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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 08:39 PM Feb 2020

Crews blasting hill in Organ Pipe National Monument to make way for border wall

A historically significant area is going to be irreparably changed forever.

Construction crews are blasting a hill on Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to make way for the border wall.
The blasting is taking place on Monument Hill, just to the west of the port of entry in Lukeville, a small border town 150 miles southwest of Tucson. Contractors are building the 30-foot-tall steel wall on the side of the hill as part of a 43-mile project on Organ Pipe and the adjacent Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

The Trump administration waived dozens of laws, including those meant to protect the environment, for wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The blasting on Monument Hill drew a swift rebuke from U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a Democrat whose district includes Organ Pipe.

DHS is “bulldozing through numerous sacred sites of the Tohono O’odham Nation — including Monument Hill,” Grijalva said in a prepared statement.

https://tucson.com/news/local/crews-blasting-hill-in-organ-pipe-monument-to-make-way/article_a252b7b0-72a8-5afe-99bf-07a2f29a4647.html
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Crews blasting hill in Organ Pipe National Monument to make way for border wall (Original Post) DesertRat Feb 2020 OP
It's time for karma to embrace tRump Blue Owl Feb 2020 #1
I've been waiting for cholesterol to do it's job DesertRat Feb 2020 #2
The dystopia continues to unfold Blues Heron Feb 2020 #3
This is sacrilege. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2020 #4
It's a Destruction crew. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #5

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
4. This is sacrilege.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 11:09 PM
Feb 2020

I weep with the Tohono O'odham Nation. I've been to their land. A beautiful and inspirational place. That this is sacred ground to them means nothing to trumpie. Sacred is not a word that exists in his lexicon.

Christ, will no one rid us of this meddlesome oaf ?

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
5. It's a Destruction crew.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:59 PM
Feb 2020

"If someone destroys something man-made, they're called a vandal. If they destroy something natural--made by God, they're called a developer."

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