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Deadbeat, bankrupt Illinois now in charge of high-speed rail buying spree
Illinois Watchdog ^
| 04/01/2013
| By Ben Yount
Posted on 04/28/2013 4:48:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Ooohhh, they can spend $5 million dollars for each next-generation locomotives.
Seriously, whose pocket is this money going into?
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posted on
04/28/2013 4:52:38 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: SeekAndFind
Sounds a little bit like the Wright Brothers’ contract in 1908. No one thought they could fulfill it.
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posted on
04/28/2013 4:54:09 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
To: All
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posted on
04/28/2013 4:55:32 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: SeekAndFind; All
I don’t why it is needed.. If Willie Green was here I would know what he would say..
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posted on
04/28/2013 4:55:33 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(The Bill of Rights is suicide pact.)
To: SeekAndFind
IDOT That's one letter away from being a really good acronym.
To: Jonty30
I’d wager Mr. Soros has an interest in some way or another. GE also builds locomotives.
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posted on
04/28/2013 4:57:04 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Lurker
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posted on
04/28/2013 4:57:55 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Kevmo
You can have efficient, inexpensive locomotives, and you can have them today.
Just picks two of the three most wanted.
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posted on
04/28/2013 4:59:47 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: KevinDavis
One can drive from Chocago to St. Louis in about 5 hours and two tanks of gas. I’ve done it more than once. How is a train, no matter how fast, going to compete with that?
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posted on
04/28/2013 4:59:55 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Jonty30
Seriously, whose pocket is this money going into?In California, Mr. Diane Fienstien is getting a lot of money to build the tracks.
To: Lurker; All
I’m surprised the state is building this.. Considering how broke this state is and supposedly how bad the bridges and roads are.. I can go up to 140 mph, but I won’t...
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posted on
04/28/2013 5:07:03 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(The Bill of Rights is suicide pact.)
To: Lurker
5 hours and two tanks of gas Even a tank would make it there on one tank of gas (but would take all day).
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posted on
04/28/2013 5:12:47 PM PDT
by
palmer
(Obama = Carter + affirmative action)
To: SeekAndFind
As if Rearden would sell those idiots the steel rails for those imaginary locomotives to run on.
To: SeekAndFind
IDOT ... can I buy a vowel?
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posted on
04/28/2013 5:21:01 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Background checks, Mr. President? You first ...)
To: SeekAndFind
The Federal Railroad Administration has placed Illinois in charge of buying 35 new, “next generation” locomotives to serve the to-be built high-speed rail lines in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, California and Washington, even though the locomotives do not yet exist.The real challenge will be to find a locomotive that will pass California clean air standards.
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posted on
04/28/2013 5:21:26 PM PDT
by
umgud
(2A can't survive dem majorities)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
04/28/2013 5:24:01 PM PDT
by
King Moonracer
(Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
To: King Moonracer; All
How about no.. We have a thing called an airplane.. It is faster then the maglev..
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posted on
04/28/2013 5:29:29 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(The Bill of Rights is suicide pact.)
To: Lurker
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posted on
04/28/2013 5:32:16 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is v?ery late in the day.")
To: KevinDavis
This will never be built. This money is being sent to Illinois so Mike Madigan can steal it.
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posted on
04/28/2013 5:32:54 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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