The History of Asphalt

Re:The History of Asphalt by naranana on Sunday February 05, 2017 @05:14PM (#13574987)

"National Asphalt Pavement Association", it's like America has a lobby for everything.

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Re:The History of Asphalt by Animats on Sunday February 05, 2017 @05:46PM (#13575160)

T-shirt: "One world. One people. One slab of asphalt. Committee to Pave the Earth, Newark, NJ."

As a kid, I visited an US Army Corps of Engineers training base, and they gave us the bituminous vs rigid pavement training talk, with two sergeants arguing the benefits of each.

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Re:The History of Asphalt by protomyth on Sunday February 05, 2017 @08:45PM (#13575941)

Wait until you deal with government programs. You not only get a lobby[1], but there are t-shirts that need buying. I still think a healthy business could be run just by sending letters to all new grantees advertising t-shirts for their new program.

Yes, everyone has an association, often multiple.

1) yes, government grant programs (e.g. Head Start) have lobbying organizations to lobby for more money for the grant programs.

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