George Will wrote an article about trains being a tool to beat the rugged car individualists down into accepting collectivism.

Yeah, because having fewer choices allows us to be more individual.

I remind them that we all graduated college and are supporting ourselves, no one got arrested or has a drug habit...what more do they want??

I have so many relatives to point at that we're either doing ostensibly better (read: saner) than, or at the very least more easily than, but it doesn't always count. We're not breeding, see?

Egad, Sox.

I avoid my parents, which is relatively easy because I live in a different time zone. Unfortunately, the wacko cousin that got our (unlisted) phone number is going to be in town next month, and he has ordered me to have dinner with him. And, no, that is the right word.

I am not kidding.

Automobiles go hither and yon, wherever and whenever the driver desires, without timetables. Automobiles encourage people to think they--unsupervised, untutored, and unscripted--are masters of their fates. The automobile encourages people in delusions of adequacy, which make them resistant to government by experts who know what choices people should make.

Automobiles go hither and yon, wherever and whenever the driver desires, without timetables. Automobiles encourage people to think they--unsupervised, untutored, and unscripted--are masters of their fates.

That reminds me -- I haven't driven across the Atlantic Ocean lately. Time for a road trip.

I don't even know who George Will is. But he sure likes him some automobiles.

Automobiles encourage people to think they--unsupervised, untutored, and unscripted--are masters of their fates.

I hate these kind of arguments because he's overlooking the fact that you can still fucking buy a car.

It's like when people make that argument that women can't be stay at home moms because of feminism. No, they can, nobody made it illegal, nobody is talking about making it illegal.

Also, I'm pretty sure that the people who can't afford a car or car expenses but live in a town or city built around car culture (Hi Arlington!) aren't encouraged to think they are masters of their fates.

I thought I wasn't allowed to have a car due to being a Working Girl On My Own? No???

Or a spinster. Either way.

That last turn is kind of a bitch, Fred. C'mon, George Will has not done a classic American roadtrip...with the junk food and fighting and being happy to find a good song on the radio, yeah. Lawrence O'Donnell makes awesome jello shots, too. @@