Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Tony Aguire

This proved to be an interesting experiment in terms of the hypocrisy that governs Republicans.... Still waiting for Obama to take my guns, still waiting for FEMA death camps, still waiting for death panels from Obamacare, still waiting for a lot of the things that Republicans cried about when Obama was in office. Some if you people are absolutely laughable when the tables turn. 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

 
That is an important point you are making Mel, because nobody can know when they aren't policed. 

This stuff put forth by guys like Rod and those to whom he listens are guessing games and conjecture at best.  The idea that 1700 miles or so of border can be policed by drones seems preposterous at best and dangerous when one thinks of all the ways cartels can get their drugs across the border when it isn't being manned and isn't blocked by any sort of barrier.

I watched a segment about the border patrol on television recently, whereby a border patrol agent was standing on the border between Mexico and the US, and the only barrier was a civil war style snake rail fence.  The agent commented that there was hundreds of miles of this type of fencing, dividing the 2 nations.  It was pretty appalling.  

Anyone could simply walk over the fence and be in the USA.  

So then a vehicle could be waiting and tons of fentenyl laced drugs would simply be loaded up,  and it is off to the races for the drug dealer.  

That's ok though because Nancy Pelosi doesn't allow illegal drugs into her neighborhood.

She keeps those drug dealers out of her area, because she has a fence that doesn't let them in.   

Originally Posted by Tony Aguire

You should pay twice that, you are destroying the environment. 

Originally Posted by Tony Aguire

I can't take anyone seriously that defines what is going on on the southern border as an emergency yet does not see little kids getting blown away in school in front of each other as an emergency. there's seriously something wrong with people that just turn a blind eye to little kids getting murdered. 

Originally Posted by Tony Aguire

I see, because you can't come up with a solution to little kids getting killed we should just let it continue to happen. Hmmmm...

Originally Posted by Tony Aguire

I wonder if you would feel the same way if one of your family members was a victim of gun violence... See, I work in a private school, it's pretty f*d up that we have to have a detailed action plan in case of an active shooter. It's pretty f*d up that parents enrolling their children have to ask what our protocol is in case of an active shooter. It's pretty f*d up that parents have to have these kinds of fears for thier children. At the risk of suggesting you lack empathy, as is the case with one  or two other individuals here, I recommend you think long and hard about the emotional consequences of dealing with these sorts of fears before you respond...

Originally Posted by Tony Aguire

He's not going to get his big beautiful wall. the big white elephant in the room that nobody's talking about is the fact that a lot of landowners along the Texas border do not want to give up pieces of their land for Trump to build his wall. He's going to have to use eminent domain, and that's not going to go over well with South Texas ranchers and property owners.

Originally Posted by Tony Aguire

We have pretty good security, a man trap, bulletproof glass doors, coded (not keyed) locks for the building, and security guards... I doubt a metal detector is going to help much though if someone decided to go postal on one of our playgrounds ala Columbine. Most schools have outdoor areas, short of turning all schools into walled compounds, a metal detector only protects the children to a certain extent inside the building, and that's only if an active shooter can be stopped. We (probably) don't have to worry about one of our students losing it as our student body is young and we serve the Scottsdale (mostly liberal, upper middle class) clients. The fact remains that if someone wanted to harm our students, a metal detector won't stop them.
The reality is Pandora's box is open in terms of guns. New gun control measures are not going to solve this either, at least not anytime soon. The real problem in this country is our cultural tendency towards violent reaction when shit doesn't go our way. The current president does not help this, nor do the ultra conservatives right wing pundits the inflame the nut jobs.

Originally Posted by Tony Aguire

? Not blaming him, just staying he is not helping.... Big difference.