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California's high-speed rail project is in big trouble
Business Insider ^ | 01/26/2016 | William Fierman

Posted on 01/26/2016 11:40:59 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 01/26/2016 11:40:59 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It was a hair-brained idea from day one.

Who didn’t see this coming.

They thought they could blackmail us by putting it out there in in nowhereville, and we’d bail them out.

LOL

Not with my vote.


2 posted on 01/26/2016 11:42:20 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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Part of UN Agenda 21. Evacuate the center of the country as a wildlife refuge and cram all the humans in concrete corridors on the East and Left coasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hc5n7XODbQ

3 posted on 01/26/2016 11:44:23 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
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To: SeekAndFind
The solution is obvious:

Make it a MONORAIL!!

4 posted on 01/26/2016 11:44:34 AM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Nearly anything California undertakes ends up in trouble and having a plethora of problems.

When LIBERALS are in control that is the constant and continual outcome.

5 posted on 01/26/2016 11:47:07 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: SeekAndFind; Willie Green
Where's Willie Green when you need him?


6 posted on 01/26/2016 11:49:11 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Jesse Ventura! Arnold Schwartzenegger! Donald Trump!)
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To: VideoDoctor

The more money something costs, the more money falls into their pockets. It’s not rocket surgery.


7 posted on 01/26/2016 11:49:38 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Flycatcher

“Make it a MONORAIL!!”

Disneyland had this 60 years ago; but California hasn’t built one since. (And these can be built to follow existing streets, in the dividers between lanes.)


8 posted on 01/26/2016 11:49:47 AM PST by CondorFlight (I)
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To: SeekAndFind

Air travel time - one hour. Hundreds of flights between several choices of airports, cities.


9 posted on 01/26/2016 11:53:32 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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That gives the hyperloop a shot.

The local Murky News was reporting the HSR folks were thinking about building the next big chunk of rail from San Jose to the valley instead of out of LA northward.

None of it will ever happen.. Just more moonbeam pie in the sky.


10 posted on 01/26/2016 11:54:30 AM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Burbank location? John Ferraro Athletic fields between the I-5/134 interchange and the Los Angles River. Run the tracks along the existing expressway, then bore through the mountains into the desert.

They can contact me directly to arrange the wire of the $800,000.


11 posted on 01/26/2016 11:54:51 AM PST by PAR35
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Major problem, this track is very near to all Sierra Club bosses houses. There are number of $50-$100 million houses just near the track. We are talking about most expensive zip codes. Property value will drop. Speed train will cause shaking of hills, hills are not very stable around that area. Construction will just destroy elite life style. Lot of Heritage houses etc. Eminent Domain may give heart and dollar burn here.


12 posted on 01/26/2016 11:56:10 AM PST by jennychase
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To: SeekAndFind

Willie Green haz a sad.


13 posted on 01/26/2016 11:56:35 AM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Speeding towards an abrupt dead end?


14 posted on 01/26/2016 11:59:14 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: CondorFlight
"Make it a MONORAIL!!" Disneyland had this 60 years ago; but California hasn't built one since. (And these can be built to follow existing streets, in the dividers between lanes.)

I think you missed the reference.

Simpsons - Monorail Song.

15 posted on 01/26/2016 11:59:20 AM PST by Maceman
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To: SeekAndFind; editor-surveyor
Where are those 118 true "conservative" California Republican Cruz stooges on this?

Trying to figure out how they can line their pockets too, if they haven't already?

16 posted on 01/26/2016 12:00:35 PM PST by lewislynn
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"We've got to protect our phony-baloney jobs, gentlemen."

"Then lets sink so much into construction that the job
becomes too big to walk away from."

"Yes, Headley, I think you've got it!"

"It's Hadley, sir."

"Whatever.  Can I get a hmmm-ah?"

"Hmmm-ah."

"I didn't get a hmmm-ah from that guy over there!"

"HMMM-Ah!"

"That's better.  Hello, boys."

17 posted on 01/26/2016 12:01:37 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: SeekAndFind

Whata colossal waste.


18 posted on 01/26/2016 12:06:07 PM PST by Joe Boucher (Rubio is a liar, Jeb is worthless, Go Cruz ,Keep stirring the pot Donald.)
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To: NormsRevenge

>>That gives the hyperloop a shot.

In Denver they got the Chickenloop. It’s a sewerpipe on rails that gives the Downtown vermin easy access to suburbs....

Quite the economic cashcow for the parasites with their probosci firmly inserted up the “public” infrastructure/low income housing backside.


19 posted on 01/26/2016 12:09:56 PM PST by HLPhat (Preventing Global Cooling one tank full at a time!)
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The libs who reign in Stinkymento mastered high speed poop delivery a long time ago..


20 posted on 01/26/2016 12:12:40 PM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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