Rare spider found in Texas shuts down $15M million construction project

FoxNews.com ^ | September 13, 2012

[ConorMacNessa]

Sheesh! They found one spider in 1980 - a second exemplar now - and it's an endangered species?



And this is halting a $15 Million construction project? I thought the Snail Darter episode was ludicrous - this is far worse in my opinion.

Put a fork in us - we're done!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[TheZMan]

It lives in a cave right?

And our roads are above ground, I think. Yes, they are.

Have a nice day.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Stomp on it, and get back to work!

[mkmensinger]

The whole problem could be solved by a good workboot on someone’s foot.

[AHerald]

Rare spider trumps rare jobs.

[Michael Barnes]

I’m so tired of this shit. 99% of the species that ever lived on Earth are now extinct. This f’ing spider isn’t going to change world events.

[Joe 6-pack]

We need to sprinkle a bunch of these spiders around D.C.

[The Sons of Liberty]

For a consulting fee, I’ve got a couple of 9 1/2 s that can solve their problem.

[Nik Naym]

Insanity.

There is no other explanation.

This is absolutely undeniably utterly insane.

[Brandonmark]

[G Larry]

1 - It is NOT “rare”!
2 - It was not “discovered”!

For decades college university students have been tasked with conducting field trips and compiling lists of species within a given grid.

Then, whenever somebody wants to develop that area, the enviro-whackos pull out there list and declare, “you can’t build there, the endangered “widget” lives there.
Nobody else has a list to prove otherwise and they win.
This has gone on across the country for decades.

[DTogo]

Shoot Stomp

Shovel

Shut-up

[decal]

The Bracken Bat Cave is 30 miles or more from this intersection - did this spider hitch a ride?

[Bernard Marx]

This is absolutely undeniably utterly insane.

It's an I.Q. test to see how long the politically correct elites running our country can get away with fooling the voters and taxpayers. Quite a while it appears. There are only two ways to end this: the voting booth (ID card please!) or civil war.

[Travis McGee]

I am not related to the Braken Spiders.

[publius911]

What kind of a $15 Million project is being built in a cave?
Inquiring minds and all that.

[Java4Jay]

Odd, translucent spiders often hide in my house. Dang things are hard to spot on the carpet.

[arderkrag]

Remind me to squish every spider I see at my job site.

[Chode]

who's the genius what found it? why isn't their name in the paper?? where is he and why isn't he taking credit for the discovery???

hiding, that's where...

[RightGeek]