Certain lucky non-Texans also get to have some fun here:
For Day One of Cards Against Humanity Saves America, we purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time–consuming and expensive as possible for Trump to build his wall.
We sent everyone an illustrated map of the land, a certificate of our promise to fight the wall, and a statement from our lawyers.
If you look at the midterm map, the border area is as blue as Austin and Dallas. East Texas, West Texas, Houston, and the panhandle are deep, deep red.
The only problem with the border area is that pretty much no one lives there.
We’re very into historical preservation in some senses, but very anti in others.
For instance, the owner of the property in question HAS to be the one to put it up historical status, interested 3rd parties can’t. So if someone buys it up before it receives its designation, they can opt not to do it, then tear it down.
Yep! I got in on that, and I’m a Texan. So I get twice as much fun? Is that how this works?
Still not keen on spending my tax dollars on this idiotic, pointless boondoggle, of course. But I’m hoping Trump becomes more and more monomaniacally focused on this particular project. Arguably, a doomed construction project that can’t be built during his term, and will no doubt be abandoned immediately by his successor, is the least harmful legacy he could leave behind. Give him some figurative Legos and let him play in the corner for the next few years. “That’s a VERY nice wall, Donny! Good job! [pat-pat]”
Given that it’s Texas, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn some were planning to try to stop this type of seizure using the ammo box instead of or after the jury box.
I’m one of those lucky non-Texans!
You’re right on both counts, mostly blue and sparsely populated. Apologies if I tarred with too broad a brush.
Looking at the 2016 voting map, West Texas accounted for ~220,000 votes out of ~9,000,000, and of that 220,000, 90% of the votes came from about 5% of the geographic area (El Paso).
I guess when we let Bugs Bunny and his saw loose on Texas, we’ll have to stipulate that South Texas, West Texas, and Austin all get left alone. The rest of Texas can join Florida in creating the new country of Conservatachia somewhere south of Cuba.
In the case of this church, if the Pope gets wind that 45’s trying to take it, I expect the Vatican’s coffers could open wide to fight it.
It’s nice that the Catholic Church is standing up for immigrants and for religious freedom. Now if they could just stand up for not raping kids. That’d be cool.
stop giving into any part of the wall argument, it’s a distraction from the legal hell that is about to hit Individual-1 - just no wall - first Mexico has to pay for it, if any single congressperson gives in to this they need to lose their jobs asap - it was a core of his campaign
https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/Pay_for_the_Wall.pdf
Pay for the Wall
Introduction: The provision of the Patriot Act, Section 326 -the “know your customer” provision, compelling financial institutions to demand identity documents before opening accounts or conducting financial transactions is a fundamental element of the outline below. That section authorized the executive branch to issue detailed regulations on the subject, found at 31 CFR 130.120-121. ***It’s an easy decision for Mexico: make a one-time payment of $5- 10 billion to ensure that $24 billion continues to flow into their country year after year.
ps. FDA has stopped all food inspections due to the trump shutdown, enjoy
John Oliver looked at the logistics and practicality of building a wall back in 2016. Episode still holds up well:
No, and, thank you for sharing.
Is it my imagination, but does the main character look a lot like Herr Orange Toupee?
Ideally, Trump would give up on this whole wall idea.
Since that’s probably not going to happen, it’s looking likely that Trump will try to find a way to expropriate the land, leading to a legal fight. Which I’m actually kind of excited for. Ever since Trump tagged Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, I’ve been telling anyone who will listen to me (a group that is getting smaller and smaller) that it’s a dumb choice because Gorsuch has a history of ruling against the kind of overreaches of executive power that Trump loves and that one day Gorsuch is going to be the deciding vote in a ruling against Trump and Trump will be so mad his head will actually explode. This whole situation is a perfect setup for that.
There’s going to be orange fur and a very small quantity of brain matter all over the place!
The desert landscape in that part of the country is a much more formidable barrier than the wall. Crossing that distance on foot is no small feat. Breaching the wall just requires a Sawzall.
Not a tweet but there certainly is a contradictory Trump quote on just about everything:
“I’ll tell you, to me, the second-most important thing after love what you do is never, ever give up. Don’t give up. Don’t allow it to happen. If there’s a concrete wall in front of you, go through it. Go over it. Go around it. But get to the other side of that wall,”
You know, a border would be a great place for a casino. And since you are building a structure anyway…
"We don't need no thought control..."
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