tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post43105162532518388..comments2024-03-22T14:40:23.496-04:00Comments on Me and Old Man Par: The Donald Versus The ScotsmenCharles Boyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672533578474522766noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-87449239464367299122009-09-25T00:22:14.113-04:002009-09-25T00:22:14.113-04:00Sorry, CB, didn't mean to imply the idea was o...Sorry, CB, didn't mean to imply the idea was on your head. You'd think The Donald has been wearing horns under his comb over and tucking in his tail the way it has been reported in the media.<br /><br />You'll have to explain how this good and bad idea of development is going to lead to the downfall of America. :-) Trust me, we have a lot bigger problems than a few environmentalist whackos facing off with unscrupulous developers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-3201959882226829282009-09-24T13:27:57.865-04:002009-09-24T13:27:57.865-04:00I never said that it was bad because Donald Trump ...I never said that it was bad because Donald Trump wants to do it.<br /><br />If it is a bad idea at all it is because so many of the residents seem to be dead set against it, and in fact their local government voted against the project proceeding. At that point the Scottish national government decided to overrule the locals, their own law and give their go-ahead. I can only imagine the cry against federal hegemony over the sanctity of states' rights were that to happen here, and in my view, the situation is somewhat the same over there. <br /><br />In terms of the Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hill itself was not leveled, but was planted with grasses in 1930. <br /><br />Finally, not all development is bad, nor is all development good. That sort of extreme attitude is exactly why the US is in decline and unlikely to exist in its current form after the next generation.Charles Boyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672533578474522766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-45397402981336945492009-09-24T12:43:27.802-04:002009-09-24T12:43:27.802-04:00CB - I'm missing the point. Are you saying th...CB - I'm missing the point. Are you saying that the ONLY way land should be is it's natural state ? Doesn't the Kill Devil Hills National Park illustration go against that when "conservationists" level dunes and plant grass to erect a man made monument ?<br /><br />I agree that there have to be measures taken to make sure that a developer doesn't do something to destroy the land with chemicals or other waste. Or even to do something completely manufactured like what was done at Whistling Straights, where they "built" a shoreline to resemble Ireland...but that is crumbling and will eventually erode the walls where it was built.<br /><br />But the coastline is dotted with natural links courses as well as man made links look-alike courses with hotels and resorts alongside.<br /><br />Why is it that because Trump wants to build something, the idea becomes bad ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-15532187721698794532009-09-23T08:00:43.334-04:002009-09-23T08:00:43.334-04:00Vince, to easily dismiss environmental issues is n...Vince, to easily dismiss environmental issues is nearly as extremist a position as are the tree-hugging hippies against, well, everything.<br /><br />The area is, in fact, quite unique to the British Isle, and once it is set in grass, it will be lost forever. Moreover, as a tony private club, even changed, access to it is lost forever as well.<br /><br />I don't know if you know of Jockey's Ridge here in North Carolina. It is literally within shouting distance of Kill Devil Hill, the place where the Wright Brothers conducted their first powered airplane flight. It is also the largest sand dune structure east of the Rockies, and is a heritage site for North Carolinians. Were Donald Trump, or anyone else, to buy the site (thankfully a state park) and attempt to develop it into a resort, the hue and cry from this state would make national news. And it would be far more than environmentalists and naysayers that would be against it.<br /><br />Ironically, Kill Devil Hill, site of the Wright monument, was also a sand dune before the National Park Service set it in grass to build the concrete monument. It looks absolutely nothing like it used to.<br /><br />In short, I think that the two places are relatively similar.Charles Boyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672533578474522766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-38735307818292191942009-09-22T22:51:58.024-04:002009-09-22T22:51:58.024-04:00When this thing got started, one of the big proble...When this thing got started, one of the big problems the locals had was that they "knew" who The Donald would be hiring to work the resort - and it wasn't going to be local Scots. The fear was that he would be bringing in a boatload of Eastern Europeans and Muslims.<br /><br />I haven't heard anything to the contrary - have you ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-27726648892534015332009-09-22T22:10:51.729-04:002009-09-22T22:10:51.729-04:00Both here in the U.S. and, elsewhere on the planet...Both here in the U.S. and, elsewhere on the planet, there are environmental issues. And, there are environmental issues. Many local historical societies cry 'EPA' or, in this case, SSSI, if they dislike the project. <br /><br />Scotland and Ireland have had a great economic decade, but their recovery will be well behind ours. Any job created over there is like two new jobs. One is income for the employees and the other is income for the businesses that will benefit from the original jobs. It is a win, win, win, win situation. Unfortunately, the Donald will probably win also.Vince Spencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10761454912786879102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-78824349542410489072009-09-22T10:40:24.130-04:002009-09-22T10:40:24.130-04:00Kind of strange that the locals would be so up in ...Kind of strange that the locals would be so up in arms about this "new construction" - geez - just the 18th century ? You'd think it was an heirloom property or something. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com