Vive La France

The French Government recently announced that it will no longer build highways and concentrate on high speed rail and urban tramway projects, instead. The French will also freeze airport construction; they hope that car and air travel will become choices of last resort. Jean-Louis Borloo, the environmental minister said: "...In thirty years we have built a lot of roads and highways. That's over. Our road capacity is not going to be increased further."

Now, the French have always been "out there"... always playing the spoiler. They simply cannot grasp that slamming hard on a Hummer's gas pedal to send it rocketing down I-95 produces more satisfaction and high testosterone levels than any trip on a TGV - even if the latter goes twice as fast. Humph... they even prefer crepes and baguettes to BigMacs.

Trams are for sissies. Even if we have to fight wars, we want our individual freedoms fried at the exhaust of our tailpipes and jets. And $95 oil won't last. Really. I hear it's going to break down and head for $94.80 any day now.