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Adam Schiff (tweet): If an American is hit over head with a big sack of drugs flying over the wall.. (Original Post) demmiblue Jul 2017 OP
I don't think Trumpsterfire understands the meaning of the word forgotmylogin Jul 2017 #1
Or "ladder" or "airplane" or much of anything else. Warpy Jul 2017 #27
Damn fine question! True Dough Jul 2017 #2
LOL leftstreet Jul 2017 #3
This guy is TOO MUCH !!! pangaia Jul 2017 #4
It seems to me that anyone walking close enough to the wall to be hit by drugs was waiting for drugs Shoonra Jul 2017 #5
TELL me you didn't just treat Trump's demented remarks SERIOUSLY...? WinkyDink Jul 2017 #36
A wall with openings is a fence. DeminPennswoods Jul 2017 #6
NOBODY is FLINGING ANY BAGS of DRUGS, FGS. WinkyDink Jul 2017 #37
Love Adam Schiff Hekate Jul 2017 #7
I'd Love To See Adam As Our POTUS Nominee, But.... DoctorJoJo Jul 2017 #8
I'm not so sure about that. They liked Joe Lieberman. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #15
At the time? Hardly. WinkyDink Jul 2017 #38
Yes, they did. Because he was a blue dog, not a yellow one. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #40
Clearly Mr Schiff is missing the point Egnever Jul 2017 #9
Or tunnels. sandensea Jul 2017 #10
There were tunnels long before trumpft. The whole wall is a joke. Merlot Jul 2017 #34
Absolutely. sandensea Jul 2017 #42
Maybe just put a door in with a doorbell on the Mexican side. Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #16
+ 1000 K& R! raven mad Jul 2017 #26
. rocktivity Jul 2017 #11
K&R and Tweeted yuiyoshida Jul 2017 #12
Adam Schiff has the best poker face Heartstrings Jul 2017 #13
I love his chill demeanor and wicked smart tongue. Glimmer of Hope Jul 2017 #14
Uhh...yeah. jmowreader Jul 2017 #17
I have alot of respect for Adam Schiff!!! onecent Jul 2017 #18
Love this guy! Listening to him brings my heart rate down when I think I'm going to explode..lol PearliePoo2 Jul 2017 #19
Answer: Transparent aluminum!! longship Jul 2017 #20
Love Adam Schiff! He is wicked smart and absolutely hilarious. R B Garr Jul 2017 #21
Yeah for Congressman Schiff Gothmog Jul 2017 #22
Ha malaise Jul 2017 #23
K&R! Just got home from another day of moving household - raven mad Jul 2017 #24
Sounds like Trump had a conversation with a border expert NobodyHere Jul 2017 #25
He simply doesn't understand the political definition of "transparency." AKA, he's nuts. WinkyDink Jul 2017 #39
His twitter feed is golden. Lucinda Jul 2017 #28
Love the mockery. Keep it coming riversedge Jul 2017 #29
Transparency?!? apkhgp Jul 2017 #30
Law & Order ouija Jul 2017 #31
Yes, I think so n/t apkhgp Jul 2017 #32
Anybody who can throw a 60 lb. bag of drugs over a 30-foot wall should be an Olympic shot putter. tclambert Jul 2017 #33
That used to be an event in those World's Strongest Man competitions. Nailzberg Jul 2017 #43
Oh snap!!!!! Initech Jul 2017 #35
Looks like criminal cooperation to me. There's a thrower on the MEX side and NCjack Jul 2017 #41

forgotmylogin

(7,952 posts)
1. I don't think Trumpsterfire understands the meaning of the word
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 12:38 PM
Jul 2017

"transparency".

Nor how walls work.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
4. This guy is TOO MUCH !!!
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 12:53 PM
Jul 2017

And he just looks like a .. I don't know.. a bank teller..

LOL!!





Shoonra

(602 posts)
5. It seems to me that anyone walking close enough to the wall to be hit by drugs was waiting for drugs
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 01:51 PM
Jul 2017

I kind of wonder why anyone inside Mexico would throw valuable drugs over the wall blindly, but it seems to me that anyone on this side of the wall who is close enough to be hit by drugs was perhaps standing that close in expectation of those drugs or some similar contraband.

Anyway, I would figure that, by now, Central/South American contrabandistas are sophisticated enough to use drones, such as was used in a recent prison break. They wouldn't just be pitching expensive drugs over the wall overhand.

DeminPennswoods

(17,506 posts)
6. A wall with openings is a fence.
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 02:02 PM
Jul 2017

Anyway, a few convex mirrors on the Mexican side would solve the problem of blindly flinging drugs over the fence/wall. There's always tunnels, too.

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
8. I'd Love To See Adam As Our POTUS Nominee, But....
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 02:19 PM
Jul 2017

.... can you imagine the wing-nuts coming out of their KKK sheets if a Jewish person was nominated?

JoJo

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
9. Clearly Mr Schiff is missing the point
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 02:22 PM
Jul 2017

The idea is to make gaps in the wall to allow the drugs to be passed through. Saves all the effort of trying to make it over.

sandensea

(23,343 posts)
42. Absolutely.
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 04:55 PM
Jul 2017

I emphasized the wrong point.

Yes, there certainly is a myriad of tunnels underneath the border - many of which date back to the '80s and '90s, and some up to half a mile long (complete with rails).

The point, though, was that a number of decommissioned tunnels are now being put back into use thanks to Cheeto's hot air about expanding the wall (which, ironically, he isn't likely to get done anyway).

And as you pointed out, even he built "the biggest, most beautiful" wall, it won't mean a thing.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
16. Maybe just put a door in with a doorbell on the Mexican side.
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 03:06 PM
Jul 2017

That way, they just have to ring the doorbell. If someone is on the other side,he can answer it. Only if there's no one there do they have to fling it over the wall.

jmowreader

(53,194 posts)
17. Uhh...yeah.
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 03:20 PM
Jul 2017

Anyone who seriously thinks the Mexicans are going to just stroll up to the wall and fling huge bags of drugs over is on some pretty strong ones himself.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
19. Love this guy! Listening to him brings my heart rate down when I think I'm going to explode..lol
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 03:38 PM
Jul 2017

One cool, calm cucumber, that Adam Schiff (and wicked SMART!)

 

NobodyHere

(2,810 posts)
25. Sounds like Trump had a conversation with a border expert
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 08:21 PM
Jul 2017

Who have been calling for a fence instead of the wall so you can see what's happening on the other side.

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
39. He simply doesn't understand the political definition of "transparency." AKA, he's nuts.
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 02:23 AM
Jul 2017

apkhgp

(1,070 posts)
30. Transparency?!?
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 09:42 PM
Jul 2017

This goes down funnier than his idea for putting solar panels on the wall.

tclambert

(11,193 posts)
33. Anybody who can throw a 60 lb. bag of drugs over a 30-foot wall should be an Olympic shot putter.
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 10:11 PM
Jul 2017

Last edited Mon Jul 17, 2017, 09:19 PM - Edit history (1)

Nailzberg

(4,610 posts)
43. That used to be an event in those World's Strongest Man competitions.
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 03:38 AM
Jul 2017

Well, probably still is, I say used to because I remember that used to always be on ESPN in the late 90s, and I don't really see it anymore, but I'm sure it still exists.

Except they threw kegs. Just huge dudes tossing kegs over a wall, I don't think it was 30' but it was pretty dang high.

NCjack

(10,297 posts)
41. Looks like criminal cooperation to me. There's a thrower on the MEX side and
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 10:52 AM
Jul 2017

a catcher on the USA side. Instead of safely throwing 1-kilo packages, 1 at a time, the thrower tosses the full 60 pounds. If the fence is transparent, that would facilitate their crime, and they would escape the law. I want the person on the USA side to get the full 60-lb load in the head. No transparent fence!

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