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nanabugg

(2,198 posts)
89. I don't think people understad because no one has explained it to them.
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 06:49 AM
Feb 2012

Most Ameicans cannot ' conceptualize' they need someone to explain things with pictures, charts, graphs and maybe a film short. That's why we are in the condition we are in. They can visualize bombs, killing, and welfare queens because someone has taken the time to put the "picture" in their empty heads...Rush is good at it. But it's difficult for them to get a picture of anything for the common good.

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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