Gary

Yeah I was wondering how the place stays in business. It's got to have a decent overhead simply because of it's size. Not to repeat myself, but I'm surprised that the La Quinta rebuilt with that dump as it's food anchor.

I've got to admit that the Stucco like facade that's currently going up looks cheap as hell.

Not to get off topic, but have you ever been into the Taqueria that's in front of the new hotel? Can't remember the name of it but the hotel is the one that burnt to the ground last year.

Man this is going to get ugly.

I'm not arguing going to Hooters, I simply think it's a strange location.

It was an inside joke with Dal. Lighten up. To answer your question... Rodeo drive is in Beverly Hills, California, and is arguably the most famous strip of high end retail in the world.

Yeah but when keeping scale in mind the memorial herman will appear massive as it has no competition around it.

I would agree with you. However it seems that they could have picked a little more aesthetically pleasing property, especially with all of the available land. It just seems like a strange location. Who knows, maybe it will help to revitalize the 99 to Mason strip.

Good post.

Absolutely.

I had the pleasure of playing at SXSW in 91, and can tell you it's far from from a "con". Many artist have signed deals via SXSW, and owe the oppurtunity of making a true studio album to the festival.

I've spent quite a bit of time in ATL and can tell you that Buckhead is far from "ghetto". In fact it has changed dramatically over the last five years with all of the highrise construction. It has a couple of wonderful parks, and although not pedestrian friendly, it's making decent strides at changing that.

Well there's the Honda shop, two used car lots, a pipe fitting company, and a cheesy taqueria. Even the Landrys is in an outdated and painfully ugly strip center. To me the environment is just not right for something as eventfull as Hooters.

Imo the East bund feeder between 99 and Mason is a dump, and by far the ugliest frontage in Katy. I'm very surprised this was the chosen location.

There must be a 24 hour bug going around. I should be feeling better by 6:00 when I hit Gingerman.

QUOTE(Gary @ Friday, August 3rd, 2007 @ 4:06pm) You believe prayer means nothing in the schools, and I believe it means alot QUOTE(sevfiv @ Friday, August 3rd, 2007 @ 4:12pm) just out of curiosity: if your belief became reality and some sort of prayer was enacted in public schools, how would non-praying students (non-religious and also religious students that do not wish to pray in public) be handled? (the pledge issue will require a note from parents of kids that do not wish to participate). I 've been thinking about this a little more and I must admit that you have a valid point. While arguing about this yesterday I failed to point out, that I am by no means for forcing any student to pray, ever. Hopefully through my rants I didn't come across as believing that way. The United States was founded on Christian principals, and that has been our culture for over 200 years. At least until recently. Now I constantly hear how he should be removed from almost every form of government because of the whole "seperation of church and state" issue. I have a very hard time with that personally. I see my country changing before my eyes, and quite frankly it scares the hell out of me. By the way, I'm not the only one who feels that way. I also understand that todays "Christian" and his or her pushy ways are a big turnoff. I also understand that God cannot, and should not be forced on anyone. So now I am left with the question.... Did the modern day Christians ruin God's place in America? As I said, I DO NOT believe that prayer should be forced, but I do believe that God belongs in our public life. To what extent is hard to answer, but I thought "The Great Generation's" time would be a good measuring rod. Edit: I know that's not much of an answer, but I'm honestly having a hard time with the logistics. I'll have to think about it a little more.

Were you just looking in my window?

Yeah I'm "idot". If trying to argue with an intelectual wasn't hard enough.

Show me where I presented assumption as fact. I simply stated that the schools are continually getting worse as a whole, and have been for years. Yes it's true that violence in the schools have gone down over the last few years, but in genral, they are far worse off than they were when I was growing up. That is a fact, and anyone who argues that is either ignorant, or makes a concience choice against the obvious. No I don't have a batch of stats to throw your way, holy crap man, should I really have to? Isn't it obvious? While you could argue that that has nothing to do with kicking God out of the schools, certainly you wouldn't argue that were worse off than what we once were. You and yer damn fancy werds (country music playing in the background). I will say that your consistant. You have yet to offer a damn thing to me, well other than being a smart ass. By the way your good at it. Oh and I'll be waiting for you or anyone else to prove your side of the argument or lack thereof. Of course you'll most assuredly mention the burden of proof is on me, and you would be right. However I think I've run out of things to say that I haven't already said 94 times, soooooo.... This dumb hillbilly needs someone to set him straight on this subject but I've yet to find that person. You sound well read and intelligent how about you?

You just made an assertion by stating that I have no ability to produce a cogent, reality based connection regarding this subject. Prove it. Really? No correlation? Can you give me some explanation, or maybe a little proof to back up this little tid bit? You have done nothing but tell me how stupid my argument is, yet you conveniently give no information or stat to prove a statement like above. I believe that there is a direct correlation because I see it, read it, and hear it. I also happen to live here on planet Earth. No I'm not. The reason I brought up quotes from the fathers of this country was to show how many obviously felt about God in the public life, so it's of vital concern to this argument. Especially if you happen to value their opinions as leaders, and those leaders happen to believe that God was integral to the government and it's entities. You May dissagree with that philosophy, but it is not a failure to correlate the two.

Well said.

As an avid beer drinker I can't imagine the pain you must be going through . Unfortunately there is no fake beer on the market that's worth a crap.

First of all smart guy, I have already explained, and let me repeat that I have no evidence on paper that states "the removal of prayer in schools has adversly effected our children". I have made that clear. Consequently you have no proof to substantiate your argument, or lack thereof as you have basically talked to the wind through your posts, and used your "superior writing skills" to say nothing. Whether I'm right or not I have provided founding fathers quotes, given a link, and have made my opinions clear. You have done nothing but try to make me look like an idiot, and I sir am not an idot. When you have something substansive to talk about let me know.

That's a fair enough argument, however I will never believe in a million years that taking God out of schools was a good thing, so were getting back to the same ending we had the last time we argued about God. You believe prayer means nothing in the schools, and I believe it means alot, so lets leave it at that.

First of all that's a strange analogy to make your point. Secondly... No I do not see the disconnect. No my friend I'm not using circular logic, I'm repeating myself. I would love for you to prove to me that that my belief is not reality.