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Should the Military Build the Wall?

Mar 25, 2018 11:03PM PDT

Hi everybody,

President Donald J. Trump offered a new way possible for America to build the border wall, even after the omnibus spending bill signed on Friday left many wondering if construction will ever start. His suggestion? Have the military build it.
Early Sunday morning, President Trump pointed out the fact that the border wall is a matter of national security. America therefore should simply have the Department of Defense over see the project in order to keep out drugs and enemy combatants, according to the commander in chief.

What do you think about this "wall"?

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I thought you were leaving
Mar 28, 2018 7:07AM PDT

OH well, same ol' same ol'

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RE:I thought you were leaving
Mar 28, 2018 7:30AM PDT
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(NT) Good bye and good riddance
Mar 27, 2018 12:40PM PDT
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so just "give up"?
Mar 27, 2018 2:29PM PDT

"Ay gringo, we gonna do it anywase, so jes give up now"

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RE:DEMS offered the wall money
Mar 26, 2018 12:18PM PDT

"OFFERED"?...

AFTER TheRUMP ASKED?

THAT is NOT an OFFER.

which is why Trump told them to pound salt.

TheRUMP was the one that ASKED.....He grovelled...They responded....and HE didn't like the response....tried to save face....

Post was last edited on March 26, 2018 12:28 PM PDT

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Get your facts straight at least
Mar 26, 2018 4:05PM PDT

Trump presented and OFFER...........1.8m DACA amnesty, $25B for the wall, end to chain migration, and end to lottery.

DEMS came back with a 'counter offer'......1.8M DACA amnesty, $25B over ten years instead of now, NO end to chain migration, and NO end to the lottery.

He told them to pound salt. They weren't serious about wanting to 'take care of the DACA "kids"' obviously, since that was supposed to be their priority.

He didn't ASK....that was his FIRM OFFER and they spit in his face....so much for the 'kids' who actually protested outside Congress over the Dems letting them down.

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RE:$25B for the wall
Mar 26, 2018 7:31PM PDT

The wall Mexico WILL pay for?

Someone just shot herself in the foot?

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Shot, how?
Mar 27, 2018 7:52AM PDT

We keep having this same conversation over and over so I'm not doing it anymore. Find something else to cry about because you've lost all credibility to have an honest discussion. You're a parrot for the left's talking points and THEY don't make any sense either.

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RE:We keep having this same conversation over and over
Mar 27, 2018 12:01PM PDT
We keep having this same conversation over and over so I'm not doing it anymore.

same conversation over and over...SAME conversation about what?

Not doing it anymore?....starting when?

Tomorrow?....Next week....UPFRONT?....EVENTUALLY?

See how I worked YOUR defense of TheRUMP in there?

Mexico will pay...UPFRONT?....EVENTUALLY?

You'll be back....IF you even leave....
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RE: they spit in his face
Mar 26, 2018 8:42PM PDT

Dems spit in HIS face AFTER he made his OFFER/asked them to agree to something/grovelled?

And HE told them to pound salt?

HE grovelled/OFFERED, THEY spit, and HE told them to pound salt/walked away.....

TheRUMP sure showed them.

Or did he?

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How do you stand yourself?
Mar 27, 2018 7:58AM PDT

You obviously don't know the difference between a legitimate offer (much more than BO ever offered to the DACA people or even what the DEMS wanted) and a 'beg fest' JP. Have you never negotiated something in your life to recognize a compromised deal when you hear/see one? If you DID negotiate, does that make you a beggar, since that you seem to think Trump is. The actual art of a deal is to walk away when you know the other side isn't even being honest about what they want and are negotiating in bad faith....hence, pound salt is the appropriate response and letting people know that the other party wasn't interested in helping the very people they claim to love. Hence, the rally/protest that those same DACA people held on the steps of Congress immediately after Trump announced what happened at their meeting. Of course, the liberal media didn't give THAT rally much, if any, coverage, did they?

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RE:How do you stand yourself?
Mar 27, 2018 12:06PM PDT

In a post made 6 minutes previous to the above post BY YOU, YOU SAID to ME

We keep having this same conversation over and over so I'm not doing it anymore. Find something else to cry about because you've lost all credibility to have an honest discussion. You're a parrot for the left's talking points and THEY don't make any sense either.


YOU are definitely a woman of your word...for 6 minutes?

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THIS was a different discussion/topic
Mar 27, 2018 12:21PM PDT

but obviously you can't tell the difference about anything anymore.

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RE:THIS was a different discussion/topic
Mar 27, 2018 1:29PM PDT

Someone talks about TheRUMP and YOU bring up Hillary....

And THAT is NOT a different discussion/topic?

THEY are not even the same sex...Heck...TheRUMP isn't even the Presidents wife.

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I've noticed that lately you have
Mar 28, 2018 4:40AM PDT

a large number of your posts edited, JP.....does that mean that you can't string thoughts together long enough to make sense even to yourself and you have to keep revising them?

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RE:does that mean
Mar 28, 2018 5:01AM PDT
does that mean that you can't string thoughts together long enough to make sense even to yourself and you have to keep revising them?

OR

does it mean I didn't want to use any words with more than 4 syllables when responding to a post by you....I AM posting to a Republican/Tea Party member...

Don't YOU wish YOU had edited the post YOU made that claimed I'm not doing it anymore.?

Perhaps YOU should spend more time "editing" and less time making idle promises/threats.

It will make YOU look a lot better.
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Perhaps you don't comprehend the word HERE
Mar 29, 2018 8:26AM PDT

When a topic is no longer something I care to engage in, I leave....but IF, in the SAME thread, a NEW topic begins, I have no problem joining in THAT discussion.

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RE:Perhaps you don't comprehend the word HERE
Mar 29, 2018 11:21AM PDT

I didn't notice the word HERE in YOUR claim.....

I'm not doing it anymore.

BTW...Exactly what is "IT"?

The "IT" that you won't be doing anymore?

Just so I can keep an eye out to make sure you don't swerve off track....

I would hate to find you in a ditch somewhere after you've swerved off subject.

RE:When a topic is no longer something I care to engage in, I leave

You leave AFTER you tell everyone you are no longer interested?

I just leave...people notice I've left....IF they are concerned about my well being....IF they aren't...

Oh Well.