Gary,
Wasn't this the plot for a movie about 10 years ago? "Who Framed Roger
Rabbit?" Christopher Lloyd did a fantastic job as a cartoon character!
Eddie Valient - "Freeway? What the hell's a freeway?"
Judge Doom - "Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to
Pasadena. Smooth, safe, fast! Traffic jams will be a thing of the
past."
Judge Doom - "You lack vision, but I see a place where people get on and
off the freeway. On and off, off and on all day, all night! Soon,
where Toon Town once stood will be a string of gas stations, inexpensive
motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food. Tire salons,
automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as
far as the eye can see! My God, it'll be beautiful!"
Rick Chianese
SRL311-14035
Orlando, FL - Ptly cloudy and 80F.
Hess gas 1.099 reg - 1.179 prem
Shell gas 1.229 reg - 1.379 prem
Gary McCormick wrote:
>
> Back in the '30s there was a consortium of companies which included GM
> and some of the tire and petroleum products companies which went around
> buying up rail and trolley lines in a number of major cities all around
> the country, and then closing them down. This increased people's
> relinace on autos and bus lines, which (you guessed it) lots of
> petroleum and tires and were of course built by GM. Taken in to court
> for anti-trust and lots of other violaions, they were found guilty and
> fined... $5,000. I think GM's president at the time probably wrote a
> personal check to cover it.
>
> So, there are a lot of things which can be blamed on "...the idiots in
> government..." but not this one (at least not /totally/).
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
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