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OneToughHerring 10-04-09 09:30 AM

Walled in
 
A nice presentation about the Berlin wall and the East/West-German border.

Walled in.

GoldenRivet 10-04-09 02:29 PM

Impressive and brilliant yet diabolical.

South Texas could take notes.

OneToughHerring 10-04-09 02:56 PM

The situation is a bit different with the US - Mexico border then it was with the East - West German border. The leaders of the DDR wanted to stem the tide of especially intelligent people such as physicists etc. from running to the west. They didn't have to worry about people sneaking in, except the occasional spy.

GoldenRivet 10-04-09 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring (Post 1183668)
The situation is a bit different with the US - Mexico border then it was with the East - West German border. The leaders of the DDR wanted to stem the tide of especially intelligent people such as physicists etc. from running to the west. They didn't have to worry about people sneaking in, except the occasional spy.

true its not the same situation... but personally, i think that the same philosophy should be applied.

OneToughHerring 10-04-09 04:16 PM

Yea sure. If Obama did that, you would like him. :)

GoldenRivet 10-04-09 05:09 PM

Like... i dunno.

Approve of one thing he did.

perhaps.

OneToughHerring 10-04-09 05:29 PM

Well you already have the Homeland Security and various extended government rights granted by the republicans, all you need is to get Obama to give your border guards the order to shoot to kill and put up some more fences, walls, etc.

USA, the DDR of the 21st century. Approved by the republican party. :)

GoldenRivet 10-04-09 05:37 PM

well we could go to that extrteme.

Or...

we could go the democrat route and just allow citizenship to every Jose, Ferdinand and Gutierrez that walks into our country.

neither way is particularly acceptable.

but i digress...

great video you posted.


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