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| The O.C. |
| 07.29.05 (5:42 am) [edit] |
*** doesn't just oversee the PRTJ website and The *Blog, he's also busy telling other people what they should (and shouldn't) have on their pages (especially if it means more mentions of him and his quality work). It's almost like he can't help it--
:: "Click on the "news" link on these websites for the latest PRT news. Anything about the Taxi 2000 vs J. Edward Anderson lawsuit?"[1]
:: "For once you are right... Are you the only PRT website that's mentioned the lawsuit? Did I miss any others? How about a follow up on... the Pioneer Press article you linked to (but did not discuss)?"
:: "what's the deal with your Google News Search? Why does it exclude the LRN website and my website?"
:: "You should have a disclaimer saying so[2] on your Google search button. (Source, plus comments 3 and 4)
:: "That's really interesting... you should explain what you mean by this on your web site."
:: "All the usual boasting about their non-existing system... the flashy animation [ellipses included]" (Source, plus comments)
:: "The PRTers... don't even want to spell my name for fear that someone will do a Google search on me and my PRT skeptic web site."
(Source, Background)
:: "we are kicking PRT keyword butt on google, yahoo, msn, wiki,everywhere." Source
He does love his Google linkage points. One sure hopes that *** never Googles PRT, and then repeats it while excluding links to his pages. One further hopes that he never calculates that the hit-differential is about 1.5% (the difference between this and this). One hopes that for his sake. Because we care.
Errata:
A. tBlog informs me that PRTJJ has already received 434 visitors. And this is only the first week! Note to self: Apparently technology and humor sells.
B. Editorial decision: from now on, Get On Board! PRT will be abbreviated "gPRT." Like this:
gPRT
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Notes:
[1] Incidentally, Get On Board! PRT does not have a News link, it has a "What's New" link, which leads to a "New" page. S is a very important letter, you illy anti-PRT wea el .
[2] that Get On Board! PRT has an editorial policy against linking to information that is known to be false.
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| 07.28.05 (5:43 am) [edit] |
Our friend *** at the "PRT is Bogus" tBlog recently posted the following, which includes a reference to Minneapolis City Councillor Dean Zimmerman (emphases):
"Green Party-endorsed candidate for Mayor of Minneapolis, Farheen Hakeem told me she had suspicions about Personal Rapid Transit. She also said she was not supporting Dean Zimmermann." Source
If true, so much for party unity. Amateurs. But oh how I wish I could have heard that conversation. Maybe it went something like this:Administrative Assistant: Ms. Hakeem, there's a *** ****** on the phone again.
Farheen Hakeem: Not again!
AA: Do you want me to-
FH: That guy just won't let go of that Personal Rapid Transit. It's suspicious, I tell you...
AA: He can hear you.
FH: What?
AA: He isn't actually on hold. The line is open, I just thought since you were standing right here-
FH: How many times have I told you!? The hold button is your friend!
AA: I'm sorry. [Cups hand over receiver]
FH: OK, gotta think. He's gonna want to get me on the record about PRT...
AA: And Dean Zimmerman.
FH: Zimmerman! Cripes! Why is he only obsessed with Zimmerman? That's suspicious too! What about Aaron Neumann and all those other pro-PRT Greens? OK, just tell ****** I'm not Dean Zimmerman's mother. I'm not supporting him financially, am I? He's a grown man, he has his own place...
AA: Got it. Ahem. Hello, Mr. ******? Sorry about that. Ms. Hakeem wants you to know that she has suspicions, and she's not Dean Zimmerman's mother.
Interesting, don't you think, that ***'s embrace of Ms. Hakeem coincided with a clumsy attempt, by smearer or smearers unknown, at painting PRT supporters with the anti-Muslim brush (comments by person using the alias "The_PRT_Mafia").
We attach no significance to the fact that it took *** 3 days to respond to the slur in a meaningful way--or that he enabled it by titling his comments "PRT Extremists."
gPRT
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| Erratum |
| 07.27.05 (6:36 am) [edit] |
Yesterday we mentioned in passing that "PRT is Bogus" had begun barring non-tBlog members from posting comments. Well apparently *** has had a change of heart, because today the July 26 entry has a new comment by an outside user. The impact of PRTJ2 is already being felt!
Update: This morning's commenter in PRTJ's tBlog wrote, "Calling PRT a joke doesn't seem like much of an argument." Not only isn't it much of an argument, it's not even much of a joke-- all setup, no punch line! Poor delivery, no pacing...
gPRT
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| Guide to a Brief Reading List |
| 07.27.05 (6:33 am) [edit] |
This is a brief guide to the contents of the See How He Distorts Library over at Get On Board! PRT.
The library is a series of responses to just a few of the many false claims about PRT by *** and his follower.
See How He Distorts was written to formally debunk claims by *** that PRT must be big and ugly, and that a study by the light rail-friendly consultants Parsons Brinckerhoff "proves" PRT may be unfeasible from an engineering standpoint. See How He Distorts cites evidence that disproves those claims (warning: contains the alarming words "Boston's Big Dig").
A series of analytical papers followed soon after:
Follow The Money, dealing with claims that PRT is some sort of conspiracy backed by shadowy "anti-transit" interests. The truth is, Skyweb Express designer J. Edward Anderson and North Korean dynastic scion Kim Jong Il are old drinking buddies, but Kim has no financial interest in the technology whatsoever.
See How He Makes It Up, refuting the bizarre claim that the two leading PRT designs don't incorporate air conditioning units. The designs do in fact have AC, as well as loft bedrooms, kitchenettes and an exercise room with 24-jet jacuzzi-- $400 move-in special this month only!
See How He Ignores Context, in which *** is shown to have latched onto fairly standard investing statements as "proof" that PRT may be "unworkable." ***'s attempt to backpedal on this claim is also documented, as well as the identity of the important character who dies at the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
See His Answers Become Nonresponsive, which analyzes and refutes ***'s claim of having proof that the Taxi 2000 PRT company accepted a large sum of money from a highways contractor, as well as ***'s evasion of the issues when challenged. A rare photo is included of *** with his fingers in his ears, going "la la la la la la la la..."
Two outside links are also included:
See How He Argues, a Wiki page that analyzes a story *** wrote for the website Light Rail Now. ***'s arguments are compared to classic examples of bad logic, including Argument From Ignorance, the ever-popular Straw Man, and "[Saddam had] a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in."
See How He Argues II, a link to a page at ***'s own web site. *** has placed the head of a female Minnesota legislator on the bodies of[1] a saint holding a fetus, a dominatrix, Margaret Hamilton, and Lynddie England. The legislator is also portrayed as if about to french another lawmaker, posing with Hitler, and mud wrestling Charisma Carpenter.
gPRT
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Notes:
[1] See if you can pick out the joke in the next sentence and a half.
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| Welcome From the Editor |
| 07.26.05 (9:14 am) [edit] |
Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) advocacy is a serious international movement. It is comprised of dedicated people from many nations, various walks of life, and many points on the political spectrum. They are united by a common interest in implementing PRT, an advanced transit technology that will extend the reach & popularity of public transit, save time, offer greater convenience, broaden mobility, reduce congestion, reduce the need for new roads, and be better for the environment.
PRT and its advocacy are serious. But the PRT Is a Joke Is a Joke blog is not! This blog is about discussing PRT--and defending it--but with wit and creativity.
At the outset, the focus of our mirth will be PRT Is a Joke,1 a fantasy website (and its companion tBlog). But instead of gnomes, dragons, unicorns, and damsels in various stages of distress, the fantasy of PRTJ comes from conspiracies that are dreamed up by its main, um, creative force, a person who makes no apologies for his hatred of PRT.
This person hates it when you discuss him without mentioning his name (remind me to tell you sometime about his explanation for that), so I'll freely disclose that his name is ***.
***'s primary weapon is the Unsubstantiated Claim, and he does it in a way that reminds the Editor of Karl Rove. Not that *** is a pasty, pudgy incarnation of evil, but rather that he makes false claims and then repeats them over and over. In short, *** has Talking Points and sticks to them, despite all evidence to the contrary.
*** and I have fought a number of engagements on the cyberspace ocean for some time now and, speaking charitably, the U.S.S. PRT Is a Joke Is a Joke has sunk ***'s battleship every time. But he keeps refitting and coming out of port for more.
I would continue with the naval motif with some remarks about having defeated the enemy in his own territorial waters, or sinking him in his own harbor, but sensing the reader's impatience I will proceed instead to my first point, an answer to the question, "Why this blog, and why now?" Well, it's simple: *** has decided he's not going to talk to me anymore (comment 3). Apparently, your Editor is a slanderer, defamer, and "a raving crack-pot." And here I just declined the chance to label him pasty or pudgy! Also, *** now allows only tBlog members to post comments. So since I had to register, I might as well have a tBlog too!
And now for my second and final point for today: PRT Is a Joke Is a Joke is a ship of- a blog of one thing: peace. Actually, of two things: peace and humor. I would mention a third thing, but I do not wish to be any further derivative than I may have already. Been.
Wit is highly piscine in its ability to wriggle away from attempts to define and characterize it. So we can't promise the content of PRT Is a Joke Is a Joke2 won't stray into jejune or even sophomoric territory. Think of yourselves as intrepid explorers crossing a new frontier of humor-based advocacy blogging. Remember what Lewis & Clark said: "Hey Sacajawea! Hey! Hey lady! Laaaaaaadeeeeeeee!!!"
gPRT
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Notes:
1. editorial decision: let's just call it PRTJ
2. editorial decision: PRTJJ, or PRTJ2
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| Not Laughing? Me Either |
| 07.25.05 (12:55 pm) [edit] |
They may not be funny, but they sure are jokes-- the PRT Is A Joke website and its associated tBlog, "PRT is Bogus", that is.
Interested in the reality of Personal Rapid Transit? Then visit these pages for all your "PRT Is A Joke Is A Joke" Deprogramming Needs:
:: Get On Board! Personal Rapid Transit, featuring See How They Distort and other PRTiaJ-debunking analyses.
:: Real PRT News from Sound PRT.
:: Accurate pictures of what PRT will look like, from Skyweb Express, ULTra, and Advanced Transit Association.
Finally, for liberal commentary on subjects other than Personal Rapid Transit, be sure to visit the main opinion-page, Mr_Blog!
gPRT
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THIS IS NOW AN ARCHIVE!
Go here for "PRT Is a Joke Is a Joke v.2", launching January 2006!
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***, a/k/a *** ******, PRTSkeptic, Kendall, Kenwood, Kenton, Kenworth, Kent, Avibore, Avismores, Avisnore, Avidork, Aviscorn, Avigolemono, Labridor, Lubridor, Lugubridor, Kiln Ovendoor, Klose Opendrawer, Undiedrawer: the author of "PRT Is a Joke" and "PRT Is Bogus." He hates it when people don't mention his name. So we don't.
Balatro: "fool" (Latin)
*Blog, The: "PRT is Bogus", the blog of ***
gPRT: "Get On Board! PRT," the home page of this blog (see PRTJJ)
LL: "Lloydletta," a blog *** has joined
LTO3: Lies Told Over and Over and Over. See also: Talking Points, ***
PRT: Personal Rapid Transit
PRTJ: the "PRT Is a Joke" website
PRTJJ, PRTJ2: "PRT Is a Joke" Is a Joke
"PRT Is Bogus": See The *Blog
SWE: Skyweb Express PRT system
Talking Points: See LTO3
T2K: Taxi 2000 PRT company, maker of SWE
ULTra: Urban Light Transport PRT system
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