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To: kevcol

Got into a discussion at work about the proposed wall. Typical liberal complaints that building a wall is “impossible” and would take very long to complete, undermining it’s effectiveness.

I said well, we need about 1000 miles of wall. Would you say a team of 100 workers could build a one mile wall in three months?

“Yes, probably! But we need 1,000 miles of wall! That will take 3,000 months!”

I said ok. If one team of 100 can build 1 mile of wall in three months, 100 teams can build 100 miles of wall in about 3 months. And 1,000 teams can build 1,000 miles of wall in three months. Now, there are logistical issues, planning, etc. I’m no expert. But even quaduple the time needed - we can build 1,000 miles of wall in 12 months, nowhere near 3,000 months.

This upset her greatly.

To her (and many I am sure), building a 1,000 mile wall means you start at one end and build until you get to the other end.

Linear, limited thinking. A graduate of one of our most prestigious law schools. Nobody said they taught creativity and imagination at our finest schools.


17 posted on 03/23/2016 3:05:21 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: Ted Grant

[Linear, limited thinking. A graduate of one of our most prestigious law schools. Nobody said they taught creativity and imagination at our finest schools.]

Way to go Ted. “limited, linear thinking”...I like that.


26 posted on 03/23/2016 4:02:51 PM PDT by Islander2 (Some of us are here because we are not all there.)
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To: Ted Grant

Let’s see...

BP hired, fed, housed, supplied, trained, and managed 46,000 people, within about a month, in response to the Deepwater Horizon.

46,000 divided by 100 = 460 teams of 100....

I think BP spent about $14 billion on the response.

I guess Trump could hire BP to build 1,000 miles of wall in about 6 months.


41 posted on 03/23/2016 8:27:55 PM PDT by BagCamAddict
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