State of the Union Address

Bishy prior to clicking this link I resloved to respond to what ever you my have typed in a cogent manner
but alas you've won again. The absolute inanity of your post has confounded me in my quest so I will respnd in kind:


Based upon the controversial 1957 novel by Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged follows the struggles of Dagny Taggart, a railroad heiress trying to maintain her integrity, and keep her family's railroad alive in the midst of a rapidly decaying world. She faces increasingly corrupt government agencies, the callous incompetence of her own brother, and the systematic loss of her best and most competent workers. As she works to overcome each obstacle, she begins to detect a pattern, and suspect a sinister force working against her. All across the country, there is a growing sense of helplessness, often summed up in a catch phrase that everyone seems to know, but no one knows the origin of - Who is John Galt?. One by one, the best and brightest industrialists in the country are disappearing overnight, without a trace, and abandoning their businesses to be cannibalized by corrupt political interests. But many are disappearing just as she needs them most, leading her to realize that someone, some destroyer, is keeping just ahead of her, and is working against her. As she wonders what he could be telling these men - to get them to give up everything and disappear - she knows she must somehow beat him if she wants Taggart Transcontinental to survive.

She pursues the mystery cross country looking for clues to the destroyer, and also to find the inventor of a revolutionary motor she found in a trash pile of an abandoned industrial lab. As the world sinks further into decay, she knows her time for saving her railroad, and maybe staving off the collapse of the world around her, is growing short. However, the revelations she seeks will ultimately challenge her views, and force her to decide between fighting in her world, or leaving everything she's valued behind.

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the rail line Could be good, but it could also be very bad.

I'd line to see the proposed route, and see who owns the properties that will be confiscated.
 
It would've been better to have the project go from East to West across the country..Boston to Seattle (2484miles) with numerous stops in between...much like the original rail systems did.

um, no. i don't want beantowners showing up here. they are a coarse, stupid people. and i really don't want that train picking up other rude* peoples from places like indiana and nebraska on the way.

*2 : lacking refinement or delicacy: a : ignorant, unlearned b : inelegant, uncouth c : offensive in manner or action : discourteous d : uncivilized, savage e : coarse, vulgar
 
the rail line Could be good, but it could also be very bad.

I'd line to see the proposed route, and see who owns the properties that will be confiscated.

it will be used to move and distribute the one world government soldiers across the country!
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Bishy prior to clicking this link I resloved to respond to what ever you my have typed in a cogent manner
but alas you've won again. The absolute inanity of your post has confounded me in my quest so I will respnd in kind:

What is inane about upgrading the existing rail line? You currently have four ways of moving product from the East to West coast and back again.

1) Air - increasingly expensive and good for strictly small to medium packages.
2) Water - one hellova roundabout route.
3) Ground#1 - semis and panel trucks mostly..also increasingly expensive
4) Ground #2 - rail

A more direct route via rail is faster than going by truck/semi. Increasing the speed of the train means reducing the hours of transit. The land for rails is already in place, as is much of the infrastructure for placing products on and taking them off of railcars. Replacing the existing rails, adding the power-stations needed and getting newer engine and transport cars is the issue.

574kph (357mph) my friend is pretty fast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ir_n3J5ABA
 
it's my understanding that this ain't about moving freight. It's about moving people.

IMO, it'd have to be a lot more efficient than the Marta rail here, or it's just another black-hole for money.
 
Even if you restrict it to people... more than half the speed of air-travel*, 8 times faster than travel by car and it's electric..so no gas/diesel being burned to do it. :shrug:

*if you add the benefit of multiple-stops in-transit it's far more economical. Not to mention the number of people it can move on one train v. one plane
 
Hi-speed trains are far too dangerous. Kangaroo Rats will not have time get off the tracks and get sucked into the passing trains. Dead rats will attract too many endangered condors and kit foxes. BLAMMO, the ecological devastation is just too great.

I've not heard of hi-speed freight either.
 
Sorry Bishy I'm choosing to imitate Mink’s
holier than thou position on this one.

I am far to lazy to hunt down the links and hold a
seminar on how in the U.S., beginning in the 1950’s
America turned away from moving its freight via
rail and put it on the road via semi-trucks and
the National Highway System.

The energy savings (i.e. imported oil) from
using coal to generate electricity and powering
electric trains to move virtually all the freight
in America would be stupendous.

And ain’t never gonna happen!
 
Hi-speed trains are far too dangerous. Kangaroo Rats will not have time get off the tracks and get sucked into the passing trains. Dead rats will attract too many endangered condors and kit foxes. BLAMMO, the ecological devastation is just too great.

I've not heard of hi-speed freight either.

France uses it for postal freight. Japan is too small to make freight considerations worthwhile.

Winky: You already have the Acela Express working for over a decade.
 
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?

One of the pundits likened Osama as having come off like a
insolent bratty spoiled child during his speech.

I’d say he’s done fine job representing the left cuz that’s how I always think of them.
 
I'm not so sure "postal freight" is freight in the sense of "were shipping 50,000 units of GE blenders" or "we're moving 500 head of cattle."

Meh, we already have our hi-speed train. Now the challenge is to keep the feds out of it. Why ruin the chance of a good thing?
 
"Get freight back on the rails where it belongs."
Hell yes!!!! What we need is:
  • All those teamster/commie truckers need to be limited to 50mile radius/day from train connections.
  • Always pull doubles when they can.
  • They should all wear spiffy uniforms and those cool old hats.
  • And most important they should ALL have respectable haircuts, high and tight.
  • No distracting rock-n-roll in the cab
  • They should all be polite, be professional.....
 
No matter how you look at it..it'll creat X number of jobs for the near future.

On to the rest of the speech.

Tax cuts already in play and more to come, especially capital gains for small business.
 
I can't believe that nobody noticed his dictatorship unfold before our eyes.

SotU address

Now, yesterday, the Senate blocked a bill that would have created this commission. So I'll issue an executive order that will allow us to go forward,

We don't need no stinking Congress.
 
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