[ale] Off topic - And now, Arizona

Sat Jul 10 06:50:20 EDT 2010

No argument there and now that Jim has educated me on what Vogons are, I
think that is a very appropriate description. I can't imagine such a plan
would actually ever be executed, especially not with current state & federal
budgets. Maybe they ought to extend 316 to 400 or I-75, that would probably
do more to alleviate the daily Spaghetti Junction-316 traffic jams than
extending 400 and they could route it right through the Governor's mansion
;-)

GC

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Larry Johnson
<larryfeltonjohnson at gmail.com>wrote:

> You're probably right.  No matter what two nondescript clusters of cul de
> sacs and strip malls serve as the end points though, the bottom line is
> still the destruction of some of the best neighborhoods in Atlanta.
>
> Larry
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> OK, I wasn't familiar with that plan, but such a route would connect say
>> McDonough with Cumming/Dawsonville/Dahlonegah rather than P'tree City w/
>> Woodstock.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Larry Johnson <
>> larryfeltonjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No.  I'm thinking of the actual proposal Oxendine has on the table to
>>> connect GA 400 with I-675 by obliterating Morningside, Virginia Highlands,
>>> Inman Park, and East Atlanta.  Oxendine actually took a bit of heat for it
>>> early in the campaign, but basically stated that he loved East Atlanta, but
>>> we all had to make sacrifices for the greater good (as in destroying some of
>>> the best neighborhoods in Metro Atlanta).
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Larrry,
>>>>
>>>> I was thinking that Michael Moore calling someone fat would be much a
>>>> more apropos comparison.
>>>> Pardon my ignorance, but what is a Vogon?
>>>> I live in and grew up Fayetteville (10 miles East of Peachtree City). My
>>>> father, about 50-52 yrs ago, as a Delta Airlines pilot tried to build the
>>>> first house in P'tree City but couldn't get a loan from the Atl banks
>>>> because it was too far out in the country. That's not relevant to the topic,
>>>> but you comment about destroying East Atl for a Mega Bypass to get from
>>>> P'tree City to Woodstock makes no sense, both are on the West side of Atl
>>>> and one can go straight up Hwy 74 to I-85 to I-285 to I-75 to I-575 and be
>>>> in Woodstock much quicker than any conceivable "eastern passage" as you
>>>> propose. Are you perhaps thinking of the roadway that DID destroy some of
>>>> East Atl but Jimmy Carter killed the project when he was Gov. and the road
>>>> now takes you to his Library and on to E. Ponce?
>>>>
>>>> GC
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Larry Johnson <
>>>> larryfeltonjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>   On 07/09/2010 03:50 PM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>>>>>> > Especially the Roberts Supreme Court.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Don't worry about Georgia being passed by Arizona though - at least
>>>>>> one of the Republican gubernatorial candidates has something in their ad
>>>>>> about how we should follow Arizona's lead.  I forget which one though.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> That would be Nathan Deal. He's doing his best to out-wingnut the
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> candidates. I don't think he can catch Oxendine or Handel, though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I live in East Atlanta, and grew up in Grant Park, so Oxendine holds a
>>>>> special place in my pantheon of wingnuts, since part of his platform
>>>>> includes destroying the east side of Atlanta  to create some sort of
>>>>> mega-bypass, so that the Vogons can get from Woodstock to Peachtree City
>>>>> without encountering any inhabited places in between.
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