UrbanThoreau Critiques: from Street to World and Back Again
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James Hansen: The Saint of Our Age
This guy is amazing. I don’t know what the planned civil disobedience is, but I hope it is huge. Mountaintop removal is a barbaric act. [Update: I read in a tiny article safely tucked away on p. 7, that they got arrested for blocking the road to the mine. The arrestees included Hansen and Daryl…
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Highway Bloatitecture: A Cancer on the City Center
What do Brussels, Madison, Atlanta, and Little Rock have in common? Highway-scaped Bloatitecture in the middle of the city.
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It’s Official: NYT declares Obama a Protégé of Bush
Jesus H. Obama continues George W. Bush’s torture, rendition and war policies. Herbert rails on this in NYT today.
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Horribly Hilly’s Graveyard
This article is a hoot. Pay particular attention to Lehman’s quotes. What a character! I guess the Horribly Hilly 100 was particularly brutal this year, given all that tropical humidity. Maybe they should add another couple of ‘H’s’ in there: The Hot, Humid, Horribly Hilly Hundred.
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Guardian UK: Fair Weather Cyclists v. Bike Ragers
This article cracked me up. Apparently even the stiff-upper-lipped Brits get plenty irritated with clueless fair weather cyclists wandering all over the bike paths. Heh! Next up: Using one’s rights, not the sidewalk.
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Mayor Pave Hogwild For Highways
Mayor Pave’s continuing pursuit pork and a more perfect Schaumburg.
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Mayor Pave: Keeping up with the Schaumburgs
Yet another auto-centric pave over of our countryside.
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Peak Oil and Places that Suck
Places that suck need massive inputs of concentrated energy to function. Right now, that concentrated form of energy tends to be oil. Oil feeds our deathmobiles which are the only means of access to places that suck. But the ride is getting rougher in those paved paradises, with higher prices here & yet higher prices…
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Blood/Gas Hybrid
Your gas tank is full of blood. Yes, even Toyota Pious gas tanks.
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