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Article #7095Re: Pay to drive faster?
From: Geoff Miller
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:45
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:45
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Steve <hde@wbn.inv> writes: > Some critics derisively refer to the express lanes as "Lexus lanes" > that allow drivers with deeper pockets to buy special treatment on > highways built using fuel taxes collected from everyone. Tough shit. Life is better for people with more money that it is for people with less money. This is news? If anyone wants to enjoy that and other privileges, they should work to better themselves: more education, more drive and ambition, and what have you. Of course, those who want to take direct action to express their displeasure could always begin by shooting random tollbooth workers. As far as my area is concerned, with the exception of those who work in the toolbooths at the Golden Gate Bridge, toll takers tend to be ill-tempered, lower-class Negroes who refuse to make eye contact, let alone say "Thank you." A campaign of selective blowings-away might just be what the proverbial doctor ordered, attitude adjustment-wise. Geoff -- "History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it." -- Winston Churchill
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X-Google-Thread: 107518,14d3edc631574d15 X-Google-Thread: f824f,6344c0bd8899940c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,gidf824f,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.astraweb.com!border1.newsrouter.astraweb.com!sn-xt-sjc-05!sn-xt-sjc-01!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!geoffm From: geoffm@lava.net (Geoff Miller) Newsgroups: misc.consumers,ba.general Subject: Re: Pay to drive faster? Followup-To: misc.consumers Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:45:21 -0000 Organization: Lonesome Cantaloupe Music Message-ID: <137p2a1o5d83m2b@corp.supernews.com> References: <04cl73p73ce7n3dicfsepl9gb937kpk5go@4ax.com> Sender: geoffm@lava.net X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 30