Shoring Up Your Base — And Baise
October 23, 2007 at 9:14 am
Fairfax County, Virginia, has got a donnybrook of a campaign going, with Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (D) seeking a second term as chairman Nov. 6 against Republican challenger, Gary H. Baise.
So what will this mega-campaign pivot on during the closing days? Would you believe those sweet harmless libertarian folks at Reason?
From today’s Washington Post:
Connolly also criticized Baise for relying on “The Road More Traveled,” a book he described as a “right-wing screed” against mass transit, as the basis for some of his transportation positions. The book, written by two scholars of the Reason Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to free markets and limited government, emphasizes adding lanes to existing roads, eliminating parking subsidies and increasing the efficiency of traffic signals to check congestion.
You know, massive movements often are inspired by books. “Silent Spring.” “Little Red Book.” “Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” “Leviticus.” And now this subversive and treacherous tome:
richarda said,
October 23, 2007 @ 11:11 am
Don’t forget “Atlas Shrugged” - it’s the Anniversary. (Of course, Dagny was into trains . . . .)
Reagan's Ghost said,
October 23, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
Great book that you can listen to while in a traffic jam on the GW Parkway via books on tape!
Meanwhile:
Traffic Jam (James Taylor)
Damn this traffic jam
How I hate to be late
It hurts my motor to go so slow
Damn this traffic jam
Time I get home my supper’ll be cold
Damn this traffic jam
Well I left my job about 5 o’clock
It took fifteen minutes go three blocks
Just in time to stand in line
With a freeway looking like a parking lot
- Chorus -
Now I almost had a heart attack
Looking in my rear view mirror
I saw myself the next car back
Looking in the rear view mirror
‘Bout to have a heart attack
I said
- Chorus -
Now when I die I don’t want no coffin
I thought about it all too often
Just strap me in behind the wheel
And bury me with my automobile
- Chorus -
Damn…
Now I used to think that I was cool
Running around on fossil fuel
Until I saw what I was doing
Was driving down the road to ruin