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| May 30, 2007
| Jonathan Knutson and Melinda Rogers
Posted on 05/30/2007 6:22:13 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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Corrections and Clarifications (Victoria Advocate)
The Advocate wants to correct promptly any error in fact or clarify any misleading information we publish. To report any error or need for clarification, please call 361-574-1222. Harris County Commissioners Court voted in early May to pull out of the I-69 Alliance because the portion of the highway that was to be I-69 has become part of the Trans-Texas Corridor and no longer would go through Harris County, said Kathy Luhn, policy director for the Harris County judge's office. Also, the toll road bill would take away Harris County's right to build its own toll road, which the court didn't agree with while the I-69 Alliance supported the bill, Luhn said. A story on Page A1 on Monday, May 28, said the court withdrew from the project because too much was spent on membership fees. Luhn said that was a secondary reason for withdrawing.
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To: TxDOT; 1066AD; 185JHP; Abcdefg; Adrastus; Alamo-Girl; antivenom; AprilfromTexas; B4Ranch; B-Chan; ..
Trans-Texas Corridor PING!
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:23:55 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Another huge waste of taxpayer money. Instead of building highways where we do not need them, why not invest in improving highways where people in this country actually live and work.
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:24:19 AM PDT
by
pnh102
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Here it comes!
This is the next step in the loss of our sovereignty!
It's almost like they've planned it.
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:29:38 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
They’ll face heavy opposition in this area.
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:29:54 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
To: eyespysomething
The project has drawn heavy criticism, including claims that it threatens U.S. control of its own borders.
ROFLOL! What control?
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:30:59 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
To: SittinYonder
No one wants to believe that this is a part of the Conspiracy.
9
posted on
05/30/2007 6:41:11 AM PDT
by
Halgr
(Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
To: Halgr
No one wants to believe that this is a part of the Conspiracy.
shhhhh!
10
posted on
05/30/2007 6:42:47 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
My big question here is, Why do they not build some new railroad lines? The railroads can haul more at any given time, and it would create thousands of American jobs. It would also keep the Mexican trucks off our highways. Solves many problems and answers many questions.
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:46:45 AM PDT
by
rawhide
To: bmwcyle
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posted on
05/30/2007 7:11:11 AM PDT
by
Apple Blossom
(...around here, city hall is something of a between meals snack.)
To: E.G.C.
To: Apple Blossom
The NWO is coming soon. Get ready for your implants.
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posted on
05/30/2007 7:15:18 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Satan is working both sides of the street in World Socialism and World Courts.)
To: SittinYonder
This is the next step in the loss of our sovereignty!There are roads in my town and I never got to vote on them! LOL!
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posted on
05/30/2007 7:18:56 AM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Why are protectionists (and goldbugs) so bad at math?)
To: rawhide
My big question here is, Why do they not build some new railroad lines?
Railroads would integrate commerce, but nothing else. The goal, however, is to integrate countries, which is why roads like the TTC are being proposed. Road access grants much easier passage to the average traveler, who is not bound by the fares and schedules of rail travel. More roads mean more travel between countries, which makes the integration of societies easier.
Your question shoots the "It's-only-for-trade" argument full of holes.
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posted on
05/30/2007 7:32:12 AM PDT
by
snowrip
(Liberal? YOU ARE A SOCIALIST WITH NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT.)
To: rawhide
Because rail lines would require wasting time staging a bunch of trucks, loading the containers on the train cars, transporting them to a different location, unloading them back on to trucks, delivering the products to their destination.
It isn't efficient or cost effective.
While it wastes a lot of time, it doesn't necessarily waste a lot of man hours, since train transport isn't manpower intensive. Therefore the Teamster's Union hate that idea as well, not to mention that a trains might also be used for domestic transport, where the threat of Mexican trucks delivering foreign goods doesn't pose a large threat to that part of their business.
Trains are most effective when you want to move huge quantities of something from one spot to another all at once. That means storing all that stuff. That means increased inventories. That means tying up huge amounts of assets in the supply chain. That just doesn't work well for most businesses.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Invade Mexico now. We’ve already got half their people, we might as well have the territory.
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posted on
05/30/2007 7:37:30 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(The Reds went Green, but the goal remains the same.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
U.S. Interstate Highway System, completed in 1970If they'd print junk that, what else in the story is false? (Hint for writers - the orginal plan called for completion in 1975; as with many governmental programs, that deadline wasn't met. )
According to this source, the system was only 70 per cent complete by 1970. "By 1970, Wisconsin had completed its initial rural Interstate system at a time when only 70% of the country's system was complete."
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/library/history/50/facts.htm
And we aren't just talking about minor interstates:
Meanwhile, down in Georgia, the state's segment of Interstate 95 was completed in January 1980.
http://acppubs.com/article/CA6379220.html
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posted on
05/30/2007 7:47:03 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Toddsterpatriot
There are roads in my town and I never got to vote on them!
What's your point?
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posted on
05/30/2007 7:55:35 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
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