One Fare To Rule Them All

There’s finally video of Ed Rendell’s impassioned Lord of the Rings defense of SEPTA, where he also advises the SEPTA board members to not be bought off for 12 pieces of silver. (This advice received an ovation, natch.)

You know, there have been other popular movies since Lord of the Rings. Yet Rendell (and Rick Santorum before him) continue to quote the film like it just came out. The last chapter came out in 2003! Sure, they could have read the books, but it’s not like those are recent, either, and Rendell directly references the movie before his little spiel.

Also, despite the LOTR movies taking place in a land called “Middle-earth” — which is apparently earth, but well before our time — Rendell describes our heroes as inhabitants of the “Western world.” He also says, “Their leader was a fella by the name of Aragon.”

Gollum later made an impassioned speech calling SEPTA’s current rates “my precious.”

Gov Rendell Invokes Lord of the Rings to Save SEPTA [Blip.tv]
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