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From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises on 9 May 2010 00:28 On May 8, 7:16 pm, FatterDumber& Happier Moe <"WheresMyCheck"@UncleSamLoves.Mee> wrote: > His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic > > > > Enterprises wrote: > > On May 8, 8:00 am, "Tom" <t...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >> "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of QuixoticEnterprises" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > >>news:96ac8d86-0f9e-409e-ae32-6517f8750f11(a)e1g2000yqe.googlegroups.com.... > > >>> I will talk now about the MOST DARWINIST COUNTRY. But first let's talk > >>> about the least Darwinist or smartest country... > >>> The German Tourism industry and the federal train system (Deutsches > >>> Bundesbahn," but just "DB" or Die Bahn) have cooperated in making the > >>> entire country bicycle friendly. In Germany, individuals, groups, > >>> and entire families take bicycling vacations for a week or more. > >>> A friend once told me of his negative experience bicycling in Germany > >>> 30 years ago. He complained it was like a blood sport. However, he > >>> rode on the roads with the cars for two reasons; he did not have a map > >>> showing the bike paths and there were few signed bicycle routes back > >>> then. We almost never ride on high-traffic roads; most of the time we > >>> are on some type of bike path or at least a low-traffic road. > >>>http://bicyclegermany.com/bicycling_in_germany.htm > >>> *** > >>> So while Germany lost the war, it won the peace and now it is the > >>> winner in friendly places, while America and her former allies have > >>> stayed in the competition for the most stupid or Darwinist places. > >>> I can only report this much, but if you want to send your $ > >>> contribution, I will go there myself and give you a first hand > >>> account. Nothing to report from here other than it is a jungle. ;) > >> Easy fix if you live in US move to Germany, if you live in Germany Stay the > >> hell over there > >> Thank you. > > > Where's your contribution? > > I think you would like Detroit. It looks a bit trashy, doesn't it? http://www.indymedia.ie/cache/imagecache/local/attachments/apr2008/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_detroit.jpg |