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Pre-Wal-Mart grand opening: "Stop the Heights Wal-Mart" Post-Wal-Mart opening: "It's not really in the Heights, and we'll hereby refer to it as the Washington Wal-Mart"

Ah yes, the "We all bundle" argument.

Red, statements like that are the gateway-drugs to Libertarianism. (no pun intended on the drug part) Set the Fountainhead down! ;-)

When discount tire thrives, mom & pops die. Smash the machines of the imperialist-capitalists-fascist-baby seal clubbing-F150 with truck testicals driving-Texas Toast eating-Wal-mart shopping-meat grilling-suburban wine bar drinking-evil doers. We did not listen to mother nature's cleansing waters of Allison and instead of repenting doubled down on our consumption. Put your ear to the tarmac of the Yale bridge and listen to what she is trying to tell us! ;-)

Meanwhile in Vichy Heights... Historic area terrorized by outlaw bikers

In an alternate, renaissance universe...... I've just overheard our chambermaids discussing that you can actually buy pre-cooked sweets in the Kingdom of Wal! Oh, how dreadful! We've got to do something to abolish this lazy practice! Children need to learn that thistle with honey and candied plums are the only appropriate and accurate harvest festival treats! I knew these Norman invaders would be a problem the moment they arrived! So what can we do? Declare the area a Druid burial ground? No, we used that against the Peasant Village project. Appeal to the Queen? No, remember she endorsed the merchants investment in Wal. I've got it! Remember when the Druids requested passage across our bridge to move stone for that silly time portal project? Yes... Let's limit the number of caravans that can cross the bridge for the purpose of safety. We can say its a weight issue. That's preposterous! Everyone knows that they are not carrying stone across the bridge by hand, we're talking about oxcarts moving cheap items from mostly the Orient. It's dry goods, thin linens, and cheap porcelains at best. Yes, but the impact of a steady stream of oxen across that bridge, think of the emissions! Yes, I see your point. If we can somehow route them through the feudal villages we can cause a peasant uprising, and they will cry out for the return to the olde ways. Here here!

The HAHC only allows Windows 3.1

I'll give you a hint, the protest signs will read "No Mas".

Oh exalted ones, I come before you to seek passage over the Yale bridge for purposes of commerce in the Kingdom of Wal. I have heard rumors of fabulous bargains not seen in the Heightlands. I submit to you my plans for home improvements and a list of items I seek in the Kingdom of Wal. Whah, ha,ha! Declined! Into to pit to face the Anise! *Btw, Jabba is a member of a protected class and will receive a waiver to cross the bridge and an electric cart if he should ever tour the Kingdom of Wal.

Yes. We've discovered that the new bridge is "pedestrian only".

I'm risking the lives of the rebellion by showing you this picture, but I do so in the hope it will inspire others to rise up to claim their low prices. You can see our brave pilot here sharing his Mos Eisley Bar nuts with a defector from RUDE. He has provided stolen HAHC blueprints and a codex to decipher their ritualistic brainwashing ceremony. Right after this photo was taken, Erroneous Monk was discovered and had to be evacuated to the Heights Reedlands. Our struggle for big boxes will continue.

Adults would have capitalized on concerns over aging infrastructure and made the "bridge of death" their central argument not Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart, fur-coats, 30-story towers, global warming, and the local endangered chipmonk have all reached the point of being dismissed out of hand when mentioned in conversation with the average Joe. Regardless of their leanings, people tend to glaze over, and tune out. I expect a little more from s3mh's command and control legions.

Right..... The bridge could have been stood up in a matter of weeks with not a peep from those hell-bent on spinning the world backwards to a better architectural time. You hate Wal-Mart, and will take every opportunity not to miss an opportunity to stick the knife back in them. I'm sure your already readying your protest to the FAA in the case they have to air-drop Fritos via Chinooks. Maybe the next move should be teaching all the Heights school children the words to "Yale Street Bridge is falling down"

Don't forget to account for the weight associated with the bridge patrollers being completely full of sh**. I'm sure that is good for another 200lbs or so depending on the individual and their preferred brand of adult diaper.

Do not underestimate the issues that can arise when you share common walls with individuals that have different concepts of proper maintainence. As my particular group of homes aged it became increasingly difficult to get people to open up their pocketbooks. The problem is that you have very young people that really should be living on a no-worry, apartment complex or high-rise, yet because of interest rates and pressure from their parents they buy the entry-level aging townhomes in Midtown. The first shock comes when it dawns on them how much th escrowed taxes and insurance adds to their payment, the 2nd shocker is homeowner fees and periodic assessments. Because of this the properties suffer because there is no motivation to do more than the bare minimum.

On the next episode of "The Worlds Most Dangerous Roads - The Heights", truckers risk legal trouble, flesh-eating local activists, and a bridge so dangerous that some Bolivian truckers have refused to risk crossing it, all to stock the shelves of a Wal-Mart none dare to be seen shopping at.

Rumour has it that San Jacinto stone will be the future site of Heights Subaru, with full support of the mayors office.

I guess the Kombuchu sippers at s3mh's council are perfectly fine with destroying the "quality of life" along for homeowners in that neighborhood. The peace and quiet in that neighborhood is less important than the chubbies each council member gets when driving their Leaf's (or Leaves?) across the bridge. All neighborhoods are equal, but some are more equal than others

I hear they are going to put together a cd compilation to support the bridge. Over and Under

I snapped a photo of some truck crossing the bridge early this morning.

So much win.

The reconstruction of the Pierce Elevated proved that major projects can be conducted in short time spans. There are several case studies out there that tout the Pierce project. http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/2001/C/675801 http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1996_1359795/pierce-elevated-reconstruction-set-bonuses-penalti.html

Sorry, but I've done unionized the vagrants in Midtown. They'll need to get on a waiting list and have someone vouch for them before they can receive their Midtown benefits.

I'm concerned that the proposed bridge repairs might adversely impact the mating habits of the endangered Heights bat that resides there. "No, not a Wal-mart, noooo!"