Mister X

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

I'd love a Nixon presidency!

I wish conservatives could get everything they ever wanted.

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

How about I-27.

It would connect Lubbock, Austin & Houston. It could be even be extended all the way to Denver, connecting the Rockies with the Port of Houston & the Gulf, making it a major shipping route.

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 The old logo was very much out of date.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!

Ya know.. disagreeing with someone who's politics are different isn't a bad thing... but making the point to give them a -1 every time they open their mouth... ?

We get it Mister X.. you hate Marksmu.. but if you'd at least skip a post every now and then, it might not be so obvious.

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 class warfare proponent. Jealous much?

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.

Are you talking about the tea party? hmmmmmm

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

No rally tomorrow.. down another 200.

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.

Well... there's nothing here. Nothing. Not even a space shuttle. Just block after block of strip malls, walmarts, game rooms, chain restaurants, check-cashing places, and autobuses americanos bus stations.

...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.

It was as though they went out of their way to choose the ugly one.

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