Humpday Humor: Gas Prices Are Too Low!

Gas Prices Are Just Too Low

With gas prices at 2 bucks a gallon how are those greedy oil companies supposed to make their Billions?

Maybe if enough drivers boycott these low prices ExxonMobil will jack them up and start gouging us poor consumers again.

TSA Agent Caught on Camera Stealing iPad

Beware the thieving TSA agent at your local airport this travel season.

Brian Ross at ABC News reports 381 TSA employees have been fired for stealing the property of airline passengers.  One in Orlando was caught on tape stealing an iPad and lying on camera about the crime.  

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People Are Strange: Smart Car Flipping

Are Smart Cars the Enemy?

People of some stripe are running around San Francisco car flipping.  Their target: Smart Cars.

NBC Bay Area reports that four cars have been tipped in less than 24 hours.  

It's not clear if the vandals are protesting low-cost transportation (the $13,000 smart car) or high-end transportation (Mercedes-Benz is the owner of smart car).      

The Good People of Detroit

Charles Molnar and students from the Detroit Enterprise Academy came up with a pretty good plan.  Place benches at bus stops.  

(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press)

It turns out that the people calling themselves "City of Detroit" were not filling the market need for places to sit while waiting for the bus.  Young enterprising minds have come up with a solution and received some good will from the community.  Nice work kids!

Taking Aim at Amtrak in Texas

Private rail transportation is possible.  The Texas Tribune reports that mayors of major cities in Texas "Back the Bullet Train" planned to connect Dallas and Houston.

Could Texas Central Railway put an end to the massive boondoggle that is Amtrak in Texas?  With federal funding of $1.4 billion per year it may be hard but never underestimate the resource distribution mechanism created by people acting freely with each other.

Over the long run, Amtrak as a political machine and ward of the state will not be able to keep up with consumer demand for lower prices and greater service.  Despite starting from the rear we can hold out hope that Texas Central will.