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In the discussion thread: Republicans prohibit funding for high speed rail [View all]

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 03:53 PM

CAPHAVOC (1,138 posts)

73. Maybe when you get as old as me it will be that way.

Until then I do not want to eat grass or live in a tree. Although i did live in a real Tree House for a summer when I was about 20. Smog sucks but I don't buy the CO2 idea. The environment around here is getting better since all the new water laws but the damn runoff is still bad. When it rains it pours in to the Bay. I was in NYC once. In the 60's. You would get grimy and could feel it...YUK. Never rode on a train. But around here train travel is not a good option. When you get to Orlando or Tampa you are stuck at the station. It is 40 miles to anywhere and the Downtown area is not much. No good Bus or smaller trains to go where you want. The Bus is not even full on the routes. I do not really care if they build it or not. Would not bother me if they do. I just like my Jeep. I remember one time in the 60's I took the Bus to go to Cocoa Beach. It was so slow I got off in Lakeland and hitchiked. I beat the Bus.

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114 replies	Author	Time	Post
Republicans prohibit funding for high speed rail [View all]	KeepItReal	Feb 2012	OP
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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