Re: Bush and Greenspan blamed for U.S economic crises

Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> used a stick in the sand to
babble
>Governor Swill wrote:
>> Starkiller used a stick in the sand to babble
>>> Rudy Canoza wrote:
>>>> You're getting it entirely backward, you idiot.  Americans have 25
mile 
>>>> and farther commutes to work - that can only be done by car, due to 
>>>> ****y public trans****tation - precisely *because* gasoline has
always 
>>>> been cheap.  If gasoline had always been taxed more heavily, and if
the 
>>>> oil industry hadn't gotten highly favorable tax treatment, and if the

>>>> government hadn't followed a policy of building eight-lane
superhighways 
>>>> to everywhere for the last 55 years, then cocksuckers like you
wouldn't 
>>>> be *driving* 25 miles one way to work.  Everything would be
different: 
>>>> far less urban sprawl, fewer and smaller freeways/expressways,
smaller 
>>>> houses, less air pollution, less global warming.
>>> Jeezus christ.  America has had it's population spread all over the
>>> country since long before any automobiles were ever invented.
>>> And I guess if you'd been around way back when you'd have told
>>> everyone where they would be headed 50 or so years down the road, NOT.
>>>
>>> BTW Superhighways have been built and are continuing to be built
>>> worldwide.  Europe builds even bigger and better interstates than we
>>> have  http://tinyurl.com/6k3hu4
 
>> 
>> I liked this part:  "The 5,482 miles of the German autobahn system has
>> long been considered the finest in the world, with silken roads, no
>> tolls, and virtually no speed limits. Built by Hitler for strategic
>> purposes, the autobahns reach into every region of the country. The
>> ADAC, the German equivalent of AAA, has a fleet of repair vehicles on
>> the road looking for stranded motorists 24 hours a day. On-the-spot
>> repairs are free; drivers are only charged the price of parts. The
>> ADAC Central Breakdown Service number is 01-30-81-92-11."
>> 
>> That's the kind of stuff socialism gets you.  Much better to walk
>> three miles in the rain because you're in the middle of nowhere with
>> no reception.
>> 
>>> Before long China will be building similar interstates in order to
>>> accomodate the 2,000,000 cars a year that it's population is buying.
>>> They're also going to be the world leader in greenhouse gas emissions
>>> shortly with the blessing of the Kyoto agreement.
>>>
>>> Coulda woulda and shoulda and 50 cents will get you a donut off the
>>> discount bin in the bakery.
>> 
>> We have as much money as Europe.  We just spend it differently.
>
>Chew on this, stupid:

What did I say that was stupid?

Swill
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