Comments on: Two Capitols/Capitals http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/ Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:49:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: geile huisvrouwen http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/comment-page-1/#comment-42318 geile huisvrouwen Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:59:23 +0000 http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/#comment-42318 <strong>gratis huisvrouwen...</strong> Geile huisvrouwen... gratis huisvrouwen…

Geile huisvrouwen…

]]> By: dmarks http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/comment-page-1/#comment-42123 dmarks Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:59:05 +0000 http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/#comment-42123 I'm leery of centrally-controlled mass transit because of the strike problem. It happens so often that the greed of a few ends up directly affecting people who are just trying to get to work or go about their business some other way. This happened a year or two ago in New York City. Centrally-controlled mass transit should be treated like air traffic control or other "crucial" situations: if the workers can't be bothered to show up for their job and don't have a good reason (holidays, legitimate medical reasons, etc), immediately replace them permanently. It is just too socially destructive to let the situation go on. After all it's not at all like private-sector workers striking to knock down the corporate fat cats: transit strikers are striking to knock US down and shake down the general public for as much as they can get. Bicycles and even cars don't have this problem: one person acting up in a socially destructive way, will create a knot in traffic that will be minor inconvenience at most. Detroit has a mass transit system that actually works. It's call jitneys. Unlike the government-controlled system, it is more accountable and has to serve its riders. It is also totally decentralized. The problem? Jitneys are illegal in Detroit. I’m leery of centrally-controlled mass transit because of the strike problem. It happens so often that the greed of a few ends up directly affecting people who are just trying to get to work or go about their business some other way. This happened a year or two ago in New York City. Centrally-controlled mass transit should be treated like air traffic control or other “crucial” situations: if the workers can’t be bothered to show up for their job and don’t have a good reason (holidays, legitimate medical reasons, etc), immediately replace them permanently. It is just too socially destructive to let the situation go on.

After all it’s not at all like private-sector workers striking to knock down the corporate fat cats: transit strikers are striking to knock US down and shake down the general public for as much as they can get.

Bicycles and even cars don’t have this problem: one person acting up in a socially destructive way, will create a knot in traffic that will be minor inconvenience at most.

Detroit has a mass transit system that actually works. It’s call jitneys. Unlike the government-controlled system, it is more accountable and has to serve its riders. It is also totally decentralized. The problem? Jitneys are illegal in Detroit.

]]> By: gwadzilla http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/comment-page-1/#comment-41922 gwadzilla Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:57:22 +0000 http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/#comment-41922 how did it go? how was K Street? how did it go?

how was K Street?

]]> By: Bloggers at the National Bike Summit | Commute by Bike http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/comment-page-1/#comment-41629 Bloggers at the National Bike Summit | Commute by Bike Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:49:53 +0000 http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/#comment-41629 [...] Dangerblog from Kansas City, MO. [...] [...] Dangerblog from Kansas City, MO. [...]

]]> By: Spyder http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/comment-page-1/#comment-41377 Spyder Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:52:56 +0000 http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/archive/601/#comment-41377 Way to go! Keep up the good work. Way to go! Keep up the good work.

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