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The Church has very clearly issued decisions on condoms (or any form of contraception) and pre-marital sex; they are just not the decisions that our self-centered culture of instant gratification likes.

I think what he meant was that those decisions were a long time coming.

They city is about to set a bad precedent. The traffic on this project has been studied to death. It just ain't there.

You don't have to be faster than the tiger, just faster than the guy next to you.

Maybe, but I found it interesting in the SF Zoo mauling that the Tiger reportedly passed up other visitors to chase the two original perps.

My daughter doesn't think our zoo is crappy. She loves it. That's good enough for me.

Zoo memberships here are a great deal if you have a family.

I guess ESPN can breathe a sigh of relief.

They almost had to give the Rockets credit.

I just hope they get rid of those "tower of traffic" signs. Those things in my opinion are more of a visual blight on one of Houston's nicest neighborhoods than a classy highrise ever will be.

Maybe this one is better:

FIFY

THX

Gotta love Dike in the Daily Dime on ESPN.com this morning:

"The Rockets have won 20 games straight. All the critics can kiss my black ass."

Copperfield has aged quite nicely as well.

They're changing their strategy because their proposed ordinance wouldn't have stopped the high rise.

part of it is driven by the media that makes it seem like people are waiting to pounce you around every corner, shopping cart, and intersection.

Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you!

So what does this mean in practical terms? What about the objections of the Texans and the rodeo?

Ok so the NIMBYs have their support group with website and all. What about the people who SUPPORT the building of this structure?

Here is the developer's page:

http://www.buckfund.com/1717%20Bissonnet/

perhaps the traffic won't be as massive as the people in that area (and this forum) think it will be.

The neighborhood itself will help traffic around the Ashby high rise. This isn't suburban neighborhood where there are only one or two ways in and out and through streets are spaced far apart. Southampton is an open grid with many through streets and access points. The traffic can distribute to several locations and can route around congested areas, quickly blending into the background traffic.

scripted reality

Isn't that an oxymoron?

And you're right.

I don't watch sitcoms either.

The only reason I own a TV is to watch football and the occasional DVD movie.

I wouldn't call the majority of America idiots.

Have you seen the ratings for shows like Survivor and American Idol?

Well, then for consistency's sake, I hope that when some of you folks fly to New York, you refer to Idlewild Airport rather than JFK Airport.

You know, to avoid the partisan Democratness of it all

While it's nice to have a street not changing names as you drive on it, changing the name of a street after the fact is often opposed by businesses along the street due to the burden of having their address changed.

Until they change the tags on my bags from "IAH" to "BUSH" ... It's Houston Intercontinental...

So then we should continue to call Louis Armstrong International (New Orleans) as the Moisant Stock Yards (MSY)?

Btw, I read over the draft on Friday, and this ordinance is among the most obtuse documents I've ever gone over. It was rife with grammatical errors and provided at least two loopholes for the 1717 Bissonnet highrise (if it were even hypothetically subject to this ordinance).

I've read it too. What loopholes did you see for 1717 Bissonnet?

So wuts the status?

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headli...ro/5510359.html

DOH!!

Even the ordinance specifically targeted at this development wouldn't stop it.

Surely, you know they are YOUR tax dollars only to the extent you rent cars or stay in hotels in Harris County.

If you ignore the opportunity cost of other projects that those tax dollars could fund to benefit the citizens of Harris County.

I am more concerned with the Rodeo's point, which so far, no one has provided any evidence to the contrary.

Nevermind that you haven't exactly provided us with much beyond opinion and assertion.

Maybe they're trying to use it as an example of things that will get neglected when then proposed Astrodome hotel just KILLS their revenue stream