ToDaZeD CA *facepalm*
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Not to mention that the entire decision-making process has to start over every time a powerful legislator/bureaucrat position changes hands. They subsist on control.
Comment by DougM (jackassophobe) — May 14, 2012 @ 9:57 am
While it has long been accepted that one does not speak ill of
Californiathe dead; here inside the *World`s Largest Open-Air Insane Asylum*, an exception must needs.Moonbeam Brown`s modus operandi holds no surprises. His unionizing of *public servants* in his 1st governorship probably was/is a cornerstone for California`s financial “Black Plague”! Moonbeam, in cahoots with our
*Union Eunachs*Legislature, ONLY missed our accumulating Debt by greater than half (16,000,000,000.00(Actual) – 9,000,000,000.00 = SEVEN BILLION FUCKING DOLLARS!!!!!Using this as an (psssfffttt) accounting standard (psssffftt), WE confidently wait here for a coupla daze when MoonBeam sez he will *make a few minor adjustments* whereupon all will be on track
again.Natch, this will be based upon—-wait for it—–A FUCKING TAX INCREASE, which Moonbeam, holding hostage that ancient, fossilized skeleton-SCHOOLS, (yew no, them schools which score damn-near Dead-Fucking-Last in the nation; yea-ah them). HOWEVER(…whew!…) Moonbeam will only tax the millionaires (…defined mathematically as…those peeps grossing a million fucking dollars in their whole fucking lifetime, based on entering the workforce at age 15 and dying around 90 or 95 years of age; give or take!!!!!!
SOOOOO, using the *Logic* of Sacrastupido, spending (as in: not having…) severals ofs millions ofs dollars PER fucking day for an unoccupied hi-spd choo choo—–is PEANUTS (defined by Jimmuh Carter…)!!!!
Hot Tip: For those of us who are illiterate in the whys and wherefores of standard accounting, may I suggest a re-watching of a movie. What movie, you say? THE SHINING!!!!!!!
Comment by Colonel Jerry USMC — May 14, 2012 @ 10:38 am
Gee, if only someone had forseen the difficulties…
Comment by mojo — May 14, 2012 @ 10:39 am
Yabut when they spend all of this money, you will be able to go from Fresno to Bakersfield.
Comment by Alan outback bacon czar — May 14, 2012 @ 11:17 am
^ You know anybody who actually wants to do that?
Comment by DougM (jackassophobe) — May 14, 2012 @ 11:27 am
LaHood – a truly unfortunate name.
The problem is, we (California) just don’t have the money. We don’t have $2.7 billion. The only way they’re going to come up with that sort of money is to raise taxes through the roof (which they’re trying to do, in the election in June).
Beyond that, I doubt there’s anybody in this state whose head is screwed on right that thinks this is a <volume = 11> stupid < volume=1> idea.
This part is truly brilliant:
“Under its contract terms, builders would face $1 million per day in penalties for failure to meet final deadlines after March 1, 2017.”
Anybody out here ever run a company? Does anybody think that any sane company president would sign on to such a deal?
Maybe “Mom’s Hi-Speed Rail, Inc.”, headquartered in Atlantic City, NJ, might sign on. But if they do, they’re gonna make darn sure that the work gets done on time – even if they have to put more sand in the cement than is usually advised.
Those other countries that have moderate success with “lickety-split trains” have the advantage of good road-beds. Ours are so out of condition that our trains can’t go much over 60 mph.
I just had a brilliant idea – so much so that I’ll just take the rest of the day off:
Import a few hundred thousand Chinese laborers to do the heavy digging and lifting. Pay them generously – up to $2/day. Job done. (Please, no applause.)
Comment by ZZMike — May 14, 2012 @ 11:30 am
How long did it take Hank&Dagny to build the John Galt Line?
Comment by Paul Moore — May 14, 2012 @ 11:39 am
“Billions and billions and billions…”
That’s my Carl Sagan impersonation. It’s because of the “London Whale”, the sooper-genius trader that burned through over 2 billion of JP Morgan’s moolah:
“…reports that Iksil is likely to leave the bank, but his fate isn’t entirely clear at this point.”
Bet: a pair of channel-locks and a blowtorch.
Comment by mojo — May 14, 2012 @ 11:44 am
Stop it with all the fucking choo-choos. Just stop it.
Comment by Stick — May 14, 2012 @ 1:43 pm
So you, the chairman of the Congressional committee — yanno, Congress, the holders of the purse strings — are whinging to US you have less power than the Transportation Secretary.
That’s ….informative
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[STATE Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), chairman of a select committee on high-speed rail]
Whining, yes. Chairman, yes.
Of a Congressional committee, no. Powerful, no.
Even so, I have no sympathy. States gave away their power in evchange for money outta the magical Treasury box, and now they find themselves addicted, weak looking for the next hit.
Comment by Brad — May 14, 2012 @ 3:18 pm
Welll, let me say this about that:
1. Neither LaLaHood or anyone else in the Federal government has any money to give. LaHood, you blinkered idiot, you and your co-conspirators have put us $16 trillion in debt, and until you pay that down, you don’t have one fucking dime to give anybody.
2. $6 billion to build that boondoggle is a fucking joke. If it is built, and the California government and the Federal government have anything to do with it, I predict it will cost $30 billion and take 15 years to build.
3. The only parties making any money from the project will be lawyers dragging other parties into court over miniscule issues.
4. If built, unions involved with its operation will make sure the project will lose at least 1 billion per year.
5. It will be less efficient than Amtrak or the Postal Service.
6. The trains will rarely reach design speed because of political pressures for additional stops, environmental lawsuits and shoddy maintenance of the right of way.
In summary: A guaranteed clusterfuck of the FUBAR level.
Comment by dick, not quite dead white guy — May 14, 2012 @ 3:58 pm
^ Dick, you forgot:
7. The California Sharia Liberation Front will regularly blow up pieces of the line, mostly when a train is
speedingcreeping through.Comment by Ironic in Denver — May 14, 2012 @ 6:01 pm
The California Sharia Liberation Front
I in D – You’re on to something. Actually, before they try that, they’ll demand the trains stop five times a day so that all three islamic riders can pray. When they find out the dining car serves ham sandwiches, then they’ll blow up some stuff.
Comment by dick, not quite dead white guy — May 14, 2012 @ 6:36 pm
Dick, I assume that during the five stops a day, the TSA will be questioning & searching all 10 non-islamic passengers.
Comment by Ironic in Denver — May 14, 2012 @ 7:22 pm
Not to mention that the entire decision-making process has to start over every time a powerful legislator/bureaucrat position changes hands. They subsist on control.
DougM,
No Doug, they subsist on GRAFT. The more it changes hands the more opportunities for graft!
Oh and gang, how many of you want to be on one of those trains going 100 mph and an EARTHQUAKE happens.
Bet that would be a bummer.
Comment by Paul — May 14, 2012 @ 8:06 pm
The Libs have totally bankoed the state as to ‘revenues’, never EVER being able to even think a word such as ‘balance’ and accountability are still part of the human language but5 will ALWAYS Fluke it up when it comes to their stupid ass logic and wisdom. After all, Theeeeeeey know best.
Hey Snowbeam, bend over, the Bama man has evolved to doing something nice to you.
Comment by LLoyd — May 14, 2012 @ 10:05 pm
What happened to California wasn’t that there’s something in the water. The leftists moved *into* the state, wrecked it, and are already starting to move *out* of the state because they wrecked it. That will only get worse.
If you don’t fight on this line on the map, you’ll be fighting on one closer to home. You don’t generally defeat a foe by surrendering territory. I wish people would think about that.
Comment by Merovign — May 15, 2012 @ 1:00 am