I guess we should be glad ICE-Barbie took a day off from shooting puppies in the face. That doesn’t mean she can’t go and do something stupid and she’s come up with a real piece of idiocy. She’s decided border security will be enhanced by painting every bit of border wall black.
According to CBS News Noem thinks it’s too easy to climb Trump’s wall. I supposed one could argue making it tougher to ‘defeat’ Trump’s border wall trying to make that task tougher is, as long as they don’t go nuts with spending a defensible goal. Speaking of money a question journalists and elected representatives should ask is how much would this boondoggle cost? However I’d like to talk about the vapid stupidity Noem is displaying. In case you’re wondering yes, this starts with Trump:
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration — an idea she said was “specifically at the request” of President Trump.
I’m not sure how much black paint will increase the temperature but there are, in addition to the insane costs some problems with this plan. From the title pic the most obvious one is a set of leather work gloves. More than enough to counter the extra heat the black paint would cause. I might add wearing them would likely make it EASIER to climb Trump’s wall. The second thing Trumpty and ICE-Barbie have overlooked is what happens at NIGHT (when the bulk of people would climb the wall) in that part of the country. The temperature drops, and by a lot. In areas that are desert or almost so it goes down into the 40s.
So much for a literally HOT border wall deterring climbers. The dumbassery from this administration is truly laughable. So is other stuff you can read about in the linked article. Alas, I shudder at how much money will be taken from things like improvements to housing on military bases. Or the VA.
Still, in the end nothing more than a set of inexpensive leather work gloves to foil this ‘brilliant’ plan. It’s been over ten years since I was on the farm but I’m sure you can get a rugged set of leather work gloves for around ten bucks or so. Oh, and a group of folks can chip in to spread the minimal cost. After one uses them to climb over they can pass them through a gap, or toss them over. Problem (for those Noem wants to keep out) solved.
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So… Black is good.
White not so.
Not what I thought I’d hear from a Trumpist.
Tis a cunning plan. As you point out, the bulk of people climb the wall at night. So, if it’s black, then they won’t be able to find it! Homeland Security prevails again!
And maybe a moat, full of sharks, with frikin’ laser beams…
I think they may need the murderous rabbit from Monty Python’s Holy Grail. Ripping a few throats out should teach them not to seek a better life.