[Magdalen] The Donald Again

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Even in the early '60s I had always heard that it was in case of foreign 
invasion, for troop movement (modeled after the autobahn's of Germany). 
There are built-in stretches where landing planes could be accommodated.

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 1:48 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] The Donald Again

> It was pitched to us as a series of escape routes into the countryside so
> we could flee to safety should the Russians invade (or Drop the Bomb).
>
> I have very vivid memories of this stunning pile of popaganda.
> -M
>
> On Thursday, August 11, 2016, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/08/2016 21:33, ME Michaud wrote:
>>
>>> My mother always complained that Eisenhower tried to run the country 
>>> like
>>> a
>>> military campaign, but allowed that the war's end gave him a little 
>>> leeway
>>> in this. Still, he didn't do a good job of helping the country 
>>> transition
>>> to peace time when the people wanted peacetime, and that benefited
>>> Kennedy.
>>>
>>
>> I believe it was Eisenhower's experience with a military convoy from DC 
>> to
>> LA that convinced him of the need for a proper interstate highway syatem.
>>
>> Roger
>>