Posted on 10/06/2006 1:29:37 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
When you get out into the country, especially in the West, you don't mess with the water. The first time you do that your neighbor comes over and asks you to stop. The second time, he comes over and shoots you.
At least, that's the way it used to be. Maybe it still should be. Then you wouldn't have an arrogant "environmentalist" like Armstrong thinking that they can screw around with a creek that does not belong exclusively to him.
I have two jeeps and care about the Earth too, so what?? Pony up and fix your mess Mr Arrogant.
Pray for W and Our Troops
NY Post wrote last week he's dating Ivanka Trump.
Are you French?
$50-60K doesn't seem like it would break the bank for Lance. Wouldn't it be easier for him just to pay for the scuba clean-up?
This story reminds me of the thread a few days back about the septic tanks on these celebrities' properties leaking into the Pacific, yet they---who care so much about the planet---refuse to do anything about it.
Contractors can be blinded by the light (of celebrity), too.
Hardly surprising for an athlete who spends all his waking hours on a bike (probably in Europe).
There are so many things that can contribute to an algae bloom. There was a drought, right? I've seen lakes, ponds & quarries algae-up after a good rainfall.
Lance, by not "doing it by the numbers", made himself a target on this one.
BTW, the scuba-reclamation project is a joke. They're going to make the situation worse by tearing up the bottom sediment, releasing other toxins that were settled there & encapsulated.
There are things that can be added to the water to clear it. Another poster mentioned grape pectin.
"Is that the only car he owns...?"
You are so right. I would have ponied up the 60 grand immediately. Not just for his neighbors but to also restore what sounds like a great swimming hole.
Well, shoot! That must mean the mess is all cleared up!"
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Could it be because you're an a-hole who's screwed up a natural resource, Lance?
Nothing like objective journalism.
Exactly, and any licensed contractor would know that to get that permit, you'd have to have erosion and sediment control measures spelled out in the application and/or depicted on the construction plans. Sounds to me like the eroasion control measures were either non-existent or woefully inadequate.
Which makes me wonder if he even used a licensed contractor to build his dam, or just hired some guy working off the tailgate of his truck who put in a low-ball bid.
Yeah, I can see Texans losing sleep over not hanging out with a "celebrity".
What an arrogant statement. You are not all that, Lancey boy. You stayed away from Texas too long - spending too much time as a Eurotwit - to think you can do whatever you want with a free creek that happens to flow through your property.
I would bet if someone upstream from him had done something like this, he would be at the forefront of the battle leading his "celebrity" friends.
He's too arrogant to be a Texan. We would prefer that he move back to Europe.
Any new or major renovation had a "MEP" number on the property, I guess that is Massachusetts Environmental Protection docket number.
In some towns (my sisters) you can't even cut down a tree without some environmentalist (town employee) wacko having a say in it.
Had he done this in MA without a permit, I shutter to think what they would have done to him.
Not according to a poster on another conservative web site.
Reply 5 - Posted by: BobbyKeith, 10/6/2006 7:10:04 PM
Lance is full of Sh&t!! I work in Austin and see him every Friday pull up in his MASSIVE black Caddy Escalade at the building where his lawyer's office is. First time I saw him, I couldn't fathom how a little white guy could be behind the weel of that decked out pimpmobile, but I was amazed to see him crawl out. Hybrid my a$$!!
Reply 9 - Posted by: BobbyKeith, 10/6/2006 7:34:22 PM
Another little Armstrong anticdote:
Unfortunately this guy and matthew mcconaughey have been elected as the unofficial ambassadors to my alma matter, UT Austin. Well these clowns announced that they were going to tailgate at the Ohio State game in MY SPOT! Tailgating at UT games is like a religion. Everybody knows everybody and many of us have held the same spot for more than a decade. The way the tailgate works is that you have to wait in line to get a spot and sign in on Friday night at 6pm. My tailgate crew got into touch with one of the local fraternities and had them camp out from Wednesday afternoon all the way till sign up time, blocking the clowns and forcing them to get spaces over four blocks southwest of campus. A proud moment in Texas Football history.
"I care about the planet, period."
Too bad he doesn't care so much about his neighbors.
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