JK reverses himself so quickly that speed limits were probably violated:

First, he argues twice in a row that "public policy should be directed at getting people into small cars, not transit." His words, not mine.

Then, when I ask him if that means he supports increased CAFE standards, he replies:

"No. The government has no business dictating to people without a really good reason. Al Gore’s lies are not a really good reason to get people killed"

Regarding the assertion that a bus does 22,000 times as much damage as a car, which JK vigorously defended, he now backs away slowly saying, "Actually, that came from Sam. Why do you have to distort its origins?"

JK, it came here indirectly via Terry, who said: "TriMet bus chews up the roads equal to 22,000 cars (information directly from Sam’s office)."

I immediately stated that I want to see the full communication behind this, but Terry has been silent.

The number is incomplete, for reasons that I have expressed.

Even giving the statement the benefit of the doubt and taking it to have the meaning that YOU interpreted, the numbers just don't add up. At all.

If you (or Terry for that matter) want to back away from the assertion now that your interpretation isn't holding up, that's fine, but don't act like you didn't loudly advocate that assertion less than 24 hours ago.

Take a break, contemplate a world without transit - with only happy people [...]>

Now JK believes that if transit goes away, everyone will be happy. Wow.