VIEW: 17-15: One Promise Made, Being Kept

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By Bob McDowell (Born Neil Carson) Number 17-15
ONE PROMISE MADE, BEING KEPT Week of 2017/04/10
During the presidential two year campaign, PRESDT promised that during his
administration if elected a wall would be constructed along the Southern Border of USA and
Mexico. The stated reason was to restrict the 'invasion' of illegal aliens and drug
runners/assassins. Those of the C/S persuasion loudly and often protested that such was
'illegal, unconstitutional, and immoral' which, in my opinion, was not surprising since one of
their unstated reasons for this invasion is to bring in more 'welfare' users and thus 'illegal'
voters. In recent elections there have been reports of precincts, usually in heavily Democrat
controlled areas, where the number of votes cast substantially exceeded the number of
registered voters.
No nation can continue to exist unless the borders are controlled and the entrance and
departure of non-citizens is continually recorded and controlled. We have seen far too much
'error in our ways' in this necessity in the past 40 years in my observation. One of the
criteria for an immigrant obtaining citizenship is the ability to read, write, speak and
understand the English language, and yet we see voting instructions in English, Spanish,
French, and now middle Eastern languages. In Oklahoma the inner envelope for absentee ballot
returns has instructions in both English and Spanish, and no explanation has been forthcoming
from the State Election Board!!!
Back to the "wall". A story in the daily paper, well back pages, on March 9 carried
the headline "Public notices posted for Mexico border-wall prototypes". The credit was to
Alicia A. Caldwell of the AP and datelined Washington. The first paragraph read: "The Trump
administration wants to build a 30-foot-high border wall that looks good from the north side
and is difficult to climb or cut through, according to a pair of contract notices posted to a
government website".
The third paragraph stated: "One of the CBP contract requests calls for a solid
concrete wall, while the other asks for proposals for a see-through structure". Also included
in it was that both would require the wall to be at least six feet into the ground. At least
there is activity beginning on the quest for a border wall, as promised. Unfortunately, as
usual the rest of the story carried subtle suggestions that there are many opposed to this
project. I am strongly favorable to it.
In my files is a letter dated December 30, 2016 to my Congressman, Jim Bridenstine,
written in preparation for a meeting with him about a suggested design and method of
construction of 'the wall'. He was selected as my representative and also seemed to have some
input into the PRESDT transition team and so could pass it on. Keeping in mind the caution to
never 'telegraph your punch' some of the items we discussed should not be publicized, such as
details of design and construction. One item of interest to both of us was the suggestion that
construction done on site be accomplished by military units, particularly reserve and guard, in
that business.
If memory is correct the OK National Guard has two construction battalions that each
year must activate for a training session, usually two weeks. Then the Navy has 'SeeBee' units
that distinguished themselves in WW II in the Pacific. Cong. Jim immediately stated that they
could be activated for a three month tour which seemed even better to me to allow more
training. It was further determined that combat teams should also be deployed for protection
against the thugs.
The story indicated that the call was for prototypes to be built on the California
Border. My suggestion was to build the wall beginning at the New Mexico border, since it is of
shorter length, and possibly less violent. In design it was to be 30 feet deep by 8 feet wide
with steel reinforcement and equipment has been located to cut such dimensions in one pass.
Nothing further has been heard but it seems to me to be a better approach and perhaps less
costly.
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Composed March 21, 2017
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