The White Man’s Influence

  India is a crushingly poor nation.  Its inhabitants live in squalor for the most part, even though India seems to be rising a bit, and some progress is being made.  India’s infrastructure of railways,  electrical, telephone, etc, plus government structure, was all done under English rule.  The Brits civilized India, taught them English, taught […]

Days of Yore – part two

  Governments spend $200 million a day, fixing and building roads. Streetcar tracks last virtually forever.  70% of ’rush hour’ traffic on freeways, is bumper to bumper.  In 1946, 23.4 billion people rode streetcars and busses.  Streetcars ran on the busiest of streets and avenues, with busses connecting to them from various neighborhoods.  In 2009, […]