Democrats Promised a High Speed Rail for California Running by 2012

[Orangecat]

Yep...it's going to require a national strategy for the US to join the rest of the world in embracing high speed rail.

Yes, fast trains are the future. Lulz.

Montenegro has high speed rail....we don't. It's embarrassing.

Only to retrograde simpletons.

Of course, they also don't have the "party of no" firmly entrenched like a cancer in the highest levels of government.

So do we: the party of no tax cuts and no free speech.

 

[Polishprince]

It works in every other nation.... But don't let that stand in the way of sophomoric insults. Intra-state high speed rail is almost silly in every case.

That's just not true. In a handful of densely populated and wealthy states, its working. Most of the world that just isn't the case. There is no HSR between TJ and Mexico City, and none between Bangui and Bimbo either.

 

[Concerned American]

Explain to the class how a nationwide high speed rail plan would have prevented California from hundreds of billions in cost overruns and more than a decade behind schedule for running a rail over flat open ground between lovely Bakersfield and Fresno.
And then you can explain to the class how after getting off the train in Fresno Pablo will get to his destination 7 miles away.

They might have had a self-supporting high speed rail line if it followed I-15 from SD to Las Vegas. Las Vegas casinos might have even supported it.

 

[Failzero]

The Optimum Route is San Jose to Simi Valley ( With connecting Rail going to DTLA or OC - SD or Bay Area/Sac ...

 

[candycorn]

BTW - European cities are high density centers that are good for such a system because hubs put you within a reasonable distance to your destination.
American cities are not.

Thats rather a silly argument.... A) you don't know what the "destination" is for a given traveler B), we can put hubs where we want.

 

[AMart]

Intra-state high speed rail is likely a non-starter for any state.

The only places it makes sense is E. Coast and W. Coast. They really fucked it up in Cali....maybe even on purpose, inflated land purchases and contracts to political donors.

 

[candycorn]

It's really not because we don't need it. Nobody is going to pay to take rail when they can fly there faster for the same cost of less. There are a handful of places where rail may be a viable option like the northeast corridor where some of it exists now. Other than that, the country is too large for it to make sense. Montenegro is the size of Rhode Island.

LA to Vegas in an hour isn't appealing to you?

Yet amazingly we still have nationwide bus service that takes forever. The prices aren't that much cheaper than air travel. They may be now because of the spike in gas prices but I have priced both and the costs were like $40 bucks more for air travel.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Yep...it's going to require a national strategy for the US to join the rest of the world in embracing high speed rail. Montenegro has high speed rail....we don't. It's embarrassing. Of course, they also don't have the "party of no" firmly entrenched like a cancer in the highest levels of government.

This is retarded

California is a one party top down state. The groomercrat party.

California high speed rail is an example of groomercrat incompetents

 

[candycorn]

That's just not true. In a handful of densely populated and wealthy states, its working. Most of the world that just isn't the case. There is no HSR between TJ and Mexico City, and none between Bangui and Bimbo either.

 

[westwall]

Yep...it's going to require a national strategy for the US to join the rest of the world in embracing high speed rail. Montenegro has high speed rail....we don't. It's embarrassing. Of course, they also don't have the "party of no" firmly entrenched like a cancer in the highest levels of government.

Nah, people are just figuring out that democrats can't run anything except fascist dictatorships.

They are real good at destroying things, but they can't build a damned thing.

 

[Failzero]

This is retarded

California is a one party top down state. The groomercrat party.

California high speed rail is an example of groomercrat incompetents

But it dates back to a time when GOP input was real also

 

[AMart]

Strange, I didn't blame anyone. I did say Montenegro has nationwide high-speed rail and we're still deciding if we need it. This is to say nothing of the other nations that have had it for decades, have perfected it, offering their citizens much more choices than we have in the US.

If you want me to say that California's plan was a boondoggle, sure. It was. Happy? Of course you aren't. Why? You're never happy.

Montenegro has high speed rail, that little dump? I doubt they probably use an old freight rail line with older passenger cars.

 

[westwall]

You need to read what you wrote in your first response because you sure did blame someone or party, so again caught in another stupid moment…

It's candy, you expect any different?

 

[Devils_Advocate]

It's candy, you expect any different?

No, and I have to wonder was she drunk trolling?

 

[westwall]

No, and I have to wonder was she drunk trolling?

No, that is normal for her.

 

[candycorn]

Montenegro has high speed rail, that little dump?

Yep...that "little dump" has high speed rail and we do not. Its incredible but it shows you what happens when there isn't 1/2 of the government obstructing everything.

 

[Devils_Advocate]

No, that is normal for her.

Then she should do it drunk seeing she is loopy sober…

 

[jc456]

What Democrats promised:
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What Democrats delivered:
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Democrats destroy everything they touch.

Thieves in LA are looting freight trains filled with packages from UPS, FedEx and Amazon

Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County, California have gone viral as shipping companies say they've seen a dramatic spike in railroad theft. Some of the boxes are packages from companies like UPS, Amazon and FedEx.

www.cnn.com

Demofks promise promise promise and disappear

 

[Devils_Advocate]

Yep...that "little dump" has high speed rail and we do not. Its incredible but it shows you what happens when there isn't 1/2 of the government obstructing everything.

Well California is a Democratic majority state, so tell those idiots to fix their state…

 

[jc456]

Intra-state high speed rail is likely a non-starter for any state.

Why promise one then?