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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 05:00 PM Original message |
California Just Got $624M in Federal Funds for High-Speed Rail That Ohio and Wisconsin Turned Down |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Small minds with short sighted vision. |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm from Wisconsin |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Must be a repub. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. High speed rail is a losing proposition in Ca. Its cheaper to give Amtrak |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Why Shouldn't We Have High Speed Rail Here? We Want It and We'll Use It |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. High speed rail is the thing now |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. What do you think high-speed rail is? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 05:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Are you proposing to make freight trains stop, then re-start, for the sake of passenger trains? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I think the poster is suggesting Amtrak get its own right of way, free from freight traffic |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Thanx John Kasich |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Heh heh. My sister and BIL in WI aren't happy. But I am. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Good for CA, my home State, which needs that line and asked |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I hope that extends allthe way to Sacramento too-I love those Pullman |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. I love my California |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. Kasich is already a disaster. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. California has $20 Billion projected deficits for each of next 5 years |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Ca can use some good news like this! nt |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 04:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Try $25.4 Billion in deficits, projected to be cut in half this year |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Jerry Brown does have one big thing going for him |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. This kind of "help" usually turns out badly in the long run. It's a pig in a poke. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. name 1 rail system in the entire country that's self sustaining |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. They're especially bad in California, and the last thing we need is a drain on the budget. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. i asked you a question |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I don't know of an example, but I'm not sure there aren't any |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. no the subject is that you specifically called California rail projects unsustaining |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. My concern is the long-term financial viability of the project. Here's a glaring example... |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. When gasoline goes up to European levels ($7 to $8/gal) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Unfortunately it may take just that |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. You're a bit out-of-date |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. where does most of California's budget go? |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. No, I have not calculated percentages |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. how is using outside money a problem? |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Not talking about outside funded projects |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. but you don't have any idea what portion of the budget these things are |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. We could always go from Buffalo to Detroit via Ontario...... |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. It's a shame these take so long to build |
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krawhitham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. I hate kaShit |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. how long would it take to get from LA to SD , and LA to SF ? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 05:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I think they're talking about times that rival flying from SF to LA... |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. It would beat an 8-9 hour drive |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. 3-4 hours for SD to SF |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
23. This May Help CA's Sagging Property Values As Well |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Housing affordability index is chronically low in San Diego. We don't need higher property values. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Hi speed rail might make a SD-LA commute feasible |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. Thank You right wing idiots we need the transportation funds. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
41. yep. made in china. every piece of it. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
45. what a dumb move turning that money down |
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marybee (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
48. support the golden rails |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. Scott Walker turned down $810 million for a train line because he is a coward |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
50. What does "high speed" mean? 70 mph? 100? 200? |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
51. Good! And all the more reason to get rid of the pukes in the midwest. |
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