Monday, May 4, 2009
Birds of a feather
I know that all you environmentalist whackos out there are going to have a field day with this, so have at it! I just heard on our local liberal talk station that a 200 million dollar road project is being held up for at least three months because there are 2 birds nesting nearby. The Utah Department of Transportation has stopped construction and built a 800 ft enclosure to ensure their privacy, all at the taxpayes expense. Nice! We can kill babys and call it abortion, we can have a president that doesn't want his daughters "punished by a baby" (if they choose to have sex before marriage) and we can justify millions of wasted dollars on pork barrel spending, but we cannot justify continuing road construction because two birds are nesting? How stupid are we? My solution...give me a rifle and the problem will be taken care of within two minutes. There will be two birds dispatched to wherever birds go when blown to pieces by a fast bullet tearing through their bodies. Don't like that solution...then carefully remove their nest to a more convenient spot (the top of a nearby mountain) and everyone is happy. I'd miss out on a bird meal, but I will sacrifice that for the sake of the community. Get a life people, they are birds!
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I would like to point something out. This particular road project has been held up for several years due to the fact that it will run through protected wetlands. People have been petitioning against it for years and only recently has it actually passed due to a complete overhaul of their plan. Not only are these wetlands used for preservation purposes (such as the two endangered birds you speak of- who actually nest in the same area every year and are considered sort of unofficial state mascots), but they are used for study by the local universities and colleges. If it is so imperative that this road be built, once the two birds are done doing the deed, they'll move on and construction will resume. In the meantime, how our are tax dollars being wasted? It's a road, not a building. They can start working on another part of it and join the two sections at a later date.
And, truly, if you're so worried about how tax dollars are being spent, then you should be against the project too. The area is a wetland for a reason; whenever the Great Salt Lake floods, that's where the water goes. Granted, this only happens about once every five years when we have a shift in weather patterns, but billions of dollars spent every five years on a stretch of road that's not an absolute necessity adds up.
Yet another question must be asked: what in the world does Obama or abortion have to do with this? Neither are relevant arguments to help prove your point. This is a state issue and has been one through the past two conservative governors, who actually worked to limit the wetland intrusion. By scapegoating Obama, at least in this matter (I do agree there has been out-of-control pork barrel spending), simply shows lack of information.
Isn't that special!!!
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