Posted on 07/07/2018 7:15:06 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Interesting - thank you!
They just paint a yellow line down middle my road. Not cool
GM, Firestone and oil companies bought out streetcars??? I didn't know that General Streetcar had even been for sale. This guy has been drinking his own dishwater...or worse.
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My former colleague at the U of Dayton, John Heitmann, may have a different interpretation. He is a car guy, and is the best scholar on autos out there.
“The Automobile and American Life”
https://www.amazon.com/Automobile-American-Life-John-Heitmann/dp/147666935X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1531056964&sr=8-2&keywords=John+Heitmann
His latest is “Stealing Cars”
https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Cars-Technology-Society-Torino/dp/1421412977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531056964&sr=8-1&keywords=John+Heitmann
But there is no question the left hates the auto because it is freedom of movement that, for the most part, they cannot control.
And not just cars in general, but “muscle cars” which are the epitome of maleness.
Streetcars are buses stuck on rails. Buses are better as they can go anywhere.
Christianity and personal property rights (land, vehicles, firearms, etc.) are the bane of Leftists. THEY HATE THEM - FOR “YOU” ANYWAY.
Mark this down: Cloned meat. No, I’m not joking. Cloned meat will become the newest Leftist ploy to try to ban firearms.
“YOU DONT NEED TO HUNT ANYMORE, JUST CLONE SOME (DEER, MOOSE, ETC.) MEAT! SUBMIT YOUR GUNS NOW!!!”
Watch.
“...land, vehicles, firearms,...”
Because EACH of those is a way to say “NO” to them.
And firearms especially are not only “NO”, but “NO, and GFYourself”.
A firearm in your hand is a great, big, giant, Old-Fashioned American “GFYourself” Middle Finger to Liberals.
Never give them up.
Lots of good replies on this thread, good info from everyone. Thanks guys.
Let me add my two cents from a slightly different direction.
When I was a young man there was the Greyhound bus company and just about every town with a population of 1K or over had a Greyhound bus stop. Heck, many a bus stop was out in the middle of nowhere (reference the movie North by Northwest. The crop duster scene, that bus stop Carey Grant was at was the real deal. Those things were everywhere.)
A young man just out of high school, looking for work and willing to gamble a little could for well under $75, go anywhere in the country he wanted. It was simply a matter of presenting himself at the local stop with the cash to by the ticket from the driver. No car was needed.
I regret the loss of that.
Thumbs Up!
The Second Amendment is the only reason why there’s a “Western Civilization” left.
The writer is correct that the urban and inter-urban rail systems which served well into and after WWII were deliberately eliminated by, well, not exactly the auto companies but more by the rubber companies seeking to sell everyone tires four at a time. That development was an exercise in corruption, but so what-- it's water long since gone under the bridge.
Eisenhower developed the interstate system with the idea in mind we might need it to move troops and tanks at some future time...
Also for:
1) Evacuation of cities in case of nuclear attack.
2) Emergency airstrips.
Thanks for sharing those books.
Another myth from that era was that Eisenhower built the interstates to move troops quickly for national defense. That may have been the pitch to Congress, but the real reason for the highways was to evacuate civilians from the big cities in the event of nuclear war.
Because that has nothing to do with national defense, eh liar? Partisan media shill on a global warming hoax smear campaign.
And General Hospital.
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