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Tony should be ashamed of himself. This is why I drive past 2 Home Depots to shop at Lowes.

Well said, any many of the sentiments I've felt as well.

Apparently, since I happen to enjoy an occasional treat of brie or glass of pinot noir, I'm less of an American.

Amazing structure, very striking part of the city's skyline. I visited it two summers ago with my grandfather, who grew up in West St. Paul but moved to Los Angeles after World War II, and it was his first visit to the building. Scared him as a kid, he said, being raised Lutheran and hearing all those nasty stories about Catholics.

He was sorry that was his first time inside.

Nance -

There's a light year of difference between two parents with normal, 9-5 jobs (or even casino jobs, in Las Vegas!) and parents who are working long days every day, if they're even home at all.

I'd bet the number of nights that either Palin parent spent 4 hours at home is outnumbered by the number of nights neither did.

Don't like it on two levels.

First, I don't think it's appropriate for any family to have five children in today's world. We are not in feudal Europe and we don't need kids to survive. 2 kids max - replace yourselves.

Secondly, it's so disingenuous for the "family values" party to stick behind Gov. Palin here. Mother of five with an absentee father (those trips to the North Slope probably weren't a daily commute) decided to take a full-time-plus job, and guess what happens? Mom's away, kids played and now there are six Palin kids, not just five.

These are family values!?!?!? Two parents with barely-at-home jobs making more and more babies?

I'll pass on those values, thank you very much.

The question is NOT whether fares cover construction. They won't.

The question is this:

How many cars can light rail pull off roads? Not only now, but in the future.

Look at the US 95 corridor to the Northwest as an example.

Let's say there's 150,000 cars on U.S. 95 today, and it would cost $2 billion for a light rail system that would draw 50,000 riders daily.

Could you realistically expand the capacity of US 95 from 150,000 to 200,000 cars daily for less than $2 billion? (Given the construction costs for the last widening project, as well as estimates for I-15 widening and I-515 widening, I'd guess no.)

Nonetheless — I don't think US 95 is the corridor for this. I think Flamingo or Tropicana would be a better light rail corridor than the freeways — those are streets that just can't carry any more cars, plain and simple. It's time to think of another option for carrying more people through those corridors.

Any cheap ideas?

Glendale would be a central location for UNLV, New Mexico and San Diego State, and would be a warm-weather destination for the fickle Wyoming fans. Plenty of BYU support in Phoenix as well.

My bad on the Delta Center. But the point remains the same — the folks from Albuquerque, Laramie and Fort Collins don't want to go to Salt Lake for a week in March, because what exactly will they do after the games? Make snow angels and see what on their dinner plate tastes good with fry sauce? They didn't even want to go to DENVER for a week in March.

Assuming that the Anschutz/Harrahs arena won't be open until 2012, the MWC should give the tourney one year — and only one year — in Glendale, Ariz. If it works, alternate back and forth between Glendale and the new AEG Vegas arena. If it doesn't... the discussion should be closed.

Cox Arena in San Diego's too small. Delta Center won't sell beer. LA and Anaheim already have tournaments and Denver was already a failure.

Unless someone plans on building a 15,000 seat arena in St. George, Flagstaff or Farmington, or unless Phoenix could prove viable, the tournament belongs in Las Vegas.

Don't gloss over how Sheriff Joe thinks the 1st Amendment doesn't apply to his office, as he routinely threatens/attempts to have reporters arrested for investigating his office.

Jon - If the anti-taxers cut enough, could the state fall so far behind in federal benchmarks — miss SO many federal standards for performance in education, health care, whatever — that it risks a takeover by D.C.?

If so, what a great legacy that would be for Jim Gibbons and Chuck Muth!