Ritchie Brothers Auctions the Wall

[MossRoad]

Paxson is quite the character.

I guess.

 

[mikester]

The problem is universal to all governments. Unlimited cheque books and no accountability is a dangerous combination.

Personally I'd like to see clawback on the politician's pensions to pay for their wasteful decisions.

 

[5030]

So Texas's own agency says it's cement covered rust and doesn't want it while Texas's own Attorney General is willing to bid $1,000,000 to get it back? Idiocracy in action.

Not what I said and corrosion don't impact the bolsters at all. In fact the already erected ones are rusted as well.

I said NOTHING about cement at all, as well.

Corrosion is a surface condition that don't impact the structural soundness of the bolsters at all.

I said that the Texas AG had a million bucks available and would 'BID' on the auctions to secure and keep the sections. I never said he would pay a million bucks for them. I believe his intent is to outbid everyone else but still retain them at a low price.

I believe the Texas DOT inspections will have a far greater impact actually. From what I see, the trucks hauling them away appear to have many DOT violations.

I do find it interesting that Biden can authorize the sale / auction of them when they don't belong to him in the first place, they belong to the taxpayers but then he pulls some shots and gets away with it, well, until 1-20 that is.

 

[scootr]

Save the Wall. You can't secure a border without a line. That line being a wall has historically proven to be the best option. If it takes 1k men on horseback I'm sure we can muster them. Stop the insanity. Secure the Border.
Bitter Biden is just doing everything he can to F the incoming admin. Like a kid filling the icecream machine with mustard after he was fired.

 

[Hay Dude]

Not likely. Unless they stack border patrol in the wilderness on horses. 2000 miles is a lot of ground to cover. People should come and see the southwest. There’s not much between cities and they are a long ways apart. Also few or no roads in many places .

A border wall establishes a basic barrier that slows down all those pesky illegal vandals. While they are busy clicking on 20V batteries in the middle of nowhere on their sawzalls, it slows them down some so border patrol can turn them around.

No barrier at all won't slow them down. The Rio Grande also slows them down in some parts of the border.

The more obstacles put in their way, the more time it buys the good guys to come and turn them around.
Walls also serve as a mounting point for surveillance equipment and sensors.
None of us have to live in the area to have a basic understanding of how walls and border patrols work.

 

[MossRoad]

Not what I said and corrosion don't impact the bolsters at all. In fact the already erected ones are rusted as well.

I said NOTHING about cement at all, as well.

Corrosion is a surface condition that don't impact the structural soundness of the bolsters at all.

I said that the Texas AG had a million bucks available and would 'BID' on the auctions to secure and keep the sections. I never said he would pay a million bucks for them. I believe his intent is to outbid everyone else but still retain them at a low price.

I believe the Texas DOT inspections will have a far greater impact actually. From what I see, the trucks hauling them away appear to have many DOT violations.

I do find it interesting that Biden can authorize the sale / auction of them when they don't belong to him in the first place, they belong to the taxpayers but then he pulls some shots and gets away with it, well, until 1-20 that is.

Read the links supplied. The Republicans authorized the bill to get rid of the stuff. The border states took the materials that they wanted. The stuff those border states and border patrol determined they DID NOT WANT were offered for sale.

 

[MossRoad]

Save the Wall. You can't secure a border without a line. That line being a wall has historically proven to be the best option. If it takes 1k men on horseback I'm sure we can muster them. Stop the insanity. Secure the Border.
Bitter Biden is just doing everything he can to F the incoming admin. Like a kid filling the icecream machine with mustard after he was fired.

Again, read the links supplied. REPUBLICANS forced the sale.

 

[5030]

Read the links supplied. The Republicans authorized the bill to get rid of the stuff. The border states took the materials that they wanted. The stuff those border states and border patrol determined they DID NOT WANT were offered for sale.

Whatever and I really don't care except that the current POTUS overstepped his authority, as usual.

 

[5030]

Probably RINO's 'forced' the sale. I don't understand how they can 'force' anything, anyway. All I know is what I read and nothing more and I'll leave it at that.

 

[scootr]

Again, read the links supplied. REPUBLICANS forced the sale.

Republicans come in many shapes and sizes. Much like democrats.
I don't care who forced the sale it's wrong and it should be stopped.
America wants a wall. Don't believe it? Check the Nov 4th voting results.
Selling the wall for pennies on the dollar is theft.

 

[gstrom99]

The border wall is a bandaid fix. It's not gonna solve anything long term.

There's still time for KH to get down there and fix the "root causes"...

 

[scootr]

There's still time for KH to get down there and fix the "root causes"...

She is ~ supporting the wall sale. No boundaries = no border problem.
Democrat immigration policy at it finest.

 

[jyoutz]

A border wall establishes a basic barrier that slows down all those pesky illegal vandals. While they are busy clicking on 20V batteries in the middle of nowhere on their sawzalls, it slows them down some so border patrol can turn them around.

No barrier at all won't slow them down. The Rio Grande also slows them down in some parts of the border.

The more obstacles put in their way, the more time it buys the good guys to come and turn them around.
Walls also serve as a mounting point for surveillance equipment and sensors.
None of us have to live in the area to have a basic understanding of how walls and border patrols work.

There is a lot of truth to your statements. Except a fence in the mountainous wilderness areas where patrols are limited to helicopters and horses. It may be hours or days before patrol agents pass through those areas. The sawsalls work really well in those areas.

 

[oldtimer 66]

I don't know this for a fact but the boarder wall material/ steel/ maybe a " Corten " steel. It a "Weathering Steel". You can look it's properties up on the internet.
We used this type of steel for some Taiwan locomotives produced back in the 70's due to the environment that the locomotives would be operating in.

 

[MossRoad]

Whatever and I really don't care except that the current POTUS overstepped his authority, as usual.

Read the links. The Republicans authorized it, not the POTUS.

 

[MossRoad]

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Selling the wall for pennies on the dollar is theft.

The border states AND the border patrol were offered it FOR FREE!!!! They only took what was useful. Sheesh. Some of you seem to have a comprehension issue. THEY GAVE IT AWAY TO THE PEOPLE THAT IT EFFECTED THE MOST AND THEY DIDN'T WANT IT!!!

The rest was sold. The Texan's own agency said it was useless junk!

 

[BlueKnife]

There's still time for KH to get down there and fix the "root causes"...

You and I both know that's not going to happen, nor would it help if she did. The root causes go further back, to the early '70's and the beginning of the "war on drugs". Prior to that, no one really thought the border needed "secured" that much. In many areas, it was wide open (in an actual, rather than hyperbolic sense) and folks from both sided traded back and forth freely.

 

[gstrom99]

You and I both know that's not going to happen

Yes I do.

 

[BlueKnife]

She is ~ supporting the wall sale. No boundaries = no border problem.
Democrat immigration policy at it finest.

Of course she is. She's pandering to her faithful constituents, just like the Texas AG and Trump are pandering to theirs.

America wants a wall. Don't believe it? Check the Nov 4th voting results.
Selling the wall for pennies on the dollar is theft.

Maybe, maybe not. Americans had a lot more issues at stake in the election than a border wall. Unfortunately, we don't have the option of voting for the "perfect" (in each individual's mind) candidate. We have to vote for the least bad option, and then stay active in trying to steer whoever gets in in the "right" direction.

 

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