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It Cant Be done!

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1869 Promontory Point Utah - First Transcontinental Railroad.


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August 1914 - Panama Canal Opens.

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1955 - US Federal Interstate Highway System Opens.


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1969 - "We came in peace for all mankind" Man Lands on the Moon.

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2006 - Congress declares "US Border Fence too difficult and expensive to build"

Posted @ April 07, 2006 09:08 AM | Current Affairs

Comments

Good call!
One minor correction: if memory serves, the Interstate Highway Act was not approved and signed by President Eisenhower until 1956 (an election year), and construction didn't get seriously underway for some time thereafter.

Posted by: T J Ready at April 7, 2006 09:29 AM

Too difficult? Let's hire some immigrant labor. I understand they take the jobs Americans are unwilling to do.

What did Davy Crockett say to Jim Bowie at the Alamo when he looked over the wall and saw 50,000 Mexicans advancing?
"Are we pouring concrete today?"

Thank you! Thank you! Don't forget to tip your waitress!

Posted by: BlogDog at April 7, 2006 11:35 AM

How about D-Day?

Posted by: Brainster at April 7, 2006 02:18 PM

GREAT POST!

Posted by: K T Cat at April 8, 2006 10:55 AM

Frank, the step you're missing here is the essential difference: building a wall isn't just difficult, it's stupid and pointless and will lose a half-dozen border states for the Republicans if it succeeds.

Posted by: Charles Martin at April 9, 2006 06:18 PM