[PRCo] [Fwd: The Anti-Urban, Anti-Transit "Axis of Weasels"]

[Jim Holland]

	The following is from the Misc-urban-transit newsgroup.    As
certain countries have apparently been labeled as  *Weasels*  for
political reasons, one person has apparently found several
families of weasels related to transit.    Very interesting
exposure!!

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: The Anti-Urban, Anti-Transit "Axis of Weasels"
Date: 18 Feb 2003 12:28:34 -0800
From: transitcabal at .......
Organization: http://groups.google.com/

The Anti-Urban, Anti-Transit "Axis of Weasels"
		February 18, 2003 
	http://www.transitcabal.org

"It is the unfortunate destiny of the
	ridiculous to be subject to ridicule."
James Howard Kunstler 

"Truth passes through three phases:
	1) It is ridiculed.
	2) It is violently opposed.
	3) It is accepted as self-evident."
		Albert Schopenhouer.


In the United States, rail is currently passing through Phase
Two.


>From the Cabalmaster: 

	Recently large numbers of so-called "warbloggers" have taken to
calling Germany, Belgium, and France the "axis of weasels" due to
their opposition to the pending U.S. war against Iraq, a play on
George W. Bush's "axis of evil." (Maverick British leftist
Christopher Hitchens points out that France and Germany have had
extensive business dealings with Iraq; on the other hand, the
public in those countries oppose a new Middle East war by 80%-90%
margins, but that's an off topic blog...)

	Well, there is another "axis of weasels" that we wise-guy
Transit Cabalists have identified: A pretty complete list of the
Antiurban, Antitransit Axis of Weasels is posted at
www.ti.org/amdream.html. This list is as follows, excluding
government representatives, consultants we know don't agree with
the anti-urban agenda, and Andres Duany, invited to provide
entertainment and counterpoint to "King of the Weasels" Wendell
Cox:

*	Rob Atkinson, Progressive Policy Institute 
*	Mark Benson, APCO 
*	Scott Bullock, Institute for Justice 
*	Jon Caldara, Independence Institute 
*	Pat Callahan, American Association of Small Property Owners 
*	Kathleen Calongne, traffic calming activist 
*	John Charles, Cascade Policy Institute 
*	Jim Claus, International Sign Association 
*	Michael Cunneen, transportation consultant 
*	Wendell Cox, publicpurpose.com 
*	Bill Eager, TDA Inc., transportation consultant, Seattle, WA 
*	William Fischel, Dartmouth College 
*	Kemper Freeman, Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA 
*	Gary Garczynski, president of the National Association of Home
Builders
*	Peter Gordon, University of Southern California 
*	Steve Hayward, American Enterprise Institute 
*	Jay Heiler, APCO 
*	Randall Holcombe, Florida State University 
*	Dave Hunnicutt, Oregonians in Action 
*	Sam Kazman, Competitive Enterprise Institute 
*	Ben Lieberman, Competitive Enterprise Institute 
*	Stephan Louis, Alternatives to Light-Rail Transit, Cincinnati 
*	Nancie Marzulla, Defenders of Property Rights 
*	Gerard Mildner, Portland State University Center for Urban
Studies 
*	Robert Nelson, University of Maryland 
*	Ken Orski, Innovation Briefs 
*	Randal O'Toole, Thoreau Institute 
*	Nick Parker, Political Economy Research Center 
*	Richard Parsons, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce,
Maryland 
*	Alan Pisarski, author of Commuting in America 
*	Robert Poole, Reason Foundation 
*	Ken Reid, Rapid Transit Action Committee, Virginia 
*	Thomas Rubin, transit consultant 
*	Peter Samuel, Tollroads Newsletter 
*	Joel Schwartz, air pollution consultant 
*	Jane Shaw, Political Economy Research Center 
*	Sam Staley, Buckeye Institute 
*	David Strom, Taxpayers League of Minnesota 
*	Michelle Thaxton, South Carolina Landowners' Association 
*	Ron Utt, Heritage Foundation 
*	Bridgett Wagner, Heritage Foundation

Funding Sources

*	American Association of Small Property Owners 
*	Buckeye Institute 
*	Cascade Policy Institute 
*	Heartland Institute 
*	Heritage Foundation 
*	Home Builders Association of Central Arizona 
*	IndividualLiberty.org 
*	Oregonians in Action 
*	PERC - The Center for Free Market Environmentalism 
*	Reason Foundation 
*	Steven DeCarlow 
*	Taxpayers League of Minnesota 
*	Tennessee Road Builders Association 
*	Thoreau Institute

	"Thanks also to the Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust
and the Sarah Scaife Foundation for making the conference
possible."  (e.g., far right wing foundations).

	It will be interesting to see if this "Meeting of the Axis of
Weasels" get more attendees than speakers. The Secret Worldwide
Transit Cabal is predicting somewhere between 150 and 200
conference attendees in addition to the speakers and sponsors.