Border Security

July 24 20913

It seems that Anglo Saxon DNA has definitely worked its way from the Dark Ages down through the centuries  to today, as the "white and right" wing of the conservatives urges us to build bigger and better walls to keep out the Hispanic invaders. 

The lesson from Hadrian's Wall built in second century Roman times to keep the Scots from their constant sacking of English towns was picked up by King Offa in the eighth century as he built a huge  25 foot deep ditch and dyke  to separate Wales from England.  Maybe it was all the singing that got him mad enough  to order his peasants to complete this Herculean task. 

Then later,  in the fourteenth century, as the English settled in Ireland they build the famous Pale to keep the Celts at bay. Must have been the whiskey drinking that time that got up the powdered Anglo Saxon noses. 

The idea continued as we moved  into the 20th century and the British  in Belfast  came up with the brilliant idea of constructing peace walls to keep the Protestants and Catholics apart. Seems a shame that it stopped  them from drinking in each others pubs. 

And so we continue that proud tradition today as our Anglo descended elected officials in the USA vie with one another to propose a bigger and better fence along our Southern border.

Perhaps if we paid attention to history we would realize that walls never really work as planned and eventually come down as common sense overcomes stupidity.