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Sen. Harry Reid urges California not to abandon high speed rail
SFGate: Capitol Insider ^ | 8/10/11 | Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writer

Posted on 08/10/2011 12:36:06 PM PDT by SmithL

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that it would be "short-sighted" to abandon high speed rail ambitions in California, even as Democratic lawmakers here show signs of concern over the multi-billion dollar project.

On Tuesday, some of the project's supporters expressed reservations after seeing an environmental report estimating that the first segment of the rail line could cost between $3 billion and $6 billion more than expected.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: corruption; democrats; dingyharry; highspeedrail; pork; reid; taxandspend; taxes
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Dingy Harry sure loves spending other people's money.
1 posted on 08/10/2011 12:36:13 PM PDT by SmithL
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FUHR!! Run your own damned railroad!!


2 posted on 08/10/2011 12:37:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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To: SmithL

Kinda like a crack dealer waving a rock under the nose of an addict.


3 posted on 08/10/2011 12:38:17 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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I suspect he owns some of the land the high speed rail line from LA to Las Vegas would be built on.


4 posted on 08/10/2011 12:39:10 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving politicians more tax money is like giving addicts free drugs to cure their addiction)
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Harry has visions of more riches from eminent domain....


5 posted on 08/10/2011 12:39:30 PM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: SmithL
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that it would be "short-sighted" to abandon high speed rail ambitions in California, even as Democratic lawmakers here show signs of concern over the multi-billion dollar project.

What's this, Dingy Harry pulling punches that the Boxer can't?

6 posted on 08/10/2011 12:40:23 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Harry is convinced the moon is made out of money, and his illegitimate son Willie Green works for the California project.
7 posted on 08/10/2011 12:40:49 PM PDT by org.whodat (What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Just what we need. A high speed train to hell!


8 posted on 08/10/2011 12:40:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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This cracks me up. If I may use an analogy:

The family is in debt to its eyeballs, dad just got a 20% cut in pay, and mom says WE STILL NEED TO BUY THAT MOTORHOME!

Uh huh.


9 posted on 08/10/2011 12:41:30 PM PDT by RobRoy (The US today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: MNJohnnie
We now know Willy Greene's secret identity.

Too bad JR can't just boot him outta' the Congress like he did FR (Bwahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!)

10 posted on 08/10/2011 12:41:35 PM PDT by muawiyah
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I suspect he owns some of the land the high speed rail line from LA to Las Vegas would be built on.

Admittedly, that might actually be useful. Instead, the high speed rail, segment one, will be built from the least populated part of the California central valley to another extremely low populated part, destroying dozens of farms in the process, simply because that segment is the cheapest and easiest to build and the theory goes: build part of it, and you're committed to the whole 40 billion dollar plan.

Railway from nowhere to nowhere.

11 posted on 08/10/2011 12:43:42 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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Reid is corrupt to the core.


12 posted on 08/10/2011 12:44:50 PM PDT by Rapscallion (All Democrats are equal but some Democrats are more equal than others.)
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To: SmithL

If the project were cancelled, Reid would probably lose a lot of money from kickbacks.


13 posted on 08/10/2011 12:48:46 PM PDT by RC2
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The sooner California can be driven in to bankrupcy and auctioned off, the sooner Nevada can have an oceanfront...


14 posted on 08/10/2011 12:49:25 PM PDT by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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Reid is up to his eyeballs in this rail nonsense...

Here’s just one item that details why he doesn’t want CA to abandon this boondoggle..

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/oct/14/transportation-train-project-priority-reid/


15 posted on 08/10/2011 12:49:39 PM PDT by SZonian (July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
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Well, at least he’s consistent. Seriously though, I wonder where he thinks the money is coming from. Does he understand that, even though this is Liberal California, even Jerry Brown is starting to face the reality of no money? What’s the answer? Force workers to build the rail system for free?


16 posted on 08/10/2011 12:51:39 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: SmithL

The Big Dig in Boston will pale in comparison if this boondoggle goes forward.


17 posted on 08/10/2011 12:54:24 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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Hey Harry........GTH and worry about your own state.

I am SO fed up with these BASTARDS!!!!

FUHR you POS!!!!


18 posted on 08/10/2011 12:59:34 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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Supporters of the rail project, the nation's most ambitious, said the private sector will be a significant source of funding and that the money will start flowing once work begins. Read more

The private sector is always the source of funding for this stuff, whether they want to be or not. California is milking the private sector dry.

19 posted on 08/10/2011 1:00:46 PM PDT by Crichton
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Harry Roid hooking up a constituent in a back alley.

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20 posted on 08/10/2011 1:07:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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