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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 11:00 AM Feb 2020

Hey Dems, go less political and talk about something like this !!!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51449739

Cacti that are over 200 years old and have sacred significance have been chopped down

Native American burial sites have been blown up by construction crews building the US-Mexico border wall, says a lawmaker and tribal leaders.

Authorities confirmed that "controlled blasting" has begun at Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a Unesco recognised natural reserve.

Raul Grijalva, a Democratic congressman, called the destruction "sacrilegious".

The government failed to consult the Tohono O'odham Nation, he said.

Environmental groups also warn of the damage being done to the local underground aquifer, as well as to migrating wildlife in the remote desert region about 115 miles (185km) west of Tucson.






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Hey Dems, go less political and talk about something like this !!! (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 OP
Every single day... ZenDem Feb 2020 #1
We should go after Trump's sacred lands. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #2
Release the gophers! JHB Feb 2020 #3
+1 2naSalit Feb 2020 #4
Good idea Andy823 Feb 2020 #5
If we put 51 GOP senators there, all the rodents would starve. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #7
I'd compare Eric to Spalding. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #6
Love it! calimary Feb 2020 #8
Yes big ones! burrowowl Feb 2020 #11
Yes! Ruined the land in Scotland. He used to have a website Trump family history. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #14
Maybe the McIvers were related to the Barrons. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #21
Trumper's don't give a shit about a few stupid cactus. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #9
True! Yet this is the kind of thing we could make great Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #18
Thank goodness for the BBC mountain grammy Feb 2020 #10
"Migrating wildlife" won't be able to migrate with a wall pandr32 Feb 2020 #12
This is government land? Thought they hadn't started Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #19
May he be stuck with every needle on every cactus that was fell burrowowl Feb 2020 #13
That there? That's political! ancianita Feb 2020 #15
You are right. How could we get this out there without Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #20
How the F are they allowed to do this without a NEPA review? maxsolomon Feb 2020 #16
So shocking, assholes being assholes! Brainfodder Feb 2020 #17

ZenDem

(442 posts)
1. Every single day...
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 11:17 AM
Feb 2020

...I think I could never hate the man or the administration more.

Every single day...they prove me wrong.

I can't imagine how this was allowed to happen. I'm guessing there will be lawsuits, he won't care and it will never heal the damage he has done.

This is heartbreaking and unforgivable.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
2. We should go after Trump's sacred lands.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 11:38 AM
Feb 2020

Can Bill Murray blow up some more golf courses?

It's the only thing that doesn't bother his fake bone spurs.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
5. Good idea
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 11:57 AM
Feb 2020

I think we should put them in all of trumps golf properties and make sure they are "huge", the biggest gophers you have ever seen, and the best hole diggers around!

People will say "sir" you have the biggest gophers I have ever seen, and they will shed a few tears for him!

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
14. Yes! Ruined the land in Scotland. He used to have a website Trump family history.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 01:23 PM
Feb 2020

Listed all his ancestors. Off topic, I know, but remember that staffer who they blamed for stealing Michelle's speech? They said her name was Meridith McIver and had little history? Trump had ancestors named McIver. Thought too much coincidence.

pandr32

(11,630 posts)
12. "Migrating wildlife" won't be able to migrate with a wall
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 01:08 PM
Feb 2020

There is an aquifer underground and they have been using "controlled blasting" as well. The likely devastation to animals and the aquifer should have been studied as they are critical environmental concerns, but what of the protected cactus and the indigenous burial sites?
How could any of this have been approved? My guess is that it was rammed through in spite of a mountain of resistance.
DT doesn't care.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
20. You are right. How could we get this out there without
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:32 PM
Feb 2020

mentioning wall? Just say digging ? Trump approved digging on sacred land? Let people figure out the wall piece?

maxsolomon

(33,426 posts)
16. How the F are they allowed to do this without a NEPA review?
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 01:37 PM
Feb 2020

I had to file a SEPA checklist to add a railing to a client's existing dock!

It's a NATIONAL MONUMENT for chrissakes!

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
17. So shocking, assholes being assholes!
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 01:44 PM
Feb 2020


What could possibly go wrong when it's not supported by ALL the people paying for it?

Good old Boneyspurs, you can count on him to keep on clustering everything!

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