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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jrbaja
As far as the golf courses go, they employ a very few Mexican people at low wages, they use far more water than any other development
without producing anything valuable for the benefit of all rather than a select few.
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Let's not single out golf courses. Most Mexican people are employed at low wages, mainly by other Mexican people.
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Sharksbaja
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but does an Aristocratic sport....
like golf that uses a large amount of land and water for an elite few belong here or there? Kinda like marinas. I hear it costs a lot to play golf
or bring a yacht down and moor it.
Jerry. do you know what an aristocrat is??
Case closed
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
like golf that uses a large amount of land and water for an elite few belong here or there? |
Unfortunately, as evidenced by the horrid play of the average golfer, no one is excluded if they can afford the green fees. And one could argue that
if "they" were few and far between, golf courses would not continue to be built.
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Flogging a Dead Horse
Talk about an exercise in futility. Everything has been said on this issue, but it keeps going.
The Golf Courses are here to stay and there will be lots more coming. The affluent Love to play golf and are willing to pay outrageous fees to do so.
The Gold will always rule in cases like this. Look at the Coachella Valley. Palm Springs to Indio is filled with courses, but more are built every
year. No complaints or appeals are going to slow the building.
I remember reading an article when the Japanese first started building Maquiladoras in Tijuana and beyond. The first thing the Japanese execs wanted
to know was where all the golf courses were.
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Like this?
For some Sr. Bill, what is happening in Baja is a lot more interesting than the size of "your guns". To those of us who live here, all issues are of
importance.
I know many of you don't like hearing what I have to say about the actions of "ma fellow amerikuns" down here but it also is a major part of Baja
these days. Same as golf courses.
Personally, I like hearing most all ideas whether pro or con on everything pertaining to this peninsula. Especially if it is backed up by
individual, first hand knowledge, rather than surmised from a few vacations here but, it's all interesting if not accurate.
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Bob and Susan
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How do you play it if a ball falls by that trap???
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You get relief...
That falls under the category of hazards created by animals, so you get a free drop.
Also, to all those who subscribe to the NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) syndrome, the meek shall not inherit the earth. The Golden Rule always
wins.
Personally, I believe we should return to a time that all of us would agree had no "human interference", but that time passed with four-story tall
lizards dying off.
Let's all try to rid ourselves of these human burdens on the environment.
Dear hypocrites, save the coast, save the animals, save the world, log off your computer, recycle it and die as you eat roots & berries that you
forage as you shiver to death in the dark.
Personally, I don't have time for all that earth-saving BS, I have a tee time on my local coastal course. I will drink lots of beer thinking of some
of you and while on the course, I will be relieving myself of all that beer burden, thinking of the others on this board.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Thanks for clarifing my post.
| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
That falls under the category of hazards created by animals, so you get a free drop.
Also, to all those who subscribe to the NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) syndrome, the meek shall not inherit the earth. The Golden Rule always
wins.
Personally, I believe we should return to a time that all of us would agree had no "human interference", but that time passed with four-story tall
lizards dying off.
Let's all try to rid ourselves of these human burdens on the environment.
Dear hypocrites, save the coast, save the animals, save the world, log off your computer, recycle it and die as you eat roots & berries that you
forage as you shiver to death in the dark.
Personally, I don't have time for all that earth-saving BS, I have a tee time on my local coastal course. I will drink lots of beer thinking of some
of you and while on the course, I will be relieving myself of all that beer burden, thinking of the others on this board. |
Spoken like a true Aristocrat
Love that word "hypocrit" only that applies if I built it. 
Same with golfers, I don't blame them. It's an opinion not based on sport preference it's an opinion based on circumstantial evidence.
Your retort however is based entirely on your love for the sport which makes you extremely biased. Pretty much the same as the others who, for all
there wisdom can't see let alone agree with an opinion juxtaposed to their entertainment. Who really gives a crabs patooey anyway......... Maybe the
crabs?
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Still Flogging, I see.
The point is that there isn't an IDEA or complaint by ANYONE here that will have the least bit effect on the outcome of this issue. You can LIKE
hearing these ideas all day long, but it doesn't mean a "Damn" thing. You have no power or influence over whether or not those courses or anything
else are built.
If you want to trade ideas among yourselves, fine, but you might as well be talking about what kind of weather you'd like to see tomorrow or where you
LIKE the Sun to come up in the morning and in what part of the sky.
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Beats listening to who
has what calibers by a long shot!
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Sharksbaja
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hey wait a minute...
I thought I was enjoying the whining
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Caliber Conversation
That would be the one way little Ol you could change world events. In fact, the only way in which one individual could create significant change.
Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, JFK, Mahatma Gandhi, Anwar Sadat. One man was able to change world events in each case.
It probably wouldn't work on golf course developers, though.
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jrbaja
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Maybe the Gull
could aim some of that used beer strategically and give them the general idea. It works on border patrol agents !
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Who cares???
Been watching this post for a while and decided to read it today. Not being a golfer I could care less about golf courses.
I do wonder if this is the best use of a very limited supply of water. Perhaps recycling 'crap to courses' could be the answer--and someone could
sell more of that purple pipe. Yea! Instead of a trap you would have to watch out for the crap.
They are nice for the bunny rabbits--and the snakes love Baja Mar.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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saving something important
actually I think "saving the beer" would be a priority for some. To hell with the coast.
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I think the snakes
love the bunny wabbitts more than they love Baja Mar itself!
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Bill and Gull, you have hit it right down the middle of the fairway and you can be in my foursome anytime!! Shark, aren't those "critters" on your
Booya Base plate?? I guess I just don't see the difference in what you think is a pleasure for yourself and what is to others. Another fact, golf
coarses use reclaimed water and desalinization plants..
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Let's see here
eating at a restaurant or playing a round of golf. Yep, great comparison. Everyone plays golf right?
Blue, could you give some examples of Desalinated courses in Baja? Or is this like getting info from armchair golf gurus?
[Edited on 8/8/2005 by jrbaja]
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Golf
Loreto golf course uses nothing but recycled water everywhere but in the bathrooms and cart wash. All 4 lakes are recycled water. All irrigation,
recycled.
And snakes do quite well there swallowing bunnies, thank you very much.
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Good shot Tehag !!
Got anymore?
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