Comments on: Trophy train project, legacy for lawmakers

By: Charlemagne

Charlemagne — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:16:16 +0000

The head of the HSR Authority says that, even if the entire system is never completed, these “train to nowhere” segments will be able to stand by themselves.
(???)
Well, dingbat, since you’d never be able to achieve top speed for very long on these segments, doesn’t the whole concept of “High Speed Rail” fall apart?

This is a very big clue that tells us that the whole idea has nothing to do with “progress” and everything to do with (once again) “redistributing” taxpayers’ wealth among their political allies (i.e. the GD vampire unions!!!!)

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:57:40 +0000

San Bernardino files for bankruptcy protection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE SKY JUST FELL TEDDY 😉

By: Afi K. James

Afi K. James — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:41:34 +0000

This article is the truth here.

By: Bill Hough

Bill Hough — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:28:11 +0000

When pro-transit commentators point out problems with the proposed California high speed rail system, you know it’s flawed. How bad is it? Read this:
http://www.publictransit.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=302&Itemid=1

By: Skep41

Skep41 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:24:51 +0000

“But Blumentield neglected to divulge how bad Bulgaria’s economy is.” Japan’s stagnant economy is nothing to write home about either. I cant believe these idiots think that having a passenger train run between LA and SF will affect the economy at all. How? You can buy a round-trip plane ticket for fifty bucks. How much is the Bullet Train going to cost?

By: BobA in San D

BobA in San D — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:22:23 +0000

The likely outcome will be that California declares bankruptcy before the first mile of this monument to liberal vanity is finished and given the dire financial straits the federal government is in, I seriously doubt if the feds can spare the change to bail the state out of it’s predicament.

That means taxes and fees will have to be raised or the project will have to be abandoned altogether. California tax payers will still be on the hook for the money already wasted.

The proposed bond sales to finance this monument is a joke on the face of it. What sane person would buy a California state issued bond knowing that the state is perpetually on the verge of bankruptcy?

By: Travel on the Choo Choo

Travel on the Choo Choo — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:04:21 +0000

NorCalSaint:

There is no way that “politicians, the elite and their cronies” are going to take a train. They fly (often in private planes) and will generally continue to do so. Some politicians might take the train initially but eventually will revert back to the 70 minute SW flight from Burbank or L.A. to Sacramento and back.

I expect many of the early users will be people going to visit family members in Corcoran State Prison. The High Speed Rail Authority will probably provide discount tickets to these travelers.

By: Queeg

Queeg — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:49:49 +0000

It will carry Fed Ex, UPS, POSTAL mail and parcels.

Also, LTL short distance freight.

Drunken parties and weirdo weddings.

By: NorCalSaint

NorCalSaint — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:33:02 +0000

Who plans to travel on this train? a) consumers, b) taxpayers or c) politicians, the elite and their cronies. C is the winner in my book. This train has no other purpose than to serve politicians and the elite. Outside of a CA bond and FED subsidies (fiat money created by the FED) where will the remaining funds come from to complete this illogical monstrosity. Maybe, from homeowner property taxes?

By: Hondo

Hondo — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:31:59 +0000

I am stunned by this vote. There is no way to economically build the thing and it takes huge amounts of needed money from more pressing issues, like schools. It makes no sense, except to Democrats from Kalifornia.
Fast and furious, the running of guns to the drug cartels in Mexico, had similar logic, none at all. Yet they went with it.
I can’t figure these democrats out and I used to be one. Does any of these current democrats remember reading about Harry Truman and the Truman commission in world war 2? How he took dead aim at waste and fraud during the war. That kind of thinking is unthinkable now in Kalifornia.
Hondo……