Brenda and I watched Carjacked, on BookTV.
The author said Americans feel a car gives them
freedom.
You are your car. Your car is you. Jeep Wrangler: The Eddie Bauer
Decal Package. If I am my car I am a junker that might or might not start.
The birds aren’t free, they’re fighting over scraps of food. I agreed with
Emerson, “Things are in the saddle, and ride mankind.” I agreed with
Thoreau. A thing is worth what you have to give up to have it. If I can’t
walk, ride a bicycle, sail a boat, or paddle a canoe, I don’t want to go there.
It’s cheaper to take a limousine. In
the bus, walked, or rode a bicycle. I walked to the bank in
I rode a bike to IBM.
I rode a bike in
in
for a year, I bought a car, and went back on automobile insurance, and had to
pay more, because I hadn’t driven for a year. I was penalized for not driving.
Insurance is a penalty. Depreciation is a penalty. A depreciating asset
is not an investment. It’s an expense. A tax we all must pay.
Just for living in a car culture. You aren’t a cowboy,
sports fans. You aren’t an Indian.
You’re the bison.