LaHood finally admits the truth
Ray LaHood
What did former Peoria Congressman Ray LaHood admit , that he was traveling on lobbyists dime when he visited France? Of course not. He’s never been made to explain that (thanks complacent Peoria media).
No, what Barack Obama’s secretary of Transportation admitted is that he and the rest of the Obama administration are interfering into people’s lives by coercing them into behaving the way thegovernment wants.
“The only person I’ve heard object to this is George Will,” LaHood said. Pressed again to answer conservative critics who see the hand of Big Government in his agenda, the former Republican congressman quipped: “About everything we do around here is government intrusion in people’s lives.”
The blog post mentions LaHood’s reputation for candor. Yes, he can be very candid. Except when he doesn’t want to be candid.
Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates 
I posted the following to the Peoria Rails Yahoo Group: In the May 25, 2009 issue of Newsweek on page 32 is George F. Will’s column titled: “Ray LaHood, Transformed – Secretary of Behavior Modification” . Overall it is a very interesting column but the part that relates to the Peoria Rails group is in the 3rd and 5th paragraphs. George Will writes in the third paragraph about LaHood, “He says, “People are getting out of their cars, they are biking to work”. And in the fifth paragraph Mr. Will calls Ray to task with this comment, “Does he think 0.01 percent of Americans will ever regularly bike to work?” The column ends with this comment, “And to think that Republican Ray LaHood, Secretary of Behavior Modification, is an enthusiast for this, well cozy relationship between Washington and Peoria, and everywhere else, too.” It appears that Ray LaHood wants the entire country to swallow the idea that biking to work is the wave of the future. Will he be pushing for more Kellar Branch rail to trail situations to pop up through out America? The rest of George Wills’ column is about other parts of our society might see coming with the help of Ray LaHood and his behavior modification ideas.