> Might I also ask
whether the Moscow subway system
> was built under the saintly Czars or under The Evil Empire????
> 1995 was already the period of free-fall capitalism
> in the breakdown-products of the former USSR, I believe.
>
> \brad mccormick
> was built under the saintly Czars or under The Evil Empire????
> 1995 was already the period of free-fall capitalism
> in the breakdown-products of the former USSR, I believe.
>
> \brad mccormick
I believe it was built under Stalin in the 1930s.
The layout, in terms of getting people from A to B, is highly rational.
The stations are grandiose, as befits the Stalinist era. The condition it
was in when I rode it in the mid-90s was extremely dubious. I recall
hoping many times that the wheel making that godawful noise would not fall
off.
Ed
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> I remember the light rail system in Los Angeles (the red cars) and remember
> too when they were removed only to be replaced with GM buses. Coincidence?
> Probably.
>
> Now let me tell you why Oswald was the lone shooter.......
>
> arthur
>
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>
> Harry Pollard wrote:
> > Arthur,
> >
> > I don't think we have a point A and point B in Los Angeles.
> >
> > I think I remember riding a bus once several decades ago, but I can't be
> > sure.
> >
> > By the time I walked to the bus stop and waited for the next bus, I
> > could drive into downtown LA. That is if I wanted to go there.
> >
> > By far, the best transportation system for LA is the automobile. Why
> > this is so requires some thought, but thinking seems to be in short
> > supply these days.
> [snip]
>
> I seem to recall having read somewhere that in the 1930s
> General Motors bought the LA public transit system for
> the sole purpose of destroying it so that the
> automobile would be the way to go. (I read that
> before I realized the importance of the audit trail,
> so I don't have the source.)
>
> Might I also ask whether the Moscow subway system
> was built under the saintly Czars or under The Evil Empire????
> 1995 was already the period of free-fall capitalism
> in the breakdown-products of the former USSR, I believe.
>
> \brad mccormick
>
> --
> Let your light so shine before men,
> that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
>
> Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
>
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