Yeah, 'cause it would never work.

Anywhere.

Oh, except maybe Japan.

And Europe.

And anywhere there is a high population density. Like... oh... the East Coast.

Rain-Monkey: And anywhere there is a high population density. Like... oh... the East Coast.

And maybe spectacular crashes would cure us of commie bastards. It's a fix! I love it.

they're gonna need quite a lot of Rearden metal.

Really? REALLY? High speed rail is a waste of money?

Awesome.

Weaver95: they're gonna need quite a lot of Rearden metal.

And rape.

Objectivist rape.

Here's my proposition:

Almost everyone who is against high speed rail has not been outside of America in 40 years.

Anyone who goes to Europe, China, Japan, Korea...anywhere. High speed rail is AWESOME.

Who gives a crap??

I'd rather them spend it on something REAL instead of lining the pockets of the thieves in the banking industry!

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Weaver95: they're gonna need quite a lot of Rearden metal.

And rape.

Objectivist rape.



Giggity.

Cool. I was wondering when they were going to release some more details about where this is going to go. I am looking forward to this.

No one even rides a mother-flippin' train anywhere. Stupid as a post, that Obama!

Is it the Disneyland to Nevada brothel one? It's the Disneyland to Nevada brothel one, isn't it? Awesome. It's like the spectrum of fun on one rail kine--Space Mountain on one end, whores on the other. Awesome.

What is so asinine about high speed rail? This country could stand to have some.

Hender: Is it the Disneyland to Nevada brothel one? It's the Disneyland to Nevada brothel one, isn't it? Awesome. It's like the spectrum of fun on one rail kine--Space Mountain on one end, whores on the other. Awesome.

Nah. That one is being funded by Nevada and California, from what I gather. The CA lines they mention are probably San Diego to LA to SF to Sacramento and back to LA.

I definitely can see it in more populated areas, assuming they can get the land to build high speed tracks, such as the North East where cities are fairly close. In those areas people can go from city to city and take local mass transit on both ends (or suburbs to city assuming parking garages along the way). But Iowa?

I am beginning to admire the 29% Butthurters. They have absolutely nothing real to talk about, but despite repeated failure and ridicule from the vast majority of the sentient population, they continue to find (or pay) feeble-minded trolls to manufacture faux outrage.

Keep it up, GOP,

Love the Democrats.

I don't care how high speed the rail is. How the hell am I going to get my car on the train?

There was a gentleman on On Point weeks ago talking about the way recessions change how a population spreads out and how that helps recovery. His main point was that the only way the US could grow and move forward was for us to create these hubs that would connect cities to each other. Much like New York connects into DC and Boston and so on. Every city needs to stop trying to be independent and form relationships with other major area around it to attract brain power and industry. The only way to truly do this is with high speed rail.

Imagine if Detroit could connect to Chicago and Toronto quickly and easily. It could attract the type of people it needs and use it's manufacturing power to the benefit of everyone around it. Rails are the only way to make this possible.

freakdog19: I don't care how high speed the rail is. How the hell am I going to get my car on the train?

That is some high quality, industrial WIN right there.

High speed rail is awesome. Too bad we have hardly any.

freakdog19

Actually, there are many ways.

This is only one.

Or if you wanted to be more conformist, there's always the auto train.

Marcus Aurelius: freakdog19

Actually, there are many ways.

This is only one.

OK, so how do you get it off the train when you reach your destination? Wait for the train to brake really hard?

sepuku2: Rain-Monkey: And anywhere there is a high population density. Like... oh... the East Coast.

And maybe spectacular crashes would cure us of commie bastards. It's a fix! I love it.

Gosh, you're getting trite and boring. You must be an American.

My pardon, I meant "a REAL American."

Bloody William: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Weaver95: they're gonna need quite a lot of Rearden metal.

And rape.

Objectivist rape.

[sensuous, naked granite pic, posted inline]

Dude, NSFW!
Reported.

1988 FLORIDA'S 'BULLET TRAIN' PROJECT PASSES MILESTONE

1999 Florida's Bush kills funding for bullet train project

2000 Florida Approves Amendment to Establish High-Speed Rail Service.


2003 2003 [Jeb] Bush approves budget, vetoes bullet train money.

2004 [Jeb] Bush kicks off drive to stop bullet train plans

2005 Bullet train repeal group fined $10,000

2wolves: My pardon, I meant "a REAL American.

Thanks for not confusing me with pussies like yourself.

Party Boy: 1988 FLORIDA'S 'BULLET TRAIN' PROJECT PASSES MILESTONE

1999 Florida's Bush kills funding for bullet train project

2000 Florida Approves Amendment to Establish High-Speed Rail Service.


2003 2003 [Jeb] Bush approves budget, vetoes bullet train money.

2004 [Jeb] Bush kicks off drive to stop bullet train plans

2005 Bullet train repeal group fined $10,000

A bullet train killed Jeb's dog.

sepuku2:

Thanks for not confusing me with pussies like yourself.

No confusion would be possible to any being with more than eight working neurons*.

.

.

*Neurons: Are responsive cells in the nervous system that process and transmit information by electrochemical signaling. They are the core components of the brain, the vertebrate spinal cord, the invertebrate ventral nerve cord, and the peripheral nerves.

-Provided so gut cutter deuce won't feel more inadequate than he already is.

Hender: OK, so how do you get it off the train when you reach your destination? Wait for the train to brake really hard?

You use these handy doors.



This one takes you under the sea too!

Glasgowsfinest: Hender: OK, so how do you get it off the train when you reach your destination? Wait for the train to brake really hard?

You use these handy doors.



This one takes you under the sea too!

You must have missed the previous picture I responded to :)

I freakin' love the Shinkansen!

_{/three video links, all go pop
//note that most of those are not going full speed because they're passing through a station
///wheeeeeeeeeeee!}

Hender: You must have missed the previous picture I responded to :)

Nah, I saw it. I just wanted to plug the Eurotunnel as it makes my life much easier these days.

sepuku2: Rain-Monkey: And anywhere there is a high population density. Like... oh... the East Coast.

And maybe spectacular crashes would cure us of commie bastards. It's a fix! I love it.

From that comment you must enjoy the thought of Americans dying who don't subscribe to your way of thinking.

And for the serious speed freaks: 574.8 KPH.

_{/video link pops
//you can post the world's fastest train speed record in MPH when it's done by 'Merkans
///they're not slashies, they're speed lines}

Procedural Texture: And for the serious speed freaks: 574.8 KPH.

/video link pops
//you can post the world's fastest train speed record in MPH when it's done by 'Merkans
///they're not slashies, they're speed lines

That's awesome. I lived in Japan for a couple of years and I loved the Shinkansen. I'm all for High Speed rail!

Procedural Texture: //you can post the world's fastest train speed record in MPH when it's done by 'Merkans

meh. us 'mericans should probably just go ahead and go metric.

Party Boy: Procedural Texture: //you can post the world's fastest train speed record in MPH when it's done by 'Merkans

meh. us 'mericans should probably just go ahead and go metric.

We tried that once. We're too stupid to understand base 10 apparently.

GAT_00: Really? REALLY? High speed rail is a waste of money?

all railroads are a waste of money!

if you can't get there on horseback, then damnit, it's not worth going! we don't need the devil's steam powering our countries slide into hedonism!

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Weaver95: they're gonna need quite a lot of Rearden metal.

And rape.

Objectivist rape.

Thats ok... its now half price.

I have no idea what this thread is about, but I just thought I'd say that I am pissed that there is still no high speed train to Vegas.

Why can't we have the fastest trains? We have one of the largest countries and largest economies?

It would reduce the usage of fossil fuels, which I'm all for. What's the problem conservatives? Mad that you won't be using the train, so no one else should be allowed to? Let me remind you that their is a usage fee to ride Amtrak, so it's not just freeloaders.

I'd love high speed rail between Seattle and LA, or New York and Miami, with stops at major points in between.

bronyaur1: I am beginning to admire the 29% Butthurters. They have absolutely nothing real to talk about, but despite repeated failure and ridicule from the vast majority of the sentient population, they continue to find (or pay) feeble-minded trolls to manufacture faux outrage.

Keep it up, GOP,

Love the Democrats.

Let's green-light ALL their stuff as well!

Conservatives believe our necks would break immediately after suffocating at such high speeds AND they believe in an invisible sky master magician

/Can we get them to all move to Texas
//Oh wait, they have

Let me guess, subby. You don't like it because Obama likes it. Well alright. If we get you a list of all the other things and ideas he likes, will you rail against those things as well? I think that would be hilarious. Maybe you could start a blog listing all the things you boycott because Obama likes them. I mean ALL the things he likes. Well... except one. Because he might like you too... and I don't see how you could boycott yourself very well. If you really work it hard, you might even get a Fox Reality Channel show or a spot on Fox News. They like that kind of thing.

Well... Good luck. Maybe you can suck it sometime while we're on a high speed rail someday in the not so far future.

FTFA: Midwestern governors recently wrote Secretary LaHood asking for $3.4 billion of the funding to build up high-speed rail corridors in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.


Who the fark would build high speed rail in the midwest before the east coast. BosNYWash was made for highspeed rail.

It's a cool idea, but people have to have money in order to go somewhere.

/I call the big one "Bitey!"