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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:59 AM Original message |
Let car culture DIE! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Problem is that it will not die, replace GM for Toyota |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. yep - We are going to be in a world of hurt here real soon. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Agree with you 100% |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. dammit, double post again |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Depression will come regardless |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. So what is your solution? Kill them all? |
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imnothere (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
66. And here's a radical concept, also: |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:30 AM Response to Reply #66 |
185. Actually, GM did just that in the late 90's, called the EV-1 |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. God bless someone that has a fricking brain. Thank you. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
102. I don't mind car culture going bye-bye at some point but for those |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
145. toyota doesn't pay poverty wages. |
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bluecollarcharlie (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 03:54 AM Response to Reply #145 |
151. I think you missed the point.... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well......I'd agree but I'm already in the crapper for an OP I started a while ago... |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. Then how will I carry all my Chinese crap home from WalMart?! |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. HA! Good luck with that... |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. can't run that thing forever |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Your forgeting how wide spread the US is compared to others. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. I laugh when people compare the US to Europe. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:31 AM Original message |
That fact alone should be obvious. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. But....it's EUROPE!! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
127. LOL! |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #50 |
141. Ever been to New England? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #50 |
147. yes, most dating back - to the train. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 01:57 AM Response to Reply #147 |
166. About that last sentence... REALLY? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:26 AM Response to Reply #166 |
200. didn't i say that? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #147 |
192. Don't confuse the New Democrats with the facts. Europe is not to be emulated, EVER! |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
194. People live real close to each other everywhere. Transit is not designed to serve peopleless areas. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:34 AM Response to Reply #194 |
202. i think younger people don't realize this "empty" land used to be much |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
74. You need a photographer. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
140. Those two cars look like they get great mileage |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #140 |
143. Generalize much? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:32 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. I believe that I covered the other reason - "fun" |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:45 AM Response to Reply #144 |
146. Um, thats actually what I'm getting out of the truck, even with a 4.7 v8. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #146 |
165. Yeah that's about what they're rated at |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #165 |
191. In my experience I'v always gotten more than the EPA ratings on any vehicle |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
153. I'm a gearhead, and those are two serious gas hogs. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #153 |
159. Dude, did you read my other posts?? |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:24 AM Response to Reply #159 |
199. Not telling you what to drive. Freedom of choice. Just curious,why? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. Cheering potential death of American car makers? Epic. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. when gas was over 4 bucks a gallon |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. With all due respect |
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bluecollarcharlie (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 03:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
152. Oh my God a voice of sanity here. For a while , i thought i was on FREEP. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
49. Uh-huh. People still need to get to work |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:47 AM Response to Reply #49 |
205. Can't afford a fuel efficient auto cause you live in the boonies and gas is a fortune? |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Sorry, double post |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. I sincerely believe |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
75. As long as Sonic makes good burgers... |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:50 AM Response to Reply #75 |
206. Maybe fuel efficient cars so you can afford Sonic Burgers. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
168. "Their" love? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. Can it be cut back drastically, sure |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. lack of oil and cost of gas |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
48. No, there will still be that need for farmers, |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yeah we can all "re-connect" in the fucking soup lines. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Yep |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
9. Sorry, but the idea of pure mass transit is utter fantasy. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. umm oil is not in endless supply. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. electric cars, plug-in bio-diesel hybrids, and other alternative-fueled vehicles... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. You can't |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
95. Actually there is enough renewable energy to replace oil |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #95 |
120. From what I hear |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. Umm, I don't know where you're getting your information |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. My information |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. That's cool, but that's also the difference between the ivory tower and the real world |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
101. you are mistaken about that- but you're certainly welcome to your misguided opinion. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #101 |
177. Are you an oil industry professional or an energy engineer? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:12 AM Response to Reply #177 |
197. neither of those... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
189. What is "pure" mass transit? Sorry, mass transit has nothing to do with intercity rail |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
218. not true |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. Not everywhere in the US is a large city. Not everyone can afford to live in a large city. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The problem |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. you do realize that there are ways to power automobiles that doesn't require petroleum, right? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
115. Much of Michigan's "suburban sprawl" is towns that are from before cars. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
172. What the hell does public transit have to do with population density? Ulaanbataar has a subway. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. Sure, no problem. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yes I know. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Yes, it can go on forever |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
86. There were two reasons for the massive expansion of the suburbs in America: |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. DO YOU?! Do you REALLY ? because you don't come off as reasonable |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #46 |
193. The Car Culture was a Goverment Subsidized Job Creation Tool |
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Winnipegosis (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
18. What's with all the gloom and doom. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And I do not find anything |
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Winnipegosis (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. You're only as lonely as you feel. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
132. new age congitive therapy |
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Winnipegosis (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #132 |
139. It's from the movie "Taxi Driver" |
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Winnipegosis (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. "Subdivisions" by RUSH |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Wow, good lyrics! Thanks. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. And then we have ... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
82. Even the Brits got into car culture. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
210. Thanks for the hate - what's up with that? |
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ChipperbackDemocrat (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #210 |
211. best thing I've read on this thread |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. It's silly season again. |
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Winnipegosis (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Well said. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
178. There will be no new funding for mass transit under the next administration. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
25. Build infrastructure... One way for the car companies to do something useful. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
212. Exactly! |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. Geez, Mr. Car Culture stumbles into the E.R. bleeding to death... |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. Couldn't we maybe comprise a little bit? |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
32. Many of us live where there's no public transport and never will be |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
142. Do what you want but don't make me pay for your choices |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
34. people prefer their cars- and if gm/ford/chrysler go under and out- cars won't go away. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
203. They certainly will, if people don't have the money to buy or maintain them. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
39. That won't work for a lot of people, including me |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
40. Okay show me a comprehensive plan to end the car culture and convert us to mass transit |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
61. Cars would still have to fill in the gaps, but as I learned when I lived in |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. Right, people like you are what we in the auto industry call Starbucks end timers |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
138. Since we can now buy 2 shares of GM stock for the price of a Coffee... |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
207. Cars are not sex. Although plenty of people think they are. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
47. We need environmentally sound cars & better public transportation. |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
51. In The Reality Lounge. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
52. I agree. I'd like to live in a society where I didn't need a car to get around. nt |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
53. Oil depletion will take care of that in less than 10 years. It's already |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
56. While you may be stating things in an extreme form, I partly agree |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
94. typo: "make it unnecessary to live without a car" other than that what you wrote is great n/t |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #56 |
213. The Vegitarian Epicure is a wonderful cookbook - even if you are not a vegitarian |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
57. Fuck that! |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Not digging those S-10 wheels |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
58. I agree with you. Public transportation needs to be massively ... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
60. BAHHHHHHH ROARRRRRRR SNARFFFFF GARBLE GARBLE ROARRRRRR!!!!!! |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
119. It's been a while since you've posted that |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
62. Sure, let's go back to the barter system while we are at it. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:44 AM Original message |
Gosh thanks for thinking of those of us who live where there is no viable public transportation |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
63. Gosh thanks for thinking of those of us who live where there is no viable public transportation |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
64. You don't understand gearheads... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Yabba-Dabba-Doo! |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. You got that right! |
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imnothere (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
67. I cannot stand cars...they suck |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
128. I hate cars too |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #128 |
214. Panther, I'm sorry you have issues - but why hate? |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
69. But I have a RIGHT to live far from the things that I value .... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Hmmmmmm |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. That's a structural problem |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. I don't argue that |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. No, but just be aware |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. People that built a life around cheap cars and energy made a bad choice..... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Who is demanding that? |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Then why is where someone lives an argument about what should be done about the "car culture" .... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #88 |
109. A couple of questions for you, since you don't like being obligated to pay for those |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #109 |
118. Oooooh you got me there. I never THOUGHT about all the trucks.... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #118 |
125. You stated that people that built their lives around cheap energy made a bad choice |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #125 |
154. Not true. I'm for more expensive gas and I'll pay for it. |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Economics determines where you can live - the country may be out of range for many of you soon ... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. You can only move if you have money |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. You can't stay where you can't afford either .... something's got to give |
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Strathos (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
70. I'm a liberal through and through, but I say NO BAILOUT for auto industry |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
123. So the change you're looking for is a Greater Depression |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
72. One of the last good union jobs in this country is working for the Auto Makers. |
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StrictlyRockers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
73. Gas should be taxed up to $10.00 per gallon. We should use it to fund public transportation. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. Yes. Public transportation systems built and run by union workers! |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #73 |
117. Naw, go for $40 a gallon. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
136. That's a great idea, then lets raise the minimum wage to $50 dollars a hour to pay for it. |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 03:45 AM Response to Reply #73 |
150. Will persons with disabilities be allowed to be exempt from your notion of a proper gas tax? |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
78. That's a great idea! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #78 |
97. It would be cheaper than war |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. No, it wouldn't. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. I don't think anyone is actually advocating banning cars entirely |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. The United States of America is not Europe or Japan |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. Within my lifetime, those places almost all had bus or rail links |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #112 |
155. i second this comment. Europe is surprisingly rural in many places -- yet it still works. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #155 |
157. We already have the roads between small towns |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #108 |
183. Most of those small towns have been emptied out by the car. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:28 AM Response to Reply #108 |
184. How could you possibly connect those cities with ROADS for anything less than trillions of dollars? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:17 AM Response to Reply #184 |
198. the roads are already there. (that's what all those lines on the map are) |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #198 |
204. And new ones are being built, & old ones maintained, for trillions of dollars. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #204 |
215. people will always prefer personal transport to mass transit. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #215 |
216. non seq. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #216 |
217. not at all |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
81. I wish we had an anti-post recommend. For I would surly use it on this OP. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #81 |
93. I guess you "surly" would. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. I have no clue what that meant. Must be a private thing. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. You clearly meant to type "surely", but the post was itself "surly" in nature. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Nah. I will be honest. I can't spell worth a damn. LOL |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #81 |
169. Why, are you anti-public transit? You guys seem to want to confine it to the inner cities |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
92. Automobile apartheid also means anyone who *needs* mobility |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #92 |
106. And Oahu has a pretty good bus system |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. Sure, as long as you're going downtown or to Waikiki |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 03:05 AM Response to Reply #92 |
149. I was actually going to make the opposite argument, |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #149 |
161. Presumably your neighbor has a disability other than blindness |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #161 |
164. Which is fine, except when it's raining, |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
100. Patience. Peak Oil will kill car culture. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #100 |
107. Yes, we can start preparing now, or we can pretend it's taken us by surprise. |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
104. How long does it take horse-shit to compost? |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. You may not have a choice |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. Lol! I'm not that far from civiliation. I own enough land to sustain my family, |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #104 |
163. Not long at all, actually, and it's great in the garden. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #104 |
181. How long does it take the CHICKEN SHIT in your suburban yard to compost? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
114. It will kill Michigan entirely. We're already limping along, drowning so to speak. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #114 |
126. I have no interest in killing Michigan |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #126 |
160. And who will buy them? |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
116. Automobile Aparthied? Perhaps you shoulda just used the Nazis instead... |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #116 |
129. Ok it is a STIGMA |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #116 |
131. Yea, I laughed out loud when I read that phrase |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:17 AM Response to Reply #131 |
176. Did you laugh out loud when persons were prohibited and shot at for leaving NOLA on foot? |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
130. "Automobile apartheid " |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Do you walk? |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #133 |
158. "Automobile apartheid " |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:14 AM Response to Reply #158 |
174. Do you support shooting at people trying to walk out of a city, or inspecting their papers on foot? |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #133 |
173. i thought you wouldn't get a job because you would get so angry you would hurt your coworkers? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #173 |
175. Argumentum ad Hominem by reputation n/t |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #175 |
187. wow. so many big words, is the answer to my simple question "yes" or "no"... n/t |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #187 |
188. No, it is an invalid argument that does not require an answer. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #188 |
190. so asking if the op walks to work is an invalid question? how so? n/t |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:49 AM Response to Reply #190 |
195. No, the bit about up's employment status. Irregardless, |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 04:28 AM Response to Reply #195 |
196. "irregardless"??? you throw all of your fancy latin at me and this is the best you can do??? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
134. This is exactly why we need to stop looking backwards |
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Fran Kubelik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
135. . |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
137. yup not a bad idea... |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
148. Agree with those who have stated the obvious |
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litlady (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:31 AM Response to Reply #148 |
201. This makes sense - some areas can more easily convert to mass transit. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
156. I suspect you'd be happy for the entire economy to die. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:24 AM Response to Reply #156 |
180. The economy is unsustainable. You can't pave the entire country. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
162. Four wheels and a motor on a prison cell. |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
167. In Los Angeles, mass transit destroyed itself. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:07 AM Response to Reply #167 |
170. And you believe the road system should make a profit, I take it? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
171. True, it is the reason we are expensive to employ and therefore |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #171 |
179. They are still moving out to protect the "freedom" to live away from poor, they just won't admit it. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #171 |
182. Wanting a livable wage = whining? Nice. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #182 |
186. We don't "whine" about Dem leaders selling out on universal care, either. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #171 |
208. First, we're losing jobs for the same reason the Irish were thrown off their land |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 06:12 AM Response to Reply #208 |
209. Oh, & the suburban thing? Study the history. Workers were, you might say, |
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