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Originally Posted by J.T.
. . .And he has obviously never heard of Spell Check. Good grief.
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Originally Posted by J.T.
. . .And he has obviously never heard of Spell Check. Good grief.
Actually, it is very clean. It comes from a spring that forms the headwater of the river just a couple of miles upstream. I remember hearing that if you dipped a glass of it, it would be amazingly clear. There is a reason for it being the color it is (Plantlife or something?) but it is not because it is unclean. So, Mav idiots- open mouth, insert foot and do your research first.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2centsworth
Cueball calls it a "rivalry" and then locks his blog so that nobody else can present an opposing POV. What a pussy ... so typical of him.
OK, Dallas folks, here's what you don't understand about SA and why ripping the river is significant. Time for a little history 101.
The first thing to understand is that what we know today as the San Antonio River starts just north of downtown from springs which come out of the Edwards Acquifer. The steady source of good, clean water is what lures the Spanish to establish a set of missions in the area in the 1700s. Without that source of water, the city of San Antonio would not only have struggled - it might not have even ever been founded. With the river's constant flow, San Antonio is established in 1718.
It's the 1920s. The San Antonio River is an uncontrolled stream working its way through downtown. Periodic river floods kill scores of people and wreak havoc on downtown. A plan is published to divert most of the river away from downtown and pave over the rest of it. A group of women form the San Antonio Conservation Society and convince the city that the river is an asset to be managed and shown off rather than to be buried in concrete. The Great Depression prevents significant work until ten years later, when downtown voters establish a special taxing district to fund development of what we now know as the Riverbend. By the mid-40s, what would have been major flooding events bypass downtown due to the design of the flood control gates on the river and the Olmos Dam located just north of downtown. Businesses such as Casa Rio start to open locations on the river - the Paseo del Rio - now that it has been proven to be safe. Casa Rio's success draws other businesses over time.
Warp a couple of decades later. For whatever reasons, there's not much going on in San Antonio from a business perspective, but tourism and conventions are increasingly a large part of San Antonio's economy. Hemisfair '68, the World's Fair, introduces people from around the world to San Antonio and its Riverwalk, recently extended to the Hemisfair site. These people, like most San Antonians, fall in love with the concept and the cluster of retail and dining establishments along the river. It becomes inextricably a part of San Antonio's character. Along with the Alamo, the Riverwalk is something in which nearly all San Antonians take great pride. It's also year in and year out the one of the top visitor destinations in the state of Texas according to Texas Highways.
San Antonio, even with a population well over a million, still has a "small town" sort of feel. Some from larger metro areas will say it's parochial, but San Antonians take great pride in their city. The Spurs are one example, but the Riverwalk and the Alamo are two things you just don't insult. Insulting the San Antonio River is considered as low-class as it would be if Peter Holt came out and made some snide remark about Cuban's pregnant wife. People here still haven't forgiven Ozzy Osborne for taking a leak off the top of the Alamo 20+ years ago, and essentially Mark Cuban has done the same thing and in a much more public manner. Insult the river, and you insult all San Antonians.
Cuban hasn't ever lived here, big tycoon that he is. Most Dallas fans haven't, either. The river is much more a part of San Antonio culture than ANYTHING in the metroplex. There is nothing up here (I've lived up here the last six years) that even comes close.
Yes, some will say "you have nothing else to take pride in down there." And if you do, you have just magnified why Cuban's mockery pisses people off so much.
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Originally Posted by Mavtek
:owned
i think its better to put mr cuban in the river walk of africa!!!! :elephant
I have no idea what this means.Quote:
Originally Posted by kalikot_boy_kr
This is but one more proof, if another was needed, that money can't buy class.
IMO, the best thing for Spurs fans to do is run his ass out of the building on Monday.
Dallas thinks that the Riverwalk is so terrible, that they're spending millions upon millions to copy it on that drainage ditch they call the Trinity.
Well, when you can't get their the legit way you have to find one way or another to.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2centsworth
I.E. Self proclaim it one. :lol
The Spurs and Lakers was a RIVALRY. The Spurs and Mavs is nothing more than the older brother kicking the little brothers ass game after game and every once and a while the older bro gets bored and lets a game slip but in the end the bigger brother always wins.
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Originally Posted by Extra Stout
I wonder when TNT puts out the Mavs gone fishin' pic, will they be fishing in the Riverwalk?
I'll take that. You bring the glass, I'll drink it. Seriously, PM me the details.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mavtek
AJ as Looter?
:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao
Man, who cares? Nobody dislikes the Riverwalk, especially Okies (er, Dallasites). Cuban's so pissed right now that his team is on the cusp of choking away this series that he's flaling away blindly at anything. I saw the video of his tirade and I must admit it's one of the funnier videos of celebs when they go stupid. Up until now, most saw Cuban as the young, risk taking entrepreneur who had revitatlized a moribund franchise. Well, you can only go so far with that. Once celebs no longer are able to find that rush, look out! The fun's just started. The distance from there to running joke is quite small.
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Originally Posted by Mavtek
Well, the thing is city smack is juvenile, stupid....and typically reserved for fans, etc. that either don't know shit about the game or have anything relevant to say. I'm just waiting for the "My daddy can kick your daddy's ass" retort.
The San Antonio Riverwalk has absolutely nothing to do with this series, and taking pot-shots at it just shows what a juvenile little ass-munch he is.
If you read the article it says that "fans are cursing at me when I stand up". WTF do fucking expec when you're fucking blocking their veiw???????????????????!!!!!!!!!!! And after the comments you made about the RiverWalk I would not even set foot in SA again. You talk about Spurs fans as if they were shit but first look in the mirror!
A funny sidenote is that Cuban had to summon something Red McCombs was (allegedly) quoted as saying by the Express-News as if to justify his River tirade. He's not the owner, Marky Mark.
Man, Holt Cat looks better every day.
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While it is likely the San Antonio River will never again resemble the crystal torrent that early explorers found, significant water quality improvements have been documented recently. In June of 2002 scientists from the San Antonio River Authority discovered a log perch, a darter that is highly sensitive to pollution, in the San Antonio River below Loop 410. In this area the River is almost completely water that started as raw sewage and was cleaned up at SAWS' Salado Creek Water Recycling Center. Up until the late 1980s poor treatment plant operations, poor stormwater quality, and influxes of dumped toxic materials resulted in a "dead zone" here that extended for many miles downstream. Officials said that finding a sensitive fish species such as the log perch indicates SAWS' treatment plant operations have been vastly improved and stabilized, the City's stormwater control program has been effective, and residents have done their part by ending their dumping of anti-freeze, oil, and household chemicals that kill fish. In recent years, in addition to the log perch, biologists have found other sensitive species such as stonerollers and long-eared sunfish. The River is now rated relatively highly on a scientific index that measures biotic integrity, and biologists expect the sensitive species to continue migrating toward the downtown area.
Here's the Cuban story:
He's a whiny little geek who learned about computers and was fortunate to be in a position to take advantage of the biggest boom in any industry since the industrial revolution. In the dot com boom EVERYONE was making money. I give him credit for having the sense to not go overboard and sell before the bubble burst. But what in the HELL does this have to do with basketball? This guy knows as much about basketball as my little 5 year old neice. He is nothing but a shameless promoter who will do everything it takes to create controversy. PT Barnum on hardcourt. If you think about it, without Cuban's insanse rants and AJ's off the wall bullshit the Mavs would basically be a small ball team with a giant German shooting jumpers. Cuban feels like he has to be THE story, and that ultimately harms his teams. Like I said, this guy knows nothing about basketball - he knows how to promote himself and his endeavors. While that's not bad in itself, it won't help you win Championships, and that is all we in SA care about is the Championships. TEAM.
rev up the "mud queen" chants for ms cuban's return...
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Originally Posted by SpursStillTippin
This is a joke, the best joke of America history. What is the culture of SA? River Walk? Alamo? Shame on those stores in front of Alamo. What do they do to honor Alamo beside making money? Why all SA school districts are using Dallas Robinhood money to help this culture rich city? You don't understand what is culture. So, stay in River walk and get drunk.
Duncan is a referee made super star and please reference 2004 Dream Team. FIBA Sucks = Tim Duncan.
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Originally Posted by Kori Ellis
1) It is I'm.
2) I got the concept of a rivalry the first three times you defined it. Move along.
3) I am too bored to read any more.
:lol
Someone hasn't been to SA. Yeah, the River and Alamo is all. Everyone wants to live downtown. Hill Country? What's that?Quote:
Originally Posted by CPIM
NBA rules make all superstars. Oberto could guard Duncan in that scrum dictated by FIBA rules. In the NBA he barely sees the court.Quote:
Duncan is a referee made super star and please reference 2004 Dream Team. FIBA Sucks = Tim Duncan.
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Originally Posted by CPIM
If this isn't Mouse, I don't know what is.