Haaa, thats funny, right here in Kansas City also, which very few people know about, we have our own Identical Harrison Ford look alike, about the same age, grey hair, same face and same attitude too.
they look just alike, stand both of em' side by side ya couldn't tell em' apart !
and his name is STAN, has a business right over off Blue Ridge Blvd in Independence missouri.
Its called - Stans Auto Repair !
If you seen him you'd think Harrison Ford was working on your Car !!
they look that much alike !
1/4/2013
I recently had to go over to Shawnee Kansas, at 75th & Quivira, I hadn't been there since the late 1990's,, What a SURPRISE I got, that Shopping Strip Mall Center at 75th & Quivira, in the Northeast corner, where Brotherhood Bank Sits and where the DILLIONS Grocery Store used to be is all GONE now,, its practically Vacant & sitting Empty, with FOR LEASE / SALE signs on most of the Store Shops at that Strip Center !!
Back when I used to go over there a lot, DILLIONS & Blockbuster were thriving, and it was quite a busy shopping center most of the time, YORK Hair Salon was there, WaldenBooks was there and a Bar/pub and a restraunt,,,
now - NOT much is there at all !!!
Typical example of what I mean, most of these are NOT long term Future anything, yet cities just can't see that - they live for the moment - part of that sounds good, so it must be true rhetoric !!
I'll bet whatever goes in this Merriam Shopping Center - IKEA or other wise, won't be there 10 years from now, and end up VACANT just like the rest of these over hyped strip mall Fiasco's - sitting vacant with FOR LEASE Signs on them - just like 75TH & Quivira and the many others across kansas city - it all = BLIGHT & poor insight into future planning !
How many more of these Vacant Mega Strip Malls does this town really need ???
Another Example is the Vacant Strip Mall at Noland Road & 40 Hwy , in Independence Missouri,, where a WAL MART used to be years ago, then a Pets Mart moved into that, and now their gone too, and so it sits Vacant !!!
"The first year's sales revenue is ""Estimated"" - & state of Kansas is ""Estimated"" - Lammers says the ""Potential"" - """I'm very optimistic"" - All those Fancy Hyped Projections & Grand Illusions is exactly what got them stuck with the Vacant Merriam Town Center anyway back when they were talking the same Illusionary Rhetoric when they planned that Now Vacant Town center - same Rhetoric and Illusions, ALONG with the I-35 & 67th Street Proposed Shopping center where Western Electric used to sit, that NEVER got Built either. Its all a "Dog & PONY SHOW", with a lotta HYPE and over realistic expectations, always has been, its this way with every Building Venture these cities go into, then - when it crashes, and ask those about those "Expectations & Projections", you can't find them , or, NO Comment !
It just cracks me up to hear the way they talk and sling the Rhetoric at some of those meetings with their Grand Illusions and Fantasy Ideas !
I dunno' but with the economy the way it is, and everything as expensive as it is now days and everything going up, I just don't see a whole lotta people CONSTANTLY going Shopping to support these kinda stores for "DECADES" on end !
They built a shopping center over at I-70 east of 291 on the North side back in 2005 and had some weird name electronics retailer come blowing in there trying to sell $5,000 to $12,000 TV's and over priced Electronic gadgets, and it failed within a year, and then sat vacant for a while, now theres a Bed Bath Beyond there for now,,
Again, lotta hoopla and grand illusions just as before, until the bottom falls out, then wheres all that Rhetoric and illusions ??
Same ol' Stuff, its just a Grand Circus announcement, filled with hype and Catch Phrases to attract attention.
Question is will any of it actually be there 7 to 10 years from now ?????
Typical Prime Example right here, of People trying to "Live Large", and will do anything to have that "Fantasy Illusion Lifestyle" - Big New SUV, Truck, Boat, Motorcycle, 2nd home, Lake house, you name it, even if they have to LIE to get whatever they want to maintain that Illusionary BS Lifestyle at All Costs No Matter What !!
Strange that back in the 1940's & 1950's & 1960's people were just happy putting some kind of a roof over their heads that they could actually Afford, and hold some type of Job.
Now Days everybody thinks they need to live some Movie Star Lifestyle or RockStar lifestyle and attempt to have that lifestyle no matter what - and usually what it boils down to is a BEER Budget, but thats NOT good enough, gotta have more, lots more to Swell these peoples Ego's, more of that - "Look at Me", I'm All this and All that - in the end, the Truth comes back to bite em' in the Ass, now look at em' - so much for all that Look at Me Ego trips !
Americans need to get back to a real dose of "Reality", and go back living like many of our Grand Parents did,, just a Simple House, nothing elaborate or Fancy, no new cars or Trucks, no 2nd Luxury Vacation homes, just simple living, with some money in the bank, and the rest hidden away outside the bank, just in case .
There are many out here still wanting to live, what I refer to as the "Miami Vice Lifestyle", from the 1980's, that era of EASY CREDIT, Go-Go-Go- and somehow it'll all work itself out - and if I have to, I'll just lie a little, to get what they want however they can, they wanna live Large and well,, and put on a great "DOG & PONY SHOW" doin it which is All "Smoke & Mirrors" to begin with, but, it all looks good to outsiders who believe their utter BS, and if it looks good, than it must be good, till it comes around to bite em' in the Ass !!!
Kinda like that Executive of some college who was recently indicted for defrauding that College out of Millions of dollars to finance her Lavish Lifestyle, till she was caught, then she committed Suicide down in Florida - what was her name Karen Platz or something like that ????
Theres been so many instances of this across the country, involving Fraud - Corruption Schemes - Scams - Bribery , and i've noticed the age group of these individuals that are involved in much of this, are those in the 50's 60's 70's, when back about 25 - 30 years ago in the mid 1980's era,,, they would of been young, and they still want to believe and live like its that Era all over again,,, when it was a Grand Illusion to begin with, which is why I refer to it as the 'Miami Vice Life Style", Big Fancy Houses, Fancy Cars, Luxury Clothes, Luxury Jewelery - lotta,, I'm all this and all that BS Illusions, and Telling all kinds of lies & BS to hopefully get what they want - I've seen it, witnessed it and watched those who played that game for a while , eventually lose it All, especially those at the Corporate Level, who evidently think they need to live like that, and their Entitled and beloieve its Owed to them, seen that more times than I can count .
Just look at the Degenerates up on Wall Street and the Corrupt Banksters over the last 25 years !
As well as the phony Corrupt Politicians, the last 25 to 30 years !
The one thing I've noticed in every Criminal case, is the Age group of those under indictment involved in these type of cases, who are percieved as PROFFESIONALS, Percieved, sounds good, looks good, but Professional at doing what, other than being a Bull-Shit Artist ???
Their all in that 50's 60's 70's age group from that era long ago, with the exception of a few.
Hopefully 1 Day, Americans can & shall return to the pure pleasures of just simple living and enjoy the fact of being alive with what time they do have on this Earth with their family and friends without all this overly Material-istic Bull-Shit they think they need at All Costs, by any means possible !!
Wonder how long it'll be, before its Over-run with Baggy Pants Degenerate Thuggers, out to cause trouble, and before ya know it, become the Spot for Thuggery and Shootings, sure we'll be reading about it in the news eventually, with a name like "Black & Gold", its not difficult to Imagine !!!
Looks like a great Big piece of someones LEGO play toy someone left behind , is what it looks like ! Ohh well, it'll be intersting to see if its there 5 to 7 , even 10 years down the road !
Anybody wanna place bets ??
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Below the Video is a Link to sign the Petition to declare them a full Fledged Hate Group - I Declare them a full Fledged TERRORIST GROUP is what they are !!
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