is used.
Load More Replies...I'm pretty f*****g sure she did her homework. But you did not. Obama never, ever, ever had a plan to build a massive wall that would stretch across two countries and impede on private homeowner's land. What you're thinking of is some fencing. Obama never built 200 miles of a wall during Obama's terms. On top of that, democrats weren't even in f*****g power during his term. GOD.
Load More Replies...are you f*****g serious don SHE IS A F*****G COURT APPROVED EXPERT
Ignoring the "a women" error, what does that have to do with it?
Load More Replies...Then maybe we should start worrying about people with expired visas instead of this ode to racism.
Load More Replies...Oh for f***s sake go Google floods along the Mexican border and see how floods occur there. Talk about being emotional. This women presents facts and you don't even bother to look them up.
Load More Replies...Technology has far surpassed anything a wall can stop. Interesting that you bring the great wall up, as numerous times throughout history it did not stop anyone from getting by it. The wall is ignorant, and the only reason people support it is because Trump said to. Every other country on earth secures their borders with things far more advanced than a wall. As far as getting over the stupid wall, there are also ropes, in addition to ladders. And boats. And shovels to dig under. And about 50,000 ways to get around it. She's not the one using emotion, you are. People who support the wall are not thinking logically.
People don't like the wall because it's sheer ignorance. No other politician ever said they would built an entire wall on the border that would cost tens of billions, disrupt wildlife, and require private landowners to give up their lands to the government. Not to mention little Trump said Mexico would pay.
The wall in China DID NOT WORK, the Berlin Wall DID NOT WORK. Statistically, 93% of criminals and terrorists are caught in airports, NOT borders. Criminals are EVERYWHERE, not just Mexico. You seem to be guided by your emotion, and not facts.
john smith, americans murder too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/19/two-charts-demolish-the-notion-that-immigrants-here-illegally-commit-more-crime/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d999ed737fdc
The shutdown isn't about the wall anymore. It's a dementing megalomaniac acting like a petty spoiled brat to get his way. His illusions of grandeur make him think that he's an omnipotent emperor, while in fact he's just being a revengefull dictator.
Get the slaves to build a replica of the great wall of China - that is what Trump is after. He is probably planning to get Mexican labour to build it cut-price.
I snicker when people mention the Great Wall. It actually wasn't intended to keep the Mongols out at all, but it was meant to impede their retreat so that the Chinese army could catch up to them.
You are correct. Just read and analyze his Tweets.. It is becoming an HONOR to be falsely Tweeted by Trump.
Don't expect the Trump worshipers to care about some butterflies. Or people.
Load More Replies...I also want to make an update that, by people in the U.S., I meant people are in danger of being deported. People who have lived her for years or have come to find shelter.
Oh, I don’t. If they din’t care about people, they definitely wouldn’t care about some insects. Or other creatures that are necessary. Please don’t think I’m putting animals ahead of people. Like I mentioned, border towns are in trouble — if I’m correct, may not be — and immigrants. People in the U.S. right now are in danger. It’s pathetic.
If you told trump about the butterfly reserve, he'd laugh in your face.
Oh, most definitely. He’d laugh in the face of anyone who mentions any ecological problem that we’re facing.
@sh: I hadn’t heard of that! I just looked it up and found it on usnews.com (https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2018-10-23/trump-signs-water-projects-bill-1-aimed-at-fla-toxic-algae). Interesting! That’s certainly a good thing. I apologize for the late reply! I also want to apologize for my other comment. It seems it wasn’t entirely factual. Thank you for saying something and enlightening me.
Actually if you study the societal and business results post-San Diego wall you will find that it actually helped to control the chaos that both San Diego and Tijuana had been experiencing. There ar3 now homes and businesses on both sides of the border and Tijuana’s economy has skyrocketed with legitimate business. Many Americans actually are living in Tijuana and crossing the border daily to work in US. Check your facts please.
I apologize for my mistake. I should have done more research. Thank you, for both information, and for not being rude.
Oh, I do. I just wish it was handled differently. All I have done is say that the Wall itself is going to hurt a butterfly reserve, and possibly even other things. I’m very concerned about any amount of crime that is present in my country.
Hey! Do not bereave people who do not like complicated realities of simply solutions with no apparent side-effects! It is just not fair that we should not assume that a complex socio-economic problem is not solvable by a few tons of concrete! And please stop with all these ramifications, who cares for negative impact on our own lives if we can get a symbol of freedom and strength! A wall! Well..., uhm..., oh, nevermind.
How can the guy say that flooding is only possible in a SMALL AMOUT? Half the damn border is the Rio Grand RIVER. A RIVER!! THAT"s about half the size of the entire boarder! You ever try to build a wall IN A RIVER? You can't. which means you have to either invade mexico and steal their land, or encroach on US taxpayer land AND sacred Native American land. You want to kick Native Americans off their land again? You want to tell the us taxpayer your taking his land and giving some to mexico because you have to forfeit space for this wall? You're gonna tell that to the Texans that they have to give their property to mexico? Good luck with that when/if the construction crew shows up on their lawn in the open and carry state.
All this discussion about a so called wall, while 800.000 don't get paid because of a president who cares more about his golf than his country.
Sh, wake up and face the facts that the joker is sending all of the USA down the drain. He and his rich buds have sold out your country to the Russians. How about that?!
Load More Replies...Oh, you think you made a big, smart point there, adding your little "how about that?!" at the end? Well how about this... the USA has been headed down the drain and it is equally the fault of the Democrats and the Republicans. People no longer use their brains to vote, they just diligently fall in line with whatever their party says. The sooner people understand that 95% of politicians don't give a flying f*ck about any of us, the sooner we start moving in a direction that may be hopeful.
He is buddies with Putin because in the future he wishes to build a Trump building in Moscow
You liberal idiots truly think anyone who doesn't agree with you must be a Trump supporter?! What world do you live in? Government is evil. period. I don't agree with most Trump supporters, but I despise liberals because of your s****y, elitist attitudes. Downvote me all you want, I know who you are and I can downvote too.
All government is evil? You don't like roads? property laws? hospitals? garbage removal? mail delivery? Do you live in a part in the world in which you need no one and have no contact with any other human being?
@Reginald Joseph Forgive the hyperbole, allow me to clarify. No, I don't think that all government is evil all the time. Almost all the things you mentioned are provided by local or smaller municipalities' government, which I highly support. I believe decentralized government is the best way for a free country to function. I think the federal government is mostly incompetent, and yes, evil at times. I don't even think their evil is always intentional, but I do know when the federal government gets involved with something, it turns to s**t. I'm not about continuing to give power to people who continually abuse it, regardless of political party.
Sigh... you should be well aware at this point that Trump has actually golfed and gone on more trips than Obama did his entire presidency. But I suppose it's just too much at this point to expect a Trump supporter to care about actual facts and not just the s**t that spews from Trump's mouth.
Trump is obsessed with the Wall the same way Ahab was obsessed by the whale. It's Trump's Moby D**k: the Great White Wall.
I just thought it said "Trump's d**k". I'm gonna erase that image from my mind now..
I'm always going to refer to it as Trump's Great White Wall now. Thanks! :-)
That is what Narcissist people do. Put something in their head and then go with it as through that is fact/truth/reality.
Besides, most people who enter the country illegally fly in on airplanes anyways and a wall won't do anything to stop those.
That's what I thought when I first heard this idea.
Load More Replies...Maybe trump should stop hiring undocumented workers at his properties?
Don Spencer needs to spend some time in the south. He said "flash flood areas comprise a small percentage of the area being addressed"...ever been here after a hurricane? Drainage on the scale that we would need post hurricane would not happen if there was a wall in place. And as for the Environmental Site Assessment that she suggested...why do you think Donnie defunded the EPA.....
Very interesting read and I had no idea such specialist existed! Pretty darn cool if you ask me! I think however that TrumpieDumpie just wants to deflect all attention away from the Mueller investigation... He is just so darn selfish... I cannot wait until this all exploses in his nasty face!!!
Tahani could it be possible to send the joker to the Sun? I wish that this could be done. I’m scared of what he will do next. He’s totally unstable and just a puppet in the hands of some obscure group.
Load More Replies...It was a completely stupid promise to make during the election run-up and even more ridiculous to try to fulfil it.
Agreed. It would have been wiser to push for infrastructure replacement/repairs.. probably that would have given him close to 90% rating..Also would have benefited most of the citizens/taxpayers.
Like they were ever going to agree to that stupid, dumb idea.
Load More Replies...The wall will never be built, at least not in the way the moron-in-chief has envisioned it. That dumb son-of-a-b***h wants to have a structure you could see from space and wants his name on it. Nothing he has "accomplished" in his presidency has been for the positive. He is hate and selfishness personified and the sooner we are through with him the better.
It' pretty obvious Don Spencer doesn't live in the Southwest. I was born and raised in Yuma, AZ. Flash floods are stinking unpredictable as to when and where they happen. Hasn't flooded in this area in years? You just jinxed it -
Trump’s Professor: ‘Dumbest Goddam Student’ I Ever Had, Reveals How He Got Into College. Trump has previously suggested that he had an MBA from Wharton’s prestigious graduate school, opting to tell people he went to the “famous” Wharton. But, that too, was a lie. They’re pretty much known for their business graduate degrees, and Trump played on that prestige when he spoke with people. In reality, Trump never attended any graduate studies there, and only transferred in during his junior year to enroll in their undergraduate program for two years. http://news.groopspeak.com/trumps-professor-dumbest-goddam-student-i-ever-had-reveals-how-he-got-into-college/
95% of drugs come through LEGAL ports of entry (DEA). Two thirds of undocumented immigrants came here legally (over-stayed visa's, there is already a wall at most populated areas, leaving the most hostile terrain open. 5 Billion for a wall will build about 215 miles, leaving over 1900 "open borders", illegal immigration from Canada increased 142% in 2018. The furor in the media over the wall is nothing more that a Trump ploy, and will bleed necessary fund from border security such as more surveillance, better technology, more Border Patrol agents and increased security at legal ports of entry, to say nothing about finding and deporting those undocumented immigrants who are already here. In early 2017 Trump was offered 25 billion in return for providing a path to citizenship for DACA to which he verbally agreed---what happened to that offer?
Look at the Great Wall of China. It was built to keep out Mongols and other unwanted people. That worked out well - it wasnt like Gengis Khan with friends stopped dead in front of the wall and said "darn, we has no other choise but go home empty handed ". Some historians says that - besides doing s**t in the long run - it did help to topple a whole country because of the costs (both to build, defend and maintain).
*puts a wall in place of the door in Trump's White House bedroom* There you go, pal. No immigrants can get in, and no Cheeto-faced morons can get out. I'd call that a win-win.
Walls never ever have worked. Even the Great Wall of China, that makes Trump's wall look like a garden fence, is now just a tourist attraction, as are the Berlin Wall, Hadrian's Wall, the walls in Israel... please can anyone enlighten us with a wall that does work?
If everybody is focused on the wall and the government shutdown, or abortion, or "deep state", then business can go on as usual. Beware of make-up "important" pseudo-political topics that simply create a shield to hide the really important decisions that are made with no scrutiny or open discussions. When politicians plaster emotional response issues all over the place the safe guess is that they are using it to hide something that has to do with a lot of money and/or will have far-reaching consequences.
Are congressmen and senators still getting paid during the "shutdown" ?
I'm not a wall expert but I see a few flaws in the wall pictured. Sawsalls, cutting torches, and old fashioned hacksaws.
Extremely interesting, I also hope the wall doesn't happen, count the days until trump is GONE !!!
I thought Berlin wall was the last one to go... Building wall at this time and age... and people really supporting it?!!! Isn't Mr. USA President acting like a dictator...err Nazi?!!!
Since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, more than 70 new walls have been built by countries such as Hungary, France, Spain, and Saudi Arabia, all of which built walls to specifically repel unwanted immigrants. During this same time frame, Israel, Ireland, Finland, and Turkey, among others, built their own walls for peace-keeping purposes or other reasons. So yes Virginia, there are still valid reasons for building walls, valid reasons which are supported by the people of those countries; and while some have dictators in charge,(Saudi Arabia and Turkey) the majority do not. And not a Nazi in sight; other than the uninformed one reflected in your mirror.
Trump is talking about the fact that the wall will ensure national safety. Does he realize that because of the shutdown there is nobody checking who's getting into the country via airports? And why am I even mentioning this, it's not as if Trump cares about that at all. He just wants his wall, if he's still in office during coming Christmas this year, I'll send him tons of lego, so he can built his wall himself.
Welcome to the DDR. Only they wanted to keep their people in instead of the others out.
I remember the gut wrenching feeling of isolation when I saw the Berlin Wall in person (yeah, I'm that old).
So it takes an American "Engineer Wall Expert" to realise this stuff? LOL. Here in Australia the average 10 year old 5th grader would have told you the same. Hilarious. #dumb&dumberinUSA
Australia is an island continent....you built in wall
Load More Replies...I got a trump ad while reading this Oh the irony. Trumps been advertising a lot lately.
I have to admit, I oppose the wall for selfish reasons. Republicans have been complaining about having to pay for other peoples' food, shelter and medical care through taxes. I just don't want to pay for someone else's silly wall.
The joker will suck the life out of the USA economy. His rich followers have put him where he is now for some obscure plan to change the balance of the World’s leardership. I don’t know exactly which way, but he and his chumps are working with the Russian government from the start. This very strange relationship with a Communist country is traiteurs towards the USA. The citizens of the States must wake up now before it’s too late.
She's good. I just wish more was said about animal migration and habitats being destroyed. All just collateral damage, as are Federal employees. However, the wall is a smoke screen for selling the US to Russia. All we need now is for a civil uprising of all those who threaten to do so when impOTUS is impeached and found guilty. The Russians will offer their military (again) to step in and "help."
The buffoon slob degenerate trump wants a wall so he can fulfill a campaign promise to his lowlife cult who are not in any way even near a majority of Americans.
Using the Great Wall of China as an example of how it can be done is funny. I am just assuming here that the people that built it probably didn't go home after an 8 hour shift, weekends off, overtime and fair pay? What about workers comp. Unions? Any one die and the builders close the site for a period of mourning? Anything old has a big chance of having been done off the hardship of the masses, the poor masses.
Trump admits that the US has become a debt-trap hell-hole and that 300 US Citizens flee South seeking a new life away from their creditors and the IRS.
Trump Admits that the US has become a debt trap nightmare and that 300 US Citizens Flee South over the the border each week seeking a less stressful life - this makes it hard for their creditors and the #IRS to find them
WHY did Trump chose a "wall"..Infrastructure replacement/repairs would have been a no brainer. Probably 90% of Americans would have approved of that.Given Trump's past of almost always seeking personal financial gain. Personal gain would be difficult when funds are going to 50 states. BUT one big project ($5+ Billion headed up by individual(s) choose by Trump. Now -- there is great possibility for personal financial gain
Is the plan to build the wall out into the sea? Or will people just paddle around the edge?
I hope the engineer has a fan page, this information is priceless. I'm a Systems Developer and never heard of a project moving forward without a Project Leader or feasibility analysis.
So how does she say how to stop 1housands of people crossing the boarder illegally ranging from 9 month pregnant women who intend to have the birth on US soil so to have an anchor baby to people who specialize in human trafficking kids for the sex trade or to bring in drugs???? How does she plan to stop the abuse of the court system by people demanding sanctuary when they just want economic opportunity to get free stuff?
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just legalize recreational marijuana? Have you ever seen anybody that's high, give a flying Smurf testicle about immigrants? (Yes, I know....bring the pain)
roofs work its old as the wheel!! America need a roof to protect them from immigrants!!!
I don't know why this is such big deal. All of this has already been said and proven before.
But are the people who need to hear it listening?
Load More Replies...All you need is a climbing rope and a shackle, just throw the weighted shackle end over the wall and shackle it to the end you're holding and pull it tight so it forms a noose over the top of the wall..... Adios amigos
IF she's so smart, why doesn't she figure out a wall that will work ? It's easy to disparage other peoples work when you don't have to produce any of your own !
Duh. Not much thought for an engineer. Ignorant of the purpose of the project.
I think I liked Bored Panda better when they were politically neutral.
It'll be as easy to circumvent as that Berlin wall was. "She began her post by laying out her impressive credentials..." #ArgumentFromAuthority
There are different types of walls/fences for each type of terrain. It is obvious that this engineer did not study the prototypes or any of the specifications. In order to have these walls constructed an engineer had to design and sign off on the designs. As a registered engineer, she needs to go back and review the plans and specifications for each scenario before commenting, as she appears extremely unprofessional as well as borderline malpractice.
yeah one guy. wHO caREs If MExiCo GEts FLOodEd aS LoNG aS WE aRe saFE burn in hell kiddo you have no soul.
The wall of china did not work--china was successfully invaded by the Manchus who replaced the Ming dynasty with the Qing dynasty. And according to the DEA and DHS a wall will not stop 99% of drug traffic, and about one third of human trafficking. For around $320 an immigrant can fly to Canada and enter the US WITHOUT a visa.
Load More Replies...The first part of the great wall of china took twenty years, and the whole thing (yes, I am aware it's longer than the U.S. Border) took 2,000.
You mean you hate being proven wrong, especially when it comes to politics, regardless of which platform is used.
Load More Replies...I'm pretty f*****g sure she did her homework. But you did not. Obama never, ever, ever had a plan to build a massive wall that would stretch across two countries and impede on private homeowner's land. What you're thinking of is some fencing. Obama never built 200 miles of a wall during Obama's terms. On top of that, democrats weren't even in f*****g power during his term. GOD.
Load More Replies...are you f*****g serious don SHE IS A F*****G COURT APPROVED EXPERT
Ignoring the "a women" error, what does that have to do with it?
Load More Replies...Then maybe we should start worrying about people with expired visas instead of this ode to racism.
Load More Replies...Oh for f***s sake go Google floods along the Mexican border and see how floods occur there. Talk about being emotional. This women presents facts and you don't even bother to look them up.
Load More Replies...Technology has far surpassed anything a wall can stop. Interesting that you bring the great wall up, as numerous times throughout history it did not stop anyone from getting by it. The wall is ignorant, and the only reason people support it is because Trump said to. Every other country on earth secures their borders with things far more advanced than a wall. As far as getting over the stupid wall, there are also ropes, in addition to ladders. And boats. And shovels to dig under. And about 50,000 ways to get around it. She's not the one using emotion, you are. People who support the wall are not thinking logically.
People don't like the wall because it's sheer ignorance. No other politician ever said they would built an entire wall on the border that would cost tens of billions, disrupt wildlife, and require private landowners to give up their lands to the government. Not to mention little Trump said Mexico would pay.
The wall in China DID NOT WORK, the Berlin Wall DID NOT WORK. Statistically, 93% of criminals and terrorists are caught in airports, NOT borders. Criminals are EVERYWHERE, not just Mexico. You seem to be guided by your emotion, and not facts.
john smith, americans murder too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/19/two-charts-demolish-the-notion-that-immigrants-here-illegally-commit-more-crime/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d999ed737fdc
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