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| Lawmaker Suggests Renaming Texas Interstate for Obama |
| 2009-04-06 |
| I doubt this will happen at this time, but it did bring out some funny comments from Young Conservatives of Texas If State Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas) has his way, a portion of Interstate 20 in Dallas County will be renamed the "President Barack Obama Freeway," 1200 WOAI news reports. West's bill was introduced in conjunction with fellow Dallas Democrat John Carona, who heads the senate Transportation Committee. West's measure attempts to bypass current laws which state that Texas freeways are named only in honor of 'deceased people,' and only people who 'were significant in the state's history, or in the lives of people in this state.' Opponents, like Laura Elizabeth Morales of the Young Conservatives of Texas, joked that any road named after Obama should be a toll road, with tolls that 'increase with a driver's income.' "Checkpoints should be set up every three miles to make sure that everyone's tires are inflated properly," she joked. Morales also suggested that, in keeping with President Obama's philosophy, SUV's should be banned from the President Barack Obama Freeway, that all tolls should include 'carbon offsets,' and efforts should be made to insure that any lanes which are not HOV lanes are 'constantly congested.' There are freeways in Dallas currently honoring President George H.W. Bush, and Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston is named in honor for the first President Bush, who, of course, lives in Texas and once represented Texas in Congress. "Texans support naming freeways after Texas heroes, not after liberal Chicago machine politicians who oppose our state's values," Morales said. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #7 'Must be a "highway to nowhere" - or perhaps terminating in a solid brick wall? |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2009-04-06 23:31 |
| #6 Wouldn't want to disappoint The Won (or Mr. West), but a highway isn't quite the right venue for Mr. "I Won." Howz The Obama Sewage Treatment Plant (Dallas) grab ya'? Just like his soon-to-be-namesake, Bambi is full of sh*t. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-04-06 20:10 |
| #5 Doubt if that will pass. Texas voted for McCain. |
| Posted by: Pancho Ulusorong6617 2009-04-06 19:56 |
| #4 For some reason I recall the AC/DC song: "Highway to Hell." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-04-06 19:27 |
| #3 Hookin a brotha up. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-04-06 17:56 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2009-04-06 15:45 |
| #1 Just the north bound lane, please. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-04-06 15:42 |