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And I've never said "get rid of highways and Israel", but of course, don't expect much in the way of truthful representation out of the likes of you.

Will let's see now. You spent the first half of this thread trying to "prove" that you never use interstate highways and spent the remainder kicking and screaming about how horrible you think it is that we build them. Upon that one may accurately summarize your position as solidly anti-highway, so that part stands. WRT Israel, about the only other place I've seen you around this forum is on threads defending the so-called Palestinians and other mohammedan radicals. Since those groups are all avowedly dedicated to the eradication of Israel, those who offer support and arguments to their position assist, be it willingly or unwittingly, in their promotion of that end. Therefore it is a similarly valid summary to characterize your position, or at least its consequences, as anti-Israel (though that is a discussion for another thread).

As for truthful representation, I defy you to point out where anything I've posted about Metrorail, highways in Houston, transit in Houston, or any of its circumstances on this thread is intentionally untruthful or wrong. Considering that you arbitrarily offered figures out of thin air that violate the actual highway construction numbers for a current project in Houston, I will also note that you enter that challenge with a marked disadvantage of your own.

You spent the first half of this thread trying to "prove" that you never use interstate highways and spent the remainder kicking and screaming about how horrible you think it is that we build them. Upon that one may accurately summarize your position as solidly anti-highway, so that part stands. WRT Israel, about the only other place I've seen you around this forum is on threads defending the so-called Palestinians and other mohammedan radicals.

1) I do rarely use interstate highways. I don't think its horrible that they are built - designing them is approximately 1/2 of my companies annual revenue.

2) I do think expressways should be tolled, and we should move away from the gas tax. I don't see any reason why they couldn't be sold to private industry to be operated as for-profit companies.

3) I think Palestinians possess the same natural rights as any other person, including the right to their life, property, homes, self-expression, freedom of movement, etc. (Same right possessed by us and by Israelis.) Apparently, believing the universality of natural rights and upholding the Geneva Conventions on war makes me an anti-semite according to the Israel boosters. I personally think Islam is a backwards religion that the world would be better off without, and Jihadi's should be strangled with pig intestines.