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The most interesting stat on there to me:

Do you think the country is heading in the right direction?

Republicans: 64% yes, 28% no

Democrats: 2% yes, 96% no

If that's not a seriously divided, partisan country, I don't know what is. Good thing George Bush was such a uniter.

Here goes another lame attempt at steering conversation away from personal non-sports-related bickering... Is anyone else surprised at how Nebraska has totally fallen flat in conference play? I didn't really see them in non-con play but it seemed like they were setting up to be in the top half of th...

Anyway, I'd be close to the Edmond area. Anyone know anything about this area? I'd probably buy a home since the market would be in my favor. I've rented my whole life. Browsing Craigslist, 200k can buy a really nice home. They don't have basements which would be fucking weird. Your office is in Ed...

Yeah I think for the limited market of condo buyers in Kansas City, the thought is why would you spend $350K on a condo and not be in the RCP corridor? Makes little sense at this point. I agree that in this particular place some higher-density residential than tract homes is warranted, but not a 15-...

So I just got a very tempting job offer in OKC. I've been thinking about it for the last 4 hours, and all signs are pointing to yes. Then I remember someone asking about OKC here, came to check it out, and all the doubts came back....wtf. I love KC, but am dead end with my company here. I go to OKC...

When I was there last week I noticed that Muni is also testing the TransLink regional payment system.  A few bus routes has the RFID/smartcard readers for users to tap their cards against when boarding.  I believe BART and Caltrain already use it and the bus systems are starting to install it. This...

What has happened to Texas A&M? Are they really a pretender due to their awful road play, or are they going to rediscover the talent that took them to 15-1? Now I think they will struggle to reach the 11-5 record I predicted for them.

Some fan bases are so hypersensitive and insecure that they take any criticism of their team (no matter how faint) as a personal affront.  It's like their entire sense of self-worth is derived from their allegiance to a sports team.  "I'm a New England Patriots fan.  My team can kick your team...

i just keep thinking to myself, 8 more weeks max, and this is over for 8 peaceful months. You make it sound like you have no choice but to listen to people talk about Kansas basketball. You live in Pittsburgh!!! It is your own fault that you are seeking this out! Besides which, why shouldn't there ...

Well, that settles it.  Some guy from the basketball-crazed state of Oklahoma has declared a bball game in Lawrence, KS to be "the ultimate" experience of its kind.  It must be so. Would be sorta like an anonymous internet chatter from Olathe, KS bestowing the title of "best French f...

schugg wrote: I have a 1997 honda civic and plan on driving it till it shoots craps!

Yeah my 99 accord will be a wonderful beater someday. Maybe not for me but for someone!

I haven't posted in a while, and I just thought I needed to contribute to this thread at this point... Chastains lawsuit will not succeed, and will definitely fail, if it even gets to the courts. However, I cannot and will not say how I know for certain that it will fail and has no solid legal basi...

Who's really being one-sided here? The conventions business is a cash cow, plain and simple.  I can't even try to sugarcoat it, the deals too sweet to begin with.   Every city manager knows that...if conventions failed to bring in money, do you think we would really make such a big deal about losing...

You all are making it sound like the many amenities we enjoy in Kansas City would not exist in a situation with reduced convention traffic (or a situation of failing to increase convention traffic). Name one current big-ticket attraction that would not be there with reduced convention traffic... the...

macnw wrote: Living in Portland, I felt the need to reply.

Fair enough, I was unsure of the hotel situation there. But what about the convention center itself? And what's your sense of the mood of local residents about spending hundreds of millions of dollars on convention-related projects?

Another difference between Mizzou and kU football.... when Mizzou achieves success the coaching staff stays to keep things going.  Once a basketball school... always a basketball school. Gary Pinkel has had the same staff since he arrived in 2001, but then 2007 was the first highly successful seaso...

It seems to me to be pretty obvious that vibrant communities that are attractive to tourists and conventions alike are also the places people apparently want to live. I freaking hate the press in this town.  They are clueless.  I guess the best thing about this is it will be easier to sell a conven...

My two favorite college teams will win national championships. (I guess technically the football NC is in 2009 but close enough.)

No... seriously.

This might be the announcement that gets the city into action.  They see our facilities aren't keeping up with what conventions need.  They have been given alot of leadtime here to fill-in the city's largest convention.  If they get a convention hotel started and get plans going for the expansion o...

I agree that's what the story said...I was going on some other information that might not be public...so we'll just go with what you said. Unless your other information is that the tower will have 60 floors, I don't see how it would challenge 1KCP. And no one has ever even hinted that the Cordish t...