Mister X

Try and keep up with current events and quit being so literal.

The best part was when he gave that teary-eyed resignation. The Republican humiliation that followed was also awesome. But the Democrat landslide was also a great result of a Nixon presidency. Except for chaos, the watergate hearings and the permanent distrust of government that remains to this day, the Nixon presidency was a fun little spectacle to witness. I'm sure the next republican president WILL provide another one. EAT THE RICH!

Nothing is more boring and excruciating than reading wxman posts. Oops! I hope I wasn't being too 'PR'. I wouldn't want to be held responsible for bringing down what is left of America. J/K

I'd be o.k. with that too. Houston got short changed back when the interstate system was developed. I-69 should have been built back in the 1960's and an interstate connecting Houston and Austin (what ever number they give it) should have been built decades ago. I sure hope that this is finally the beginning of it.

If 290 becomes an interstate it should be called I-12 or I-14 and it should go from Houston, through or around Austin and connect to 1-10 near Junction, Texas. This way it would make a great alternative route to bypass San Antonio on the way to El Paso, Tucson, Phoenix and L.A.

Gomez Addams?

That isn't Helvetica on the new Reliant logo. Look closely at the e, the a and the t. It's either a close cousin or an original word mark. New branding is not usually chosen haphazardly. I'm willing to bet this logo was selected from HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of options. I think they made a pretty good decision. The old logo was very much out of date. Could they have found a better new one? ALWAYS. But I still think that the new one is unexpected and fresh for an energy company. The lighter approach probably came from the desire of wanting something friendlier and less authoritative. Big bad power companies are such a turn off these days. I like the movement that the 'sparks' and colors create. The lighter, sleeker look is much more inviting than that authoritative bold dark and red heavy handed old logo. The new word mark is certainly not the most cutting edge I've ever seen but it is a definite improvement - IMO. It's all opinion and taste. No right or wrong. Ask 10 different people, get 10 different opinions.

The new one is more sophisticated, simple, understated and contemporary. I like it better than the old loud, horsey one. I think the new logo is less 'expected' or cliched than the old one. Plus, I think it complements the architecture of Reliant Stadium better.

See. Mr. Buffett "mostly" gets it. But don't worry, I'm sure he'll have enough money left over for himself. I wonder if he saw my post at HAIF and I gave him a guilt trip so he decided to do the right thing. You are welcomed, America!

Shut up or your next! I'll ruin your rep too! Just Kidding. Seriously tho, thank you for paying attention to my minuses. Yes, I do hate MarkSMU and I do find reading his misguided opinion post painful, predictable, and pointless - and I don't care if it's obvious or not. I shall not hold back my minuses for no internet dim-wit. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Just kidding again. I don't really hate Mark or think he's a dim-wit. I just never seem to agree with his opinions. Isn't that what minuses are for? They aren't hurting anyone. I am Mister X and I approve of this post.

^ Spoken like a true Fox Zombie. Speaking of losers, whatever happened to John McCain anyway?

Spoken like a true Fox News monkey wrench. At last I have been exposed. I'm not a billionaire. And yes, I am very jealous of billionaires, I admit it. I'm not a billionaire and I wish I was one. Then maybe I wouldn't mind republicans and teabaggers fighting in my behalf in place of lesser causes such as feeding the hungry, making education affordable or creating jobs for the middle class. I can understand a billionaire voting teabagger, but anyone who is not a billionaire who spends so much time and energy fighting so hard to help billionaires make more billions and has no problems cutting medical aid to elderly sick people is a sucker, a sadist or a sheep. Say Baah! I now understand your point. If one doesn't make it their life's calling to defend billionaires - they must be jealous. Teabaggers should run with that message. I think it sums up their mission very nicely. Teabaggers are Americas' own junior Al Qaida in waiting.

There are a lot of worthy causes in the world. Defending billionaires is NOT one of them. Shame on republican sheep - they are the devil's monkey wrench.

The following people would like to thank the tea party and the republicans for not raising their taxes. The middle class desperately needs to keep up the fight on behalf of the wealthy as there is no nobler cause. Every yacht helps but more corporate jets are still badly needed. Bill Gates $54 B 55 Medina, WA Microsoft Warren Buffett $45 B 80 Omaha, NE Berkshire Hathaway Larry Ellison $27 B 66 Woodside, CA Oracle Christy Walton & family $24 B 56 Jackson, WY Walmart Charles Koch $21.5 B 75 Wichita, KS Diversified David Koch $21.5 B 70 New York, NY Diversified Jim Walton $20.1 B 63 Bentonville, AR Walmart Alice Walton $20 B 61 Fort Worth, TX Walmart S. Robson Walton $19.7 B 67 Bentonville, AR Walmart Michael Bloomberg $18 B 69 New York, NY Bloomberg Larry Page $15 B 38 Palo Alto, CA Google Sergey Brin $15 B 37 San Francisco, CA Google Sheldon Adelson $14.7 B 77 Las Vegas, NV casinos George Soros $14.2 B 80 Westchester, NY hedge funds Michael Dell $14 B 46 Austin, TX Dell Steve Ballmer $13.1 B 55 Seattle, WA Microsoft Paul Allen $12.7 B 58 Mercer Island, WA Microsoft, investments Jeff Bezos $12.6 B 47 Seattle, WA Amazon Anne Cox Chambers $12.5 B 91 Atlanta, GA Cox Enterprises John Paulson $12.4 B 55 New York, NY hedge funds Donald Bren $12 B 78 Newport Beach, CA real estate Abigail Johnson $11.3 B 49 Boston, MA Fidelity Phil Knight $11.1 B 73 Beaverton, OR Nike Carl Icahn $11 B 75 New York, NY leveraged buyouts Ronald Perelman $11 B 68 New York, NY leveraged buyouts Forrest Mars $10 B 79 Big Horn, WY candy, pet food John Mars $10 B 74 Jackson, WY candy, pet food Jacqueline Mars $10 B 71 The Plains, VA candy, pet food George Kaiser $9.4 B 68 Tulsa, OK oil & gas, banking James Simons $8.7 B 72 East Setauket, NY hedge funds Len Blavatnik $7.5 B 53 London Access Industries Steve Cohen $7.3 B 55 Greenwich, CT hedge funds Edward Johnson $7.1 B 80 Boston, MA Fidelity Philip Anschutz $7 B 71 Denver, CO Investments Mark Zuckerberg $6.9 B 26 Palo Alto, CA Facebook James Goodnight $6.9 B 68 Cary, NC SAS Institute Jack Taylor & family $6.5 B 88 St. Louis, MO Enterprise Rent-A-Car Rupert Murdoch $6.2 B 80 New York, NY News Corp Jim Kennedy $6.2 B 63 Atlanta, GA Cox Enterprises Blair Parry-Okeden $6.2 B 60 Scone Cox Enterprises Samuel Newhouse $6.2 B 83 New York, NY publishing Steve Jobs $6.1 B 56 Palo Alto, CA Apple, Pixar Andrew Beal $6 B 58 Dallas, TX bank, real estate Eli Broad $5.8 B 77 Los Angeles, CA Investments Harold Hamm $5.8 B 65 Oklahoma City, OK Continental Resources Patrick Soon-Shiong $5.6 B 59 Los Angeles, CA generic drugs Pierre Omidyar $5.5 B 43 Honolulu, HI Ebay Eric Schmidt $5.45 B 55 Atherton, CA Google Donald Newhouse $5.4 B 81 Somerset County, NJ publishing Charles Butt & family $5.3 B 73 San Antonio, TX supermarkets John Menard $5.2 B 71 Eau Claire, WI Retail Richard Kinder $5.2 B 66 Houston, TX pipelines Charles Ergen $5.2 B 58 Denver, CO EchoStar David Geffen $5.1 B 68 Malibu, CA movies, music Harold Simmons $5 B 79 Dallas, TX Investments Ray Dalio $5 B 61 Greenwich, CT hedge funds Frederik G.H. Meijer $4.9 B 91 Grand Rapids, MI supermarkets Ira Rennert $4.5 B 76 New York, NY Investments Dennis Washington $4.5 B 76 Missoula, MT construction, mining Ralph Lauren $4.4 B 71 New York, NY fashion and retail Sam Zell $4.4 B 69 Chicago, IL real estate, private equity Richard DeVos $4.3 B 85 Ada, MI Alticor Richard LeFrak & family $4.3 B 65 New York, NY real estate David Tepper $4.3 B 53 Milburn, NJ hedge funds Ray Lee Hunt $4.3 B 68 Dallas, TX Oil, real estate Leonard Lauder $4.2 B 78 New York, NY Estee Lauder Lester Crown & family $4.2 B 85 Wilmette, IL Investments John Paul DeJoria $4.2 B 67 Austin, TX hair products, tequila Robert Rowling $4.1 B 57 Dallas, TX Investments Bruce Kovner $4.1 B 66 New York, NY hedge funds Stephen Schwarzman $4.1 B 64 New York, NY Investments Micky Arison $4.1 B 61 Bal Harbour, FL Carnival Cruises Roger Wang $4.1 B 62 Nanjing, Jiangsu Retail Robert Bass $4 B 63 Fort Worth, TX oil, investments Dirk Ziff $4 B 46 New York, NY hedge funds Robert Ziff $4 B 44 New York, NY hedge funds Daniel Ziff $4 B 39 New York, NY hedge funds Charles Johnson $4 B 78 San Mateo, CA Franklin Resources Marion MacMillan Pictet $3.8 B 78 Hamilton Cargill Inc. Whitney MacMillan $3.8 B 82 Minneapolis, MN Cargill Inc. Cargill MacMillan $3.8 B 83 Indian Springs, CA Cargill Inc. Pauline MacMillan Keinath $3.8 B 77 St. Louis, MO Cargill Inc. Charles Schwab $3.7 B 73 Atherton, CA discount stock brokerage Rupert Johnson $3.7 B 69 San Mateo, CA Franklin Resources Ray Dolby $3.6 B 78 San Francisco, CA Dolby Laboratories Thomas Frist & family $3.6 B 72 Nashville, TN HCA Healthcare Victor Fung & family $3.55 B 65 Hong Kong Retail Leonard Stern $3.5 B 73 New York, NY real estate Gordon Moore $3.5 B 82 Woodside, CA Intel Henry Kravis $3.4 B 67 New York, NY leveraged buyouts William Koch $3.4 B 70 Palm Beach, FL oil, investments Henry Ross Perot Sr $3.4 B 80 Dallas, TX computer services, real estate Haim Saban $3.4 B 66 Beverly Hills, CA television John Sall $3.4 B 62 Cary, NC SAS Institute John Sobrato & family $3.3 B 71 Atherton, CA real estate John Arnold $3.3 B 37 Houston, TX hedge funds George Lucas $3.25 B 66 Marin County, CA Star Wars Ann Walton Kroenke $3.2 B 62 Columbia, MO Walmart Daniel Och $3.2 B 50 New York, NY hedge funds

The tea party is racist. If you are smart, you will keep your distance. Mark my words, any affiliation with them will come back to haunt you later. Do yourself a favor and find another group to exploit your ignorance and to follow blindly like sheep. I know it's very difficult for some people to do their own thinking and act in the interest of what is best for ALL Americans (not just the folks who make more than $200,000 per year), but you'll be a better person for it.

Teabaggers are utterly clueless. Don't look now but someone is using your face to pleasure himself.

Don't quit your day job. Trying to predict the future is such a b!tch - especially when you are no longer able to go back and delete old postings.

Don't buy anything until every last teabagger is dead. They are America's cancer. And they would sooner see America go up in flames than to see an Exxon exec give up his corporate jet so that poor granny can get her meds.

EADO is the bomb! I can't wait to get back to EADO. EADO is going to have a great stadium. This brewery will be a huge draw to EADO. The last time I went to EADO, I drove all around EADO until I found a great spot in EADO to take photos of EADO. Then I posted photos of EADO all over the internet and set up a series of threads all titled life in EADO.

...and a huge, respected museum district, a huge, respected theatre district, many large, modern professional sports stadiums all connected by light rail, the largest shopping mall in the state, several large urban parks, a huge and respected medical district, a flourishing vibrant business district with a huge, respected skyline that is the envy of almost every major city in the world and which has now become the fast growing metropolitan area in the U.S... Nothing? The people at the Atlantic rank Houston as the #11 most successful city in the world and you only see strip malls.

You truly have awful taste. Just completely awful. Please don't quit your day job. Thanks.

Don't get too frustrated. Take it for what it's worth; free entertainment on the internet and nothing more.

Viva E-do!

http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2011/07/rice-university-houston-fastest-growing-metro-area-in-u-s/ I guess for all the whining and bitching around here, we must be doing something right. Take that DFW!

Groundbreaking is set for early 2012 http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/article_a06074b3-10c7-5466-b1f4-83946d4baedd.html