Friday, June 8, 2012

Meet the Endangered Species Adjacent to Boca Chica Beach

Northern Aplomando Falcon

Jaguarundi

Ocelot

Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

Leatherback Sea Turtle

19 comments:

  1. Vote for Miss My Harlingen News, 2012 at

    www.MyHarlingenNews.blogspot.com

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  2. Saw two sea turtles swimming together at the Boca Chica jetty the other night!

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  3. Key word is "adjacent"......too vague for making this decision. What is the impact of SpaceX on these critters who are or may be "adjacent" to the site???

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  4. In Brownsville, it's about politics - not environmentalism. We live along the Mexican border!!!

    Erasmo Coso

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    1. You don't live along the Mexican border, idiot. We all know that. Why do you stick your nose in our business, ass. You're about politics, Bad Politics.

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    2. Well, I like that. Finally you concede that you are not part of the United States. Yay! Unfortunately for us, you are, so I will have my say. And it isn't my nose I'm sticking in your "business." You know that. How does it feel, cowboy?

      Erasmo Coso

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  5. What, exactly, is the danger to them?

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    1. Chemicals do all kinds of things. For example, the Brown Pelican laid eggs that were very thin and fragile due to man made pollution. Oil has caused tumors to appear on gulf shrimp. I could list other examples...

      The ecosystem changes when you introduce man made pollutants. Entire food chains could be disrupted.

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    2. So, which chemicals are going to affect these animals from this project? And, please explain, how will oil be "introduced" into the ecosystem? Do tell.

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    3. Any man made chemical has an impact in a natural ecosystem. Examples of such were listed. Rocket fuel and whatever else they use for launches are man made chemicals and I'd imagine refined from some sort of natural resource similar to oil. The chemicals to be utilized by spacex have already been labeled by a government agency as a toxic substance. How many studies does it take, how many examples do you need, to understand the effects of chemical pollution? Mitigating the damage is akin to dialysis to a diabetic. Still fucked!

      You wanna guinea pig us? There is no prior documented evidence of a burgeoning private industry such as spacex having been able to control controllables and there is not enough oversight provided in Texas for private industry and pollution. Gov. Bush relaxed those safeguards for compulsory safety checks, which probably explains why they came to texas, especially south texas where the political participation is scant enough to slip this through.

      Do you still believe the earth is flat as well? Your mindset would indicate you come from the 13th century.

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    4. So we're basing all this "danger" on YOUR imagination. Nice....pendejo. Let's see some meat asshole. Leave your imagination where it belongs...in your head. So, asking pertenent questions is a 13th century mindset. Whatever, dude. I would have to say you condemnation of the questions I'm asking is a bit medieval.

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    5. Imagination requires cognitive skills, something you lack apparently. Inferiority complex much? If people couldn't imagine, we wouldn't have those big metal pointy things called "rockets." Let's have some meat? It's a two way street dumb ass. Prove to me the chemicals are harmless. Go on. Disprove a government report with your infinite resources, sans imagination of course. Imagination being the sole source for innovation since "fire." Wouldn't want that thing called "fire" giving you a fright. How in the world did a caveman manage to get on the internet?

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    6. Nice way to avoid the question.

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    7. That is what is called policy at the interface of science. An invaluable commodity is given a value by business men, adopted by politicians and a judgement is made--all made on self interest by the policy maker. This process comes from reification of a thing, making a model concept through select research and establishing that model as a new reality. That form of logic is flawed because obviously, models cannot replace reality. You want answers but you want answers you like based upon science which will suit your purpose, which ultimately is? How do you benefit directly from this?

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    8. Nice way to avoid the question.

      Scroll back and read the question.....pendejo.

      Jobs and careers for "real" people, not animals is how we benefit.

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    9. Ooo oo aa aa chemicals bad! Pican! Aye feo!June 11, 2012 at 11:59 PM

      Not only did I answer, I related it to a difference of value systems of different people, you just want to convince yourself that you can piss farther.


      Opponents: Chemicals are bad, mmk?
      Proponents: Jahbs!


      You:
      "Real people" need more busboy and retail jobs...because that uplifts communities. (I'm being sarcastic, sadly... the internet robs me of that petty satisfaction.)


      PROTIP:
      Nobody here will benefit except the people in real estate. Nobody is qualified for these jobs.
      Last I remember, we have an untapped, exotic destination in a country which can travel less and less to those third world countries due to changing tides. The oppressed, they cut off tourist's heads in Acapulco these days. Might do em better to come here, sans toxic waste.
      :)
      Lets face facts. You hate america because you want to crap on her beaches so Paco can take our order at subshack. I also think you are stupid. I'm shaking my balled fist in your direction.

      You are everything bad and I am everything good. I'm always right, youre always wrong.

      (Yes childish....forgive me Mr. Barton. It's guys or gals like this that are everything wrong with the community.)


      You think you got balls, but it takes brains to help humanity, not just throw a few bucks in their direction via reaganomics. Have fun with your mordidas, PENDEJO.

      PS

      I'm not a scientist, nor a cartographer, if you insist on a detailed map to navigate our discussion after this one I'm attributing it to a fatal case of the stubborns.

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    10. Nice way to avoid the question.

      All that insight from one simple question, which you can't answer.

      Some many assumptions, so little meritorious discussion.

      By the way, I thought we had a university here teaching engineering and physics. Maybe some of those students might get a job there.

      Did they mention they were building some restaurants out there? I missed that.

      You are so into yourself that you can't answer the simple question, originally posed.

      It's time to move on, you're obviously ignorant of the things which this topic addresses.

      Good luck Mr. Self-righteous Ego/Eco-Guy.

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  6. Oh please! Give me a break! Let's just send John Harley in there to shoot these six stupid animals and be done with it. Afterwards Craig Grove can polish John's big gun.

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  7. Boca Chica is a huge area. developing 8 acres is not the end of the world

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