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Department of Transportation: Marijuana use still ‘unacceptable’
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday it will continue to treat marijuana use as a violation of its internal drug policies even in states where the drug was legal. “It remains unacceptable for any safety‐sensitive employee subject to drug testing under the Department of Transportation’s drug testing regulations to…
Ron Paul: Dept. of Transportation only needs ‘one guy and a computer’
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul doesn’t want to abolish the Department of Transportation, but he said on Tuesday that the agency really only needed “one guy and a computer.” During a town hall event in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the Texas congressman made the case for “user fees” for national parks…
George Will will grump your ass right into your car
Cross-posted at The Clade. Matt, while utterly denouncing and mocking this George Will piece about transportation, doesn’t do enough justice to how truly terrible this piece celebrating pollution and the destruction of our planet one commute at a time.* Also, and I know Auguste will be pleased by this, Will…
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