tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post1944742009185079474..comments2023-10-30T09:03:07.163-07:00Comments on California High Speed Rail Blog: Judge: No Halt to HSR PlanningRobert Cruickshankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06906581839066570472noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-52115936838735266942009-09-16T23:26:49.744-07:002009-09-16T23:26:49.744-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-52261109014155859642009-09-16T09:59:14.914-07:002009-09-16T09:59:14.914-07:00they're probably getting to the kids but they ...they're probably getting to the kids but they know better and will put a stop to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-9174932354694818062009-09-16T09:57:21.417-07:002009-09-16T09:57:21.417-07:00well i have yet to see a fat frenchie , ever, and...well i have yet to see a fat frenchie , ever, and I have so many of them come throught the office every week,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-27537314559190075312009-09-16T09:05:34.645-07:002009-09-16T09:05:34.645-07:00@Jim
This may come as a shock to you, but France i...@Jim<br />This may come as a shock to you, but France is McDonald's second market, just after the US. Students tend to desert school cafeterias and flock to the local "MacDo". Teenager obesity, which was unknown here 20 years ago, is now a problem.<br />Fortunately, there are many foreign tourists in France, and they will accept nothing but French food.Andre Perettinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-33122391187747376082009-09-16T08:51:47.175-07:002009-09-16T08:51:47.175-07:00no, he's real. All it takes is a low IQ and a...no, he's real. All it takes is a low IQ and a few hours of fox news and you get these Frankentrolls all over the place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-62997136935562784572009-09-16T07:35:50.204-07:002009-09-16T07:35:50.204-07:00I think "we've got no money for toys"...I think "we've got no money for toys" is a fictitious blogger created by train lovers to discredit their opponents. His cretinous postings are so counter-productive that they can't be the work of a conscious HSR opponent.<br />Otherwise you have to believe he is some sort of hermit whose only link to the outside world is a one-channel TV, like in North Korea.Andre Perettinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-8405816462844955812009-09-15T23:27:12.238-07:002009-09-15T23:27:12.238-07:00and soon we will all have to drink wine and eat ch...and soon we will all have to drink wine and eat cheese and take the entire month of august off for a nice paid vacation! gasp!<br /><br />no on is going to take away my right to clog my arteries with fast food while inhaling carbon monoxide as I work myself into an early grave with a stress induced coronary damn it.<br /><br />Screw those french with their clean air and healthy food and relaxing vacations!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-46861570923322125792009-09-15T23:17:35.146-07:002009-09-15T23:17:35.146-07:00As for the differences between libertarians, who e...<i>As for the differences between libertarians, who exactly gives a damn? They're not a political or even an intellectual force to be reckoned with, just a bunch of anti-government kooks.</i><br /><br />On highway matters, they are. Republicans love to quote Reason on mass transit.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-89945897480081393862009-09-15T21:58:25.908-07:002009-09-15T21:58:25.908-07:00We've Got No Money;
You owe me a beer.
(I was...We've Got No Money;<br /> You owe me a beer.<br />(I was drinking one when I read you latest, and could not help but laugh..I think I might need a key bord as well)Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773623245897476259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-32113710036289207362009-09-15T21:47:31.063-07:002009-09-15T21:47:31.063-07:00Toys, you planning on calling for the privatizatio...Toys, you planning on calling for the privatization of:<br /><br />Freeways<br />Airports<br />Roads<br />Police and fire departments<br />Schools<br />Medicare<br />Tricare<br />VA<br />US Armed Forces<br /><br />If so, then at least you're consistent.<br /><br />If not, then you are holding rail to an unrealistic standard.<br /><br />Should be noted that the Acela generates an operating surplus. 100% farebox recovery.Robert Cruickshankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906581839066570472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-22282525196459678012009-09-15T21:25:20.584-07:002009-09-15T21:25:20.584-07:00Toys: "For those of you who forget the Eurotu...Toys: "For those of you who forget the Eurotunnel never turned a profit and had to be bailed out."<br /><br />@ Toys: "Groupe Eurotunnel, which operates of the undersea rail link between England and France, said first-half profit rose as traffic increased on passenger trains and its vehicle-carrying shuttle service. Net income jumped to 26 million euros ($41 million) from 1 million euros a year earlier..."<br />--Bloomberg, 7/18/08Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-36670565355941835752009-09-15T20:19:29.115-07:002009-09-15T20:19:29.115-07:00The previous comment was from me. I accidentally p...The previous comment was from me. I accidentally pressed the publish button.We've Got No Money for Toysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-62787982020974363262009-09-15T20:18:14.229-07:002009-09-15T20:18:14.229-07:00Jay: you are a Republican? If you are you don'...Jay: you are a Republican? If you are you don't belong there. You're just a disguised liberal, like Specter. Please surrender your Republican registration and next time register as a Democrat. No serious republican would support a socialist French inspired project like this one, which will end up being a subsidized bureaucracy like Amtrak with no hope of ever recouping the enormous capital investment necessary for the construction. For those of you who forget the Eurotunnel never turned a profit and had to be bailed out. Same with all other state owned rail companies in Europe, which turn out nothing but losses every year, which taxpayers have to bail out each time. And for whom? For the people at large? No. In the end the only beneficiaries of this pork project will be the contractors who build it, the companies who build the trains, and a bunch of rich business travelers that shuttle back and forth between LA and SF. In the end the working people, the every day commuters, whom you pretend to be supporting, will be the losers. They'll be the ones who pay the bill (through taxes) and don't enjoy the benefits, because they'll keep traveling in lousy BART and Metrolink trains for their commute. In the end you're not only a bunch of socialists, but a bunch of FAILED socialists, because you don't even know how to protect the working class. You're just LIBERAL ELITISTS, which is much worse than being a socialist.Wenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-88813677149176376372009-09-15T18:36:26.986-07:002009-09-15T18:36:26.986-07:00We've Got No Money for Toys;
It's people ...We've Got No Money for Toys;<br /><br />It's people like you that give Republicans like me a bad name.<br /> Yes it is true that I am a Republican, but I am one of the few that get it. I am 100% for HSR and Mass Transit despite the cost, and despite the “bigger government” aspect for a purely selfish reason. <br />I want less people driving and better drivers on the road. I also want the option not to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedzoku/3809385801/" rel="nofollow">subject my car to the wonderful parking jobs of some people.</a><br />If we can get people who don’t want to or can’t drive off the road, which will be a win win for everyone.<br /><br />(yes that is my yellow car in the picture)Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773623245897476259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-25898239781368588562009-09-15T18:05:23.075-07:002009-09-15T18:05:23.075-07:00When you don't have serious arguments to defen...When you don't have serious arguments to defend your silly positions on your Government subsidized pork toy projects (like your train) you just start insulting. Just a typical liberal.We've Got No Money for Toysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-27084301293842190222009-09-15T17:03:31.813-07:002009-09-15T17:03:31.813-07:00@We've Got No Money for Toys said...
I hate t...@We've Got No Money for Toys said...<br /><br />I hate to even use this space to respond to you, but the level of drivel that you spew is just too much. Did you happen to watch Fox news during the last eight years? If you did, and can't see the hypocrisy in reporting now that a Republican is no longer in office, then your head is shoved so deep in the sand it is not worth wasting another word on you.<br /><br />Go find an echo chamber and have a blast. Clearly rational and intelligent discussion is not something you have the capacity to engage in.Zachary Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690858466785894353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-79432170035331950662009-09-15T17:03:03.203-07:002009-09-15T17:03:03.203-07:00I know damn well that Czars aren't necessarily...<i>I know damn well that Czars aren't necessarily communists. They are appointed by the president (like the drug Czar or the whatever Czar) therefore they can be both Republican or Democrats. Do you think I'm stupid?</i><br /><br />After that comment? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czar" rel="nofollow">Maybe.</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878685680339441795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-78964017333599378432009-09-15T16:57:43.214-07:002009-09-15T16:57:43.214-07:00@ Alon Levy -
a majority of the people of Califor...@ Alon Levy -<br /><br />a majority of the people of California <i>voted</i> in favor of prop 1A(2008), just as an earlier generation <i>voted</i> for the politicians who decided to build the interstate highway system and other roads.<br /><br />So what's with all this hogwash about totalitarianism? I was in Berlin last week, that's where there is ample evidence of the many scars it left behind. Not so anywhere in the US.<br /><br />As for the differences between libertarians, who exactly gives a damn? They're not a political or even an intellectual force to be reckoned with, just a bunch of anti-government kooks.Rafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05471957286484454765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-79851892742865381092009-09-15T16:46:53.728-07:002009-09-15T16:46:53.728-07:00Maybe it wasn't a million people, but it was d...Maybe it wasn't a million people, but it was damn close to it. The claim that it was only 60,000 is the usual lie propaganda perpetrated by the liberal media. And only a few of them were racist. The majority was a lot of concerned citizens who maybe even voted for Obama, but now realized the mistake they made. Unfortunately the media in this country is controlled by the liberal elite (just a bunch of socialists) and if you want some kind of honest reporting you have to rely on Fox News. Even Rush Limbaugh informs more accurately than CNN or NPR (another den of socialists).<br />JD: I know damn well that Czars aren't necessarily communists. They are appointed by the president (like the drug Czar or the whatever Czar) therefore they can be both Republican or Democrats. Do you think I'm stupid? And I read more books than you. People like you I'd like to run over with my truck until they become part of the asphalt (the best invention ever made by mankind).We've Got No Money for Toysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-66572064505361268922009-09-15T15:31:34.032-07:002009-09-15T15:31:34.032-07:00JD, the road network in the US is an example of so...JD, the road network in the US is an example of socialist failure, not socialist success.<br /><br />Government planning has a mixed record on infrastructure and a poor record on industrial policy, but a good record on services with long-term benefits like health and public education.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-47219860938406744692009-09-15T15:25:49.212-07:002009-09-15T15:25:49.212-07:00@ money for toys
OMG go read a book or somthing (...@ money for toys<br /><br />OMG go read a book or somthing (Ayn Rand does not count)... At least go out and buy a coherent political philosophy. <br /><br />Do you even think about what you write, because it sounds like some straight-up kook-stream-of-consciousness, daddy-o.<br /><br />This project was put before the electorate in a poll with one of the largest voter turnouts in a gengeration. That is called Democracy.<br /><br />The street in front of your house (or compound) that you use to get to work (supposing you have a job)which was built with our collective tax money and planned by a state-central commitee (DOT) is a better example of socialismjdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-13831430046861588522009-09-15T15:02:59.290-07:002009-09-15T15:02:59.290-07:00that 1 million number was a bold-faced lie by Matt...that 1 million number was a bold-faced <a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/09/size-matters-so-do-lies.html" rel="nofollow">lie</a> by Matt Kibbe.<br /><br />Next time you should probably check your sources.lyqwydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246339570684365095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-61668704752501455902009-09-15T15:02:14.072-07:002009-09-15T15:02:14.072-07:00Ahhh, Toys, he makes me laugh, makes me laugh. So ...Ahhh, Toys, he makes me laugh, makes me laugh. So cute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-12012413917492499512009-09-15T14:07:08.126-07:002009-09-15T14:07:08.126-07:00Stop celebrating. HSR will not be built anyway. It...Stop celebrating. HSR will not be built anyway. It costs too much and there isn't enough funding. At most you can have a stretch of HSR between Los Banos and Madera, or Between Lancaster and Mojave, so that all of you, Socialist Train Huggers, can meet once a year and mentally masturbate over trains.<br />Not enough people will use this train to justify the expense. Cities in California aren't dense enough, except for SF, and people will soon realize that it is still faster and cheaper to directly drive to their destination the whole way, rather than to take the train and then rent a car once they get to the station. The only people who will use it are some of those who now fly from LA to the bay area or viceversa (and only assuming the train will be just as fast and just as cheap as airplanes). <br />The problem I have with you Train Huggers is that you want the average taxpayers to fund your toy, regardless of what the costs are and what benefits it brings. That's the issue I have with Lefties. They want governments to take care of their whims. Fortunately at the next election the Democrats will lose again, and when this nightmare is over, people will begin to reason and realize what you really are: a bunch of socialists. <br />People are already starting to see what you really are. Did you see the over 1 Million people marching on Washington like this weekend? That's just the start of the People's revolution against the Communist dictators.We've Got No Money for Toysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-8118111007391041722009-09-15T13:05:49.390-07:002009-09-15T13:05:49.390-07:00Does anyone have a link to the actual order? Morri...Does anyone have a link to the actual order? Morris?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878685680339441795noreply@blogger.com