Walls anyone?

Can anyone explain to me why it seems that the solution to all the world's problems can just be fixed by building a giant wall somewhere? We have too many illegal immigrants so we build a wall between the pacific and Texas.. (oh.. and farmers can't pick all their crops this year). Israel wants to keep everyone in the West Bank.. hello big security fence (fence=wall in my mind). A small Sunni enclave in Baghdad? Oh, let's just build a three mile long, 12 foot wall around it. Yeah.. that'll solve all the world's problems.

I wonder if I could somehow build a portable wall around me. It could keep all the stupid stuff in the world that bugs me out of my hair. Of course, the wall would be made of cardboard... ok.. so it wouldn't be so much a wall as I would walk around in a refrigerator box. Hmm, maybe this isn't the answer I was looking for.

Also, Boris Yeltsin died. So I've included a picture which everyone should do their best and attempt to caption. It is a contest.. and I highly expect Joey to win.. but everyone should try.

"God Bill, was that you?"

Yeah, I made a fart joke.. deal with it.

Later