California’s “bullet train” runs off the rails.

[BabyBoomer50s]

A bullet train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco was the first U.S. experiment with high-speed rail. But it has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare — a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as originally envisioned.


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/us/california-high-speed-rail-politics.html

 

[LukSkyFokker]

California is the smart pretty girl you couldn't afford or keep up with, boomerror.

 

[AlexBailey]

Interesting article from a quaint source:

Did Musk come up with Hyperloop to stop California’s high-speed rail?​

https://modelrailwaytrains.org/did-...erloop-style,to reach speeds of up to 700 mph.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Interesting article from a quaint source:

Did Musk come up with Hyperloop to stop California’s high-speed rail?​

https://modelrailwaytrains.org/did-musk-come-up-with-hyperloop-to-stop-californias-high-speed-rail/#:~:text=Musk first discussed the idea of a Hyperloop-style,to reach speeds of up to 700 mph.

No. No disrespect for Mr. Musk, but California Democrats created the train wreck all by themselves.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Those pretty bag ladies that shit on your sidewalks are all yours champ.

California is the smart pretty girl you couldn't afford or keep up with, boomerror.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Those pretty bag ladies that shit on your sidewalks are all yours champ.

I understand why you didn't like California. You can't afford to live in the nice part where that doesn't happen.

 

[phrodeau]

Probably all those regulations imposed by the Trump administration.

 

[LittleDixie]

Watching government operate is like watching a monkey trying to fuck a goat.

 

[ll74]

Watching government operate is like watching a monkey trying to fuck a goat.

Is like reading one of your posts.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Glad you found a nice spot to park your RV tonight. Be safe.

I understand why you didn't like California. You can't afford to live in the nice part where that doesn't happen.

 

[JohnEBbad]

Probably all those regulations imposed by the Trump administration.

This is out of touch (uninformed) even for you.

 

[JohnEBbad]

Watching government operate is like watching a monkey trying to fuck a goat.

I'll have to bow to your expertise on that...

 

[lovecraft68]

California is the smart pretty girl you couldn't afford or keep up with, boomerror.

You remind me of Jack Black in Shallow Hal, no matter how ugly something is in Cali or the Dem party you think its beautiful.

There's nothing wrong with admitting something failed, or someone you supported failed. Those are teachable moments.

Which is why you'll always be an idiot.

 

[Ingenue844]

I understand why you didn't like California. You can't afford to live in the nice part where that doesn't happen.

The fact that it does happen, in what was prominent and beautiful areas, IS a problem. Even if you can afford a better neighborhood.

 

[Ingenue844]

You remind me of Jack Black in Shallow Hal, no matter how ugly something is in Cali or the Dem party you think its beautiful.

California is beautiful and a desirable place to live despite the drawbacks. And while the Dems are corrupt, I fail to see how the Republicans aren’t just as bad about wasting taxpayers dollars.

 

[JohnEBbad]

I'm not going to cooperate with the Communist New York Times and jump through their hoops to read the article in the OP but Breitbart (Economy) has some pull quotes and this is their lead:

The French national railroad company intended to help California build its high-speed rail from San Francisco to Los Angeles, but ended up leaving the state to pursue projects in war-torn North Africa, which the company said was a less “dysfunctional” place.

The New York Times published a lengthy essay on Sunday about how California’s “bullet train” failed — despite the fervent desire of Gov. Jerry Brown (D) that it be built, and the investments of both the Obama and Biden administration in its supposed construction.

lmao

 

[Chobham]

Kinda reminiscent of "The Big Dig" don't ya think?

 

[JohnEBbad]

Sure is.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

You remind me of Jack Black in Shallow Hal, no matter how ugly something is in Cali or the Dem party you think its beautiful.

There's nothing wrong with admitting something failed, or someone you supported failed. Those are teachable moments.

Which is why you'll always be an idiot.

When did I say, "nothing's wrong?" Fuck off back to your trailer, dipshit.

The fact that it does happen, in what was prominent and beautiful areas, IS a problem. Even if you can afford a better neighborhood.

Cool, you just described the entire fucking world.

 

[Ingenue844]

Cool, you just described the entire fucking world.

I did. I just don’t like the idea that if we can afford better, we ignore issues. Not saying you were implying thAt. But I get why people are down on Cal. They see a huge state as just SF and LA. And there’s definitely problems to sort out.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

I did. I just don’t like the idea that if we can afford better, we ignore issues. Not saying you were implying thAt. But I get why people are down on Cal. They see a huge state as just SF and LA. And there’s definitely problems to sort out.

That's why I make a point to point out their ignorance.

 

[Ingenue844]

That's why I make a point to point out their ignorance.

Me too. It’s a giant state with almost every climate. And a mix of folks from all walks of life, political and religious backgrounds. But I obviously don’t have to tell You this. My response is for the others.

https://imgur.com/DqivT7d

 

[LukSkyFokker]

I live in a coastal farming area - that pic is perfect.

 

[Ingenue844]

Breitbart (Economy) has some pull quotes and this is their lead:

The French national railroad company intended to help California build its high-speed rail from San Francisco to Los Angeles, but ended up leaving the state to pursue projects in war-torn North Africa, which the company said was a less “dysfunctional” place.

The New York Times published a lengthy essay on Sunday about how California’s “bullet train” failed — despite the fervent desire of Gov. Jerry Brown (D) that it be built, and the investments of both the Obama and Biden administration in its supposed construction.

lmao

Why are so many cheering on the demise of a project? I get not liking government waste and overreach. But are you wanting it to fail because you don’t like those who suggested it?

You know the state is full of human beings. Those that have to work for a living but still want to provide their family with a better life than living one atop the other in the bigger cities. This rail would’ve provided a safer and faster commute from the Central Valley…an area known for conservative values, to the Bay Area where the jobs are. Why wouldn’t you want conditions to improve for other humans?

Don’t lose your humanity in your quest for political dominance

 

[JohnEBbad]

Uhhh...

It would be closer to the truth that I recognized that the project was doomed and underfunded. They could not get the property to run the rail where it ended to go to do all of those wonderful things that you claim it would have. It was a project dreamed up of of whites, dreams, unicorns rainbows and skittles and I didn't like the waste money anymore than I approved of the bridge in Alaska, a REPUBLICAN boondoggle, for the most part.

So get off of your partisan high horse and step into the real world.


PS - I'm a Libertarian. I don't seek to dominate ANYONE.
Our slogan is, all we have to offer is less and more of it.
Our policies would not have dumped over $5 trillion is stimulus into the economy because most of us are of the Austrian School of Economics and understand that it was going to produce inflation. If California needed that rail so badly, we feel they simply should have raised taxes and fees and funded it.