Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

Oh FFS.

bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Is this a real thing?

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

IDK how the water is controlled, is there a dam? Anyway, most of the illegal border crossings have been at the Arizona border. San Diego and El Paso fence systems are pretty effective.

(01-30-2017 12:04 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Is this a real thing?

No. Its pretty narrow all through Texas and it would not be deep. Maybe it wouldn't dry up 6 miles from the Gulf, but it wouldn't be deep.

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

US and Mexico signed agreements on that. If the US tried to abrogate those agreements, choas would ensue.

Look, since many of DJT's supporters will believe anything he says, no matter how incredible it is...

Why not just have DJT announce the wall has been built and that Mexico has paid for it? That way we don't have to spend any money.

(01-30-2017 12:06 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

IDK how the water is controlled, is there a dam? Anyway, most of the illegal border crossings have been at the Arizona border. San Diego and El Paso fence systems are pretty effective.

So build the wall from California to the border with Texas and then release the water from the Dams on the Rio Grande.

It's too hard to cross when it has water in it.

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

Because it wouldn't pose much of a barrier.

The Rio Grande is little more than a creek for most of its course. (seriously, there are streams that are named "Creek" in Ohio that have 3x the average flow of the Rio Grande near El Paso for every month except August). Even if they didn't divert any water for human use, there's barely any water in it most of the year.

(01-30-2017 12:09 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 12:06 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

IDK how the water is controlled, is there a dam? Anyway, most of the illegal border crossings have been at the Arizona border. San Diego and El Paso fence systems are pretty effective.

So build the wall from California to the border with Texas and then release the water from the Dams on the Rio Grande.

It's too hard to cross when it has water in it.

Boats were invented a loooooooooooooong time ago.

(01-30-2017 12:10 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

Because it wouldn't pose much of a barrier.

The Rio Grande is little more than a creek for most of its course. (seriously, there are streams that are named "Creek" in Ohio that have 3x the average flow of the Rio Grande near El Paso for every month except August). Even if they didn't divert any water for human use, there's barely any water in it most of the year.

Fitbud could just google images of the Rio Grande or the Browsville Border Bridge and see.

(01-30-2017 12:06 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 12:04 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Is this a real thing?

No. Its pretty narrow all through Texas and it would not be deep. Maybe it wouldn't dry up 6 miles from the Gulf, but it wouldn't be deep.

I meant Fitbud

(01-30-2017 12:10 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

Because it wouldn't pose much of a barrier.

The Rio Grande is little more than a creek for most of its course. (seriously, there are streams that are named "Creek" in Ohio that have 3x the average flow of the Rio Grande near El Paso for every month except August). Even if they didn't divert any water for human use, there's barely any water in it most of the year.

That isn't true. It didn't get the name Rio Grande because it was just a creek.

When there were no dams holding the water back, the river was 25 feet deep and a mile across along the majority of it's course.

(01-30-2017 12:12 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 12:09 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 12:06 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

IDK how the water is controlled, is there a dam? Anyway, most of the illegal border crossings have been at the Arizona border. San Diego and El Paso fence systems are pretty effective.

So build the wall from California to the border with Texas and then release the water from the Dams on the Rio Grande.

It's too hard to cross when it has water in it.

Boats were invented a loooooooooooooong time ago.

LOL. The Rio Grande/Bravo flows through a desert with an exploding population. I'm sure the availability of massive amounts of water upstream would be seen as a real boon to communities on both sides of the border.

(01-30-2017 12:14 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 12:10 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

Because it wouldn't pose much of a barrier.

The Rio Grande is little more than a creek for most of its course. (seriously, there are streams that are named "Creek" in Ohio that have 3x the average flow of the Rio Grande near El Paso for every month except August). Even if they didn't divert any water for human use, there's barely any water in it most of the year.

That isn't true. It didn't get the name Rio Grande because it was just a creek.

When there were no dams holding the water back, the river was 25 feet deep and a mile across along the majority of it's course.

Obviously you have never seen the Rio Grande.

(01-30-2017 12:14 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 12:10 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

Because it wouldn't pose much of a barrier.

The Rio Grande is little more than a creek for most of its course. (seriously, there are streams that are named "Creek" in Ohio that have 3x the average flow of the Rio Grande near El Paso for every month except August). Even if they didn't divert any water for human use, there's barely any water in it most of the year.

That isn't true. It didn't get the name Rio Grande because it was just a creek.

When there were no dams holding the water back, the river was 25 feet deep and a mile across along the majority of it's course.

Funny how the Mississippi river was unable to stop people from crossing from one side to the other for the last thousand years, but the Rio Grande could do this??

Wonder how those Spaniards in the 1500s managed to get to Sante Fe if the Rio Grande was "impassable".......I don't think much of the river was dammed up back then. I guess back then, they were just smarter and figured out how to cross this impassable river..........

Lots of beavers back then...

You know what...I'm good with DJT and Kellyanne telling people that "Due to more appropriate water flow, the Rio Grande is now 2 miles wide and 40 feet deep from El Paso to Brownsville. Therefore, we don't need to build a wall there. Also, we've made the Rio Grande flow from El Paso to San Diego as well as Brownsville.

Winning.

(01-30-2017 12:12 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 12:09 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 12:06 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 11:56 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since a border wall is going to be costly, why doesn't Trump use the Rio Grande as an advantage rather than a law.

If they would just let the water flow freely through the Rio Grande naturally, it would be too big and imposing to cross.

IDK how the water is controlled, is there a dam? Anyway, most of the illegal border crossings have been at the Arizona border. San Diego and El Paso fence systems are pretty effective.

So build the wall from California to the border with Texas and then release the water from the Dams on the Rio Grande.

It's too hard to cross when it has water in it.

Boats were invented a loooooooooooooong time ago.

Of course boats could cross the river. However, do you honestly think that the Border Patrol isn't going to notice a boat crossing the river?

Sheeesshh.

Hooooboy. I can't believe Fitfail would post this from El Paso. The Rio Chico is sometimes more puddles than river. Sometimes when we've gone fishing there we have to find LARGE puddles and hope there's fish there.

C'mon Fit, you're embarrassing us El Pasoans.