Comments on: Cartoon Tuesday: Mode Switch http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/03/cartoon-tuesday-mode-switch/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john the bicyclist http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/03/cartoon-tuesday-mode-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-51337 john the bicyclist Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:10:46 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/03/cartoon-tuesday-mode-switch/#comment-51337 This panic will send more bikes on the streets. Warmer weather + more bikes locked up + inflation causing detrimental impact on the economy = bike theft will skyrocket. Great. This panic will send more bikes on the streets. Warmer weather + more bikes locked up + inflation causing detrimental impact on the economy = bike theft will skyrocket. Great.

]]> By: MrManhattan http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/03/cartoon-tuesday-mode-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-51320 MrManhattan Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:24:28 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/03/cartoon-tuesday-mode-switch/#comment-51320 This cartoon really hits a raw nerve. "rising gas prices" substituted for "emergency". I remember standing on my roof in the West Village on a fine September morning watching that second plane go in to the North Tower and the third thing I thought (after, "my god, all those people" and "I hope Bush doesn't use this for political gain") was: This will finally make Americans realize they can't base their lifestyle on sending money to the middle east. Here we are six and a half years later and we discover that to American consumers, a dollar and a half at the pump has more effect than four thousand bodies. Sad Sad Sad This cartoon really hits a raw nerve.

“rising gas prices” substituted for “emergency”.

I remember standing on my roof in the West Village on a fine September morning watching that second plane go in to the North Tower and the third thing I thought (after, “my god, all those people” and “I hope Bush doesn’t use this for political gain”) was: This will finally make Americans realize they can’t base their lifestyle on sending money to the middle east.

Here we are six and a half years later and we discover that to American consumers, a dollar and a half at the pump has more effect than four thousand bodies.

Sad

Sad

Sad

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