tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post5379871740990083054..comments2024-03-18T17:08:18.111-05:00Comments on Fatale Abstraction: phlegmfatalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-59936720417352689392008-04-26T12:11:00.000-05:002008-04-26T12:11:00.000-05:00Y'know, no matter what happens when they build tho...Y'know, no matter what happens when they build those Calatrava billion dollar bridges, they're still going to connect downtown Dallas to a ghetto. <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Rabbit.Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924556230506190220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-33333895304646698612008-04-25T14:22:00.000-05:002008-04-25T14:22:00.000-05:00The multistep voting process sounds a little like ...<I>The multistep voting process sounds a little like the convoluted "Texas two-step" for selecting Democratic presidential delegates.</I><BR/><BR/>Dang. Ain't <I>that</I> the truth! What a colossal waste of time and money...Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-75229853228860129812008-04-25T10:33:00.000-05:002008-04-25T10:33:00.000-05:00Same thing happened here. Only in the name of Poli...Same thing happened here. Only in the name of Politically Correct Vote Mongering among the SouthEast Community. Civic Center Park, so named because that's where the Civic Center is located, DUH was re-named Quakertown park.<BR/>The reasoning behind this re-naming is that was the name of that "part of town" before the city bought it and built the CC and park and pool and Senior Center and City Hall. And then the County bought a parcel and built the old jail. And the Feds bought a parcel and built the new post office. And then the City built the Emily Fowler Library. And of Course the Women's Building had been there on the far corner since Gawd made Dirt, or the late 40's early 50's anyway.<BR/><BR/>So the question in MY mind is...was "Quakertown" the name the residents of these 2 City blocks gave their neighborhood ? Or was it the name the genteel white folks called it in lieu of the more vulgar racial epitaths in use for black enclaves in the first half of the 20th Century? <BR/>There are many neighborhoods in our city today that are racially diverse. But there are also many areas that are still heavily populated by one race, ethnicity or another. Some of these areas have nice, well maintained homes. Some...are obviously rentals that receive little care or maintenance. <BR/>Were the city to offer the owners a fair price for them; many would gladly sell. So, I don't believe the claims of activists who bemoan the loss of a piece of our "Cultural History." I've seen the pictures. Quakertown was not some quaint Shaker or Amish or Mennoite neighborhood. Hell, they weren't even Quakers! They were Babtists and AME Methodists!<BR/> <BR/>Trust me when I say the collection of nicely maintained Gov't Bldgs and beautifully landscaped parkland is a VAST improvement over the previous use of this space. <BR/>Now if we could just go back to calling it Civic Center Park...I for one, will always call it that, but that's just me.HollyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644166795449256850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-46053926412359142292008-04-25T08:00:00.000-05:002008-04-25T08:00:00.000-05:00Same thing is happening here in Liverpool with a 2...Same thing is happening here in Liverpool with a 2 billion dollar redevelopment...hundreds of years of social history are being swept away in the name of modernity..plus lots of ribbon cutting ceremonies for our local halfwit politicians.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-18556902265196896992008-04-24T23:48:00.000-05:002008-04-24T23:48:00.000-05:00I keep thinking it'll be something like "The Don H...I keep thinking it'll be something like "The Don Hill Indictment Expressway" or "The James Fantroy Golden Road" or the "Al Lipscomb Boulevard of Dreams".<BR/><BR/>Well, maybe with not quite so much flourish. Maybe the "John Wylie Price Community Development Block Grant Row". <BR/><BR/>Hell, the only reason I go down in that part of town is if I am going to Ray's Sporting Goods, aka Mecca, or if the Incubus has ben picked up and has to be bonded out. Again. <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Rabbit.<BR/><BR/>btw, did you get the discount coupon to the gun show I sent you?Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924556230506190220noreply@blogger.com