Mountains in Dallas? Really??

[jefffwd]

There are so many things wrong with this article from yesterday's New York Post that it isn't even funny...

PREZ WILL NOT BE HIDING IN BUSHES :jester:
September 23, 2008

GEORGE W. Bush, soon to be former president of the United States of America, ex-commander in chief of the Armed Forces, prior leader of the free world, is not leaving immortality to go back to the cowflop of Crawford, Texas. Although he might still keep that ranch because after his years in the Oval Office he may be addicted to manure, I know for a 100 percent fact it's not where he permanently plans to hang his signed photos.

In four months Mr. and Mrs. Bush move to a town outside Dallas called Preston Hollow, one of the wealthiest areas in the oil-rich state of Texas. Houses come with horse stables, lake views, mountain views, golf club views. Kiddies, mother is telling you do not cry for Argentina - or Dubya. He's not going from the White House to any cockamamie cramped two-bedroom apartment with hot- and cold-running mortgages. Laura does not beat around the Bushes. She's been to their new home, checked it out, and it's a big house on five acres. Their broker is the Lone Star State's premier Realtor Allie Beth Allman. George and Laura are going top cabin all the way.

So far this is - or was - top secret around Dallas.

[elmstreetdallas]

I wonder if it's this near 5-acre estate on Strait:

http://www.alliebethallman.com/perl/mlsd.pl?c=aba&p=1&ListingID=11017264

[RobertB]

The Morning News got a laugh out of the NYPost, too.

President Bush could buy in Dallas' Preston Hollow but home won't have mountain views as reported by NYC paper
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
By JESSICA MEYERS / The Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-bushdallas_24met.ART.State.Edition1.2696395.html

Memo to New York City: Preston Hollow is a neighborhood in Dallas, not a separate town. There aren't any mountain ranges in North Texas. And President Bush and his wife, Laura, haven't yet purchased a home here, according to the Realtor linked to a story in Tuesday's New York Post.

[...] Dallas Realtor Allie Beth Allman, who runs high-end Allie Beth Allman & Associates, said the report was false and that the Post never contacted her for comment. But she did acknowledge that she has shown the Bushes several properties "in areas you would suspect," adding that they are "not far enough along" in their house hunting to make a decision.

[...]Ms. Adams' assistant said the gossip columnist could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Myself, I'd like to see those horse stables.

[TowerGuy]

You can't expect accuracy from a rag owned by Rupert Murdoch...RRRrrrrrrr!

[cowboyeagle05]

One Question does NYPost consider themselves a pillar of journalism? And the Press wonders why no one reads the paper anymore.

[AeroD]

One Question does NYPost consider themselves a pillar of journalism? And the Press wonders why no one reads the paper anymore.

Say what you will about traditional newspapers, but a newspaper is much easier to hold and read in the restroom than say your smartphone or laptop checking out a blog.

:smokecld:

[RobertB]

Say what you will about traditional newspapers, but a newspaper is much easier to hold and read in the restroom than say your smartphone or laptop checking out a blog.

:smokecld:
I dunno... one of my fellow choir members loaded the Bible on his PDA, and uses it to read along with the preacher.

(He really looks... well, I don't want to say 'weird', but it's definitely incongruous.)

[cowboyeagle05]

Say what you will about traditional newspapers, but a newspaper is much easier to hold and read in the restroom than say your smartphone or laptop checking out a blog.

:smokecld:

I don't have a problem with the medium just the attitude of the people controlling it. Their numbers are deteriorating for a number of reasons including bad reporting like the story posted above. E-ink might be what replaces newspapers and the technology is almost paper thin now unlike the Amazon Kindle many know about already. People do have a choice today so make sure you are their choice by doing quality reporting if that's what your business is.