Are we in touch with reality???

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

No you're liberals you define being out of touch with reality Then FO makes the cardinal error on DU of actually playing GASP!...GOLF! And the moonbats smack him around a bit

FormerOstrich  (1000+ posts)      Tue Apr-29-08 03:46 AM
Original message
Are we in touch with reality???
 I am alarmed at our Economy. I sense many DU members share my concern. I know that there are some Chicken Little moments, but overall I believe our concerns are founded.

Then I step away from my keyboard and I encounter something that seems so surreal to me it makes me wonder if I am crazy. In this case.....

There is a beautiful park in Mesa, Arizona; Riverview. I like to golf there (yes, I started golfing before I became a "former", I didn't golf for several years while my SO & I were not together, and if you carefully select municipal courses and walk it can be more affordable...but I digress). The park also has ball diamonds, urban fishing pond, and much much more.

I was horrified during our last election when the City of Mesa included on the ballot selling the land to become a wave park. This is Arizona! I was more horrified when the measure passed. However, it was dependent on more financing..blah..blah..blah. I have kept thinking in this economy nothing would happen. WRONG!

I golfed there this weekend. A member of the staff told me they had all been laid off. One of the other courses were assuming management for the short period of time left. They are not going to over seed for summer grass. Not only are they working on the wave park, it seems they are accelerating the schedule!

I was dumbfounded. I was hoping I had heard wrong. Yet as I walked along the course I noticed trees marked and surveyor paint. It just made me sick!

I scanned the internet to see if I could find more information. I couldn't. Pretty much everything is dated a year ago. Not even Mesa's website with the "wave-yard info" page has been updated since the election.

Now, I don't know about you but why would anyone consider this thing..espically now...or am I missing something...because I just don't get it!

Surfing Wavepool
Whitewater, Paddle Sports and Training Facility
Scuba, Dive and Snorkeling Lagoon(s)
Resort Hotel-A minimum 400-room, AAA 4 Diamond and Mobile 4 Star resort.
Retail- A minimum of 200,000 sq. ft. of retail shops, exclusive of grocery, warehouse and similar stores.

Waveyard Info

Never apologize for golfing FO

digitalbuddha  (24 posts)      Tue Apr-29-08 06:55 AM
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3. This is a fakepost, right?
 Cuz I can't believe you are actually complaining about getting rid of a golf course. C'mon, they are trememdous wastes of space that cater mainly to the upper classes, even public ones. So they are building a water park and a shopping center/resort. Seems better than golf, especially for pretty much everyone

Just for that DB I will go play 18 right after work I will also be smoking cigars and drinking expensive beer In other words enjoying the huge "waste of space" and giggling at how much it irritates you http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3220897

[USA4ME]

Never apologize for golfing FO

Talk about reading my mind, that's the first thing I said while I was reading it.  Anyone who feels the need to apologize to a bunch of kooks about playing golf doesn't have anything else to say worth consideration.

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[Lauri]

i live in a suburb of Seattle and you cant swing a cat around this city without hitting golfing greens - big lush open areas. some of them are pretty expensive, but a lot of them arent and we play as often as the weather allows.

but a wave pool in Mesa, Arizona seems like putting an outdoor ice skating rink in Dallas during the summer. the energy costs alone are going to be pretty significant, but maybe Mesa already has lots of golf greens?

[Lord Undies]

The DUmmie's original point was she/he/it can't believe a project would be going forth in this newly non-existent economy.  DUmmies think the nation should be looking like a grainy black & white newsreel from the 1930's.  "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime" should be our national anthem.  "Please, Sir, can I have some more, Sir" should be our nation's motto.  That is the way DUmmies want it, anyway.

[Lauri]

i live in a suburb of Seattle and you cant swing a cat around this city without hitting golfing greens - big lush open areas. some of them are pretty expensive, but a lot of them arent and we play as often as the weather allows.

but a wave pool in Mesa, Arizona seems like putting an outdoor ice skating rink in Dallas during the summer. the energy costs alone are going to be pretty significant, but maybe Mesa already has lots of golf greens?

Mesa, like all of suburban Phoenix, has a about 3 golf courses per square mile.
What they, and the rest of Arizona do not have, is water.

i would assume that makes it prohibitive ... regardless of your local economy.

[djones520]

Cater to the upper class?  It costs me $14 for 18 holes.  $5 for rental clubs.  $5 for a cart if I'm feeling like a lazy git.  $10 for balls.  Shit.  I didn't realize that $34 could only be afforded by the upper class.  I must be a rich mofo. 

[franksolich]

No, the primitives and non-primitives are not in touch with reality.

The primitives and non-primitives wouldn't recognize reality if it came up and shoved itself into their faces.

[jukin]

While the people of Eastern Europe and Russia hated their former situation, the DUmbasses would love it.

[BlueStateSaint]

While the people of Eastern Europe and Russia hated their former situation, the DUmbasses would love it.

They would only love it if we, conservatives, were suffering in that situation--not them.

[Chris_]

While the people of Eastern Europe and Russia hated their former situation, the DUmbasses would love it.

They would only love it if we, conservatives, were suffering in that situation--not them.

Exactly. Socialism is only for the little people.

[Carl]

Oh for goodness sake,they can get their panties in a bunch over everything can`t they.