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Serenity now! |
More attempts to whitewash the past and/or erase history. https://www.mystatesman.com/ne...X8x43xXWQbogdF6tE4M/
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ | ||
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The Democrats were in charge in the south during the Civil War, and the ensuing civil unrest in regards to African Americans. Democrats were the KKK. Democrats were the ones fighting tooth and nail to preserve southern heritage. I see the whitewashing of history as DEMOCRATS trying to change said history in an effort to try and wipe the stain from the party. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
The government is way behind sports here. Take the Holiday Bowl, for example. It is played at Qualcomm Stadium. Halftime is brought to us by Sycuan Indian Gaming, or Viejas Casinos, one of them. The stadium is ringed with commercial signage of everything imaginable. It won’t be long before the stadium in Austin becomes the Dell Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium, Bevo, the mascot brought to you for the time being by Outback, or slightly worse, Sizzler, the Motorola Longhorn Band, playing direct from the Joe Jamail Athletic Center, just across the street from the Dell Webb Retirement Villages Alumni Center, which as everyone knows is conveniently located a short walk from the Red McCombs Ford BEB. San Diego got $20 million just for the naming rights to one lousy stadium, a stadium so lousy that the NFL has all but said that there would be no more Superbowls in San Diego until there is a new stadium and the multi-billionaire who owns the Chargers is demanding a $400 million slopping at the public trough or Adios. It was Adios! There are 254 counties in Texas... just think of the possibilities! The county name is on all public and most private documents, signs everywhere, in the news, all the Notaries, title records, a PR bonanza. Why should William Barratt Travis reap all that name recognition? He's dead now, anyway, and at least according to one recent History channel presentation on the Alamo, was a bit of a dufuss, not particularly the sort welcomed in polite society. Actually, it turns out that instead of being liberated by heroes, Texas was wrested from the Republic of Mexico by a coarse band of thieves, outlaws, adventurers, cut-throats, swindlers, speculators and alcoholics, nere-do-wells all. So instead of all those obscure names of long dead 'heroes' for counties, sell the name rights! It could be Time-Warner County instead of Hays, Der Weinerschnitzel County instead of Comal (Think of the PR bonanza of the Wurstfest then!!!) The county seat of Dell County would be Georgetown, which might get smart and rename itself Michaeltown, for a slight fee, of course. Harris might become Big Mac County, just north of Joe's Crab Shack County (formerly known as Galveston). Who might bid for naming rights for Dallas County? Texas Instruments? Martha Stewart? Berkshire Hathaway! What would Taco Bell pay for Laredo, or would they go for El Paso? Apple County? Do I hear any bids? One to a customer, first come, first served! I wonder where Walmart would like to bid? Some might say this is impractical, but there is a town in Montana that renamed itself "Joe", probably for free! The state and locals could raise billions! Moonbean should be interested in the idea, just between you and me, to help with California's budget woes but alas, California has only 54 counties, small potatoes, a lamentable oversight on the part of their ancestors. Even at a hundred mill each, that would hardly even cover the deficit at DMV alone. And Orange County is Disney Land for all practical purposes already. Six Flags could buy Orange County naming rights and drive Disney nuts! Somebody should pick up this ball and run with it! Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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I need to invest in a company making signs. Most people have no idea as to the cost of signage. In 2005 the Hard Rock Casino was completed. It shatters the world's record," said Todd Ducote, shop foreman and designer at Kojis and Sons Sign Inc., which built the $1.9 million guitar. At 112 feet tall, it rises as high as an 11-story building. When it was erected in front of the $235 million casino resort built in Biloxi, it was the largest guitar sign at any Hard Rock Cafe. It was durable and survived Hurricane Katrina with some damage. Street signs are less but not cheap by any means. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
JALLEN, you forgot the games are held on Jack Murphey field (the name of the complex when it was change from San Diego Stadium)
The story is Spanos put in more money into the new Las Angeles stadium as San Diego was asking him and received a less percentage of the tale. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Personally, if these a-holes want to REALLY be sensitive, then everything must be named by number or single letters. I have serious doubts that you can name anything after a person where you can’t find someone with that name that owned slaves and that includes names like Shaka Zulu. ———- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
I didn't forget. The City banked $20 million to rename the Murph Qualcomm Stadium. The Spanos played more games in the city than the Chargers and Padres out together. Go, Chargers, go! And take the Padres with ya! Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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I’ve been going to Austin (well Dripping Springs actually) 1-2 times a year for the past 18 years. Wife’s sister lives there. If it wasn’t for the fact that I love her family so much, I’d never go back. My first visit to Austin was in 2000 for a bball game. Didn’t notice much craziness then, but now it’s ridiculous. God forbid you want a coffee at any coffee shop. We like to find those hole in the wall places for a beer or six in the old parts of town. Now not so much. Salt lick as some damn good slaw and beans though. | |||
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Why do communists love renaming cities after they take over? St Petersburg -> Petrograd-> Leningrad Peking -> Beijing Saigon -> Ho Chi Min City Austin -> Butthurt, USA Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
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Head in hands.... Houston Texas, if the heat don't kill ya, the skeeters will. | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
Yeah, I think I'll wait and see exactly how thick the snowflakes prove to be on the ground before I'll start wringing my hands. | |||
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| Old, Slow, but Lucky!  |
Excuse me, Mr. Allen but when I escaped from my birth state in 1979, California had 58 Counties! As screwed up as they are, I don't think they've lost or misplaced four!  Just yanking your chain, which you so seldom give the opportunity to do!  Don _______________________ Living the Dream... One Day at a Time. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
My personal take on the issue (supported by being a 37-year Texan by adoption) is that no renaming should be permitted--once a name has been applied it should stay forever. Changes in public mores can be satisfied by the naming of new streets, buildings, towns, etc. Existing monuments, statues, etc. should be left alone, too. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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quarter MOA visionary |
Maybe we could sell Austin to California?  | |||
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I say they need to get busy in West Virginia, isn't Robert "KKK Exalted Cyclops" Bryd's name all over the place on state roads and buildings. Donald Trump is not a politician, he is a leader, politicians are a dime a dozen, leaders are priceless. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
Austin Streets have been renamed. Decades ago, when I was a student at UT, I was a patron of the 19th Street Liquor Store. I was surprised to return some years later to find 19th Street renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Boulevard. I should have looked for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Liquor Store, I guess. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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I've brought these facts up in various debates with people I work with who vote Democrat. Some deny it, don't believe it, and won't verify. Others say, "Well, the Republican and Democrat platforms flipped in the 20th Century so now you're the ones who are for slavery, etc.". Unfortunately, I don't have the intelligence or patience to combat such willful ignorance. I wish I had both but it's such a consuming effort in time, effort, and emotional restraint to even try, so I stopped doing so. And I've also stopped engaging or responding to their politics unless something is easily proven stupid/false with a quick soundbite - which is all they seem to have the capacity, or willingness, to understand | |||
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| Take the risk or lose the chance |
Truly a great idea but unfortunately California can't afford it. ---------------------------------------- “The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
How about San Francisco on the Colorado? Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Might as well include Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. | |||
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