tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post8169832192254607650..comments2024-02-29T14:00:40.184-05:00Comments on Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Hubris, Thy Name is TysonsRestonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15519884797760354007noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-50584416915541461572012-11-01T20:03:04.770-04:002012-11-01T20:03:04.770-04:00How does Tysons ever become truly pedestrian-orien...How does Tysons ever become truly pedestrian-oriented? Hint: It can't! That is the Big Lie that county planners, the politicos, the developers and their financiers have succeeded in spreading far and wide. A massive scheme to defraud the taxpayer for the benefit of a handful of property owners and builders? Yeppers, that's the ticket!A Rose By Any Other Namenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-28780293991747034662012-10-31T15:37:45.517-04:002012-10-31T15:37:45.517-04:00Tysons is much maligned. There are many good thing...Tysons is much maligned. There are many good things about Tysons. For example, Tysons has a Ranger Surplus store; DC does not. Ranger Surplus is the last remaining Army-Navy store chain in the area, with recession proof prices everyday. If you're a high income hillbilly redneck that due to the sudden collapse of the U.S. government has an urgent need for a can of pepper spray, a nightstick, a big ass knive and a pea coat, then the Ranger Surplus store in Tysons could be the difference between you being gobbled up by the chaos of a violent sea mob of angry liberals fleeing D.C. toward the rich suburbs armed with Starbucks Gold cards and Section 8 housing vouchers, or standing your ground on common areas ownered by your cluster's HOA. Tysons is sorta like the modern day version of Petersburg, Virginia from the Civil War. During the Battle of the Crater, Union troops secretly dug a tunnel and exploded a mine underneath Confederate troops that resulted in a massive crater into which Union troops marched, only to be shot to pieces by the surviving Confederates. Flash forward to the modern era and we saw witnessed a gang of Union (Commumnist) Army federal transportation thugs at one point suggest building a similar tunnel under Tysons as part of the Silver Line. The plan/plot was to plant a mine under the Tysons Galleria, explode it and redevelope the resultant crater as a 338,000 unit workforce housing complex named in honor of Cathy Hudgins. Fortunately, a founding patriot member of the Tysons Teabagger Coalition Against Presidents With A Kenyan Heritage overheard the planning of the detonation of the mine through a Vietnam-era Army radio he purchased at Ranger Surplus. Just imagine, without Ranger Surplus there might not be a Michael Kors store at Tysons.Mean Daddy Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-20580650962117567082012-10-31T14:53:10.890-04:002012-10-31T14:53:10.890-04:00The only thing "baaaaaad" about Tyson...The only thing "baaaaaad" about Tyson's is going to be the traffic. Thank goodness that it will only cost $17 to skirt most of it on the DTR.The Convictnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-34845905174036498822012-10-31T12:37:43.089-04:002012-10-31T12:37:43.089-04:00Hmmmm....
Maybe we could get the White House and ...Hmmmm....<br /><br />Maybe we could get the White House and US Capitol moved to Reston in the station area, say, one at town center, the other at Wiehle. <br /><br />Then we'd see who's baaaaaad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com