TC to save TV - General Tiki

S Son-of-Kelbo Member NOHO, CA Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 590	S Son-of-Kelbo Posted posted on Tue, Apr 3, 2007 8:11 PM "Monorail"? Don't get me started on that one, RBB. After the ga-zillions of public funds poured into diggin' redundantly-reinforced, ventilated, artificially-illuminated HOLES for a few short miles here in SoCal has devoured the funds that could have built Twenty Times the transportation coverage, by designing a monorail system virtualy identical to the one that's been sailing around Disneyland with unquestionable reliability for damn near half a century -- can there be any doubt that "the Fix is In" on this? God knows you'll make a helluva lot more $$$ in "handling fees" if you handle millions more in cost overruns, porking-up a wholly unnecessarily-overbuilt transportation albatross for a fraction of the miles that a streamlined, aesthetically-pleasing, and indisputably reliable MONORAIL would have brought us instead. Oh, yeah, and make sure your "Spin Doctors" are quick to lampoon the idea as "an amusement park ride", so they'll hamstring the reference to the stellar example that daily puts the lie to their flat-out scam. 'Best way to cow a questioning TaxPayer is to taint the subject with just the right touch of riducule. That'll curtail a substantial number of the milquetoasts who might've spoken up, and pre-slur those others who can only point to Walt's perfect public transportation system and say, "Whatever, it works." Um, sorry..., couldn't resist. "Forget it, Jake; it's Chinatown..." The only way to "fix" the "Fix" (ANY "Fix") is to make enough noise, attract enough attention, so that the Politicos and their Financially Influencial Special Interests simply can't hide their backroom-Voter-screw-overs. And speaking of VOTING, does SOK hav'ta bump the "SAVE Trader Vic's 90210" V-Vote thread? I will if necessary before it drops outta sight, just to do what I can to keep a burr under the saddle of the "Interests" who think their "Fix" is already a done deal. Will it make a difference? It might -- if enough People let their Voices be Heard. Pretty GDn simple equasion: the mathematics can be brutal, or beautiful. As for those who've looked in and not voted -- There's still time to salvage your inner angel, especially if you have any inclinations about making noble noises about the loss of (or the threat to) the next treasured Polynesian Pop historical venue/establishment/monument/publicly-cherished-artifact threatened by the axe. Maybe we won't save st with this effort, but you'll be able to look at the thread title and know you clicked a damn mouse a couple of times to ADD YOUR VOICE to those who've already shown a beam of courage and faith in the attempt to DO SOMETHING. Don't V-Vote, and if the subject ever comes up all you can say (or avoid saying) is you were one of the ones who didn't even try. (You can however say you "shoveled st in Louisana", though, if the reference means anything.) ps: Steal This Banner: and point it to: http://www.cosmicassociates.com/vvote-savetradervicsbh.htm Viva TV's 90210. SOK (pps: If she's still standing by November, ST, the MaiTais are on me and Libby at Table 5 -- all of 'em. Cheers.) "Don't let it be forgot, That once there was a Spot, Where Blowfish all wore sunglasses, and Tiki-times were hot..." [ Edited by: Son-of-Kelbo 2007-04-03 20:13 ]

"Monorail"? Don't get me started on that one, RBB. After the ga-zillions of public funds poured into diggin' redundantly-reinforced, ventilated, artificially-illuminated HOLES for a few short miles here in SoCal has devoured the funds that could have built Twenty Times the transportation coverage, by designing a monorail system virtualy identical to the one that's been sailing around Disneyland with unquestionable reliability for damn near half a century -- can there be any doubt that "the Fix is In" on this? God knows you'll make a helluva lot more $$$ in "handling fees" if you handle millions more in cost overruns, porking-up a wholly unnecessarily-overbuilt transportation albatross for a fraction of the miles that a streamlined, aesthetically-pleasing, and indisputably reliable MONORAIL would have brought us instead. Oh, yeah, and make sure your "Spin Doctors" are quick to lampoon the idea as "an amusement park ride", so they'll hamstring the reference to the stellar example that daily puts the lie to their flat-out scam. 'Best way to cow a questioning TaxPayer is to taint the subject with just the right touch of riducule. That'll curtail a substantial number of the milquetoasts who might've spoken up, and pre-slur those others who can only point to Walt's perfect public transportation system and say, "Whatever, it works."

Um, sorry..., couldn't resist. "Forget it, Jake; it's Chinatown..."

The only way to "fix" the "Fix" (ANY "Fix") is to make enough noise, attract enough attention, so that the Politicos and their Financially Influencial Special Interests simply can't hide their backroom-Voter-screw-overs.

And speaking of VOTING, does SOK hav'ta bump the "SAVE Trader Vic's 90210" V-Vote thread? I will if necessary before it drops outta sight, just to do what I can to keep a burr under the saddle of the "Interests" who think their "Fix" is already a done deal. Will it make a difference? It might -- if enough People let their Voices be Heard. Pretty GDn simple equasion: the mathematics can be brutal, or beautiful.

As for those who've looked in and not voted -- There's still time to salvage your inner angel, especially if you have any inclinations about making noble noises about the loss of (or the threat to) the next treasured Polynesian Pop historical venue/establishment/monument/publicly-cherished-artifact threatened by the axe. Maybe we won't save s**t with this effort, but you'll be able to look at the thread title and know you clicked a damn mouse a couple of times to ADD YOUR VOICE to those who've already shown a beam of courage and faith in the attempt to DO SOMETHING.

Don't V-Vote, and if the subject ever comes up all you can say (or avoid saying) is you were one of the ones who didn't even try. (You can however say you "shoveled s**t in Louisana", though, if the reference means anything.)

ps: Steal This Banner:

and point it to:
http://www.cosmicassociates.com/vvote-savetradervicsbh.htm

Viva TV's 90210.

SOK

(pps: If she's still standing by November, ST, the MaiTais are on me and Libby at Table 5 -- all of 'em. Cheers.)

"Don't let it be forgot,
That once there was a Spot,
Where Blowfish all wore sunglasses,
and Tiki-times were hot..."

[ Edited by: Son-of-Kelbo 2007-04-03 20:13 ]

Post #296663 by Son-of-Kelbo on Tue, Apr 3, 2007 8:11 PM