We Don’t Need No Damn Ladder
Between Tijuana and San Diego, Trump built a double layered border wall that was the crown jewel of his wall. And as if to poke fun of Trump, drug dealers bypassed his fancy-pants wall with a tunnel.
And it is a dandy tunnel.
The nearby tunnel had an extensive rail-cart system, forced air ventilation, high voltage electrical cables and panels, an elevator at the tunnel entrance, and a complex drainage system.
Hell, that’s no tunnel. That’s a condo.
Authorities seized two tons of drugs including, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana, and fentanyl.
That’s not a wall, it’s a very expensive decorative item.
War on drugs, my sweet patootie.
Billions for Walls, not one cent for pandemic planning.
1It was never actually intended to be a barrier to drug (or any other) trafficking. It’s the Great Donald John Trump Memorial Wall. I’m kind of hoping that it ends up like Shelley’s Ozymandias:
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
2Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
For myself, keeping in mind the ease people get thousands of miles into the US by airplane, etc., a wall is just useless.
Tack on the expenses of eminent domain, construction, and watching the wall. Going with only watching the border is a lot more cost effective, and employs more people…
3Have to agree with Repub. Great comment, Thatotherjean!
All I have to say is he is his ancestors worst nightmare.
And certainly ours.
4Tunnels you say? Hmmmm … where historically have we previously had the problem and who has the equipment to handle it? Those answers could lead to a rant about Covidiot* 45, or a longer rant about how seriously the federal government has not been about its aptly named “war on drugs.” So very aptly named, since we haven’t won a war in over 70 years.
Donnie* is currently “at war” with COVID-19 and more than a few voice in his* head. Not to despair, all Moscow Mitch has to do is remove the Obstacle-in-Charge*. Tennessee is currently flailing and about to really suffer. When things ramp up in Kentucky, where will Mitch and other Republicons be?
5Perhaps the Mexican drug cartel may expand into supplying scarce pandemic relief drugs then!
“…albuterol, used for wheezing illnesses like asthma, is already experiencing a national shortage. Hospitals with high volumes of critically ill patients are also reporting shortages of basic standbys like midazolam and propofol — drugs needed to induce and maintain sleepiness and comfort while on a ventilator. Without those medications, being on a mechanical ventilator can be agonizingly uncomfortable.”
From: “Coronavirus medication shortages will be felt by patients with COVID-19 — and some without”
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1172371
6Sounds like a real money-maker: Drugs to the north, liberals to the south, profits in both directions.
7Jane & PKM @5: Where will Mitch be? At some swank hideout, with a stash of supplies he and his equally corrupt bride have bought with our money. Don’t forget that he gets a lifetime of gold-plated health care for his “public service”.
Sorta off-topic, but those tunnels in the past have been dug by kidnapped engineers and miners, who are killed afterwards to avoid telling anyone where it is. I had an old friend who narrowly escaped being grabbed for that “one job that will last a lifetime”. So while the War on Drugs is yet another scam to funnel money to the Drug Enforcement Asses, keep in mind those tunnels have a horrific human cost.
8Did the tunnel have a gym and valet parking?
9Wait, wait, “forced air ventilation”? It sounds like these guys know where to get vents. Maybe if someone made a deal with El Chapo…
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