So.... About this "Caravan"
POSTED BY: 6IXSTRINGJACK
UPDATED: Friday, November 8, 2024 16:11
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Is anybody else getting tired of being played yet?
What started out as around 4,000 people is now being counted at around 7,000 people. The laughable "barricades" they had to brave at the Mexican border weren't even as strong as the corals for lines on a ride at Great America.
All of the videos I've seen of these people show them wearing brightly colored and clean clothing. If they were really fleeing a bad situation and making a thousands of miles trek on foot, they'd be wearing nothing but the clothes on their backs and any backpacks or luggage they'd be carting around with them would have been packed with as much food and water as possible instead of fresh changes of clothes. At this point, if any of this wasn't staged, they'd look at least as bad as the cast of The Walking Dead.
This is a reality show.
This is as real as a Bear Grylls survival show, where the cameras get turned off and he can be found at a local hotel for the night that comes with a free continental breakfast.
The only thing is, I have no idea who's funding this. It could literally be anybody.
I don't see any possible good end game here for Democrats, but why would that stop them from trying? We've seen a lot of recent examples of bad ideas blowing up in their faces.
I suspect it could also be Trump himself that is funding this. Of course that could never be proven and their would be no money trail, but as I've mentioned in several threads now I was highly suspicious of this whole deal right in time for the mid-term elections.
The good news is, since this is a made-for-TV movie, it will have a "family friendly" ending. Ultralibs who just want to open our borders for the whole world to invade won't be happy about the outcome, but the ending here will be anti-climatic and I think it will be enough to get more votes out for Republicans at the end of the day.
Here's how I see it going down in the final days...
3 Days Until Border Crossing:
Trump has a shit load of military forces lining up at any entry points on the border. We're probably going to be learning a lot about new government drone technology since it would be unaffordable to have a line of military personnel lined up shoulder to shoulder across the whole border.
At the same time, we'll start seeing the well dressed and well fed "caravan" make a big show for the cameras by forming a "Mighty Ducks V" formation... Pregnant women will make up the tip of it, with all of the children lined up along both wings of the front and the men in the middle and back.
This will negate the military's use of rubble ball rifles to impede progress since that would be a political disaster for the GOP.
2 Days Until Border Crossing:
Nothing new. Just a bunch of overpaid assholes on FOX and CNN telling you what they think. Man, this is great for business!
1 Day Until Border Crossing:
Same old shit. But you're still watching, aren't you? Of course you are.
The Standoff:
We're going to see the military lined up with their guns on one side, and a group of likely over 10,000 people ready to cross the border, all wearing brand new shiny clothes, freshly showered and made up and ready for the camera. It will be a standoff of some kind of bizarro world version of Braveheart.
We get some inspirational speech that the Ultralibs will eat up, likely from one of the pregnant women at the front of the V.
This may go on for a few days until they make a move. None of the solders can or would do anything because nobody is going to start shooting at women and children, rubber bullets and beanbags or not.
Border Crossing:
And here's our anti-climatctic, family friendly ending.
Soldiers will stand down and allow them to cross the border, where they will subsequently be detained. Learning the lessons from months ago, there will be no separation of adults and children. They will then be processed and deported.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Is anybody else getting tired of being played yet?
What started out as around 4,000 people is now being counted at around 7,000 people. The laughable "barricades" they had to brave at the Mexican border weren't even as strong as the corals for lines on a ride at Great America.
All of the videos I've seen of these people show them wearing brightly colored and clean clothing. If they were really fleeing a bad situation and making a thousands of miles trek on foot, they'd be wearing nothing but the clothes on their backs and any backpacks or luggage they'd be carting around with them would have been packed with as much food and water as possible instead of fresh changes of clothes. At this point, if any of this wasn't staged, they'd look at least as bad as the cast of The Walking Dead.
This is a reality show.
This is as real as a Bear Grylls survival show, where the cameras get turned off and he can be found at a local hotel for the night that comes with a free continental breakfast.
The only thing is, I have no idea who's funding this. It could literally be anybody.
I don't see any possible good end game here for Democrats, but why would that stop them from trying? We've seen a lot of recent examples of bad ideas blowing up in their faces.
I suspect it could also be Trump himself that is funding this. Of course that could never be proven and their would be no money trail, but as I've mentioned in several threads now I was highly suspicious of this whole deal right in time for the mid-term elections.
The good news is, since this is a made-for-TV movie, it will have a "family friendly" ending. Ultralibs who just want to open our borders for the whole world to invade won't be happy about the outcome, but the ending here will be anti-climatic and I think it will be enough to get more votes out for Republicans at the end of the day.
Here's how I see it going down in the final days...
3 Days Until Border Crossing:
Trump has a shit load of military forces lining up at any entry points on the border. We're probably going to be learning a lot about new government drone technology since it would be unaffordable to have a line of military personnel lined up shoulder to shoulder across the whole border.
At the same time, we'll start seeing the well dressed and well fed "caravan" make a big show for the cameras by forming a "Mighty Ducks V" formation... Pregnant women will make up the tip of it, with all of the children lined up along both wings of the front and the men in the middle and back.
This will negate the military's use of rubble ball rifles to impede progress since that would be a political disaster for the GOP.
2 Days Until Border Crossing:
Nothing new. Just a bunch of overpaid assholes on FOX and CNN telling you what they think. Man, this is great for business!
1 Day Until Border Crossing:
Same old shit. But you're still watching, aren't you? Of course you are.
The Standoff:
We're going to see the military lined up with their guns on one side, and a group of likely over 10,000 people ready to cross the border, all wearing brand new shiny clothes, freshly showered and made up and ready for the camera. It will be a standoff of some kind of bizarro world version of Braveheart.
We get some inspirational speech that the Ultralibs will eat up, likely from one of the pregnant women at the front of the V.
This may go on for a few days until they make a move. None of the solders can or would do anything because nobody is going to start shooting at women and children, rubber bullets and beanbags or not.
Border Crossing:
And here's our anti-climatctic, family friendly ending.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
What started out as around 4,000 people is now being counted at around 7,000 people. The laughable "barricades" they had to brave at the Mexican border weren't even as strong as the corals for lines on a ride at Great America.
Which worked on the bridge. What do you expect Mexico to do? Run out tanks? They were being let in only a few at a time. You do that thing so many Americans do: you think about the perfect solution and then have no clue how hard it would be or the complete impracticality of making that happen. You haven't work enough jobs yet. My friend and I have this saying, "just another great idea that doesn't work." It's 98% of the time the case why reality is so far from being our imagined perfect. There's usually a good reason why those incredibly obvious ideas you have at your computer or on your couch are what is. Trump is finding that out with a lot of his dumb ass ideas.
Of the 2 party there's only one possibility and that's Trump/GOP. They have used this impending invasion of illegals, and Middle Eastern people and MH13 hordes before. As you say, there's just no angle for Dems. Glad to see you able to think objectively on this at least.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
All of the videos I've seen of these people show them wearing brightly colored and clean clothing. If they were really fleeing a bad situation and making a thousands of miles trek on foot, they'd be wearing nothing but the clothes on their backs and any backpacks or luggage they'd be carting around with them would have been packed with as much food and water as possible instead of fresh changes of clothes. At this point, if any of this wasn't staged, they'd look at least as bad as the cast of The Walking Dead.
WTF? They've been walking for what, a week to ten days? And you can see from your tv how good there clothes are holding up? What do you think they're doing, buying clothes on the way?
WaPo:
"It is not clear precisely what route the caravan took, but it probably looked something like this (using Google Maps as a guide). The distance between the two points is about 400 miles, which Google estimates would take a little less than six days to cover on foot.
That estimate does not include rest stops, so it is clear the entire journey has not been undertaken on foot. The nature of the caravan is it is somewhat nebulous in form, with people joining and leaving the procession and some traveling by bus and truck while others trudge behind."
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
This is a reality show.
Does that ring any bells?????????? "You're Fired!"
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Ultralibs who just want to open our borders for the whole world to invade won't be happy about the outcome, but the ending here will be anti-climatic and I think it will be enough to get more votes out for Republicans at the end of the day.
Man, when you swallow GOP bulls*t you swallow it all.
- Name one "Ultra Liberal" - or any Liberal - that wants to have open borders. Who are even these "Ultra Liberals?" Bernie?
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Migrant Declares That Trump Is "The Antichrist" As Caravan Swells To 14,000 People
Mostly youngish men
Seal the border, Mr Trump. Declare a national emergency and use all of the security forces at your disposal. And yank the foreign aid of those nations which haven't controlled transit thru their borders.
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Quote:Nancy Pelosi? Kevin DeLeon? In fact, most California Democratic politicians?
Name one "Ultra Liberal" - or any Liberal - that wants to have open borders.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Quote:How about that crazy bimbo running for GA Gov?
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
Migrant Declares That Trump Is "The Antichrist" As Caravan Swells To 14,000 People
Mostly youngish men
Seal the border, Mr Trump. Declare a national emergency and use all of the security forces at your disposal. And yank the foreign aid of those nations which haven't controlled transit thru their borders.
*****Quote:Nancy Pelosi? Kevin DeLeon? In fact, most California Democratic politicians?
Name one "Ultra Liberal" - or any Liberal - that wants to have open borders.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Nancy Pelosi? Kevin DeLeon? In fact, most California Democratic politicians?
Name one "Ultra Liberal" - or any Liberal - that wants to have open borders.
Ha, no they don't - Jesus SIGHOLE, you've dropped any pretense and are just openly lying now. What could be so important to you that completely trashing your "character" is worth it? Hope it's huge.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/us/politics/fast-check-donald-trump
-democrats-open-borders.html
— President Trump, speaking on Monday at a campaign rally in South Carolina
"“The Democrats want open borders. They want anybody they wanted, including MS-13, pouring into the country.”
THE FACTS
False.
Democrats have argued that building a wall on the southwestern border is ineffective and a waste of resources, and rejected hard-line proposals to limit legal immigration. But Mr. Trump is grossly exaggerating Democrats’ positions when he conflates their opposition to his signature campaign promise and immigration priorities as “open borders.” And there is no evidence that they “want anybody,” including MS-13, to enter the United States freely.
While criticizing Mr. Trump’s immigration policies, the Democratic National Committee has committed to improving border security.
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leaders, have rebutted the president’s charges. Additionally, their aides cited several examples of legislation that are supported by Democrats and would have provided border security funding."
They may suck as a party but they don't want "open borders."
Like Bernie said, that would only benefit a Koch Brother.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Seal the border, Mr Trump. Declare a national emergency and use all of the security forces at your disposal. And yank the foreign aid of those nations which haven't controlled transit thru their borders.
You better run Siggy! They're coming for ya! Squeal!
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Seal the border, Mr Trump. Declare a national emergency and use all of the security forces at your disposal. And yank the foreign aid of those nations which haven't controlled transit thru their borders. - SIGNY
And cue the pointless personal attack in 3...2..1..
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You better run Siggy! They're coming for ya! Squeal!- GSTRING
California is a "sanctuary state", so in addition to CA Dems opposing "the wall" they also refuse to allow the CA National Guard help patrol the border, and actively oppose enforcing immigration laws.
That, plus De Leon's call to "abolish ICE", which garnered the endorsement of the CA Democratic Party ... If that isn't an "open border" policy, I don't know what is.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
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In the 4 weeks before the 2014 election, the news was covering Ebola because the GOP believed it would help them win. Ebola is back and bigger than ever, but it is not being covered because the GOP now believes the Caravan is more help winning the 2018 election.
The large, ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not attracting much coverage on American television news because TV news producers believe (likely for good reason) that the American viewing public is not incredibly interested in public health in sub-Saharan Africa.
That said, there was a time when TV news covered Ebola in Africa a lot: in the immediate runup to the 2014 midterms, when Republican Party political operatives decided that trying to alarm people about Ebola would be a good way to win votes.
As this 2014 report from Rob Savillo and Matt Gertz shows, Ebola coverage was widespread on both cable and network news, with over 1,000 segments airing in the four weeks before the election. Coverage then immediately plummeted when it no longer served the tactical interests of the Republican Party, with just 50 segments airing over the two post-election weeks.
Today, of course, a new ongoing Ebola outbreak that happens to coincide with a US midterm election is not something the Republican Party wants to emphasize in its midterm messaging. Consequently, the question of African public health continues to languish in its customary obscurity.
What Republicans want to scare people about instead is a group of a few thousand Central Americans who are currently in Southern Mexico. Some of them may make it to the US-Mexico border a few weeks from now, at which point they will be denied entry. Consequently, television news is doing a lot of coverage of this issue rather than of Ebola.
When pressed as to why they are allowing President Trump to serve as their assignment editor, most reporters tend to say that presidential statements are inherently newsworthy — if Trump says something is a national emergency, then that’s big news. I would urge people involved in the industry to think about this question more honestly because when Barack Obama proclaimed that “no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change,” television news did not respond with weeks of nonstop climate coverage. When Obama was president, TV news took its assignments from Republican congressional leaders.
Now that Trump is president, TV news takes its assignments from the Republican-dominated White House. Whatever Republicans want to put on the news agenda comes to dominate the news agenda.
www.vox.com/2018/10/23/18014644/ebola-coverage-2014-midterms
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Seal the border, Mr. Trump.
A nation which can't control its borders isn't a nation.
Anyone who suggests we should do otherwise is anti-American.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
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