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Vegas rail: a gamble or good thing?
AP via SFGate ^
| 3/25/12
| Michael Blood, Associated Press
Posted on 03/25/2012 2:26:03 PM PDT by SmithL
Edited on 03/25/2012 5:28:42 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator.
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Victorville, Calif. (AP) -- On a dusty, rock-strewn expanse at the edge of the Mojave Desert, a company linked to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to build a bullet train that would rocket tourists from the middle of nowhere to the gambling palaces of Las Vegas.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: dingyharry; pork; rail; yourtaxdollarsatwork
Comment #1 Removed by Moderator
To: SmithL
Are you the new willie green???? He was always posting about this crap, it was nothing more than one of the biggest attempts at stealing millions of acres of BLM land than anyone has come up with in a long time.
To: org.whodat
DesterXpress is a bizarre joke, but it is supposed to be built alongside I-15 (which follows the Deutsche Bahn model for ICE trains) rather than taking up any new land parcels that are out of the way. There won't be any private funding obviously, despite the claims to the contrary. What makes even less sense is holding down the top speeds to "up to" 150 mph when that kind of building is supposed to permit far higher speeds than that.
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posted on
03/25/2012 2:36:43 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: SmithL
If it were a “sure thing” or even close, it would have private backers out the wazoo, not need massive government funding (and gov’t guarantees for ‘private’ backers)
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posted on
03/25/2012 2:36:56 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: SmithL
Reason.TV (libertarian) went out there and did a special on it:
City authorities would go up to law abiding local folks, ASK super sweet to “inspect” their yards, etc. OK so far right?
WRONG —they’d later claim a MILLION things were wrong with the property like garbage, waste, improper fencing ANYTHING TO IMPOSE HUGE FINES.
And later they’d simply SEIZE the land. They’ve been doing it over, and over, and over, out there in the dry scrub, amazing everyone. EVERYONE was beginning to wonder about it.
AND THE REASON IS MONEY —the city wants to clean up big time on this foolish pipe dream that will come to NOTHING.
Sheriff Knottingham wants SPIN AROUND RIMS AND FUZZY DICE.
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posted on
03/25/2012 2:55:36 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: SmithL; All
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posted on
03/25/2012 3:02:15 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(I support Mitt...)
To: GeronL
Yes, yes, yes, yes, willie always cried when you pointed that out to him.
To: SmithL
Wait! Let me guess!
DesertXpress is owned & operated by close friends & political supporters of Obama.
The company will spend lavishly until it declares bankruptcy in about 2-3 years.
How many times must we repeat this fraud?
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posted on
03/25/2012 3:26:41 PM PDT
by
Mister Da
(The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
To: org.whodat
Boxcar Willie... playing sad songs on his guitar while riding the rails...
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posted on
03/25/2012 3:27:16 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: SmithL
How about a rocket to the Sun, with Harry Reid aboard?
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posted on
03/25/2012 3:45:04 PM PDT
by
Impy
(Don't call me red.)
To: SmithL
officials once boasted they would build the line with private dollarsThat right there says that the planners and/or the lenders judge that the thing will never pay for itself.
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posted on
03/25/2012 3:59:16 PM PDT
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
To: SmithL
You're talking about my next door neighbor town here, Smith! Too bad you are right about Vicorville....
Nice picture of McEachron, tho. This clown is one of twelve running for the redistricted 8th Congressional Distric, (Not Nasty Pelosidon's old 8th)which covers an area of nearly 1/3 of the state.
The area needs a rail link to Vegas like a fish needs feathers. If anything, we need a link that goes the other way, since there is totally inadequate transportation to the south and LA on the west.
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posted on
03/25/2012 4:04:44 PM PDT
by
fantail 1952
(Common sense policy: Help your friends. Whip your enemies. Sort out the rest later.)
To: GeronL
It would make sense (maybe), if LAX was relocated to the desert and make the existing airport in LA a regional terminal. (fat chance)
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posted on
03/25/2012 4:31:51 PM PDT
by
ptsal
(E)
To: ptsal
I like your thinking! Then run the high speed rail (or whaterver) south and east to San bdno-Riverside metro area and another to Vegas, and then we could close or downgrade LAX, Ontario, Burbank, Orange county, Lindberg field in SD, and McCarron in Vegas. While we’re at it, incorporate how about throwing in three or four AF Bases within a hundred miles or so. Geez, add area 51 and whatever else. Great idea!
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posted on
03/25/2012 4:53:36 PM PDT
by
fantail 1952
(Common sense policy: Help your friends. Whip your enemies. Sort out the rest later.)
To: fantail 1952
“On clear roads, the 270-mile drive from downtown Los Angeles to Las Vegas takes about four hours.”
Anybody know what LAPD’s best time ?
Do they still do the run ?
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posted on
03/25/2012 5:01:44 PM PDT
by
maine yankee
(I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
To: maine yankee
They should put in two trains:
A LA fast 350mph gamblers` express going to Las Vegas
and a slow 35 mph losers` train coming back.
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posted on
03/25/2012 6:07:10 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(. High speed in the high desert?? Who knew?)
To: org.whodat
I go into the DesertXpress payoff to Harry Reid friend Sig Rogich in my book “Harry: Money Mob and Influence”. The DesertXpress ends in Victorville because it can't make it over the grade to Los Angeles. The competing MagLev system was ready to go and funded when Reid stepped in and helped Sig Rogich, who then conveniently ran Republicans For Reid.
Reid should be doing a perp walk for this. More here:
http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php
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posted on
03/26/2012 12:11:24 AM PDT
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: DaxtonBrown
Who in the hell wants to go to Victorville. Forget it Harry we have a Monorail here in Las Vegas that is in Bankruptcy. Same kind of deal We will sell that cheap.
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posted on
03/26/2012 12:18:18 AM PDT
by
BooBoo1000
(I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds my future.,)
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