1 The train idea is as dead as the crap and tax idea. I do hope the States like CA and FL that actually began work on that boondoggle kill it.

2 Speaking of investing, any of you PA morons can give up the 411 on a purported supplier of electricity in the newly deregulated Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by the name of Stream? I have some fam members of limited intelligence all excited about some scheme that sounds suspiciously pyramidal to me.

3 Another day, another opportunity to say:  Fuck McCain

4 There are some newly - elected GOP reps here in the FLA making joyful noise about that damned Tampa-Orlando thing. Why won't it just fucking die?

5 Just put a GE windmill on each train car for power.

6

Hillary ain't aging well, folks.

Coming to theaters near you, Hillary Clinton starring in, ET, The Sequel. _{(call home, Hillary)}

7 GE and Siemens are pushing for high speed rail.  Money is going into some pols pockets.  With all our real problems, high speed rail ain't one.

8 #4  This train thing is something that democrats just love.  They think it will make us all European-like.  Their experience on trains,  of course,  is limited to the UK and a few Marseilles-Paris or Frankfurt-Muunich trips when they were in a college summer overseas study program.

Far fewer Europeans own cars than we here in the US.  Plus,  they have had over`150 years of slowly adding to their rail system.  We do not have the rail system here to produce trains which would beconvenient alternatives...partyly due to the distances involved and partly due to the loss of right-of-way and existing tracks when so many railroads went out of business back in the 70's and 80's.

It's a pipe dream.  But they keep sticking to it because they can't think of anything new.

9 GE and Siemens are into the windmill crap too.  Nothing but a taxpayers rip-off.

10 Also railroads are highly unionized so they get to jerk off a core donk constituent group.

11 The Euro's have $10 gas prices too.  The Dems love that.

12 Because when you think of AmTrak you think of the future.

13 Advocating for building "light rail," with states, municipalities and Leviathan deeply insolvent, is grounds for a mandatory 72 hour involuntary commitment, with psych evaluation and full hearing before a panel of mental health experts to follow.

14 There are some newly - elected GOP reps here in the FLA making joyful noise about that damned Tampa-Orlando thing.

Jobs baby, jobs.  It doesn't matter that only 100 people/day will ride it.

15 The Euro's have $10 gas prices too.  The Dems love that.

Posted by: Case at January 26, 2011 07:49 AM (0K+Kw)

Which, of course, is why trains are a sensible alternative there.  If we had $10 dollar gas, the whole American way of life would collapse.  Government loves mass transit - because it densifies people into masses, and puts their transportation under government control.  For some reason the statists love nothing more than to jam lots of folks tightly together - dense transportation, dense housing, and dense ranks of people in their torch-light rallies.  It's one of many ways the state works to bring about the commoditization of humanity, and to induce the "herd poisoning" that Huxley wrote about.

16

Shorter SOTU: We will win the future by investing in 200 year old technology...

 

FIFY

 

PS - M. Marple - the cars/person ratio across Europe is getting very close to the US these days. FWIW, Mannheim - Frankfurt on a Saturday aft. = the 105 or I-495...

17 Didn't we fight some wars with Europeans because we didn't want to be like them?  We wanted to be independent.  Whatever happened to that?

18 A train won't fit under the overhang at a McD's drive through.  I see this as a major downside.

19 The Demo-commies love them some trains for numerous reasons, but they can be summed up in a short statement. Passenger trains fit the overall vision of the communist utopia that they are striving for down the road:

1. A nation of proletariat concentrated in large urban areas of squalor, all voting for the ONE Party. Transportation in that urban area limited to overcrowded  buses and subways; except for the apparatchiks of course.
2.  The country side is dedicated to "green" patches and large corporate farms. Of course those farms will be controlled by the apparatchiks who will tell them what and how much to grow according to the 5 year plan.
3. Transportation between the large urban areas will be provided by the trains. However, since the nation as a whole will have limited funds for this due to a stagnant economy, travel between towns will be limited to few occasions and rationed according to need. That is except for the apparatchiks. 
4. Cars will be eliminated except for a few limousines and police/fire vehicles.

The apparatchiks will all tout the robust economy, the green living conditions, and the overall health and happiness of the "people".  All this while living in polluted squalor, in overcrowded urban tenements, starving, and dieing like flies.

Now that last part may not be their "vision", but it is exactly what their dreams of a "communist" utopia always lead to.

20

Posted by: Reactionary at January 26, 2011 07:57 AM (xUM1Q)

Just an addendum:

The Dems myopia about trains is endemic of their hatred for suburbia.  The suburbs are the opposite of their ideal, crammed together, herd world. 

Just look at how suburbia is generally portrayed in movies:  the people that reside there live dull, soul-less existences, and are generally evil, hypocritical people. 

21 5. And we will be constantly bombarded whith how great "Dear Leader" is.

22 Jobs baby, jobs.  It doesn't matter that only 100 people/day will ride it.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 26, 2011 07:56 AM (w3/2z)

The hope is that a high-speed rail  between, let's say, Orlando and Miami, will better facilitate and expand tourism, making it easier, more convenient and less expensive for families to visit tourist attractions in both areas, instead of just one area while they are down here on their vacations.  It will be built more for the benefit of tourists from out of state than for this state's residents.  More hope and change.

23 Caller on Bill Bennett just said Barky's speech was a "Dupnik moment," not a Sputnik moment. Heh!  Moron?

24

21 5. And we will be constantly bombarded with how great "Dear Leader" is.

Wait. My bad. We already have that.

25 17 Didn't we fight some wars with Europeans because we didn't want to be like them?  We wanted to be independent.  Whatever happened to that?

Canada is cold, so the Loyalists have gradually slipped back into the country.

26

On a non-SOTU news how about this from Haley Barbour.

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who's considering a 2012 presidential run, is scheduled to have two private meetings with Republican leaders Wednesday in the early primary state of South Carolina.

27 Europeans aren't that bad.  They start drinking at lunchtime.  I think we'd do well to emulate them in some areas.  Namely the drinking.

28 They're touting Tampa-Orlando rail travel time as being under an hour. Great. Driving time is 90 minutes, mainly because of horrendous traffic and having to play Dodge the Tourists when passing Disney.
Here's the problems:
1. So what do you do when you get to the other side? You'll have to rent a car unless your destination is really close to the train station (unlikely). Most FL cities have sucktacular public transportation
b. What happens when Disney, Lakeland, Plant City etc wants a stop? Suddenly, travel time is a lot longer and you still have to deal with problem 1.It would be quicker to drive
iii. When it becomes quicker and more convenient  to drive, people will do just that, and then the taxpayers of Floriduh get stuck with supporting a fiscal black hole.

Wouldn't it be better to just widen I-4 and make express lanes from Tampa to Orlando to cut travel time?

29 Good morning!

I gave up on the speech-thingy early, watched a Psych DVD, and hit the hay.  I eagerly await hearing the grades for Obama and Ryan's efforts. 

30

Best analysis of the SOTU IÂ’ve read till now.

From Dan Greenfield

31 LOL, now here is a bill, being proposed on VA that will be near and dear to a lot of the Morons.

RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia legislator is proposing castrating sex offenders as an alternative to the increasing costs to detain and treat them after they’ve served their prison sentences.

In the unlikely even this bill was passed and signed into law, any bets on how long it would last?

32 The main reason Kaisich was elected Ohio Gov. was because he promised to 'kill the train'.  Basically, it was his only great platform idea.

The train proposed by Dems in Ohio would have a TOP SPEED of 42 MPH!

33
UConn donor has "buyer's" remorse (a decade after the gift). 

"Philanthropy."  I do not think it means what you think it means.  Enjoy your audit, Mr. Burton. 

34 Obama is destroying the Gulf economy while pretending to care.  You guys should really read this article in the American Thinker.  National media is totally ignoring this.

http://tinyurl.com/4rbrnh3

35 I'd like to ride Obama out on a high speed rail, - to Mars.

36

"RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia legislator is proposing castrating sex offenders as an alternative to the increasing costs to detain and treat them after they’ve served their prison sentences."

How 'bout a lobotomy? They'd need to chop off their hands, too. Reminds me of Andrei Chikatilo, who raped a woman with a butcher knife because he couldn't get it up. He was also a cannibal, but that's beside the point.

37 Fark the speech. It was all trains, smoked salmon. I want to know if any of the Senators or Reps got lucky on date night.

38 #22 - BTW, a high-speed rail will make it much easier and much more convenient for elderly retirees here in Florida to visit tourist attactions and to bring their grandchildren with them, too. Retirees with or without their grandchildren account for a huge chunk of the people who visit tourist attractions in Florida. It isn't just people from out of state who visit those tourist attractions in Tampa, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Miami and Key West, all of which are tentatively contemplated high-speed rail stops. When you take those factors into consideration, a high-speed rail system has a great potential in Florida, perhaps more so than in a few other states.

39 Supposedly conservative WSJ still pushing that discredited lie about the guns being used by the Mexican drug cartels

Of the 73,000 illegal firearms seized in Mexico since December 2006, officials estimate that 90% originated in the U.S.

This is an absolute lie that was originally pushed by Hillary and immediately shown to be BS.

40 Monorail!

41

Brian, people don't ride trains  if they don't have any reason to get on them; if you don't have the money to go on trips, go shopping; if you don't have a job to go to at the end of that line -- then you don't ride the rails.

I wouldn't so much have a problem with working on our nation's rail structure -- as part of an infrastructure plan (it would provide some jobs) -- I think eventually it may be a benefit to do so (not so sure about high speed, but at least our rail system), but I'm not so naive as to think it will turn our economy around.  That's the sort of stuff that needs to be worked on when the coffers are healthy, not on their death bed.  As such it might be better to turn it over to private industry -- which doesn't seem so interested in it, probably because it won't make money.

42 hey. Hey! HEY!!!!

Let's be a bit more specific here!

Trains are the future!

_{(Did I mention I get 460 miles from a single gallon of gas yet?)}

43 You're entitled to your opinion, Jane.

44 More 2012 news from the Ras

Could this be the work of the MFM telling us who our candidate is?

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leads the pack with the support of 24% of Likely Republican Primary Voters. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the partyÂ’s nominee for vice president in 2008, runs second with 19%, closely followed by Mike Huckabee with 17%.

Answer: Absolutely. As Ras says early in this article early polls are nothing more than name recognition. Name recognition relies solely on face time with the media.

45 If we're getting high speed trains, I guess I'll need a bigger garage.

46

So, how fucked are we?

This is just a matter of time, and at that point we are really, most sincerely fucked.

47 >>BTW, a high-speed rail will make it much easier and much more convenient for elderly retirees here in Florida to visit tourist attactions and to bring their grandchildren with them, too. Retirees with or without their grandchildren account for a huge chunk of the people who visit tourist attractions in Florida So making it easier for granny and gramps to take the grand kids to see Mickey is our new Sputnik moment? If this is such a winner for the theme parks let them sink the money into new trains. Why the hell should my tax dollars be spent to build a zip train in Florida for theme parks?

48 Even worse news from Ras

Giuliani is Leading GOP Contender If Front-Runners Drop Out

Hahahahahahaha

49 Is Brian back for The Bitch Slapping II?

50 Sorry Brian, I just don't see the Tampa Slingshot stopping at Terry's Gator Ranch and All You Can Eat Crab Shack. 

Besides we already have a high speed train that stops outside of Disney. 

It's called an Airbus A320.

51 43 Yes I am, but I think I just might be correct: infrastructure is a worthy investment of tax dollars, and it's wise to keep all forms of transportation up, running, and healthy (just my opinion).  However, these are things that need to be done when the overall economy itself is healthy -- not as a gov't. make work program to try and jump start said economy (direct contact with family members who lived through the New Deal informed me of that). 

52 For the train system to actually work, it must be market driven, not fucking government mandated.

53 The main reason Kaisich was elected Ohio Gov. was because he promised to 'kill the train'.  Basically, it was his only great platform idea.

The train proposed by Dems in Ohio would have a TOP SPEED of 42 MPH!

Posted by: momma at January 26, 2011 08:28 AM (penCf)

To show what a tool of the unions and general cocksucker Twitch Strickland was, the simpleton still kept funding the train construction even after the election when it was obviously going down the shitter.  Money for nothing, Twitch!

54 Beck is playing dr. evil and he is very funny this morning.

55 If this is such a winner for the theme parks let them sink the money into new trains. Why the hell should my tax dollars be spent to build a zip train in Florida for theme parks?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 26, 2011 09:04 AM (TMB3S)

This.

56 Yes I am, but I think I just might be correct: infrastructure is a worthy investment of tax dollars, and it's wise to keep all forms of transportation up, running, and healthy (just my opinion).  However, these are things that need to be done when the overall economy itself is healthy -- not as a gov't. make work program to try and jump start said economy (direct contact with family members who lived through the New Deal informed me of that).

Jane, I'm not a fan of high-speed passenger rail, particularly in states such as Florida where we love our cars as much as Californian's love theirs. However, the need to invest in the nation's freight rail infrastructure cannot be over-stated.

I am a huge fan of trucks, and work with trucking companies every day, but they are facing enormous obstacles at the same time that both the population and the consumer market are growing. Rails cannot deliver to the dock of most distributors or retailer and trucks cannot deliver the long-haul efficiently. These two industries spent years antagonizing one another but have come to the conclusion these last few years that the two working together create a very effective service solution. However, the opportunity to grow to the level that supports freight demand is damned near capped for each.

When most folks think of rail, the big lumbering trains full of coal or phosphate are what come to mind, but the real synergies are in intermodal. Yet, a conversion of even 10% of all OTR freight to intermodal would likely bring the system to a screeching halt. Prices would rise substantially due to the laws of supply and demand.

I am a big believer in private rather than public investment but the rails have stood, essentially, on their own until the last few years while the trucking industry benefited from public infrastructure investment.

The time to invest is before the suffering begins, and with fuel rising and driver shortages already on the horizon, I would argue that now is the time to get started.

57 22 The hope is that a high-speed rail  between, let's say, Orlando and Miami, will better facilitate and expand tourism, making it easier, more convenient and less expensive for families to visit tourist attractions in both areas, instead of just one area while they are down here on their vacations.
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How are they supposed to get between the train station and the attractions? Free electric scooters from Medicaid?

58 Last night someone said "you can't buy a train ticket in 5 minutes".  That let me know they don't take trains.  You can buy a train ticket really fast.  You buy it online and then print it out in the kiosk using your number.  It will take two minutes tops.

59 If florida wants high speed rail, no one is stopping them.  It's just that the rest of us don't want to pay for it.  But the better have disney build it and they should realize that disney didn't build more monorails, they went to annoying buses so their own feasibility study would probably say "forget the trains, use buses".

60 You're entitled to your opinion, Jane.

You're a condescending piece of shit, Brian.

61 So, would these trains be run by the same folks who manage Amtrak?

62 If we are truly interested in investing in trains then a couple of things need to be done.

1. Most importantly, get the government totally out of trains. That means no subsidies and no regulations, other than limited and very defined safety regulations.

2. Next, get the unions out of the trains. This is what destroyed the trains to begin with.

After that, the train system will recover itself.

As for "investing" in rails, since the train companies own the rails, there should be zero public dollars going into that.

63 Who was blaming the Chechens the other day?  Batchelor, one of our more strident posters and look, Vlad is saying this:  "The premier also said the preliminary information showed the Domodedovo blast was not linked to Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya."

64

For more Brian style thinking (contradiction in terms, I know) check out Steve Pearlstein's column in the Washington Post. His take? There should be a "National Bank" that would fund these various "projects" thus isolating these "projects" from "market forces".

After last night's speech & SP's column, I'd really like to slap a liberal right now - with a cold, dead, wet fish, across the face (liberal's face, not the dead fish).

Feh.

Oh, and Brian - my relatives (outside of Tampa) used to regularly drive my kids to Orlando.  Door to door in 1 hour.  Easy, simple, cheap, no schedule to worry about - in fact, they'd often change plans (gasp).

Besides, you're talking Florida. Ever hear of Flagler? Let us know how that worked out...

65 Beck is discussing canolis.  Bet by tonight he'll have more canolis delivered to him from around the city than he knows what to do with.

He has it wrong, it isn't just ricotta cheese.  And it's delicious.  And he is making me very very hungry.

66 So how long before Obama announces we're going to use the interstate highway system to provide the right-of-ways necessary for a train network? All we'll have to do is rip up those road beds we won't be needing 'cause of all our new trains high speed trains ...

Yes, I'm paranoid. With this gang in office, we all should be.

67 OMG, I'm going to turn him off.  He just said that the Italians are good at everything until you get to desert.  What is he nuts, the Italians are good at everything involving food, including desert.  I can't believe that Beck is being so vitriolic to the Italians this morning. 

68 Besides, you're talking Florida. Ever hear of Flagler? Let us know how that worked out...

You mean the Florida East Coast Railway? They prime piece of cash-cow running between Miami and Jacksonville? That Flagler?

I'm sure there's point you're trying to make but the FEC is hardly an example of failure. Are you talking about passenger rail only?

69 If high speed trains would work, the market would have produced them.

70 I can't believe that Beck is being so vitriolic to the Italians this morning.

I think he is joking around.

Tiramisu is awesome...

71 If high speed trains would work, the market would have produced them.

Precisely.

72 The Boston to DC route is one of the most heavily traveled routes on Amtrak. You have two options, the regular train or the high speed Acela train. Both trains run on the exact same rails. The normal train takes about 7 1/2 hours from Boston to DC and costs about $90. The high speed train takes 6 1/2 hours and costs about twice as much. And without billions is subsidies annually these trains wouldn't move at all.

73 66 Beck is discussing canolis.  He has it wrong, it isn't just ricotta cheese.
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You'd think he could just walk down the hall to Cavuto's cubicle to find out anything he needs to know about canolis. Including samples; I suspect Cavuto has a secret stash of canolis from around the world right there in his cube.

74

#67 - JK - read up on how I-66 outside of the Beltway was originally planned.  You're more correct than you know...

 

Oh, and Italian "desserts"? Meh. For an overall meal, few can match good Italian (either North or South) cooking. Dessert isn't the high point, unless you're calling real "home made" Lemoncello a dessert, in which case I will so totally agree.

75

Posted by: curious at January 26, 2011 09:41 AM (p302b)

I donno...The Italians didn't do so well in desert in WW II.

76 Of course he's joking. Cannoli is the greatest dessert ever invented.

77 Fox headline:

Giffords in Good Condition, Headed to Rehab

When is this pol going to be moved from news? It is no longer news and unless she dies, we don't need a constant update of every time she takes a piss in a bed pan.

78 If high speed trains would work, the market would have produced them.

It is not about trains - shocking, I know - it is all about the unions who will build, operate and maintain them. 

79

Yahoo has struggled to contain costs and jumpstart revenue growth while bleeding traffic to competitors such as Google and Facebook. It now ties up with Microsoft on search, hoping to keep a lid on expenses.

The company reported its third consecutive quarter of declining page views on its websites two years into the tenure of CEO Carol Bartz, who took over to try to revive its fortunes.

 

Maybe after she's done running Yahoo into the ground Barry will make her an economic advisor. It just serves Yahoo right. It has made an all out move to the left and the douches who are their political reporters are nothing but Barry cheerleaders.

80

Forcing people back into the cities is part of the socialist plan. High speed trains don't stop anywhere except urban centers. You can't park in urban centers so how to you get there in the first place? The socialists love this city center stuff. They hate the 'burbs. Private property breeds republicans.

81 #69 - YGTBKM. History = our friend.

82 This is a head fake. The real danger is electric cars and the SmartGrid. Control the energy and control how it is distributed. Oceania is straight ahead on "high-speed" rails.

83 Vic,  Giffords has become a mascot.   She will be trotted out (or wheeled out) for every democrat occasion. 

 Health care?  Bring out Gabby!  Gun control?  As we can see with the shooting of Gabriel Giffords...Border security?  As Gabby would say...

They are going to use her and use her.  And I am tired of it too.

It's almost becoming a Saturday Night Live skit.

84 "What's your question for Vice President Joe Biden? Yahoo! is interviewing Vice President Joe Biden this week on the heels of President Obama's State of the Union address. The President's speech focused on innovation, jobs and the economy. We're giving you a chance to ask some follow-up questions.

Post your questions below. We'll pick the best ones and ask the Vice President on your behalf. Check Yahoo.com later this week and see if we picked yours."

Saw this on Yahoo answers. Any suggestions?

85

86 My question for Biden:  When is the last time you had a brain scan?  What were the results?

87

68 Well, dessert isn't exactly the high point of an Italian meal, so maybe Beck has a point.

But I've always said the rest of it is so good, you don't need a dessert, so there's that.

And hard to knock cannolis, lemoncello, gelato, tiramisu...

88

MMwhasdaigqa,

You couldn't be more correct. I imagine Ms. Giffords (and her image) being hoisted behind every Dem. talking head much like the in hospital photo held up behind Carol Moseley Braun the other day...

89 Question for Bite-Me:  Who's Ashley's dealer?

90 My question for Biden: does that little case Jeff Dunham carries him around in ever start feeling claustrophobic?

91 Just In

China Announces Plan to Purchase Rhode Island for 2 Trillion USD

92% of all Americans forgot that Rode Island was even a state in the US

92 Jess,  I hadn't paid attention and had forgotten that I had left that long comment on my name,  so thanks for calling my attention to it!

93 First Lady Asks Businesses to Allow Employees to Spend Part of Work Week Mentoring Youth


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Reid is NOT HAPPY with BO:

Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Reid said that the plan is "a lot of pretty talk" and would cede too much power to the executive branch.

It would give "the president more power, and he's got enough power already," he said.

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Senate closer to compromise on proposal to overhaul rules

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SEIU union official found dead in Oakland home

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Va. Senator Seeks to Castrate Sex Offenders

94 did anyone notice that John McCain stood up and applauded vociferously at some point in the speech.  It must not have been an appropriate time for a republican to clap and stand cause everyone in the room watching it with me yelled "oh sit down John, sit down".  I missed what was said cause people were making comments.

95 92% of all Americans Rhode Islanders forgot that Rhode Island was even a state in the US

Posted by: melvin at January 26, 2011 10:03 AM (3OCZw)

FIFY.

96 Beck offering ten billion to anyone who can beat the Chinese super computer and he will give twenty billion to anyone who can perfect the quantum mechanics computer.

97

Question for Biden:  How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood, sir?  I think that's a big f-ing deal.

98 #87 - I recognize that this [thought] won't go over big here, but as Democrats go, Joe Biden is, in a few respects, a pretty good ol' guy; e.g., there was a time not too long ago when, as a hawk, he got enough Democrats to support Republicans that military spending for a few ventures was authorized by Congress. He is liked and respected by as many Republicans as Democrats in Congress, too. I suspect that that is one reason why the DNC urged Obama to select him as his VP, to offset Obama's radical, liberal agenda and be a moderating influence to bring moderate and conservative Democrats on board, making that pill easier to swallow. (Although Nancy Pelosi sure upset that applecart, blindsiding dimwitted Blue Dog Democrats.)

99 Question for Biden: Without looking, how many fingers and toes do you have?

100 Saw this on Yahoo answers. Any suggestions?

Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 26, 2011 09:58 AM (zqzYV

Yeah. Adk Biden why he's such a fucktard.

101 I didn't watch the SOTUS. Did Obama stick his chin in the air and promise to have this new train system run on time?

102

Posted by: Brian at January 26, 2011 10:16 AM (sYrWB)

Then I would suggest asking Biden, "Hey, VP Biden?  What's it like working for such an imbecile?" 

103 OT: Anyone else laughing their asses off at Kevin Smith's epic career meltdown? 

104

What happens when he jumps up and calls the President the worst person in the world?

That's only a bad thing if it's a conservative.

105 104 OT: Anyone else laughing their asses off at Kevin Smith's epic career meltdown? 

Posted by: MWR at January 26, 2011 10:26 AM (4df7R)

He made one movie that "everyone" loved and defined that crappy slacker genre. He's loved cause he pushes that sec-human, lib crap in every move.

106

Beck is playing dr. evil and he is very funny this morning.

That's a nice change.  Usually he's mostly very gloomy.

107

We will win the future by going gangbusters balls to the wall developing the largest electricity production the world has ever known. Electricity is the great quality of life equalizer. It makes life comfortable for people like me. It would make the quality of life exponetially better for everyone in the world if it were more readily available. Hence, Al Gore is working as hard as he can to deny it to as many people as possible. I heard nuclear power mentioned in the speech last night in the same breath as clean energy. Even my limited knowledge of science caused me to realize that electric cars would require massive improvements to our energy production and delivery. Compare being poor without electricity and being "poor" with it.

Superconductivity, here we come. Nuclear power, here we come. Let's annex Mexico already! 

108

We will create a new branch of the federal government called the Pet Rock Department. We will sell pet rocks to the Chinese at $5.00 a pop. Poof, debt solved!

109

Mail tube transportation. Hey, Obama - call me! I have lots of these...

110 OT: Anyone else laughing their asses off at Kevin Smith's epic career meltdown? 

Posted by: MWR at January 26, 2011 10:26 AM (4df7R)

He made one movie that "everyone" loved and defined that crappy slacker genre. He's loved cause he pushes that sec-human, lib crap in every move.

Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 26, 2011 10:29 AM (zqzYV)

LOL thanks for the laugh.  The story behind that obese cocksucker making an absolute fool of himself at Redford's massive circle jerk is funny enough; but then you get to the comments about him that have all the intellectual content of a bunch of skanks talking about shoes.  Or that fat fuck Roger Egbert opening his diseased pie-hole.

Kevin Smith hasn't made a decent movie ever.  I laughed my ass off when I first saw Clerks but then re-watched it and found myself getting embarrassed at how lame it was.  Chasing Amy was pretty good at the beginning but then Ben Affleck became a clueless dumbass (good casting for that) and the movie dissolved in a vat of dumbfuckery.  Dogma was just horrible garbage that made Chris Rock unfunny, which I thought was impossible.  I refused to waste any more time on any output from that fat turd after that.

111 108  Let's annex Mexico already!
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NOOOOOOOO!!!! If we annex Mexico, we won't be able to drill their oil anymore.

112 SOTU = new GE bill.  Immelt's greedy fingers are all over this speech.

113

SOTU = new GE bill.  Immelt's greedy fingers are all over this speech. Posted by: Sparky at January 26, 2011 11:13 AM (lafKC)

BUY BUY BUY!

114 #113 - You might be right. Wonder if Obama got a kickback, like Jackson and Sharpton did.

115 This news story raised my hackles today. Apologies if has already been posted, but is worth repeating and holding up as an example of where health care in this country is shortly heading. Insurance Company Dropped Vietnam Vet Over 2-Cent Shortage; Cancer Patient's Life Now Hangs In Balance As He Awaits Stem Cell Replacement Two pennies. That's the difference between a potentially life-saving surgery and a dropped insurance plan. Those 2 cents could cost Vietnam veteran Ronald Flanagan everything. "Everybody we talk to is very surprised that 2 cents is enough to do this," said Flanagan. It was an innocent enough mistake, according to Ronald's wife, Frances Flanagan. "If I only had just hit the nine instead of the seven," Frances said. When she was paying their monthly health insurance premium online in November, Frances swapped a 7 for a 9, leaving their $328.69 payment 2 cents short. "And now we're just pulling teeth and trying to figure out what's the next step," Frances said. Ron has been fighting cancer since September 2008. He has multiple myeloma -- cancer in the bone marrow. Doctors at St. Luke's have performed stem cell transplant surgery twice. He needs another transplant before the end of February, and they have a donor. But because of the 2-cent mistake, Ceridian Cobra Services will not pay for the procedure. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/26614998/detail.html

116 Chez McDonalds: Dress code for fast food. Jacket and tie optional.

117 95 did anyone notice that John McCain stood up and applauded vociferously at some point in the speech.  It must not have been an appropriate time for a republican to clap and stand cause everyone in the room watching it with me yelled "oh sit down John, sit down".  I missed what was said cause people were making comments.

Posted by: curious at January 26, 2011 10:12 AM (p302b)

Look, I needed to adjust my truss, OK? I just clapped to cover for it, and to get my blood moving again after such a snooze-fest.

118 When the good lord was passing out brains, I thought he said trains, and that is how I missed mine.

119 I regret that I have but one butt to plant in a national high speed rail carriage.

120 <We will win the future by investing in trains.>

The world can be saved by steam!

121 Let us resolve, that government trains of the people, by the people, and for the children, shall not perish from the earth.

122 Donald Trump seems to think that POTUS praised China a bit too much. Perhaps the Donald has stumbled onto something here.

An interesting post on the Detroit Free Press

SOTU 2011 – President Obama’s State of the Union Address – that better place beyond the horizon
1/26/2011 11:52 AM EST
After listening to the 2011 State of the Union address, I do applaud both the goals and the promises made. Let us hope the promises are kept.

Near the end, Potus used a phrase “reach that better place beyond the horizon”. What place was this. I thought, then the words rang a bell with me….

Read more here: http://bit.ly/FreepSOTU

Perhaps Possible Potential Presidential Candidate Trump has a point, the “better place beyond the horizon” is the far western horizon across the Pacific.

123
If Obama can make the trains run on time everything else will click right into place, I'm tellin' ya.

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