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Armybrat

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  1. That’s a political thread to comment about any topic, including old & new things. In that particular case it was a real example of government directly punishing a media entity for factual reporting of a scandal that occured in Austin and was subsequently “buried”. I have no idea why you would be offended because I quoted the post.
  2. Reminiscing about a case in 1960s Austin…. Up until 60 years ago Austin, Texas had only one TV station (channel 7 CBS) owned by the President Lyndon Johnson family business. Luckily, after several years of consumer pressure overcoming LBJ’s reluctance, the FCC granted a license for a new 2nd TV station (either ABC or NBC - I don’t remember) which quickly went on the air. Several months later one of the new station’s news reporters went on the air documenting a scandal whereby a group of local and state democrat politicians used insider information to buy up hundreds of acres of nearby rural land cheaply before announcing that the City of Austin was going to purchase the property to build a huge power plant and a lake for cooling purposes. Also to include a park. Of course the City bought the land from the crooked politicians for triple the price they paid for it a few months earlier before the announcement. It caused quite a backlash of criticism among the citizenry, but local media went silent when several months later the FCC mysteriously and without much comment refused to renew that TV station’s license to operate…and it went off the air. Ever since then, it seems that Austin media “investigative reporters” have been afraid to push any truthful news of several scandals of city property purchases, building projects, massive social programs for the homeless…etc
  3. Are those two assholes from Jasper or Vidor?
  4. I think he’s been unhinged for years.
  5. My son built a deck stage in his back yard for his occasional bbq party band:
  6. DM Handcruiser who posted right above you - he should point you in the right direction.
  7. Ranking 2025 SEC OOC football schedules… http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2025/7/13/22677895/ranking-the-2025-sec-college-football-out-of-conference-schedules-alabama-uga-ole-miss-texas Don’t let those SEC mouth breathers diss UT for playing an inept SHS.
  8. One of these might be more practical.
  9. Me too - hanging by this one in my den
  10. I’d like to see him do it in Dallas - for a just cause. Thursday it’ll be on the SEC channel.
  11. Corn prices must be down.
  12. That’s not mine, just a random photo that looks just like it. Sold mine in 1967 for $600.
  13. 1960 MGA Roadster.
  14. Thigh
  15. Posted on the Austin Skyscraper forum by Monarch…
  16. Mrs. Brat and our oldest son are SWT grads (she was also in their band). Both are staunch Longhorn fans. I went to UT, the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, St. Edward’s, and SWT.
  17. Aw shucks, ain’t that a shame.
  18. That’s an understatement.
  19. [Sam Kinison.gif]
  20. Avatar seems appropriate.
  21. Nope- son is a normal size human He did take advantage of the free buffet though
  22. My son is down in that south end zone club
  23. Don’t diss Civics if you please. They are rocket ships compared to what I drove 60 years ago…..
  24. I shall refrain from making Nicole jokes
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