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U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Awards Nearly $1 Billion for California High-Speed Rail
U.S. Department of Transportation ^ | November 22, 2011 | U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood

Posted on 11/27/2011 10:25:17 AM PST by mdittmar

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To: goldstategop

The most jobs created from this construction will be in Hollywood as the film industry will strt cranking out high-speed rail disaster movies one after another.


21 posted on 11/27/2011 10:53:06 AM PST by Delta Dawn (The whole truth.)
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To: muawiyah

Yup.The US Transportation Department and California see no reason to spend the money to upgrade freeways, build new segments and upgrade airport runways to handle increased demand.

Instead, they’ll waste a $1 billion dollars laying rail road track for rolling stock that’ll never run on it and which no one will get to ride.

Hey, its only taxpayers money to the tune of $1 billion dollars.

California is beyond stupid!


22 posted on 11/27/2011 10:57:49 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: muawiyah

Its just cheaper to fly from LA to Fresno. There’s no need for the bullet train to do what air travel can already fulfill cheaper and faster.

I can only conclude Ray LaHood is the dumbest Secretary Of Transportation we’ve ever had!


23 posted on 11/27/2011 11:03:47 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: muawiyah

Its just cheaper to fly from LA to Fresno. There’s no need for the bullet train to do what air travel can already fulfill cheaper and faster.

I can only conclude Ray LaHood is the dumbest Secretary Of Transportation we’ve ever had!


24 posted on 11/27/2011 11:03:59 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: muawiyah

Its just cheaper to fly from LA to Fresno. There’s no need for the bullet train to do what air travel can already fulfill cheaper and faster.

I can only conclude Ray LaHood is the dumbest Secretary Of Transportation we’ve ever had!


25 posted on 11/27/2011 11:04:03 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: muawiyah

Its just cheaper to fly from LA to Fresno. There’s no need for the bullet train to do what air travel can already fulfill cheaper and faster.

I can only conclude Ray LaHood is the dumbest Secretary Of Transportation we’ve ever had!


26 posted on 11/27/2011 11:04:23 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: muawiyah

Its just cheaper to fly from LA to Fresno. There’s no need for the bullet train to do what air travel can already fulfill cheaper and faster.

I can only conclude Ray LaHood is the dumbest Secretary Of Transportation we’ve ever had!


27 posted on 11/27/2011 11:04:32 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: muawiyah

Its just cheaper to fly from LA to Fresno. There’s no need for the bullet train to do what air travel can already fulfill cheaper and faster.

I can only conclude Ray LaHood is the dumbest Secretary Of Transportation we’ve ever had!


28 posted on 11/27/2011 11:04:36 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: muawiyah

Its just cheaper to fly from LA to Fresno. There’s no need for the bullet train to do what air travel can already fulfill cheaper and faster.

I can only conclude Ray LaHood is the dumbest Secretary Of Transportation we’ve ever had!


29 posted on 11/27/2011 11:04:54 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: muawiyah

Its just cheaper to fly from LA to Fresno. There’s no need for the bullet train to do what air travel can already fulfill cheaper and faster.

I can only conclude Ray LaHood is the dumbest Secretary Of Transportation we’ve ever had!


30 posted on 11/27/2011 11:05:13 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: mdittmar

So people can leave tax heavy California quicker or to help them gamble more in Vegas than with the local Indians?


31 posted on 11/27/2011 11:08:36 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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High speed rail is obsolete 19th technology. Despite the fact no one wants to ride this bullet train, liberals insist on ramming it down Californians’ throats - regardless of whether or not a market demand actually exists for it.


32 posted on 11/27/2011 11:14:15 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: A CA Guy

High speed rail is obsolete 19th technology. Despite the fact no one wants to ride this bullet train, liberals insist on ramming it down Californians’ throats - regardless of whether or not a market demand actually exists for it.


33 posted on 11/27/2011 11:14:21 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: mdittmar
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded a $928.6 million grant to the California High-Speed Rail Authority for initial construction of California High-Speed Rail.

Is that a rail line that is operated one way to the border only?

If so, it may be a worthwhile endeavor in the long run.

34 posted on 11/27/2011 11:20:24 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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No - its for track in the middle of nowhere between two rural towns with no population to speak of - unless you count the inmates at the state prison in Corcoran! Truly the bullet train to nowhere!

Heh


35 posted on 11/27/2011 11:26:20 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: EGPWS

No - its for track in the middle of nowhere between two rural towns with no population to speak of - unless you count the inmates at the state prison in Corcoran! Truly the bullet train to nowhere!

Heh


36 posted on 11/27/2011 11:26:34 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: mdittmar
“California’s population will grow by 60 percent over the next 40 years,” said Secretary LaHood.

Like He!!. If anything, California's population will decline. People and businesses are leaving CA like rats deserting a sinking ship. And speaking of sinking...

37 posted on 11/27/2011 11:48:30 AM PST by upchuck (Rerun: Think you know hardship? Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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To: mdittmar
“California’s population will grow by 60 percent over the next 40 years,” said Secretary LaHood.

Like He!!. If anything, California's population will decline. People and businesses are leaving CA like rats deserting a sinking ship. And speaking of sinking...

38 posted on 11/27/2011 11:48:41 AM PST by upchuck (Rerun: Think you know hardship? Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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To: upchuck; John Robinson

Sorry for the double post. The 503 errors are troublesome.


39 posted on 11/27/2011 11:49:53 AM PST by upchuck (Rerun: Think you know hardship? Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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To: upchuck; John Robinson

Sorry for the double post. The 503 errors are troublesome.


40 posted on 11/27/2011 11:49:59 AM PST by upchuck (Rerun: Think you know hardship? Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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