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2. Dan's Hamburgers (1973)
The best burger in town, hands down for four decades.
It received consideration. Very personal and subjective rankings.@Ketchum - Fonda San Miguel should be #1 ;-)
Threadgills is too young.Hoffbrau... have no idea how that place is still open. Threadgill's should probably be on that list if Hoffbrau gets a nod.
We're talking about different things.I cited Elliot's BEHAVIOR, he made himself the outlier, he got ZERO help from me in that department. I see no current teammates behaving publicly as he does.
Contrast that with Breckyn Hager telling Coach Tom Herman during a game last season, "I love you man!", or words to that effect. He's still on the team.
Contrary to alleging you are naive, I'm going by the objective evidence at hand.
How am I wrong. Lay it out for me.It amazes me that you can pass judgement on a people's and an event from 1400 miles away that you have no 1st hand experience or practical knowledge of. You are tops on your field partly because of the standards you hold yourself to as a journalist. You are falling to use them here.
That was a UH team that finished the season unranked. Thus, the disappointment.Its all about perspective. Here we are so starved for a 9 win season it's seems ludicrous to call it disappointing. But after a 13 win season, to lose to Navy, SMU and Memphis in the same year was disappointing to Houston fans.
What the statue of limitations on hate and bigotry? Serious question.From the perspective of the people he wrote hatefully about, I expect only a few dozen saw his posts those years ago. So this journalist who dredged all this up from long ago, spread the hatred among millions of new people who were hurt by it and reopened the old wounds of the few who saw it originally. That's on the journalist if you are really worried about the feelings of those who would be hurt by it, instead of lusting for punishment of the baseball player. Most people in the public sensibly see that the actions of the journalist here are not a good thing, not for society, not for those who would be injured by the words, nor really anyone but the journalist who gets credit for breaking what other journalists see as a big story.
That's fair.In order to fully judge Herman you have to wait until he has his players and not a mix. Even Saban had the same problem. I think now that he has the right OL coach we will see quite an improvement on the offensive side of the ball. Plus the fact that the guys aren't learning a new system makes a big difference.
I always strive to do better. In my defense, it's late July and I'm basically out of different off-season takes.Ketch - I usually don't feel this way , but it seems to me that you teed up some very interesting topics and IMHO didn't develop them. The in depth analysis seemed lacking and felt kind of like a drive by effort especially topics 1 & 2.
BTW - Normally love the column my man.
Nothing remotely like that. Ever.I don't think you can view this in a vacuum. Did you not say stupid or irresponsibly immature things as teenager? Have you changed mentally since high school?
a. I spent a lot of time on the East side. Personally, I wasn't wired like you.When I was a kid, living in east Austin next to Reagan, I used the N-word, hated gays, called girls hoes, etc. Most boys go through that phase. I don't use those words anymore.
That's not really what anyone is discussing. Yes, people can change. That's not the topic at hand.People change, their perceptions change as dictated by experience.
Not disputing how great he can be.Spieth’s accomplishments at age 24 are in line with Jack, better than Tiger, and WAY better than Phil:
Major 1st place, Major 2nd place, Major 3rd place, Total pro wins
Jack: 3, 3, 2, 12
Jordan 3, 3, 1, 14
Tiger: 2, 0, 2, 15
Phil 0, 0, 1, 4
The key to winning Majors is to consistently be in position to win because it is HARD to win. Spieth has done that better than anybody since Jack and has a historically solid winning percentage when in position to win.
The most stupid thing of the three things you mentioned is the deal involving the fans.The whole Hader thing is stupid. It was stupid for him to say those things then, even as a teenager. But it was much, much stupider for a journalist to dig that stuff up all these years later for no good reason.
I think the fans giving him an ovation was more a sign of support than a sign of adoration.
Nothing to see here... Move along.
In order to fully judge Herman you have to wait until he has his players and not a mix. Even Saban had the same problem.
Ok, then please give me an explanation complete lock that the Democrat party has had on the city of Milwaukee mayor office, appointed police chiefs, city councils, etc for the last 100 years and the issue of racism. So, a whole city of racists (ecept those going to Brewers games) have been electing progressive democrats st every level of city and county government for the last 60 years. Can you explain that accusation of yours? No. There is a reason for race issues in Milwaukee but most of them have to do with geographical segregation and education which the Democrat elected institution maintains and not the hearts of the residents. The God we went through mandated desegregation in the South. We are better for it. There was no such mandate up here and politicians refuse to address it.I've heard and read quite a bit about the issues of Milwaukee and race. It's received quite the spotlight.
It's impossible to discuss the horrible optics of that moment this weekend without acknowledging the uncomfortable truths that come with the discussion.
You have read about a few specific episodes from 1400 miles away. You are a good man Ketch. But, the race issues in Milwaukee are very different from those in Texas and the South. I promise, you have no concept of what they can be. They are more hardwired in the gyrations of political structure and geography than in the hearts of the people. I jave pastored over 3000 souls in a mostly conservative area and they abhor racism, won't stand for it. They get it. They are proud of their magnamity and that is what they were applauding that night.I've heard and read quite a bit about the issues of Milwaukee and race. It's received quite the spotlight.
It's impossible to discuss the horrible optics of that moment this weekend without acknowledging the uncomfortable truths that come with the discussion.
Not disputing how great he can be.
We're talking about different things.
I'm more educated on the subject than you probably believe, and yes, there's a lot of nuance there.Ok, then please give me an explanation complete lock that the Democrat party has had on the city of Milwaukee mayor office, appointed police chiefs, city councils, etc for the last 100 years and the issue of racism. So, a whole city of racists (ecept those going to Brewers games) have been electing progressive democrats st every level of city and county government for the last 60 years. Can you explain that accusation of yours? No. There is a reason for race issues in Milwaukee but most of them have to do with geographical segregation and education which the Democrat elected institution maintains and not the hearts of the residents. The God we went through mandated desegregation in the South. We are better for it. There was no such mandate up here and politicians refuse to address it.
You have read about a few specific episodes from 1400 miles away. You are a good man Ketch. But, the race issues in Milwaukee are very different from those in Texas and the South. I promise, you have no concept of what they can be. They are more hardwired in the gyrations of political structure and geography than in the hearts of the people. I jave pastored over 3000 souls in a mostly conservative area and they abhor racism, won't stand for it. They get it. They are proud of their magnamity and that is what they were applauding that night.
Of course, I do.Understand, just didn’t know if you realized how great he already has been despite losing a few majors with the lead. It happens to the best of them...Jack won 18 Majors but came in 2nd 19 times.
Threadgills is too young.
What the statue of limitations on hate and bigotry? Serious question.
Let's pick the imaginary non-racist city out there that is free of these issues. Let's say a player on the team beats a woman and his first time back on the field, the fans stand up and give him a standing ovation.
and as a restaurant in 1981Have to quibble with you. It's only 6 years younger than Fonda San Miguel. According to the link, started in 1933 as a gas station and watering hole... and as a restaurant in 1981.
Claims Janis Joplin developed her style there. That's some pretty original Austin stuff, IMO.
http://www.threadgills.com/history/
For the public.Statutes of limitations apply to criminal matters and civil lawsuits, not to personal insults. But if you are serious about your question, the closest criminal or civil matter to compare it to would be defamation, which in about half the states is a one-year statute of limitation and in the other half is two-years. Tennessee is six months. The longest any state would have to something similar is three years for libel in a few states (Arkansas, Rhode Island). Generally a minor can't be criminally charged with libel, slander or defamation in most states, although their parents might be sued in some states for their child's conduct. Clearly, in this case, defamation, slander or libel from many years ago when a minor either cannot be charged at all or would be long past relevant statutes of limitations.
You're going to need to give me as much context as possible.Serious question. Bobby Burton or someone at 247 sends you an email about one of your employees at OB. Maybe it is Alex or Dustin or Such. He gives you proof that back when they were juniors in high school they wrote something terrible, maybe racist or sexist or homophobic or someway insulting to another person. Would you fire that employee? Or would you wonder why Bobby Burton or 247 has dug up something 27 years old on Such or 15 years old on Dustin? Would their pleas when you confront them that they don't think at all like that now, they were running with a bad crowd and trying to impress some tough guys in high school, would that matter? Or need they be punished? Or would the motives of the accuser and your curiosity about why they were digging around in Such or Dustin's distant past history going to override that?
You're going to need to give me as much context as possible.
Frankly, I don't live in a world where I motives don't get evaluated, but there are things that could be so terrible that motive doesn't matter.
Also, what is being discussed is how the fans reacted. That's it, at least as it pertains to my comments in the column.
Please. I was raised as a "Born Again" Christian in an Assembly of God church. Lots of the fundamentalist teachings were ingrained in me. I also harbored some taught feelings about homosexuals, so in every respect (when I was in high school and college) I was homophobic. I'm sure I called people fags (friends who, as Michael Scott would say, acted gay) and made crude comments about homosexuals. Over the years, I went through an Agnostic phase, and radically changed my views on homosexuality and many other areas. None of these learned views of mine, mind you was in how I have ever viewed people from different races, but the general point remains. I was young, then grew up and developed my own views of the world which are radically different from when I was in high school and college.Nothing remotely like that. Ever.
a. I spent a lot of time on the East side. Personally, I wasn't wired like you.
b. Not even close to what happened with Hader. Apples and Buicks.
That's not really what anyone is discussing. Yes, people can change. That's not the topic at hand.