 memo.ryecroft – Life Without Cars
The press, various blogs and the City itself speaks about improving walk-ability in the downtown core and adding to the density on certain corridors like Automobile Alley, but what if it had a fresh, clean slate to start with - A place … (These should be planned for now, but developed incrementally over time - There is no reason why a comprehensive plan to have access to the Airport, Northwest OKC, Edmond and Norman, all accessible by various methods of public transit … read more…
SportingNews.com - The Baseline
After that: Memphis, Oklahoma City and, the night’s big loser, Sacramento. I happened to be having dinner in downtown Chicago with power forward Jordan Hill, probably a Top-5 prospect, when the NBA unveiled its draft order Tuesday night … read more…
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by Miles in Uncategorized. A few photos from earlier today: okc-005. At the Oklahoma City bombing memorial. okc-017. The canal that runs through Bricktown in downtown OKC. okc-020. That’s right. They’re Sooner state natives. … read more…
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At Boathouse International Triathlon, athletes are a triple threat (The Oklahoman)
More than 80 people competed in the Boathouse International Triathlon on Saturday at Regatta Park in downtown Oklahoma City.”Many of the athletes are working year-round to compete in such events,” said spectator Raul Santiago, of San Antonio. “My cousin was … competing, and since it was in Oklahoma, it wasn’t a far drive for me.”Lauren Cole, a member of Tri-OKC, an Oklahoma City triathlon … read more…
Skate park beating (Oklahoma’s NewsChannel 4)
OKLAHOMA CITY — Matt Hoffman Skate Park just south of Downtown OKC is a hot spot for teens to show off their moves. And skateboard star Mason Locke knows his way around a skate park, but Mason is now board less after he says he was jumped earlier this week. read more…
San Antonio, Oklahoma City urban waterways anchor cities’ pride, vision (Dallas Morning News)
One is a beloved historic river with a brilliant new attraction incorporating 12 art installations and parks designed for soothing reconnection to the waterway. The other is a smartly designed canal created out of optimism for a prairie city with a tragic past. read more…
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Resolved Question: Voters: Do the following incidents and dates of occurrence seem odd to you? ?
OMNIBUS COUNTERTERRORISM ACT OF 1995–MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 104-31) (House of Representatives - February 09, 1995)
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1995_cr/h950209-terror.htm
On April 19, 1995, around 9:03 a.m., just after parents dropped their children off at day care at the Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, the unthinkable happened.
http://www.cnn.com/US/OKC/bombing.html
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Further around the bend?
Jefferson and all the founders made one thing absolutely clear: Government will eventually resist any restraints against attainment of ever-greater powers.
If you’ve never served in the armed forces, you can’t understand the porosity of the veil between sanity and the alternative. Nor would you know how easily a drill instructor/drill sergeant can push any recruit over the edge, if he/she so intended.
My question should - for anyone with the gifts to distinguish - highlight just how identical the parties are and lead us to deeper questions such as: What possessed so many Americans to assume - even to be so absolutely certain - that there were significant differences between the parties?
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Robinson: An excellent answer. Thanks. I differ on one, key issue, though. Your clarity of facts isn’t a thing most Americans share. Propose a bill that rips away at our freedoms and, in ordinary circumstances, it will fail. In the shadows of tragedy, however, facts become as irrelevant as rights.
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Robinson: an excellent retort.
Still, I’m in good company (Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Ronald Reagan) denying myself the simplistic luxury of trusting government. Any Government.
Power is inescapably prone to coalesce from those governed into the hands of governance. I dare say that, were I to hold office, my resolve would become as questionable to me as to those now in power.
As challenges face any legislature, the simplest and most obvious solutions are held at bay by individual liberties. If only they could expand their powers - and only a little - they could nip this or that in the bud.
Reality always sets in, though. Take away the right to face one’s accuser and, tho the risk of blatant abuses by a defendant’s attorney are silenced, if that defendant is, in fact, not guilty, the impact on jurors of seeing the accused stare unhindered into the eyes of the accuser is lost. Permit unwarranted searches…same thing.
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Resolved Question: OKC and the new basketball team
I live in the heart of downtown OKC. I believe that we have deserved a pro franchise for awhile. So since I will obviously be biased, can anyone not from Seattle or OKC tell me what the big deal is with OKC having a NBA franchise.
Remeber when New Orleans had the Hornets before Katrina they were very poor at keeping attendance. We took the team in so they could still play ball and got their attendance up to #7. It would’ve been higher if they hadn’t played 3 games in New Orleans that year.
Seattle had poor attendance and were offered the chance to keep the team if a new arena and better facilities were built. They did not comply.
So please give me a good reason how OKC or Clay Bennett did something wrong. I will be open to any answer.
All answers are real good so far. For the people that don’t know this yet 15,000 Oklahomans ordered season tickets within one week of them going on sale.
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Voting Question: Do anyone hate the place they live in?
I sure do, OKC is really boring. Everything is so far away from each other, the whole terrain is nothing but flat plains, there are barely any trees here for god sake. The night life is lame, and ends early (2am don’t make me laugh). Almost everyone here is married really young, and there is nothing for the person who loves to party, have a good time. All they think about is OU Football this and that. The Downtown area reminds me of living in a Model Town like from BEATLE JUICE!!, and the tornados, geezzz. Only good thing about the place is people are nice, but they are lame and get amused by stupid little things like a car accident or a fish eating another fish up, i can go on and on. So do you hate the place you live in? If so, why and how bad?
I’m moving back to NYC later this summer, thank god for that.
JIMSOUL, i was born and raised in NYC, NY has trees besides central park, ever been to Staten Island? Or Long Island? I think not. Yes it’s true, alot of people there are rude, but i don’t give a crap, as long as i have my family and best friends there. Not all of them are rude though, just a bunch.
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