"Oh that caravan, it continues to obsess Beagles clear up at the far northern edge of the country. I don't know what can be done about that, Beagles' obsession that is, as for the caravan if it reaches the border it will splash like a gentle wave on the lake on a warm summer day and drift away just like every caravan before it. It's not our politicians left and right who are making a big deal about it, it is Trump alone, and now he has lost interest in it, and that's why you have to root into the internet to find out how it is going rather than skim the headlines of the day." - Uncle Ken - 12/14/18
Point 1: The last couple of links about the Caravan that I posted were in response to Uncle Ken's question about the subject. I would hardly call that an obsession on my part. Uncle Ken has said that he doesn't like links, yet if I post something that I have dredged up from my own memory, he tends to reject it because I can't provide a source.
"Speaking of things that don't exist, don't exist in the sense that they are not a threat to the integrity of our country and certainly don't exist in the sense that they justify having five or ten thousand of our highly trained troops sitting on the border tossing cards into hats, whatever happened to that caravan?" - Uncle Ken - 12/10/18
Point 2: Without looking it up, I'm pretty sure that the Caravan reached the border about a month ago, so it's not a question of "if it reaches the border". While the violent confrontation that I anticipated hasn't happened yet, one could hardly say that the Caravan splashed like a gentle wave against the border. We have already discussed the tear gas incident, and the last link I provided said that about a thousand Caravan people have already crossed the border illegally. Some of them have left the scene, but there are several thousand of them still camped out along the border, some of whom are waiting for their asylum requests to be processed, and others who have declared to news media that they are determined to get into this country one way or another no matter what.
Point 3: My assertion that politicians both left and right are making a big deal about it came from my last link, although I did say that it confirmed a suspicion that I have had for some time. While it's true that Trump has over reacted about this, like has about lots of other issues, I hardly think that he is the only one in the country who is concerned about it. We have previously discussed the citizen militias. Their effectiveness might be debated, but I don't think you could readily say that they are not concerned about the problem. People don't generally go prowling around the desert for things about which they are not concerned.
Point 4: I hardly think that visiting a news app that reprints stories from major news sources like the Associated Press and its affiliates constitutes rooting into the internet. Of course I don't read every story, there are way too many of them and they don't all interest me, so it could be said that I am indeed skimming the headlines of the day.
Any questions?
Point 1: The last couple of links about the Caravan that I posted were in response to Uncle Ken's question about the subject. I would hardly call that an obsession on my part. Uncle Ken has said that he doesn't like links, yet if I post something that I have dredged up from my own memory, he tends to reject it because I can't provide a source.
"Speaking of things that don't exist, don't exist in the sense that they are not a threat to the integrity of our country and certainly don't exist in the sense that they justify having five or ten thousand of our highly trained troops sitting on the border tossing cards into hats, whatever happened to that caravan?" - Uncle Ken - 12/10/18
Point 2: Without looking it up, I'm pretty sure that the Caravan reached the border about a month ago, so it's not a question of "if it reaches the border". While the violent confrontation that I anticipated hasn't happened yet, one could hardly say that the Caravan splashed like a gentle wave against the border. We have already discussed the tear gas incident, and the last link I provided said that about a thousand Caravan people have already crossed the border illegally. Some of them have left the scene, but there are several thousand of them still camped out along the border, some of whom are waiting for their asylum requests to be processed, and others who have declared to news media that they are determined to get into this country one way or another no matter what.
Point 3: My assertion that politicians both left and right are making a big deal about it came from my last link, although I did say that it confirmed a suspicion that I have had for some time. While it's true that Trump has over reacted about this, like has about lots of other issues, I hardly think that he is the only one in the country who is concerned about it. We have previously discussed the citizen militias. Their effectiveness might be debated, but I don't think you could readily say that they are not concerned about the problem. People don't generally go prowling around the desert for things about which they are not concerned.
Point 4: I hardly think that visiting a news app that reprints stories from major news sources like the Associated Press and its affiliates constitutes rooting into the internet. Of course I don't read every story, there are way too many of them and they don't all interest me, so it could be said that I am indeed skimming the headlines of the day.
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