What Did President Trump Do Now?

djchameleon · 01-28-2017, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

That being said, we actually have 700ish miles of fence/wall down there already. More might be helpful.

I feel like I've posted this before but people that actually live in border towns don't think it might be more helpful. Cameras and having light near certain areas are what's helpful.

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And the wall? The union made no mention of it in their endorsement announcement, but Border Patrol agents along the Rio Grande Valley largely view it as waste of time and money that wouldn’t actually solve any of their security problems. Bush’s Secure Fence Act of 2006, which resulted in a fence along about a third of the U.S. and Mexico border, didn’t really go so well, after all. Construction on that project stopped after it proved to be more costly, challenging, and ineffective than anticipated. “We put up that 18-foot wall [in the 2000s], the next day they had 19-foot ladders. It’s not going to stop them, but it’ll slow them down,” Cabrera said.

Rather than a wall, agents are calling for better infrastructure, improved technology, and the recruitment of more agents. With 51 percent of U.S. border city residents voting “no” and 44 percent voting “yes” as to whether more agents are needed, residents and Border Patrol agents may not necessarily see eye-to-eye on everything the border needs. But at the very least, they both know a wall isn’t the solution Trump thinks it is.

The Batlord · 01-28-2017, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

The data is a dated, but even if it decreased by a few thousand it's still a disparity...

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/li...s/hsfacts.html

The national rankings include more than 21,000 high schools, but I can't find exact numbers.

Best High Schools in America | Best High Schools Rankings | US News

But wasn't that first statistic specifically about football programs? Or am I missing something?

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Just looked it up:

As of 2014 there were 14,048 High Schools in the US that had football programs. That's an average of 281 per state. Not exactly exclusive.

OccultHawk · 01-28-2017, 05:58 AM

The new Idi Amin is rolling

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South Florida's Miami-Dade County has long been known as a place that welcomes immigrants, but its Republican mayor has ordered jails there to "fully cooperate" with President Donald Trump's crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities.

djchameleon · 01-28-2017, 06:37 AM

Arts programs for schools usually rely on property taxes from homeowners locally. It isn't something that gets federal dollars.

**Goofle** · 01-28-2017, 08:54 AM

Opposing ideas are to Chula what spiders are to The Batlord.

The Batlord · 01-28-2017, 08:58 AM

That's... I don't think that's really appropriate...

The Batlord · 01-28-2017, 09:15 AM

They have the same number of eyes as they do limbs. **** that.

Trollheart · 01-28-2017, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

I consider this art. Half Dome: Yosemite National Park.

That would make one cool cover of a doom metal album!

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Originally Posted by Goofle

Opposing ideas are to Chula what spiders are to The Batlord.

In fairness, it's not just Chula who has a problem with your ideas/ideologies/way of looking at things...

DwnWthVwls · 01-28-2017, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

But wasn't that first statistic specifically about football programs? Or am I missing something?

Yeh and then Frown asked out of how many schools.

**Goofle** · 01-28-2017, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

In fairness, it's not just Chula who has a problem with your ideas/ideologies/way of looking at things...

Wouldn't it be boring if it was just one person who disagreed with you? At least the others (except maybe Ki) seem to resist name calling and instead engage in discussion.