Live Nude Mass Transit

BusTard thanks for your interesting report on the MTA’s waste of money, but seriously why where you driving a car BusTard?

Are you a poseur...:)

I hope you weren’t in that car alone.

As many of you know one of my pet peeves are public transit advocates, with cars.

Why do I hate that? Because car driving mass transit advocates are total poseurs and part of the problem and just jumping on the bandwagon, because it’s the new hot thing, but yet they don’t want to actually do the new hot thing AND they never tell you about their car adventures, sort of pretending as if those adventures don’t happen.

Like a bulimic aerobics instuctor, yeah it looks so easy, because she's vomiting between classes.

If you are a public transit advocate and you have a car. Talk about that car since it is part of your experience.

It’s sort of like those greenies who just keep spending money and buying points to offset their carbon emissions by buying carbon offsets. And the most they can do is buy organic curtains, not use plastic, and buy an electric car, like that’s doing something.

Are you fucking kidding me?

If you want to feel good about doing nothing go to Treehugger. That’s the safe green site, we’re X-rated green…lol…

I’m hardcore and never thought I would be. I used to love cars, really love them and now I won’t even take rides from people. I’m actually as offended when someone offers me a ride as I am when someone offers me a hamburger (I’m a vegetarian.) I’m like, “Do you think I’m you? And why would I want to be you? You’re pretty disgusting.”

I don’t think these thoughts unless they try to force me in their car, trying to help. If you offer a mass transit rider a ride, and they say no, back off. Maybe it’s a life choice.

I don’t like it when people try to push their materialistic values on me, now of course I’m pushing my anti-car values on you here, but this blog is called “The Bus Bench.” You come here knowing exactly what I’m going to say or around what I’m going to say.

If you went to a porn site you’d expect to see a naked chick (or nude, but naked sounds better, though I guess they have naked guys in porn, but I don't think naked guys are that fun and I say that as a straight woman. Naked women are tons more fun than naked guys. I know I'm more fun.)

This blog is my mass transit porn site.

That being said Metro has a program where they will pay you 400 dollars a month to start a vanpool at your office. I’m conflicted. On one hand it’s good on the other hand, hey why not give people money to start a mass transit buddy club.

I don’t like  vanpools or carpools, yes it gets people some people off the road, but carpools means that everyone in the pool has to drive (or quite a few or it wouldn’t be fair.) And vanpools, well some of those people could still have cars. In order for you to give up your car you have to experience public transit on a regular basis and most people after they’ve worked all week aren’t going to go out and explore on the bus. Most people won't even eat a serving a vegetables that are not fried.

If driving is too expensive then don’t drive.

As most Americans won’t stop eating like pigs until they’ve been diagnosed with diabetes and have had a foot cut off, (because just the diagnosis won’t do,) most people won’t stop driving unless something has happened to their car or license.

Americans won’t stop driving until New York, Venice, and New Orleans have disappeared owing to the rising sea levels, yeah the signs are there, but it’s just American to have to be beaten over the head with something horrible, several times before you get it.

But I will give America this we’re number 14 in regards to highest car ownership (which means cars per 1,000 people.) We’re at 465, we could be lower, but at least we're not in the top ten!!! YAY USA!! USA!!!

Number one is Luxembourg at 647
Number two is Iceland at 601
Number three is New Zealand at 592
Number four is Italy 590
Number five is Canada at 561

Facts gotten from the Economist Pocket World in Figures, 2008 Edition…I love the Economist!!!

But if you insist on continuing your addiction to your car, but want a way to kill the planet as little as you can here’s some methadone for you at Metro. It pains me to link this. I feel like I’m enabling you, but I’ve gotten over the whole everyone can’t be a vegetarian thing, I suppose I can get over this.

edited 3/27 5:56pm because green isn't a good color for type against a flesh colored background and because Bert Green thought I was funning him, so I made it clear that I was funning with BusTard....

Browne

Comments

[Bert Green]

"why where you driving a car?"

I didn't say I was driving a car. I said "I was in someone's car." I probably should have been clearer and said I was in someone ELSE"S car. As a passenger.

FYI, I don't technically "own" a car, it belongs to my boyfriend who lives part time in LA. I store it for him and do use it now and then. If that makes me unacceptable to you, fine. But transit activism involves a lot more than whining and stomping your feet.

[Browne]

Bert,

You must feel guilty, I was making fun of BusTard not you...lol...

Browne

[Bert Green]

Ha! I didn't feel guilty. I thought you were being somewhat intolerant, but now that I know it was Mr. Tard that you meant to exfoliate I feel much better.

Luckily, I have a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. The guilt got cancelled out. No shame either. I worked in the porn industry for years.