Date:         Fri, 12 Nov 1999 19:22:15 -0800
Reply-To:     "T.P. Stephens" <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
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From:         "T.P. Stephens" <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: Interstates
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>At 08:10 PM 11/12/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>From: Kevin and Heather <keather@EARTHLINK.NET>
>>along comes World War II. guess who's in it? :) yup, good ol' Ike Eisenhower
>>(the same one). what he sees is this system of roads, built by the very guy
>>he's trying to defeat, that keeps Germany in the war much longer than they
>>should have been, even though Ike's bombers and fighters were tearing up the
>>railroads daily. point being: stuff did get delivered by road.

Great synopsis, Joel, of some basic realities. Proves any ape can learn
from any other ape
how to get things done better. We wouldn't have a space program or GPS or
most other
large infrastructers if it weren't for the military budget incentives.
Security is an
animal need we may never outgrow. It provides a real inspiration to
acutally getting
something done, at any cost, which by osmosis trickle down many side
benefits for the
common ape on the street.


Doktor Tim
Maintenance Repair and Restoration of European Vehicles
San Juan Island, WA