Runaway Trains: Obama's high-speed rail plan is a fiscal pipedream.
We suppose every President is entitled to a pipedream, but President Obama's vow in his State of the Union address that 80% of Americans should have access to high-speed rail in 25 years is a doozy. Vice President Joe Biden has followed up by proposing $53 billion in high-speed rail funding over the next six years. Seriously?
On recent evidence, this train is running in reverse. Though the Obama Administration has allocated more than $10 billion for high-speed rail projects the past two years, the new Republican governors of Wisconsin and Ohio, Scott Walker and John Kasich, have rejected the federal money. They don't want to put their taxpayers on the hook for projects destined for Insolvency Junction. Florida Governor Rick Scott is also reconsidering his state's proposed Orlando-Tampa line. Read the rest…
Prophet less..?
A friend just started a new business in Afghanistan.
He's making land mines that look like prayer mats. It's doing well.
He says prophets are going through the roof .....
INCREDIBLE! > Berkeley Does Guantanamo: On Feb. 15, on the recommendation of its Peace & Justice Commission, the Berkeley (Calif.) City Council is set to vote on a resolution to invite "one or two cleared" Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle in Berkeley. ... more [ Talk about being down the rabbit hole which keeps getting deeper and deeper!! And stranger… – JS ]
Have a Little Faith: After centuries of hegemony in an increasingly secular world, it is ironic that faith – faith in the right thing – may be the only thing that can restore credibility to the world of science. [ After all, it only requires a “mustard seed”. – JS ]
- “Only a Liberal could believe that a country 234 years old created the violence that's been in a religion for over 1400 years.”
- “There are no Red States or Blue States...apparently there are just 57 states that are all disappointed with Obama”
- “Don't blame me. I voted for the old dude and the hot chick”
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