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Last night, City Council told us that it was cool if we took our dogs out to eat with us on those outdoor patios.
America is hypocritical? No. Bush's proposed nuclear deal with India isn't without criticism. His visit was unwelcome by many and led to protests and rioting causing at least one fatality.
Some information has been released detailing the fact that George W. was warned of the pending threat of Hurricane Katrina last year on the levees and his statement no-one could have predicted that the levees would fail is bullshit.
The results of a study released by the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum indicate that Americans can name all the members of The Simpson Family more successfully than they can list the five freedoms of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Do we need to review? They are Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
The next season of the NFL is going to be delayed by at least three days because the owners and the Player's Association couldn't agree on a new collective bargaining agreement. The deadline to make a decision has been extended.
We already warned you that the the world is about to end. More evidence is indicating that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting really really fast and is likely the cause of changing climate conditions around the globe.
We really love myspace.com. It is almost the perfect ~~stalker~~ people-watching medium. Lately, however, it has become a forum for death threats and anti-semitism.
The 2006 American Short Course Swimming Championships are being held in Austin this week and through the weekend. Yesterday, Michael Phelps set the American record for the 400 yard IM.
Many projects are underway to improve local parks and trails, giving Austin some of the best urban trail-systems in the nation.

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By Jessica Thornton in News on March 3, 2006 8:09 AM 0 Comments

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odam

keep up the important work you do, greg. we look forward to seeing more of it.

Lisa

I would think they'd have the same policy as they do for fighting humans---toss 'em out.

We dog owners really need to police ourselves, though, so that we can keep this privilege. Let's show some common sense. If proprietors are regularly breaking up fights or dealing with nuisance dogs, we'll quickly find ourselves uninvited again.

Still, I think those incidents are the exception. And nondoggy people need to take a pill and deal with the fact that the world isn't arranged solely for their pleasure.

I'm thrilled that I can take my dog with me again.

omit

There was a letter in the Statesman that had another dog fight that took place at Mozart's. That guy threw coffee on one of the dogs and said he was threatened with a lawsuit.

Should restaurants have a policy on how to handle fighting dogs?

Paddington and Otis

Sorry, but we Labs like migas too, you know.

Jessie

It will be up to the establishement to decide on if they will allow dogs or not. I imagine that if Trudy's decides to allow dogs, they would make a better "blockade" to their kitchen and other indoor space.

rolling my eyes

great, now i can hopefully have a what will be qquasi legal repeat of when i was at trudy's a fewm onths ago, someone lost control of their dogs and next thigns we know, two monsters that i think were labs came running into the restaurant like bulls in a china shop and ran right into the kitchen. sweet. first you guys tell us mekong river has rats, now trudy's has labs. what's next?vespaio has cats?

Paddington and Otis

Woof! See you at Austin Java.

John

"Americans apparently know more about "The Simpsons" than they do about the First Amendment."

Apparently! Um, duh. Did anyone need a poll to know this?