excalibur
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Yep, and so true across the board.
As another example, Amtrak wants a new bridge across Pelham Bay, proposed in 2018-2019, the estimate to begin construction is 2029.
www.amtrak.com
Starlink could have been up and running for these people, instead, the scheme is a mess for broadband.
People like Jon Stewart and Bill Maher aren't stupid. Arguably, Steward is an upper-level midwit--not super bright, but above average in intelligence and very talented at his profession--and Bill Maher is very bright and relatively thoughtful if more than a little encased in his bubble.
That means that when they are confronted with reality--which, by the way, can only happen when a fellow liberal slaps them in the face with it--they have the capacity to be just as shocked as any person is when the light bulb turns on.
Thoughtful liberals are being forced to look beyond the nostrums that people within their bubble mumble like incantations because, well, they see that they are losing and want to reverse that trend.
Ezra Klein, who very much wants to reverse the decline has noticed that liberals suck at doing what they say, and while he still believes (for some reason) that liberals actually want to accomplish things like connect rural homes to the internet, he has noticed that over $44 billion in federal funds have connected not a one.
So he looked into why, and the story is exactly as you and I expected and shocking to the people who believed Democrats wanted to accomplish the stated goal.
Watch the entire video and weep. And laugh.
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As another example, Amtrak wants a new bridge across Pelham Bay, proposed in 2018-2019, the estimate to begin construction is 2029.
Pelham Bay Bridge Replacement | Amtrak
The Pelham Bay Bridge Project proposes to replace Amtrak’s existing early-1900’s movable bridge with a new crossing.
www.amtrak.com
Starlink could have been up and running for these people, instead, the scheme is a mess for broadband.
People like Jon Stewart and Bill Maher aren't stupid. Arguably, Steward is an upper-level midwit--not super bright, but above average in intelligence and very talented at his profession--and Bill Maher is very bright and relatively thoughtful if more than a little encased in his bubble.
That means that when they are confronted with reality--which, by the way, can only happen when a fellow liberal slaps them in the face with it--they have the capacity to be just as shocked as any person is when the light bulb turns on.
Thoughtful liberals are being forced to look beyond the nostrums that people within their bubble mumble like incantations because, well, they see that they are losing and want to reverse that trend.
Ezra Klein, who very much wants to reverse the decline has noticed that liberals suck at doing what they say, and while he still believes (for some reason) that liberals actually want to accomplish things like connect rural homes to the internet, he has noticed that over $44 billion in federal funds have connected not a one.
So he looked into why, and the story is exactly as you and I expected and shocking to the people who believed Democrats wanted to accomplish the stated goal.
Watch the entire video and weep. And laugh.
...
