Are you also connected to Dealey Plaza? On 5/14/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I like Dallas, it's one of the great American cities, but > > different from say DC or Chicago. You have to drive like > > in LA, but it doesn't suck like LA. It feels wide open > > and unique. > > I actually have a lot of family history in Dallas... There's a statue > of my great-great grandfather, George Bannerman Dealey on the > grassy-knoll where Kennedy was shot. He bought the Dallas Morning News > from Gen. Alfred H. Belo about the time he turned 60 and then > immediately started publishing editorials defaming the KKK. He was > also very involved in "city planning" before such a thing was > wide-spread -- I'm not sure if that's an accomplishment or just a > coincidence. Though all in all I think a friend of mine summed it up > rather well for me in two sentences (at different times). The first > was "Dallas is just one long string of restaurants." -- then shortly > thereafter I heard one of the local radio DJ's say that Dallas has > more restaurants per-person than almost any other city in the us. I > think it was #3 or somesuch. The 2nd comment was "as an icon, Dallas > is a place to change your oil." I think it's ironic that in recent > years a number of fountains have popped up in the downtown area with > allusions to pegasus. They want to make you think it's because people > in Dallas have culture and class, but the truth is that it's because > they're influenced if not sponsored by... I think Mobil. > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://www.sys-con.com/author/?id=4806 > >
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