[at-l] The Other MacKaye Vision

[gadog430 at charter.net (Gadog430)]

All interstate highways in the U.S have to meet standards that would allow
them to be roadways should airports and military bases be bombed in a war.

Dawg


----- Original Message -----
From: "Raphael Bustin" <rafeb@speakeasy.net>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] The Other MacKaye Vision


> At 07:38 PM 7/22/2005 -0400, RocksNRoots wrote:
>
> >         Believe it or not Adolph Hitler is probably the one who inspired
the
> >interstate system. I've heard that when the American overseers of
post-war
> >Germany saw the Autobahn they were impressed and wanted something similar
> >in the
> >US...
>
>
> No, there's no need to bring Hitler into it.
>
> The interstate system was sold to Congress
> as the "National System of Interstate and
> Defense Highways" by the Eisenhower
> administration.
>
> Funny how we're always ready to throw
> money at "defense."  But in this case,
> putting "defense" into the name was how
> it got sold and funded.
>
>
> rafe b.
> aka terrapin
>
>
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