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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:33 PM Original message |
Unraveling The Puzzle Of Rage At The Very IDEA Of High-Speed Passenger Rail |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R - good piece! |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. They want to go back to the 1950's |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Oil companies prefer people to use cars. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. 1950s??? |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. in the 1950's there were lots of normal adults who didn't drive |
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nykym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. While this is an Asia report |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I'm glad MY state is benefiting from the states that gave their $$ back! |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. +1! |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Makes sense. One report posited that Rick Scott has ties to asphalt / roadway companies. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am fascinated by the rightwing FEAR OF TRAINS |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. A poor person might get on one, & travel to where wealthy people are! |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. but in the 1950's |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I spent the second half of the fifties..... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. I just don't get it |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Did some travelling on Eurostar myself a few years ago |
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Ship of Fools (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. its also depressing |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'd love even a low-speed train.... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Word |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I think you have it partly correct. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Just for chuckles I looked up Redding to LA on Amtrak |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. I would be thrilled if light rail lines went to the airport and near my home. |
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