Monday, July 27, 2009

You will be "lured" not "coerced" out of your vehicle

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who said in May that he wanted to use federal policy to "coerce" people out of their cars, told CNSNews.com on Friday that what he really meant to say is that he wants to use federal policy to "lure" people out of their cars. At a May 21 event at the National Press Club, LaHood responded to a piece in Newsweek written by columnist George Will, which quoted LaHood as saying, " I think we can change people's behavior," and mocked him as the "Secretary of Behavior Modification." At that May event LaHood talked about a Transportation Department initiative that is designed to change people's behavior by getting them to walk and use bicycles rather drive, and he specifically described the initiative as "a way to coerce people out of their cars."...CNSNews

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary a lure has several definitions. One is:

an inducement to pleasure or gain.


Another is:

a decoy for attracting animals to capture.


I'm thinking he wants us to believe the first, while he really means the second...and with no bag limit.

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