Ike created the interstate highway system

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transportation as we know it today

got the idea from Hitlers autobahns

(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)

 

[RetiredGySgt]

transportation as we know it today

got the idea from Hitlers autobahns

(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)

Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.

 

[ginscpy]

I liked Ike.

A visionary.

"I will go to Korea."

 

[DaGoose]

transportation as we know it today

got the idea from Hitlers autobahns

(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)

Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.

Actually the myth is 1 out of every 5.

And that's what it is....a myth. Not a shred of truth to it.

Is it true that one out of five miles is straight so airplanes can land on the Interstates?

No. This is a myth that is so widespread that it is difficult to dispel. Usually, the myth says the requirement came from President Dwight D. Eisenhower or the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. However, no legislation, regulation, or policy has ever imposed such a requirement. Airplanes do sometimes land on Interstates in an emergency, but the highways are not designed for that purpose

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/faq.htm#question30

 

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transportation as we know it today

got the idea from Hitlers autobahns

(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)

Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.

um, in the 40's he was kinda tied up in europe.

you know, ww2, the big one?

he went cross country in the late teens or twenties.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

transportation as we know it today

got the idea from Hitlers autobahns

(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)

Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.

um, in the 40's he was kinda tied up in europe.

you know, ww2, the big one?

he went cross country in the late teens or twenties.

We did not enter WW2 until 1941 December 7. And we had little troop presence until late 42.

 

[Mr. H.]

This is

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hruv4bzvVVs]Airplane Lands on Highway - YouTube[/ame]

 

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When asked about Nixons contributions as VP Ike said he couldnt think of anything.......................

 

[Chris]

Eisenhower would be thrown out of today's Republican Party.

91% tax rate for millionaires.

 

[xotoxi]

Eisenhower would be thrown out of today's Republican Party.

91% tax rate for millionaires.

Holy fucking motherfuck!

 

[percysunshine]

Interestingly enough, there is (or was originally) an Army storage depot at the intersection of every one of the interstate highways.

 

[TruthSeeker56]

Eisenhower would be thrown out of today's Republican Party.

91% tax rate for millionaires.

How many millionaires were there back in the 1950s?

In 1953, the federal tax rate for a head of household making from $0-16,000 was 22.2%.

In 2011, the federal tax rate for a married couple filing jointly and with a combined income of $17,000-69,000 is 15%.

In 2011, the HIGHEST federal tax rate is 35% for ANYBODY making $379,150 or more.

Here are the tax tables, leftists:

The Tax Foundation - U.S. Federal Individual Income Tax Rates History, 1913-2011 (Nominal and Inflation-Adjusted Brackets)

 

[Annie]

Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.

um, in the 40's he was kinda tied up in europe.

you know, ww2, the big one?

he went cross country in the late teens or twenties.

We did not enter WW2 until 1941 December 7. And we had little troop presence until late 42.

Indeed. I just read something the other day that Eisenhower wasn't a general at the beginning of the war. According to Wiki, that's not exactly true, but very close:

...During the late 1920s and early 1930s Eisenhower's career in the peacetime Army stagnated; many of his friends resigned for high paying business jobs. He was assigned to the American Battle Monuments Commission, directed by General John J. Pershing, then to the Army War College, and then served as executive officer to General George V. Mosely, Assistant Secretary of War, from 1929 to 1933. He then served as chief military aide to General Douglas MacArthur, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, until 1935, when he accompanied MacArthur to the Philippines, where he served as assistant military adviser to the Philippine government. It is sometimes said that this assignment provided valuable preparation for handling the challenging personalities of Winston Churchill, George S. Patton and Bernard Law Montgomery during World War II. Eisenhower was promoted to the permanent rank of lieutenant colonel in 1936 after sixteen years as a major. He also learned to fly, although he was never rated as a military pilot. He made a solo flight over the Philippines in 1937.

Eisenhower returned to the United States in 1939 and held a series of staff positions in Washington, D.C., California and Texas. In June 1941, he was appointed Chief of Staff to General Walter Krueger, Commander of the 3rd Army, at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. He was promoted to brigadier general in September 1941. Although his administrative abilities had been noticed, on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War II he had never held an active command and was far from being considered as a potential commander of major operations...

 

[bripat9643]

Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.

He should have taken the train. Then it would have taken him 3 days, tops.

He actually got the idea from driving on Hitler's autobhans. The interstate highway system is one of the greatest socialist boondoggles of all time.

 

[bripat9643]

Eisenhower would be thrown out of today's Republican Party.

91% tax rate for millionaires.

Yes he would. I'd be leading the charge to kick him out.

 

[FA_Q2]

Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.

He should have taken the train. Then it would have taken him 3 days, tops.

He actually got the idea from driving on Hitler's autobhans. The interstate highway system is one of the greatest socialist boondoggles of all time.

How so?

 

[DaGoose]

Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.

He should have taken the train. Then it would have taken him 3 days, tops.

He actually got the idea from driving on Hitler's autobhans. The interstate highway system is one of the greatest socialist boondoggles of all time.

How so?

That's what I was wondering.

 

[editec]

transportation as we know it today

got the idea from Hitlers autobahns

(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)

Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.

um, in the 40's he was kinda tied up in europe.

you know, ww2, the big one?

he went cross country in the late teens or twenties.

The Transcontinental Motor Convoys were early 20th century vehicle convoys, including three US Army truck trains, that crossed the United States (one was coast-to-coast) to the west coast. The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco used the incomplete Lincoln Highway.

Ike was born in 1890.

Thus he started out on that trip when he was 28 or 29 years old.

 

[editec]

Interestingly enough, there is (or was originally) an Army storage depot at the intersection of every one of the interstate highways.

You have been misinformed.

I happen to have lived near one of the first three interstate highways build (three states claim to have the first. The PA turnpike is one of those claimants) back when they were being built.

I can assure you that no Army Storage depots exist now or when it was built either, at the intersections of what is now US interstate 76 -- the "Pennsylvania Turnpike".

 

[del]

Eisenhower would be thrown out of today's Republican Party.

91% tax rate for millionaires.

Yes he would. I'd be leading the charge to kick him out.

of course you would.

you're an idiot