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baldguy

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4. Upcoming headlines: "Republicans Force Army To Replace M-16s With Bronze Swords & Leather Shields"
Fri Feb 3, 2012, 09:00 PM
Feb 2012

"Republicans Outlaw Internal Combustion Engine; Favor House & Buggy"

"Republicans Prohibit Funding For Electricity"

what do freaking republicans mzteris Feb 2012 #1
It's "socialistic." silverweb Feb 2012 #5
If the network of Interstate Highways was proposed today JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2012 #13
The interstate highways were opposed by Jesse Helms, et al unc70 Feb 2012 #44
If I remember correctly, the highways were Badsam Feb 2012 #83
Yes, which makes them NAZI ROADS!!!! nxylas Feb 2012 #106
Yeah, I suspect that would be the case. CBHagman Feb 2012 #85
They should give up flying then. MidwestTransplant Feb 2012 #16
LOL High-speed air is socialist, doncha know? n/t Beartracks Feb 2012 #25
The only high speed rail Republicans want... Joe Bacon Feb 2012 #37
Well, they'd also want to railroad Pres. Obama... Beartracks Feb 2012 #39
Beat me too it...was thinking the same thing. lol Auntie Bush Feb 2012 #66
There is no more high speed air, except for military aircraft. All commercial SST have been 24601 Feb 2012 #103
You can charter a plane. boppers Feb 2012 #28
How many of them do you think charter planes to travel to and from their districts? MidwestTransplant Feb 2012 #34
You would be wrong. boppers Feb 2012 #43
Private jets. Much less security screening, . . . and NO PEASANTS ALLOWED. tclambert Feb 2012 #45
That is from 2006 and the rules changed in 2007 after Abramoff MidwestTransplant Feb 2012 #98
Sure you can charter a train! mwooldri Feb 2012 #80
I hope you will post that greenman3610 Feb 2012 #65
Less money spent on gasoline for cars and trucks. McCamy Taylor Feb 2012 #10
Exactly right! GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #99
Equality, progress, makes Obama look good, jobs, services, no profit for their backers, and harun Feb 2012 #54
Equality, progress AlbertCat Feb 2012 #84
They are only hurting themselves. harun Feb 2012 #111
Obama proposed it xtraxritical Feb 2012 #67
Mega-rich people don't need it. n/t tabasco Feb 2012 #86
Upward mobility tooeyeten Feb 2012 #93
Scum of the earth. nt onehandle Feb 2012 #2
RW morons say public transit=socialisim n/t Mopar151 Feb 2012 #3
Exactly. silverweb Feb 2012 #6
This is like something else I heard about L.A. history. Beartracks Feb 2012 #27
It was GM, Firestone and Chevron (Standard Oil of California) Joe Bacon Feb 2012 #36
Heh. Shadowflash Feb 2012 #51
Upcoming headlines: "Republicans Force Army To Replace M-16s With Bronze Swords & Leather Shields" baldguy Feb 2012 #4
"Republicans Outlaw Antibiotics; Require Doctors to Use Leeches" The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #14
"Republicans to replace Bill of Rights with Code of Hammurabi" Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #22
Art_from_Ark Diclotican Feb 2012 #46
"Republicans outlaw Poorness, Punishment for being poor is removal of hands" MACARD Feb 2012 #68
That is exactly why I cited the Code of Hammurabi Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #87
Almost there: Republicans in NH to cite English Magna Carta in new legislation. mwooldri Feb 2012 #81
Y'all need to start a Twitter hash with this stuff! n/t Beartracks Feb 2012 #38
Behind closed doors probably with oil companies telling what they had better pass or else. cstanleytech Feb 2012 #7
republicans barbtries Feb 2012 #8
High speed rail is a waste of money horny_toad Feb 2012 #9
Yes, Californians deserve to sit in traffic and burn gas crazylikafox Feb 2012 #11
Regional transportation seems like a bigger priority XemaSab Feb 2012 #12
Exactly. I voted against the bullet train for those very reasons. Auggie Feb 2012 #58
The 'bullet train' xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #69
I don't think people understad because no one has explained it to them. nanabugg Feb 2012 #89
I imagine people don't understand because they don't want to understand. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #107
Tell me what I'm missing here XemaSab Feb 2012 #114
BINGO! Need to tackle the small problems first. Travelman Feb 2012 #113
I am with you. CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #17
Not everyone feels the way you do Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #23
True there is something that smells fishy about these projects. CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #49
And I was more cocerned xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #70
Of course you do. aquart Feb 2012 #31
Can you believe it? NYC_SKP Feb 2012 #56
Right??? truebrit71 Feb 2012 #112
Even people like you, who prefer to drive everywhere, ... surrealAmerican Feb 2012 #47
Roger that. The problem is that there is no good public transportation at the end of the line. CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #48
Huh? Have we been to the same SFO? No transport at the end of the line??? transeo Feb 2012 #97
Tampa-Orlando CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #100
Then you're a selfish person who doesn't care about leaving anything for future generations. NYC_SKP Feb 2012 #55
Maybe when you get as old as me it will be that way. CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #73
SO the solution to those problems is just to have everyone drive everywhere beac Feb 2012 #94
What logic did you use to come up with that one? CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #96
I was merely repeating what appeared to be YOUR logic on the issue. n/t beac Feb 2012 #109
I never said I want people to drive everywhere. CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #110
I hate cars. hunter Feb 2012 #72
Cars are easy to hate. CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #74
Every tool has a use. Mopar151 Feb 2012 #104
My wife and I are lucky... hunter Feb 2012 #105
Yes, how unpatriotic to want America to be a world leader. aquart Feb 2012 #32
back where ya came from....... dhill926 Feb 2012 #77
fucking republicans gopiscrap Feb 2012 #15
The $270 billion bill also eliminates bicycle and pedestrian programs nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #18
Does anyone understand that this will be the death of urban transit funding in the US? Leopolds Ghost Feb 2012 #19
House Republicans determined to prove how solidly they're against cheapdate Feb 2012 #20
I smell a deal coming. cbrer Feb 2012 #21
Primative Buttholes more stopping progress lunasun Feb 2012 #24
ray lahood is a republican madrchsod Feb 2012 #26
What if we made one that went backwards at 300 mph? sofa king Feb 2012 #29
Why do Republicans hate America? aquart Feb 2012 #30
Let's get real. Public transit means that you have to ride with colored people. saras Feb 2012 #33
not necessarily greymattermom Feb 2012 #42
the Dems should have taken a clue from lostnote12 Feb 2012 #35
One can use the phrase "Republicans prohibit ..." BlueMTexpat Feb 2012 #40
They have no idea what's going on. They'll keep stepping on their collective tails until it's truthisfreedom Feb 2012 #41
Maybe if the railroad was exclusively oil tankers . . . Vinca Feb 2012 #50
This is just another way to keep the unemployment high UCmeNdc Feb 2012 #52
Who benefits? Oil companies, of course. Maineman Feb 2012 #53
This will come back to haunt them Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2012 #57
We need people in politics sulphurdunn Feb 2012 #59
Elimination of everything that doesn't use enough fossil fuels from their friends. Sad. glinda Feb 2012 #60
Obstructionist GOP douchebaggery jpak Feb 2012 #61
That particular project is a huge boondoggle. It needs to be killed. slackmaster Feb 2012 #62
re:Republicans prohibit funding for high speed rail allan01 Feb 2012 #63
They are just planning for a future Turbineguy Feb 2012 #64
More for us here in New York! hedgehog Feb 2012 #71
Can lsewpershad Feb 2012 #75
Wouldn't want a competitive country now, would we? dpbrown Feb 2012 #76
Luddites The Wizard Feb 2012 #78
How many jobs would have been created by this funding? sarcasmo Feb 2012 #79
This thread is interesting, and I will explain myself a bit in my opinions.... GetRidOfThem Feb 2012 #82
not paranoid greymattermom Feb 2012 #90
The issue is not rail or public transportation in general. Please read about this project... slackmaster Feb 2012 #91
the senate will never pass cppuddy Feb 2012 #88
Club for Growth tooeyeten Feb 2012 #92
High speed rail is a boondoggle without effective local transportation. Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #95
If High Speed Rail is built Mopar151 Feb 2012 #108
we are such a backwards country. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2012 #101
Repuke pigs hate America...nt and-justice-for-all Feb 2012 #102
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