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Drew the Infidel says:

November 23, 2013 at 12:37 pm

Upon reading the opening statement about spending $600 million without so much as dirtying a spade, my first question was, “Who’s the crony here?”. But my overriding question is why are we entertaining thoughts of spending this sort of money on 19th Century technology? Both were answered by naming Feinstein’s hubby.

“Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.–Edward Gibbon
Nate says:

November 23, 2013 at 1:52 pm

Okay, so, they spend all this money on consultants and investigations and all that stuff…and just watch, somebody’s going to come along and say, “Hey, if you build this, it’ll kill off the endangered Whatchahoozis beetle!” And that’ll be the end of that.
OldmanRick says:

November 23, 2013 at 5:13 pm

Another example of why government projects never work properly. Those drawing paychecks from taxpayers have no real sweat equity or risk in the game. Function or fail, they still receive a paycheck and none of the blame.

Imagine trying to construct a transcontinental railroad in this day and age with the current mob if self acclaimed brainiacs in government. It would make the antics of the Three Stooges seem like a gathering of world class physicists compared to their fiasco.
steveegg says:

November 23, 2013 at 7:24 pm

California will sink at least $100 billion in on this.
ALman says:

November 23, 2013 at 10:52 pm

Guy says, “It’s almost as if this country is being run my the mob!”

Other guy says, “That would be a step up!!”
Nancy says:

November 24, 2013 at 12:17 am

Large engineering projects are like that. You plan and write reports and more reports and design and submit for review and answer questions and comments and revise and revise and write more reports and eventually get approval for your construction design and plans, long before any construction takes place. And, it’s in California, which has more bureaucracy than most countries. Which means more reports and reviews and hoops to jump through.
And the people working on this do have some incentive to keep costs down, actually. Large construction projects aren’t exactly growing on trees right now, and once a company gets a reputation for being expensive, it makes it that much more difficult to win work in the future. No work coming in means you get laid off.
proof says:

November 24, 2013 at 1:33 am

Just in time for Christmas, it’s the BiPolar Express!
TomTB says:

November 24, 2013 at 7:04 am

How can ANYTHING ever get built today? We have competing regulatory agencies at every turn, saving critters that were not even indigenous to North America at the time of the founding of this Republic!
GoneWithTheWind says:

November 24, 2013 at 10:38 am

You are wrong. This is a great success. Did you think building the train was the goal? No! Robbing the government coffers was the goal. So far it has been a complete success. Give them time and it will be a stunning success. In the mean time I’m sorry to tell you but we need to raise the taxes and also just like last election your vote isn’t worth crap because the politicians have bought all the votes they need with your money.
ALman says:

November 24, 2013 at 12:21 pm

Just in time for Christmas, it’s the BiPolar Express!

BiPolar??? Well, no wonder it’s costing so much. I thought it was to run just in california, not between the two “poles”!
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November 24, 2013 at 2:11 pm

[…] Fahrquar, writing on Sister Toldjah, noted that the Pyrite State has spent $600 million on its high-speed rail project, and not the first bit […]
Joy says:

November 24, 2013 at 4:13 pm

I thought I had read that Democrat Governor Moonbeam had unilaterally waived the requirement for an environmental impact study.

I wasn’t aware that Democrat Senator Fienstein’s husband owned the company being paid the $600 million but am not at all surprised.
Drew the Infidel says:

November 24, 2013 at 6:04 pm

Remember when Obhammud said that, at some point, you have made enough money? At what point might he surmise that enough has been stolen?
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November 25, 2013 at 10:22 am

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November 25, 2013 at 9:33 pm

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BizzyBlog says:

November 29, 2013 at 6:06 am

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