tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post7996821692036859499..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Comrades, what is next?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21433839678089585672009-02-14T17:48:00.000-05:002009-02-14T17:48:00.000-05:00Toronto as well. Even though Toronto is really a m...Toronto as well. Even though Toronto is really a mega metropolis modeled after the American model, I can easily see most people in Toronto, if given a working choice, opt for a more European mode of travel, rather than maintain 4 cars per family.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53132707260935004192009-02-14T17:42:00.000-05:002009-02-14T17:42:00.000-05:00I cannot think of any city in the world where I wo...I cannot think of any city in the world where I would prefer to take a train or trolley over a taxi.<BR/>==<BR/><BR/>I can think of at least 5 cities that I'm familiar with where the great majority prefers trains/trams over the automobile:<BR/><BR/>Haifa<BR/>Tel Aviv<BR/>Jerusalem<BR/>Athens <BR/>PragueAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80328992728141861522009-02-14T17:37:00.000-05:002009-02-14T17:37:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52451397894739308402009-02-14T17:28:00.000-05:002009-02-14T17:28:00.000-05:00There is no poorer city in the U.S. than Memphis, ...There is no poorer city in the U.S. than Memphis, Tn, and the people here are NOT riding the new "Electric-Hybrid" buses "in droves." They normally carry about one, or two people. It'd be cheaper to buy those one or two people a new Bentley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57646396264339177252009-02-14T15:16:00.000-05:002009-02-14T15:16:00.000-05:00I take it everyone has seen Little Shop of Horrors...I take it everyone has seen Little Shop of Horrors.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19275324369268230452009-02-14T14:50:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:50:00.000-05:00I cannot think of any city in the world where I wo...I cannot think of any city in the world where I would prefer to take a train or trolley over a taxi.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69047830316362405992009-02-14T14:39:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:39:00.000-05:00That depends who you talk to. The people I talk wi...<EM>That depends who you talk to. The people I talk with are sick of working for the automobile, and are sick of the automobile and everything connected to the automobile.</EM><BR/><BR/>Picture this if you will.<BR/><BR/>A small one-man dentist office in suburban Toronto.<BR/><BR/>The patient waits nervously for the doctor to enter.<BR/><BR/>"Ahhh! Hello! How are we today?...<BR/>Open wide...wider, please..."<BR/><BR/>I'nnhah 'ine, 'oc...ow rrr ou? <BR/><BR/>"Tell me, what do you think of cars?"<BR/><BR/>"Ihagh ike 'y car...Ihagh ike 'ig 'otors...'in 'otor 'ars..."<BR/><BR/>"Ouch!"<BR/><BR/>"Wrong answer!"<BR/><BR/>"Now, tell me if you'd like to see more light rail replace motor cars, hmmm?"<BR/><BR/>...linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36462693605854742582009-02-14T14:32:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:32:00.000-05:00How 'bout 'Desert Death 'n Taxes'Slogan: "We provi...How 'bout 'Desert Death 'n Taxes'<BR/><BR/>Slogan: "We provide the two certain things in life"<BR/><BR/>----<BR/><BR/>Hard to name one city that isn't clogged with automobiles.<BR/><BR/>Before that they were clogged with horses, manure, rickshaws....<BR/><BR/>If we're going to build a train I can think of some more deserving places than LA to Vegas. In fact everplace I think of is more deserving.<BR/><BR/>What they'll do <I>when they get</I> to Vegas is rent a car, to drive round town.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9212855565740975502009-02-14T14:24:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:24:00.000-05:00(Trish's son: There is no accounting for taste.)(Trish's son: There is no accounting for taste.)trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44264489578652455832009-02-14T14:18:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:18:00.000-05:00That depends who you talk to. The people I talk wi...That depends who you talk to. The people I talk with are sick of working for the automobile, and are sick of the automobile and everything connected to the automobile. So I know that there's a demand for a way of life without being forced into using the automobile.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47056431579287996752009-02-14T14:13:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:13:00.000-05:00LOLSeriously, I love that song......attached to ti...LOL<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Seriously, I love that song...<BR/><BR/>...attached to time and place. As most songs are in our minds.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1012421997841050122009-02-14T14:11:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:11:00.000-05:00No one wants them. They want the convenience of an...No one wants them. They want the convenience of an automobile.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81271745553911611362009-02-14T14:09:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:09:00.000-05:00Let's start with your basic no thrills electric tr...Let's start with your basic no thrills electric trains and trams, and when we get that right, work our way to high speed rail.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40761207886459712852009-02-14T14:07:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:07:00.000-05:00Tienes la cura de este amorYes, I've heard there's...Tienes la cura de este amor<BR/><BR/>Yes, I've heard there's more of that in nursing homes than one would wish to think about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44664545991322723582009-02-14T14:03:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:03:00.000-05:00There is simply no demand for high speed rail serv...There is simply no demand for high speed rail service other than transportation of goods.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-10362408579391223832009-02-14T13:51:00.000-05:002009-02-14T13:51:00.000-05:00Juaneshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKEpOi3HA9cJuanes<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKEpOi3HA9ctrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83615179792729717472009-02-14T13:41:00.000-05:002009-02-14T13:41:00.000-05:00WinnersHigh-speed and inner-city rail: Went from $...Winners<BR/><BR/>High-speed and inner-city rail: Went from $300 million in House bill to $2.25 billion in Senate to $8 billion in final version. There also is a $6.9 billion provision for public transit.<BR/><BR/>Amtrak: Picked up $500 million from both House and Senate versions to total $1.3 billion. The bill stipulates that no more than 60 percent can go to the Northeast Corridor.<BR/><BR/>==<BR/><BR/>Winners? <BR/><BR/>Bird seed. Together it doesn't even add to $10 billion. I'm interested in knowing where the other $900 billion has gone to.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58780024221395919162009-02-14T13:33:00.000-05:002009-02-14T13:33:00.000-05:00How much schmaltz do you want?Ven aqui rapido. Com...How much schmaltz do you want?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ven aqui rapido. <BR/><BR/>Come here quickly.<BR/><BR/>Es un llamado de emergencia baby. <BR/><BR/>It's an emergency call, baby.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>You get the idea.<BR/><BR/>Thirty years from now, this is the Spanish I'll spitting out in the retirement home.<BR/><BR/>Ven aqui rapido<BR/>Ven aqui rapido<BR/><BR/>Es un llamado de emergencia baby<BR/><BR/>Ven aqui rapido<BR/>Ven aqui rapido-ooooooh!<BR/><BR/>Ven y sana mi dolor<BR/><BR/>Tienes la cura de este amor.......<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Next up: Juanestrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61769800742708269262009-02-14T13:24:00.000-05:002009-02-14T13:24:00.000-05:00...the dark days could last for decades and the da...<EM>...the dark days could last for decades and the damage to the fabric of society could be irreversible.<BR/><BR/>...........<BR/><BR/>Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign tower. Slash and burn,<BR/>return, listen to yourself churn. Lock him in uniform and book burning,<BR/>blood letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate. Light a candle,<BR/>light a motive. Step down, step down. Watch a heel crush, crush. Uh oh,<BR/>this means no fear - cavalier. Renegade and steer clear! A tournament,<BR/>a tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives<BR/>and I decline.<BR/><BR/>It's the end of the world as we know it.<BR/>It's the end of the world as we know it.<BR/>It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.</EM><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMjj_ddqe-E&feature=related" REL="nofollow">R.E.M., Election Week, '04</A>linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1850620236663599302009-02-14T13:07:00.000-05:002009-02-14T13:07:00.000-05:00The Senate voted 60 to 38, which is all that needs...The Senate voted 60 to 38, which is all that needs to be said.<BR/><BR/>The Democrats did not even need Al Franken to swing it, they had Arlen Specter in his stead.<BR/><BR/>Swing back to the right?<BR/>It has been swinging left since LBJ, maybe FDR, slowed down a tad under Reagan, but did not swing to the 'right', not by a long shot.<BR/><BR/>It will take a global calamity for the course of the US to change. 246 to 183 in the House and 60 to 38 in the Senate is convincing proof enough of the majority position in the US. Claims that the US is still "Center-Right" do not fit the electoral reality.<BR/>Have not, policy wise, for over the past 50 years.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75385886466837013392009-02-14T12:43:00.000-05:002009-02-14T12:43:00.000-05:00Trish in the barrio. You'll have to translate for ...Trish in the barrio. <BR/><BR/>You'll have to translate for us barflies back stateside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61237836174870943962009-02-14T12:35:00.000-05:002009-02-14T12:35:00.000-05:00Song I can't get out of my head:http://www.you...Song I can't get out of my head:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekFaaEU8Yuw&feature=relatedtrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43066488021354200882009-02-14T08:37:00.000-05:002009-02-14T08:37:00.000-05:00Pelosi led, Democrat control of Congress and a Dem...Pelosi led, Democrat control of Congress and a Democrat Executive spell trouble for America as we know it. I'm afraid that the stimulus package is really social engineering in disguise.<BR/><BR/>My local dead tree reports that any state which cuts education funding will be ineligible to receive stimulus money. Although nothing new, the Federal threat of with holding funding to force compliance will be carried to new levels. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately for the country, this financial tsunami has converged with the ongoing storm of the culture clash. Now in the wreckage, the Dems seek to use the crisis to further their social and political agendas. One need to look no further than the mess in California to see what the future looks like for the country. Of course, we can cling to the belief that the pendulum swings both ways and eventually will swing back to the right. How long that will take and how much damage will be done in the meantime is anyone's guess. If we look at the example of postwar Britain, the dark days could last for decades and the damage to the fabric of society could be irreversible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34284234347178041682009-02-14T08:20:00.000-05:002009-02-14T08:20:00.000-05:00We have a subsidized bus going around the cities h...We have a subsidized bus going around the cities here. I rode it one time in Moscow. Was the only rider. "Ever get any riders?" I ask. "Hah." Then he thought, and said, "Well, we have two or three regulars come up from Lewison each day." I see those buses driving around empty or nearly so every day I'm up there. They might get a little ridership duing football games and such. The University of Idaho dropped paying their share, saying it wasn't worth it.<BR/><BR/>Now I notice in a local newsletter from a realtor than the Planning and Zoning is doing a rework or update of zoning in the town. So, they hire some firm from out of town to do it for them, as they don't know anything themselves. And I doubt this firm from out of town does either, about our area.<BR/><BR/>We just have layers and layers of stuff we don't need, everywhere.<BR/><BR/>And of courst the State Legislature is no talking about making the reporting of real estate deals mandatory, a new thing here. It's nobody's business. At least, not their's. Just always more stuff. This might fail however, it's been talked about before.<BR/><BR/>The Nez Perce Tribe came out the other day and said they are now for delisting the wolves. They were a big powerhouse for listing them in the first place. They want to turn the management of the wolves over to the locals, that is, themselves. Though we all know wolves cross tribal, state and federal boundaries, just as they like.<BR/><BR/>My solution? Put a hunting season on them, through the -hehe, get this--Idaho Fish and Game Commission and see how it goes for a few years. Anther article and statement by F and G confirmed we're losing something like 15% of the elk herd yearly. Doesn't take many years of that.<BR/><BR/>It's all so damnably predictable.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/stevens_prosecutors/2009/02/13/181854.html" REL="nofollow">Judge Finds Stevens Prosectors In Contempt</A><BR/><BR/>How he can not throw that case out I don't know.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/minnesota_senate/2009/02/13/181765.html" REL="nofollow">Coleman's Team Takes A Hit In Ongoing Minnesota Contest</A>Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34236867878756407482009-02-14T07:57:00.000-05:002009-02-14T07:57:00.000-05:00There is an electric train that mostly rides empty...There is an electric train that mostly rides empty serving the western suburbs of Philadelphia to center city Phila. <BR/><BR/>If it does not work there, it has no chance anywhere outside of a few downtowns and then only with a significant subsidy.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com