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CEO governor? Not by a long shot (FL; lefty whines re: high-speed rail shootdown by Rick Scott)
Orlando Sentinel ^ | February 17, 2011 | Beth Kassab

Posted on 02/18/2011 9:13:11 AM PST by Sam's Army

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To: WayneS

“The ‘federal money’ being offered is nowhere NEAR enough to complete a high-speed rail project of any significance.”

Yeah, Scott’s demonstrating the kind of economic ignorance of a guy too conservative to grab that 1% (for the first six months) mortgage loan in a housing market that’s going nowhere but up, forever.


21 posted on 02/18/2011 9:50:17 AM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: Paladin2
One can't Win The Future by backing 19th Century technology

Buggy Whips I tell Ya
Buggy Whips
This is the industry of the future.buggywhip.

22 posted on 02/18/2011 9:57:07 AM PST by Foolsgold (L I B Lacking in Brains)
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To: mcmuffin

I’d say you’ve got that right!


23 posted on 02/18/2011 10:05:17 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Paladin2

Is that my Northern bias showing again?


24 posted on 02/18/2011 10:05:45 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: tbpiper

You Floridians with sanity need to maintain a constant - now through 2012 - letters to the editor campaign, regarding a “high speed rail” project, as follows:

If the high speed rail line would never stand on its own, without perpetual tax payer subsidies, then there is no reason to build it in the first place. On the other hand, if that project would really be such a great financial venture and is so needed for Florida’s main industry - tourism - then Disney and the rest of the big corporations profiting from tourism should build and operate the rail project themselves; they don’t need taxpayers to pay for it.


25 posted on 02/18/2011 10:20:01 AM PST by Wuli
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To: 9YearLurker
What is it with the FL guv names? Seems they’ve gone from Charlie Crist Christie to Rick Scott Walker.

Well, at least it isn't Rick Rolled...

Click ME!

26 posted on 02/18/2011 10:28:29 AM PST by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: meyer

Do I type like a sucker to you?


27 posted on 02/18/2011 10:31:54 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

LOL - did you, or did you not click on the link? :-)


28 posted on 02/18/2011 10:34:59 AM PST by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: meyer

No, I didn’t click through—I didn’t start typing yesterday!


29 posted on 02/18/2011 10:44:55 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I can sing it to you...

“We’re no strangers to looooooove,...”

OK, never mind!

Back to the railroading of America.


30 posted on 02/18/2011 10:59:48 AM PST by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: Wuli

Good points, however if “the attractions” take the path of sports teams, we will still end up paying for it. The people of my little hamlet in east Hillsborough county are still paying for a ‘high speed’ stadium for a football team that blacked out several non-capacity home games this year. The ‘benefits’ just go on and on.....


31 posted on 02/18/2011 12:05:30 PM PST by tbpiper
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To: subterfuge
"Not sure why everyone is taking exception with this article written by a 20-something soccer-mom. They have all the answers."

ROTFLMAO!!

32 posted on 02/18/2011 2:27:05 PM PST by Sam's Army
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To: 9YearLurker
"Is that my Northern bias showing again?"

Is that your way of coming out on FR as a Romney supporter? ;-)

33 posted on 02/18/2011 4:51:35 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: GeronL

Choo choo ping.


34 posted on 02/18/2011 5:04:15 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Paladin2

Ha! I actually was a Mitten back in my MA days—until he thoroughly disillusioned me with his time governing.


35 posted on 02/18/2011 5:05:24 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Army Air Corps

The lefties so wanted another few billion in debt


36 posted on 02/18/2011 5:12:38 PM PST by GeronL (http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php for FR backup site!)
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To: GeronL

Indeed. They haven’t figured out that the garvy train long ago left the station...and has derailed.


37 posted on 02/18/2011 5:14:52 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: 9YearLurker

Mitt seemed to do a decent job with the SLC Olympics.


38 posted on 02/18/2011 5:15:27 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Sam's Army

Beth is an idiot.

Anyone with half a braincell knows that the choochoo is going to an expensive boondoggle that will require massive annual subsidies.


39 posted on 02/18/2011 5:21:19 PM PST by GeronL (http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php for FR backup site!)
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To: Paladin2

Yes, and he did a great job for Bain Capital.


40 posted on 02/18/2011 7:46:57 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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