I guess I'm a liberal now...but I still refuse to agree with everything that Michael Moore says and thinks. Here's his blog post about GM's bankruptcy.
The first part is what I like about Moore. He's insightful and knows the history of General Motors better than most people (Roger & Me is still the only one of his movies that I really liked). The second part is where his windbag button gets stuck to the "hurricane" setting.
Public Transportation will never work in this country, forcing people to sit on a cramped bus next to fat ass mouth breathers is the fastest way to kill that person's environmental concern. Our entire country was built around the automobile both physically and culturally. Public transportation IS NOT A VIABLE REPLACEMENT for the car. And who the fuck wants to sit on a "high speed" train for a 17 hour trip from LA to New York when a plane can make that trip in half the time? Trains work in Europe and Japan because of the short distances involved...that doesn't translate well to a country the size of the United States.
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I like Michael Moore to a point. I really liked Sicko. I agree that we need more light rail and some high speed lines between along some major corridors, but he's nuts if he thinks that we can all go 100% green. I can't give up my truck and I can't afford a $2 a gallon tax on it either. That's totally insane.
He's a genius. Let's shitcan the trillions we've spent on the infrastructure to support cars so we can waste trillions more on trains!
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