Posted on 02/16/2009 10:00:43 AM PST by AuntB
We know that most lawmakers did not read the spending bill before they voted on it and it appears that Barack Obama didn't either. Despite the president's continued claims that there are no earmarks in the bill, Politico.com is reporting that $8 billion have been allocated for high-speed rail grants to select states.
This news was welcomed by Nevada Senator Harry Reid, who has lobbied for a Las Vegas to Los Angeles railway for years. A spokesman from Harry Reid's office, however, denied this was an earmark, saying the funds are for competitive grants that would be awarded by the transportation secretary. He went on to say that "the proposed Los Angeles-Las Vegas rail project would be eligible to receive funds."
So in Senator Reid's defense, he's right, it's not an earmark yet. The money has only been earmarked for an earmark.......
A potential benefit of the economic recession: The Wall Street Journal reports that illegal immigrants who have jumped the U.S. border in unprecedented numbers over the past several years are turning back around. That's right, the scarcity of jobs in the U.S. is causing illegal immigrants who have been especially hard hit by the economic downturn to head back to their homeland.
Not only that, these immigrants are registering their children, many of whom were born in the United States and who are therefore U.S. citizens, for Mexican citizenship. The Mexican Consulate received 12,000 more applications from Mexicans registering their American-born children for citizenship over a six-month period last year than over the same period the year before.
Hey, if we can't get our own government to enforce the law, at least some illegal aliens are taking care of the problem for us.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
With this democrat regime, we are all on a train to nowhere.
A train wreck to nowhere ....
See and I didn't even have to volunteer to drive one bus load of illegals to the border! More time to work on my garden.
“With this democrat regime, we are all on a train to nowhere.”
Indeed, henkster, indeed.
Anybody who has driven I-15 from Vegas to the LA basin knows what the traffic can be like (particularly around Barstow). That being said, adding a couple of lanes to I-15 would likely be a LOT more economical.
Reid is a full-on Weasel............... but the Train idea has always been a good one. It’s not Reid’s idea. He couldn’t think of anything like that. It’s been an idea for at least 25 years after BART was being built. Don’t know how we’ll pay for it........but it would be very cool.
$8 Billion huh, aw shucks, that’s pocket change. No problem, a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon your talking about some real money. . . (Gag!)
Like the LA subway, it might work out to be cheaper to buy every potential train rider between LA and Vegas a new Mercedes Benz.
Harry might as well start the train at the border.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjeJnjUGnIA
Calendar No. 9 111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 9
To strengthen the United States economy, provide for more effective border and employment enforcement, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 6, 2009
Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr.
Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Begich, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Boxer, Mr.
Bingaman, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Brown) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time
January 7, 2009
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
A BILL
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act of 2009”.
SEC. 2. Sense of Congress.
It is the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to strengthen the economy, recognize the heritage of the United States as a nation of immigrants, and amend the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) by—
(1) providing more effective border and employment enforcement;
(2) preventing illegal immigration; and
(3) reforming and rationalizing avenues for legal immigration.
Calendar No. 9
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 9
A BILL
To strengthen the United States economy, provide for more effective border and employment enforcement, and for other purposes.
“a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon your talking about some real money. . . (Gag!)”
I can’t get that old phrase out of my head! Remember when a million $$ actually meant something??
The environmental impact studies will take years, many cities in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties want stops or "not in my backyard".
Here in San Diego power lines across the desert were held up for years and even after is was passed the wacko-enviros were afraid that "Dirty Electricity (coal fired) from mexico might run the the green wires
sad but true! Dollar backed by Gold at the International Governmental Price!
They just never quit, do they?
Here’s the killer line:
(3) reforming and rationalizing avenues for legal immigration.
AMNESTY
Thing is a private company, Desert XPress, is building a high-speed train between LA and VEGAS. This is a publicity ploy to help Harry get re-elected next year, but people in NV are starting to get HR fatigue... we can take that seat with some hard work on the part of the RNSC and RNC.
Naw, we got our share already....just one of the reasons I left California (born and raised)
read #17
I wouldn’t take it if they picked me up at my front door.
Anything less than 500 miles I wouldn’t even consider taking a plane and under no condition a bus or train.
IIRC there is a private firm working on just such a train route. Harry’s move cuts them off at the knees.
” Don’t know how we’ll pay for it........but it would be very cool.”
Just like all public transportation, the riders wouldn’t pay the daily help amd energy cost to run it.
A ticket on the HR Super Xpress will proabably be more expensive than a plane ticket.
It sounds as useless as T*ts on a bull.
Besides, the Messiah has made it a mortal sin to go to Vegas!
You don’t understand. Harry Reid has extensive real estate holdings right on the proposed right-of-way of this new mag-lev high-speed line. Or at least the route would be steered through that land holding.
Times are HARD. Got to get it any way you can.
“It’s hard out there for a Pimp......”
High speed rail from LA to Las Vegas? Of course! Gotta make it easy for those gamblers to get to Harry’s state, dontcha know.
If it was actually a great idea, some private firm would have built it already.
I see. Thanks.
I was speaking for myself...obviously.
I believe I did read something about it somewhere, sometime.
Bald face lairs.
Here is an LA Times article from 2006, who is that guy to to LEFT of Reid in the picture ???
Ugh!
Something I came across a while ago during the campaign... Some Freeper wrote this, I thought it was pretty good:
They’re On A Road to Nowhere (‘We’re On A Road To Nowhere’ by Talking Heads)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQXsuAey-NE
Well, he told us he’s “chosen”… But he don’t know it’s the end…
And we know what they’re token’… gets ejected from the scene.
And Barak’s little children… can sing “hope” what they want.
Man, the future is Palin… Give her time to knock ‘em out…
Yeaaah
They’re on a road to nowhere… Come on our side.
Sarah is miles out front here… She’ll break their stride.
I’m thinkin’ old Biden’s mornin’… ‘Cause he know,
we’re on the road to a landslide… Palin, Go! She will show…
Ahh-hah…
They’re on a ride to nowhere… Come on our side.
Palin is miles out front here… She’ll break their stride.
Hey there, Boy Wonder: Where you are? I don’t care…
She is so primed n’ on our side… Make you fear… Listen here:
Hah! Hey!
You’re on a road to nowhere… Hey! Hah!
You’re on a road to nowhere… Hah! Hah!
She’s so pretty with a mind… Got her long legs, so divine!
And she’s all right, Barry, its all right…
And she’s married n’ not strayed… Got kids growing day by day,
and she’s all RIGHT, Barry, she’s all RIGHT!
Would you like to come along, Barry? ‘N help John sing her song?
It’s all right, Barry, she can fight!
She’s appealing, and so fine. Just a mom who blows your mind!
And she’s all RIGHT! Barry, it’s her night!
And you’re very far away, but she’s growing day by day!
And you’re outta sight, Barry, outta sight!
Would you like to come along, Barry? ‘N help John sing her song?
It’s ALL RIGHT, Barry, she’s all RIGHT!
Dems can tell you what to do, but she’ll make a fool of you!
And she’s won the fight! Barry, it’s our delight!
You’re on a road to nowhere… Hey!
You’re on a road to nowhere… Whaaah!
You’re on a road to nowhere… Aye, Aye!
You’re on a road to nowhere.
Looks like a Mudboy Slim song!
Reading around the internet, it seems that this is a $37 billion project, they estimated it would generate $500 million in profit, if built immediately by 2015.
Assuming half of those profits were funneled back to the taxpayers (250 million annually); which is a big assumption, it would only take 148 years to pay for itself.
Maglevs are cool and all, but this is a dead-end tunnel to nowhere but debt.
Some freeper called ‘US34’ but I cannot find any recent postings... guessing he/she went bye-bye.
Thanks. A private company? How will they buy easements from all land owners from LA to Vegas? Not gonna happen anytime soon.
Harry Reid is a complete worthless weasel, but the Train idea is cool. Harry Reid never thought of the idea nor should he get credit for it. I still can't believe how such a wonderful State like Nevada (Think Tahoe) would EVER vote for Reid, in the first place.
They plan to have it completed by 2012 so they must have it worked out... look up DesertXpress.
Ping!
(Sean Hannity re-reports some of last year’s news)
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