CATS: Bus vs. Train
Posted October 10th, 2008 at 8:03 AM by Jeff A. Taylor
Here’s an odd tangle. A CATS bus took out the crossing arm of the light rail line Wednesday night over by the Convention Center.
It looks like damage was minor and it does not seem possible anyone was injured, but who knows. All anyone is allowed to report on the CATS front is happy news.
(Photo credit: Tanker Narc)
October 10th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Somehow the whole idea provides cartoon visions of the machines fighting for transit supremacy . . .
October 10th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Uh oh. Now you got me thinking about re-working Rush’s The Trees into a transit meme…….
October 10th, 2008 at 10:24 am
There is unrest here in Charlotte
there is trouble with the trains
for the lib’rals want free transit
and the right ignore their pains
So the lib’rals started bitching
and complaining about their plight
they say the roads are just too crowded
and to trains they have a right
But the right don’t see a problem
They say the roads will do just fine
And they wonder why the lib’rals
Can’t do anything but whine
October 10th, 2008 at 10:36 am
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October 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Makes a great poem on its on merit.
There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas.
The trouble with the maples,
(And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
But the oaks can’t help their feelings
If they like the way they’re made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can’t be happy in their shade.
There is trouble in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
As the maples scream “Oppression!”
And the oaks just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
“The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light.”
Now there’s no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
“THE TRAINS”
There is unrest here in Charlotte
there is trouble with the trains
for the lib’rals want free transit
and the right ignore their pains
The lib’rals started wailing
and complained about their plight
they say the roads are just too crowded
and to trains they have a right
But the right don’t see a problem
they say the roads will do just fine
and they wonder why the lib’rals
can’t do anything but whine
There is trouble here in Charlotte
with the transit, don’t you know,
as the lib’rals scream “more choo-choos!”
and the right just say “oh, no”
So the lib’rals conned the public
and convinced them with their lies
“the right are too greedy;
they will pay for our free rides”
now there’s much more tax oppression
for they passed a heinous law
and the proles are all kept equal
by edict, tax, and law…
October 10th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Masterful, clay! dj
October 10th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Well, that does not help. Now I have to go find a Rush cover band to do this ver….
October 10th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Oh oh oh! Just hit me “A Passage to South End”…. “aboard the Tober Express…”
Damn you clayj! Damn yooooouuuuuuuu!
October 10th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Just make sure I’m credited so I can pick up some royalties…
October 12th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
CATS bus drivers don’t have accidents.
I can testify to that personally as according the bus driver following me down Randolph and approaching a light, I suddenly and without cause, through my car into reverse and frontended the bus with my trunk. I’ve got to stop doing that.
It seems evident to me that the rail in the above picture simply threw itself at the stopped bus and then posed that way until the photo was taken.