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Aristocrats can afford car-free days
Washington Examiner ^
| September 29, 2009
| Sam Kazman
Posted on 09/29/2009 6:10:22 AM PDT by libstripper
In the early 1800s, when railroads first began to spread across Great Britain, the Duke of Wellington reportedly sneered that this innovation would "only encourage the common people to move about needlessly."
For last week's World Car-Free Day, Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, channeled the Duke of Wellington, complaining about the "domination of the car" and called for a new type of society "in which we are not dependent on it to such a great extent for our daily needs."
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Prince Charles is one of the world's most demented hypocrits.
To: libstripper
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, [...] called for a new type of society "in which we are not dependent on it to such a great extent for our daily needs." I call for Prince Charles to have his butt super-glued to a horse saddle and sent out to deliver the mail.
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:16:08 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: libstripper
It's no wonder that most promo shots of Car-Free Day events featured only the young and healthy, out on picture-perfect sunny days.Good point as we head into winter. I'd like to see a Critical Mass demonstration in the streets of Denver after a 3-foot snow dump.
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:16:27 AM PDT
by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: libstripper
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, [...] called for a new type of society "in which we are not dependent on it to such a great extent for our daily needs." I call for Prince Charles to be roundly ignored.
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:17:19 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: libstripper
Prince Charles is one of the world's most demented hypocrits.I kinda figured he was touched when he picked a gold miner to marry.
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:18:08 AM PDT
by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: libstripper
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, [...] called for a new type of society "in which we are not dependent on it to such a great extent for our daily needs." I call for Prince Charles to use a personal rocket-belt to get to all future appearances..
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:18:10 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: randog
Of course after a 3 foot snowfall most cars aren’t moving either.
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:18:19 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
To: libstripper
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, [...] called for a new type of society "in which we are not dependent on it to such a great extent for our daily needs." I call for Prince Charles to not make any more appearances..
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:19:13 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: libstripper
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, [...] called for a new type of society "in which we are not dependent on it to such a great extent for our daily needs." I call for Prince Charles to kiss my rosey-red hiney..
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:20:15 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: libstripper
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, [...] called for a new type of society "in which we are not dependent on it to such a great extent for our daily needs." I call for Prince Charles to enter the time machine, set the dial for 1814, put in three dimes and press the button..
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:21:29 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: libstripper
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, [...] called for a new type of society "in which we are not dependent on it to such a great extent for our daily needs."I call for Prince Charles to stick to his core life's ambition, which is to be a pair of his wife's underwear.
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:22:43 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: libstripper
All this from a guy who owns a small fleet of cars.
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:26:33 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:29:29 AM PDT
by
GnuHere
To: libstripper
Tyrants are always looking at ways to limit freedom.
Instead of putting Arabs in jail, we make air travel painful.
Baraq wants us on “high speed rail”
Cap N Tax is intended to drive energy prices to limit mobility.
Hundreds of additional examples.
To: libstripper
The article’s points are well taken.
However, if more Americans voluntarily walked or biked more often, it would help significantly with three of our major problems. Traffic congestion, obesity, energy independence.
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:31:47 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
To: libstripper
He can carry me the 15 miles to work that day. Through the hood.
To: Sherman Logan
It would work if the US was organized like NYC or most metro areas in Europe. In most of America, you need to drive to get from one strip mall to another, even if they are next to eachother on the same large sidewalk-less block.
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:39:52 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: libstripper
Frankly, I don’t really care what the Prince is saying....our Congress is on the path to DOING something about getting Americans out of their cars - involuntarily.
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posted on
09/29/2009 6:44:51 AM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
To: libstripper
Seriously just end the monarchy before this boob or his idiot sons take it over.
To: Izzy Dunne
I’m hoping 3 dimes only pays for a one way trip.
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posted on
09/29/2009 7:21:03 AM PDT
by
tiki
(True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
To: libstripper
Inbreeding - Just Don’t Do It!
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posted on
09/29/2009 7:23:11 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: libstripper
I call for Prince Charles to walk to all future speaking engagements and royal appearances. Outside. In the winter. IN HIS KILT!
To: Clemenza
True enough. Bit pet peeve of mine is areas designed so they are unsafe, even potentially deadly, to move around in without a car. There are lots of them.
Designing areas so a car is essential is just as much a government intrusion as banning use of cars would be.
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posted on
09/29/2009 7:31:25 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
To: Psycho_Bunny
Frankly, I don’t really care what the Prince is saying....our Congress is on the path to DOING something about getting Americans out of their cars - involuntarily.Internal passports are almost impossible to administer when people have their own means of transportation. As Kerry said (on O'Reilly, right after 9-11) they're "an idea whose time has come".
To: libstripper
Don’t you know? The serfs are supposed to remain working in the fields.
Peasant #1: “Look! A king!”
Peasant #2: “How do you know he’s a king?”
Peasant #3: “He hasn’t got sh!t all over him.”
/python
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posted on
09/29/2009 7:42:49 AM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Obama = Jim Jones coercing us into suicide on a national scale)
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