[nopardons]

*shrugs*

Factual historical point.....until Ike was president, there was NO federal government building of highways. When Ike began that program, it was a boon to ALL Americans; though it did help in ending the dominance of the railroads. Because many things, that were once transported by rail, were now being trucked into states, costs went down. The new highway system also enabled people to travel cheaply, by car, and all kinds of new businesses ( motels, hotels, restaurants, etc. ) opened and gave more people jobs. I fail to see how my talking about this, is "hijacking" this thread, nor how this is an "OPINION!

[onyx]

Absolutely correct.

I wish I could have hijacked this thread, but Jim beat me to it. :)

At least it's provided me a couple of good laughs and Tex had way too much fun.

[Texasforever]

Yes BUT he used national security as the justification for the interstate highway system and that is when the John Birch Society went absolutely apeSh%T saying that IKE was preparing the way for a Soviet invasion. There is no such thing as a new conspiracy with these nuts, they just dust the old one off and change a few names and BAM we start the cycle all over again.