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handmade34

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27. "It is difficult to wrap one's mind around an idea so comprehensively awful as this"

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 09:45 PM

Feb 2015

I have been to the Grand Canyon 4 times and twice hiked down... already it is too commercial and much too precious a natural wonder to deface any further...

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The Wreckers' Grand Canyon Intentions [View all] WilliamPitt Feb 2015 OP

There are several Billionaires that can't wait Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #1

I celebrated New Year's Eve at Phantom Ranch... gregcrawford Feb 2015 #2

"A two-minute express route to the bottom." Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #6

my feelings exactly (nt) paleotn Feb 2015 #24

What they want to do is an abomination. They must be stopped, influence and money notwithstanding. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #3

+1 Enthusiast Feb 2015 #19

Isn't there some on the right that want to do away with national parks? alfredo Feb 2015 #4

Yep, what is happening is.............. mrmpa Feb 2015 #20

The states will find protecting and policing the forests to be very expensive. alfredo Feb 2015 #22

This is what will happen and it is the goal. Expropriate land from the commons and give it to the Ed Suspicious Feb 2015 #33

The Capitalist won't be happy until our planet looks like Arrakis. alfredo Feb 2015 #41

When Teddy Roosevelt visited the Grand Canyon, he remarked, Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #39

Good one Pitt! trumad Feb 2015 #5

Quite frankly, I wouldn't be at all surprised SheilaT Feb 2015 #7

But, why not just fill it in and have a lot more flat real estate? erronis Feb 2015 #8

Excellent idea! SheilaT Feb 2015 #15

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2015 #9

True story - as my Dad overheard from another visitor on the South Rim . . . . hatrack Feb 2015 #10

John McCain turbinetree Feb 2015 #11

Seriously? The one and only environmental issue on which he has any credibility? hatrack Feb 2015 #12

Truth-out turbinetree Feb 2015 #40

What an awful development idea. blackspade Feb 2015 #13

Here's a picture I took of that area Major Nikon Feb 2015 #14

what a hideous and UnAmerican plan. A strip mall on the rim of the grand canyon. What kind ND-Dem Feb 2015 #16

Once the billionaire developers have ruined the entire planet in their unending greed aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #17

From the article drmeow Feb 2015 #18

The 1% want to decimate EVERYTHING. NOTHING will be left standing after they've destroyed it all. blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #21

Then, after they have destroyed the natural beauty, AngryDem001 Feb 2015 #23

NO FUCKING WAY CAN THIS HAPPEN.. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #25

Why do you think Orin Hatch,Mike Lee Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #30

On moonless nights... paleotn Feb 2015 #26

"It is difficult to wrap one's mind around an idea so comprehensively awful as this" handmade34 Feb 2015 #27

I knew a gal that walked down, spent the night, then took some Peyote and alfredo Feb 2015 #43

K&R Thespian2 Feb 2015 #28

I dream of Capitalists who... ReRe Feb 2015 #29

k&r'ed 8 track mind Feb 2015 #31

I feel a sudden urge to plan a trip to the canyon so my kids can see it... MatthewStLouis Feb 2015 #32

The craziest part is how long these aholes are willing to wait to see things like this through... C Moon Feb 2015 #34

If this ever comes to fruition� dhill926 Feb 2015 #35

Happy to be the 100th rec LittleGirl Feb 2015 #36

Your description of the GC sunrise brought tears to my eyes, because Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #37

If they start building, might as well get Ilsa Feb 2015 #38

"Black Sky" Sam Phillips alfredo Feb 2015 #42