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Divernan

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7. Remember GE's "Progress is our most important product" ad?

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 09:21 AM

Mar 2013

I remember going to a meeting in the 60's (in Florida ironically enough), where some stock brokers were pushing various stocks of the future, and had an animated film showing the "cities and homes of tomorrow". We didn't even need highways - there were skywalks, and skyways and household robots galore. It was pure Jetsons. The audience was made up mostly of engineering types working at Cape Kennedy, and we found the projections totally believable.

Fast forward to today: The USA - weapons of death and destruction are our most important product, and we'll export them to anywhere in the world. In fact, it's pretty much our only export product.

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Du rec. Nt xchrom Mar 2013 #1

Why is it so difficult for this to happen in the US? liberal N proud Mar 2013 #2

Good discussion of pros/cons/costs/benefits in this link. Divernan Mar 2013 #3

We do have our priorities screwed up in this country. liberal N proud Mar 2013 #4

America - the land of greed, guns, corruption, and Maineman Mar 2013 #6

Remember GE's "Progress is our most important product" ad? Divernan Mar 2013 #7

totally agree, I have the same problem traveling between DC and rural CT wordpix Mar 2013 #15

Tracks are owned by Private Railroads in the US, by their National Government in Europe happyslug Mar 2013 #16

I have a friend who lives in Paris... CherokeeDem Mar 2013 #5

Many Europeans only rent a car when they're going on holiday. Divernan Mar 2013 #8

I wish that were the case here.... CherokeeDem Mar 2013 #9

That's how a lot of Japanese people live, too, Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #10

There's little correllation between rates of car ownership and car use nxylas Mar 2013 #13

i've been living in the bay area, california without a car for years noiretextatique Mar 2013 #11

I am in DC a lot and you don't need a car if you live in the city wordpix Mar 2013 #14

Acela travel in NE corridor typically costs MUCH more than $50 reg. train wordpix Mar 2013 #12