ATDTDA (1): De Forest and Kimura (29:32-3)

[David Casseres]

On 2/1/07, Monte Davis <monte.davis at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> Or at another angle, note the book's reference to the "interurbans." There
> was a wonderfully efficient,. proliferating network of light rail and local
> trolleys in much of the suburban and exurban US c. 1910. <cue Randy
> Newman, 'Dayton, Ohio, 1903'> All good liberals know how the LA trolleys
> were throttled by Detroit bus (and car) interests -- but the sad fact is
> that 98% of what killed that network was the preference of all our [great]
> grandparents for their Very Own Flivver in their Very Own Driveway, and all
> that implied. We have met the enemy and he is us.
>

Also don't forget that the L.A. trolleys belonged to bloody-fanged tycoons
like Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, and were a component of vast and evil
real-estate schemes.  Not to mention their Griddish propensities.
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