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Kirk's_Toupee		2009-06-23 05:31:34 PM

can i has green light?

HumbleGenius		2009-06-23 05:38:10 PM

Braking news?

dhudd		2009-06-23 05:38:34 PM

I know, I know - the people who are going to be shelling out a shiatload of money to various victims.

KatjaMouse		2009-06-23 05:38:38 PM

Can I has a red line?

Sherjo311		2009-06-23 05:39:07 PM

your mom?

PJ_the_Barbarian		2009-06-23 05:39:17 PM

Was it Khamenei?

*checks*

Damn. I would never have guessed.

/VE because I can, and because I'm not sure why I can.

Lampmonster		2009-06-23 05:39:43 PM

The Titanic?

derwoodcrash		2009-06-23 05:39:49 PM

I thought this was going to be about Megan Fox.

TofuTheAlmighty		2009-06-23 05:39:54 PM

This is what happens when you prioritize cutting taxes over infrastructure maintenance.

ultraholland		2009-06-23 05:39:55 PM

This shiat never happens on the yellow

Sherjo311		2009-06-23 05:40:04 PM

no, i was wrong. but seriously, your mom.

/seriously

HopefulNebula		2009-06-23 05:40:05 PM

Oh, I am a bad, bad person for loving this headline as much as I am.

LineNoise		2009-06-23 05:40:22 PM

But its the metro! Its so clean!

medius		2009-06-23 05:41:02 PM

my balls?

phlegmmo		2009-06-23 05:41:02 PM

Never guess, huh? Stop, don't tell me.

No, stop. Stop! STOP!

KatjaMouse		2009-06-23 05:41:35 PM

TofuTheAlmighty: This is what happens when you prioritize cutting taxes over infrastructure maintenance.

*DING DING DING*

AbsolutTBomb		2009-06-23 05:41:41 PM

I think this is another one we can blame on Bush.

wxboy		2009-06-23 05:42:15 PM

PJ_the_Barbarian: Was it Khamenei?

*checks*

Damn. I would never have guessed.

/VE because I can, and because I'm not sure why I can.

No, Khamenei needed an election inspection. Didn't get one, and look what happened.

dobedobeDUE		2009-06-23 05:42:38 PM

Riding the Blue Line home from the beautiful Slauson station here in Los Angeles in 20 minutes. Maybe I'll do a quick break inspection from the platform.

BobtheFascist		2009-06-23 05:44:08 PM

TofuTheAlmighty: This is what happens when you prioritize cutting taxes over infrastructure maintenance.

I don't know about DC, but around here only 25% of public transport is funded my user fees. If public transport needs more money they can double the fares.

Black plus White equals President		2009-06-23 05:44:16 PM

//obligatory

eraser8		2009-06-23 05:44:30 PM

Sherjo311: your mom?

This is what I came in to say.

*grumble, grumble*

Weaver95		2009-06-23 05:45:12 PM

TofuTheAlmighty: This is what happens when you prioritize cutting taxes over infrastructure maintenance.

you might be right about that. I wonder why the delay on servicing that train? I mean either way this is going to be a mess (legal mess, fiscal mess, political mess, take your pick) but I'd like to know what caused the crash.

I know that some of the Ayn Rand sites around the 'net are talking about this crash and trying to link it to certain events in Atlas Shrugged.

Uncle Pim		2009-06-23 05:45:46 PM

Breaking news on a broken brake for a train that broke a story earlier by breaking into another train that was then also broken.

/I kan haz votes?

Kirk's_Toupee		2009-06-23 05:46:10 PM

omg omg omg....my third submission and i got greenlit. HumbleGenius: Braking news?

see if i had some of your wit i would have come up with that.

phlegmmo: Never guess, huh? Stop, don't tell me.

No, stop. Stop! STOP!

lol

sober		2009-06-23 05:46:20 PM

and this is why public transportation will never catch on in america, outside of the elderly and homeless populations.

the_chief		2009-06-23 05:47:49 PM

Pretty shiatty design if all it took was 60 days outside scheduled maintenance to fail.

vernonFL		2009-06-23 05:47:49 PM

I keep telling people, stand to the right, walk to the left.

See what happens?

ToxicMunkee		2009-06-23 05:48:29 PM

TFA: Also, a federal official said that the car was an older model, of a kind that Metro had been advised to replace because of concerns about how it would stand up in a collision. Metro did not do so, its leaders said, because they believed it would be too costly and complicated.

Looking back they'll realize it would have been cheaper and easier than what they're about to go through in the court system.

Weaver95		2009-06-23 05:48:43 PM

sober: and this is why public transportation will never catch on in america, outside of the elderly and homeless populations.

that's kind of a shame, since I think a decent public transportation system would do this country a world of good.

I know...weird, isn't it?

NuclearPenguins		2009-06-23 05:49:00 PM

Weaver95		2009-06-23 05:49:32 PM

ToxicMunkee: TFA: Also, a federal official said that the car was an older model, of a kind that Metro had been advised to replace because of concerns about how it would stand up in a collision. Metro did not do so, its leaders said, because they believed it would be too costly and complicated.

Looking back they'll realize it would have been cheaper and easier than what they're about to go through in the court system.

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

vabeard		2009-06-23 05:49:47 PM

This is going to cost DCMTA a lot of money.

obama trauma		2009-06-23 05:50:13 PM

TofuTheAlmighty: This is what happens when you prioritize cutting taxes over infrastructure maintenance.

or hire unionized, affirmative action employees that have no reason to do their job properly because they can't be fired.

BX		2009-06-23 05:50:23 PM

Weaver95:

I know that some of the Ayn Rand sites around the 'net are talking about this crash and trying to link it to certain events in Atlas Shrugged.

You must be joking.

Biff_Steel		2009-06-23 05:50:55 PM

Is WMATA immune from lawsuits? Is it considered part of the government?

RicosRoughnecks		2009-06-23 05:51:15 PM

Those trains tried to mate and form babby.

Kirk's_Toupee		2009-06-23 05:51:44 PM

the sad thing is, this does not surprise me. This is the same population that voted Barry in twice.
/well then again its not like the general populace of the us is much smarter.
//i mean we re-elected bush.

Uncle Pim		2009-06-23 05:51:48 PM

NuclearPenguins

That needs votination, stat!

Weaver95		2009-06-23 05:51:53 PM

BX: Weaver95:

I know that some of the Ayn Rand sites around the 'net are talking about this crash and trying to link it to certain events in Atlas Shrugged.

You must be joking.

I've seen a few chain emails that mention it in passing, and the odd forum comment or three about it. Nothing by way of major articles yet but that could change at any minute.

kronicfeld		2009-06-23 05:54:06 PM

Weaver95: I know that some of the Ayn Rand sites around the 'net are talking about this crash and trying to link it to certain events in Atlas Shrugged.

Ayn Rand fans try to link their most recent bowel movement to Atlas Shrugged.

afisher99		2009-06-23 05:54:08 PM

It's always fun to try to guess how many lives lost fit into the DCMTA's cost/benefit analysis about replacing the older trains. I'm sure there is some memo somewhere noting that x number of lives can be lost before it would be cost worthy to start replacing crap trains.

/My worth is only about $3.72, though.

Baby Diego		2009-06-23 05:54:51 PM

obama trauma 2009-06-23 05:50:13 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, the lowest form of life on the Internet, here for your scorn.

/voting enabled?

PJ_the_Barbarian		2009-06-23 05:55:21 PM

TofuTheAlmighty: This is what happens when you prioritize cutting taxes over infrastructure maintenance.

Oh please. We've been giving infrastructure maintenance the shaft for as long as I can remember.

Meepzoid		2009-06-23 05:55:56 PM

I remember when the Metro first opened. My highschool (JEB Stuart) actually let us skip 6th period to ride that first short section of the Blue Line. Under the river! how cool!

Went back for a vacation recently. It's been over 30 years, and I swear I rode in the exact same car.

/saw a Feral Ghoul playing tenor sax on the platform
//he was good!

PJ_the_Barbarian		2009-06-23 05:56:39 PM

Baby Diego: obama trauma 2009-06-23 05:50:13 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, the lowest form of life on the Internet, here for your scorn.

/voting enabled?

Really? A simple, milquetoast political comment like that? Worse than furries and pedobear?

SFSailor		2009-06-23 05:56:49 PM

dobedobeDUE: I'll do a quick break inspection from the platform.

Break inspectors?

ilovekittykiller.co.uk

/ hot like cardboard dance floors
// def not mine.

Mykeru		2009-06-23 05:57:12 PM

Sherjo311: no, i was wrong. but seriously, your mom.

/seriously

I think you've confused inspection with tightening and a lube job.

Steven813		2009-06-23 05:57:14 PM

came for the rule 34 pics

/leaves disappointed

An-Unnecessarily-Long-Name		2009-06-23 05:57:15 PM

Baby Diego: obama trauma 2009-06-23 05:50:13 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, the lowest form of life on the Internet, here for your scorn.

/voting enabled?

Why he has a point

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