Comments on: No ‘time out’ for city in rail authority’s cross-hairs https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: SeeSaw https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/#comment-30424 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 23:06:48 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35818#comment-30424 Only those coming in the future will ever know for sure, Rex. Don’t know if you were asking me or not, but I have not and have never had a relative with power in the government or rail, either one. Imagine that! I don’t care what I am–if 600 million has been spent, somebody had some money to spend, didn’t they! The economy cannot subsist without some of the natives having money to spend.

]]> By: Rex the Wonder Dog! https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/#comment-30423 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:16:17 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35818#comment-30423 SeeSaw says:
Perhaps the history books will say that the HSR project revived CA’s economy, and maybe there will be a JB statue in every HSR station
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seesaw, yoiuare one of funniest stand ups I have ever seen!!!…..or the most delusional, one of the two!

]]> By: Rex the Wonder Dog! https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/#comment-30422 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:15:19 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35818#comment-30422 In the meantime, how do I get a contract to do some consulting work for the California High-Speed Rail Authority? I see it has already spent $600 million.
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Are you RELATED to anyone in power in the gov or the rail giveaway????

If not then you need to be a minority, if not then you’re SOL.

]]> By: SeeSaw https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/#comment-30421 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:24:40 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35818#comment-30421 We will all be gone when the last page is written to this story. Perhaps the history books will say that the HSR project revived CA’s economy, and maybe there will be a JB statue in every HSR station. (I can visualize you all wretching now–I hope its not too bad–have a nice holiday week, if you are capable of enjoying yourselves, even a teensy bit.)

]]> By: I need money https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/#comment-30420 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:29:45 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35818#comment-30420 In the meantime, how do I get a contract to do some consulting work for the California High-Speed Rail Authority? I see it has already spent $600 million. Is there someone I need to know? Do I need to have a genetic test to see if I am a disadvantaged person? Would it help if I rented some office space in Pixley?

]]> By: David in Irvine https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/#comment-30419 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:22:16 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35818#comment-30419 Mr. Rider’s comparison of HSR to the pyramids is apt. The pyramids were enormous monuments to the vanity and privilege of the pharoahs, built at the expense of individuals and society. Our modern pharoahs in Sactown will not be buried in these monuments, but the vanity and privilege of these rulers has not changed in 3000 years.

]]> By: Rex the Wonder Dog! https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/#comment-30418 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:15:31 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35818#comment-30418 The slow speed Fail will turn out just like the gov’s new “payroll computer system”, 400% OVER budget and on the verge of collapse.

]]> By: Dave Kendall https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/#comment-30417 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:26:43 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35818#comment-30417 The governor-( union puppet) , the unions , and the “gimmee-gimmee” idiot voters are to blame. California is leading the country down.

]]> By: Richard Rider https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/#comment-30416 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:54:06 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35818#comment-30416 We need to built this Eighth Wonder of the World. When we build this high plains train to nowhere, people the world over will indeed wonder — “What were they THINKING?”

Indeed, the Bakersfield-Modesto HSR project might be some marginal tourist value, similar to the pyramids of Egypt. But the pyramids have an edge, as they require no OPERATING subsidy. Unlike our HSR.

Still, this stranded farmland train line WILL stand for some time as a monument to bullheaded political stupidity — assuming we even finish even just this leg (which I SERIOUSLY doubt).

]]> By: Donkey https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/21/no-bullet-train-time-out-for-city-in-rail-authoritys-cross-hairs/#comment-30415 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:17:30 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35818#comment-30415 As with all RAGWUS groups the bureaurats have to be seen as pro-active, with a view beyond the thinking ability of us little folk.

First off, the actual cost of the train tracks themselves is ridiculous, as is the cost of planning, but it all follows the course of any RAGWUS run bureaucracy, in that there is no accountabilty, nothing is done in an efficient or timely manner, and money is of no issue. 🙂

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