John Locke’s Locker Room is Full of Crap
Since I’m a liberal, it’s probably no surprise that I’m not a fan of the John Locke Foundation (it’s NC’s version of The Heritage Foundation, or a group of right-wing free-market fundamentalists posing as “moderate-centrist-libertarians”). Their blog, Locker Room provides a perfect example of why with this post that compares American (and specifically Charlotte’s) light rail with over-populated Asia’s mass transit rail (with complimentary YouTube video).
Clearly, it takes a lot of thoughtful analysis to make that comparison, since Charlotte‘s population (630,000-ish) is the fraction of most any major Asian city.
False comparisons: That’s all the right-wing free-market fundamentalists are capable of making these days. So sad, since I used to respect one.
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May 11th, 2008 at 1:25 am
I’m going to go not very far out on a limb here and say that they were kidding.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:16 am
patty mac, thanks for reading and the comment.
It’s possible that the JLF‘s use of “dense” isn’t the same as my interpretation.
Though, I will say, the JLFers aren’t for any government idea and mass transit is often pushed by local governments to reduce traffic congestion.