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Title: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 15, 2015, 04:43:29 PM
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/05/15/krauthammer_on_politicizing_amtrak_reflexive_answer_from_braindead_liberals_is_to_throw_more_money_at_it.html (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/05/15/krauthammer_on_politicizing_amtrak_reflexive_answer_from_braindead_liberals_is_to_throw_more_money_at_it.html)

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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Well, I mean, Ray LaHood the former Transportation Secretary under Obama blamed it on crumbling infrastructure and of course we need more money. You know, how stupid do they think we are? This is a train going 102 miles per hour in a 50 mile zone. This is no crumbled problem. This is a speeding problem. This isn't an infrastructure problem. This is a personnel problem. But the knee jerk reflexive reaction of any Democrat of anything that happens in the country is throw more money at it.

You get the riots in Baltimore, reflexive answer is throw more money at the schools. You know Baltimore has a second highest spending of any urban area in America on schools and they're a disaster. You get hurricanes and tornadoes. When's the Democratic answer? Oh, that's global warming. Climate change. You need more windmills.

They have a single answer to everything. Raise your taxes, spend the money and the other thing that's really quite remarkable about this, only six years ago, not 100 years ago that the Democrats passed the largest infrastructure spending bill in the history of the galaxy. Even the Klingons never spent $380 billion on infrastructure to rebuild America. Remember the roads, the ports? The airports, the bridges. Where did that money go? But they're always at the trough again for more money for infrastructure. It shows a brain dead liberalism with no other answer to every other question.

Yup, that about sums it up.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: star seed 7 on May 15, 2015, 05:52:48 PM
Probably one of the most evil hearted people in america
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: CNS on May 15, 2015, 05:54:44 PM
He looks very tightly wound.   I bet he flips crap super easy. 
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: cas4ksu on May 15, 2015, 06:00:48 PM
I think he usually has pretty thoughtful commentary.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: star seed 7 on May 15, 2015, 06:18:28 PM
Is anyone blaming a train wreck on republicans? I've only heard the usual persecution complex thing on the neocon am radio and nothing from actual people.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 15, 2015, 06:23:56 PM
Our infrastructure really does suck. We should have trains that go faster than 100 mph and drive themselves. Either that, or stop funding Amtrak. It's a joke in its current state.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 15, 2015, 06:29:07 PM
If a guy can drive a literal train full of people into a 50mph zone at 100mph in the year 2015, that's very much an infrastructure problem.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 15, 2015, 06:32:11 PM
If a guy can drive a literal train full of people into a 50mph zone at 100mph in the year 2015, that's very much an infrastructure problem.

Yeah. It's tough to convince people with no engineering background that safety is important, though.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: john "teach me how to" dougie on May 15, 2015, 06:33:27 PM
Our infrastructure really does suck. We should have trains that go faster than 100 mph and drive themselves. Either that, or stop funding Amtrak. It's a joke in it's current state.

We don't need subsidized trains hauling people. Just holding back real innovation like vacuum tubes or mag levs.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 15, 2015, 06:46:20 PM
Our infrastructure really does suck. We should have trains that go faster than 100 mph and drive themselves. Either that, or stop funding Amtrak. It's a joke in it's current state.

We don't need subsidized trains hauling people. Just holding back real innovation like vacuum tubes or mag levs.

We don't need trains that can't go faster than 50 mph, anyway. I agree.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Spracne on May 15, 2015, 07:05:45 PM
does puni's kraut#acker thread count?
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 15, 2015, 07:47:17 PM
does puni's kraut#acker thread count?

I think so, yes.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: star seed 7 on May 15, 2015, 08:33:50 PM
that 380 billion or whatever was laughably low, infrastructure projects cost an insane amount of money
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 15, 2015, 10:12:41 PM
that 380 billion or whatever was laughably low, infrastructure projects cost an insane amount of money

380 billion. "Laughably low." :lol: I guess when you accept a trillion dollar annual deficit, hundreds of billions is just chump change, really. Libtards. :lol: :facepalm:
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: star seed 7 on May 15, 2015, 10:36:54 PM
Ksuw loves having a crumbling infrastructure, very weird
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: john "teach me how to" dougie on May 15, 2015, 10:43:26 PM
Ksuw loves having a crumbling infrastructure, very weird

The majority of infrastructure is the responsibility of local governments, which are being bankrupted by government employee unions.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: star seed 7 on May 15, 2015, 10:46:13 PM
The obvious solution is to cut taxes on the rich
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 15, 2015, 10:47:27 PM
Ksuw loves having a crumbling infrastructure, very weird

No no I totally agree with you. 380 billion is just a laughable amount.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: star seed 7 on May 15, 2015, 10:49:23 PM
380 billion is about what kansas needs, so I guess just eff off rest of the US
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 15, 2015, 11:07:28 PM
Ksuw loves having a crumbling infrastructure, very weird

The majority of infrastructure is the responsibility of local governments, which are being bankrupted by government employee unions.

The US owns a large number of dams, lakes, highways, etc that are not properly maintained due to lack of funding. We should be spending a lot more on infrastructure. I don't believe setting up a grant fund for shovel-ready projects is a very efficient way to do that, though.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 16, 2015, 11:05:07 AM
No one is saying infrastructure isn't important, or doesn't need funding.   I'm all for lots of infrastructure projects, but that doesn't change the facts that billions of taxpayer dollars are poured into infrastructure every year in a very inefficient way. 

The White House has blamed Republicans for the train wreck.   Yet that that doesn't change the fact that you've got a Congress and a Federal Government running another massive money loser, and it's been that way for years.   Who is to say that if Congress and bureaucrats didn't have their fingers all over Amtrak then a speed control system may have already been installed. 

But for most (particularly ProgLibs) it's NEVER a management problem, and always a money problem.

Obama has cut maintenance funding through sequestration and his response was to set up a huge pot of money for state and local governments to apply for for shovel-ready projects. So not only does the Federal Gov own projects that it's letting fall into disrepair, but it's creating overhead costs on projects it doesn't even own.

I don't think Krauthammer was saying that, though.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on May 16, 2015, 11:06:37 AM
If a guy can drive a literal train full of people into a 50mph zone at 100mph in the year 2015, that's very much an infrastructure problem.

Wut?
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 16, 2015, 11:07:55 AM
If a guy can drive a literal train full of people into a 50mph zone at 100mph in the year 2015, that's very much an infrastructure problem.

Wut?

The train should have slowed itself down.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on May 16, 2015, 11:08:19 AM
Is anyone blaming a train wreck on republicans? I've only heard the usual persecution complex thing on the neocon am radio and nothing from actual people.

A lot of democrats did.

The fact that libtards think passenger trains are the future of transportation is a hilarious indictment on how backward thinking libtards are.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on May 16, 2015, 11:09:47 AM
If a guy can drive a literal train full of people into a 50mph zone at 100mph in the year 2015, that's very much an infrastructure problem.

Wut?

The train should have slowed itself down.

That's a libtard "you can't replace jobs with technology" thing, not an infrastructure thing.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 16, 2015, 11:11:31 AM
If a guy can drive a literal train full of people into a 50mph zone at 100mph in the year 2015, that's very much an infrastructure problem.

Wut?

The train should have slowed itself down.

That's a libtard "you can't replace jobs with technology" thing, not an infrastructure thing.

Yeah, well Amtrak should either beat its libtard union and replace jobs with technology or stop getting public funds, then.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: star seed 7 on May 16, 2015, 11:28:07 AM
There's already a regulation or something to have warning systems or something that someone outside the train can slow it down, but the tech isn't fully developed yet or something
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 16, 2015, 11:50:17 AM
If a guy can drive a literal train full of people into a 50mph zone at 100mph in the year 2015, that's very much an infrastructure problem.

Wut?

The train should have slowed itself down.

That's a libtard "you can't replace jobs with technology" thing, not an infrastructure thing.
Semantics
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Dugout DickStone on May 16, 2015, 12:03:18 PM
Obama blamed the Republicans?
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 16, 2015, 12:22:31 PM
Obama blamed the Republicans?

If you distort his words and then read between the lines, he probably did.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Dugout DickStone on May 16, 2015, 12:35:55 PM
Where?
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 16, 2015, 01:15:11 PM
Where?

He called for increased infrastructure spending after the accident. Some people are distorting that to say he thinks the republicans aren't letting him spend enough on infrastructure, so it's their fault this happened. It's a huge stretch, but if you listen to enough talk radio, it's a fairly typical thought process among the crazies.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Dugout DickStone on May 16, 2015, 03:22:29 PM
That's stupid
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 16, 2015, 04:09:38 PM
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/are-republicans-really-to-blame-for-fatal-amtrak-crash-2015-05-15 (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/are-republicans-really-to-blame-for-fatal-amtrak-crash-2015-05-15)

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The fatal Amtrak crash in Philadelphia is reverberating in the nation’s capital. Democrats say conservative opposition to more funding for Amtrak contributed to the accident, but a top Republican leader has called the argument “stupid.”

Who’s right? The evidence mostly appears to support the Republican view.

The debate revolves around a technology known as “positive train control” that could have slowed down the northbound train automatically as it approached a sharp curve at double the designated speed. The train was going 106 miles an hour when it derailed on a stretch of track with a speed limit of 50 mph, killing eight people and injuring more than 200, authorities said.

Congress authorized a nationwide PTC system in 2008, and Amtrak was actually close to finishing its installation in the northeast corridor before the crash occurred. The system has been undergoing testing and might be operable by the end of 2015, officials say.

Immediately after the crash, some Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration faulted the unwillingness of Republicans to spend money on infrastructure. They said more money would have prevented the accident.

When a reporter on Thursday began to ask House Speaker John Boehner about the Democratic accusations, he quickly interrupted.

“Are you really going to ask that stupid question?” the Ohio Republican asked. “The train was going twice the speed limit. … It’s hard for me to imagine that people take the bait on some of the nonsense that gets spewed around here.”

His response quickly drew a retort from Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, who is slated to become the top Democrat in the Senate after the 2016 election.

“Speaker Boehner’s comments are patently false,” he said. “Experts have made clear that positive train control technology could have prevented the tragedy in Philadelphia. It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation of PTC, and to deny a connection between the accident and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality.”

The “reality” is more complicated. Some experts have backed Schumer’s assertion, but others point to a broad range of issues aside from money that have led to delays.

One big problem has been obtaining costly wireless licenses needed by Amtrak to control communications in its new safety system. Amtrak was also required to meet certain environmental and other federal standards before it could turn its new system on, adding to the delay.

What’s more, Amtrak officials themselves didn’t seem entirely aware of the danger posed the stretch of track where the accident occurred. Older braking technology that could have prevented the crash was only installed on the south side of the tracks, for instance.

“Some senior Amtrak officials did not become aware that the braking system had not been installed on the northbound side until after the train derailed,” the New York Times reported.

Another report, in the Wall Street Journal, stated that Amtrak officials didn’t think extra safety features were necessary at the site of the accident. “Officials didn’t believe the tracks leading to the curve would allow trains to build up enough speed to topple over,” the story said.

The hullabaloo over the Amtrak crash has raised concerns about overall rail safety, especially in light of other fatal accidents recently. Yet the truth is that commuter trains are extremely safe — one report has found that rail is 20 to 30 times safer than travel by auto per mile traveled.

In 2013, for example, about 350 people were killed on passenger trains, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. By contrast, some 32,719 people were killed in 2013 in road or highway accidents, a fact that hardly ever elicits comment in Washington.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 16, 2015, 04:16:51 PM
Where?

He called for increased infrastructure spending after the accident. Some people are distorting that to say he thinks the republicans aren't letting him spend enough on infrastructure, so it's their fault this happened. It's a huge stretch, but if you listen to enough talk radio, it's a fairly typical thought process among the crazies.

That's not true. The White House specifically referred to GOP opposition to additional Amtrak funding during a press briefing. Sounds like blame game to me.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/white-house-republicans-have-blocked-investments-in-amtrak-20150513 (http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/white-house-republicans-have-blocked-investments-in-amtrak-20150513)
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 16, 2015, 06:53:31 PM
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/are-republicans-really-to-blame-for-fatal-amtrak-crash-2015-05-15 (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/are-republicans-really-to-blame-for-fatal-amtrak-crash-2015-05-15)

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The fatal Amtrak crash in Philadelphia is reverberating in the nation’s capital. Democrats say conservative opposition to more funding for Amtrak contributed to the accident, but a top Republican leader has called the argument “stupid.”

Who’s right? The evidence mostly appears to support the Republican view.

The debate revolves around a technology known as “positive train control” that could have slowed down the northbound train automatically as it approached a sharp curve at double the designated speed. The train was going 106 miles an hour when it derailed on a stretch of track with a speed limit of 50 mph, killing eight people and injuring more than 200, authorities said.

Congress authorized a nationwide PTC system in 2008, and Amtrak was actually close to finishing its installation in the northeast corridor before the crash occurred. The system has been undergoing testing and might be operable by the end of 2015, officials say.

Immediately after the crash, some Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration faulted the unwillingness of Republicans to spend money on infrastructure. They said more money would have prevented the accident.

When a reporter on Thursday began to ask House Speaker John Boehner about the Democratic accusations, he quickly interrupted.

“Are you really going to ask that stupid question?” the Ohio Republican asked. “The train was going twice the speed limit. … It’s hard for me to imagine that people take the bait on some of the nonsense that gets spewed around here.”

His response quickly drew a retort from Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, who is slated to become the top Democrat in the Senate after the 2016 election.

“Speaker Boehner’s comments are patently false,” he said. “Experts have made clear that positive train control technology could have prevented the tragedy in Philadelphia. It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation of PTC, and to deny a connection between the accident and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality.”

The “reality” is more complicated. Some experts have backed Schumer’s assertion, but others point to a broad range of issues aside from money that have led to delays.

One big problem has been obtaining costly wireless licenses needed by Amtrak to control communications in its new safety system. Amtrak was also required to meet certain environmental and other federal standards before it could turn its new system on, adding to the delay.

What’s more, Amtrak officials themselves didn’t seem entirely aware of the danger posed the stretch of track where the accident occurred. Older braking technology that could have prevented the crash was only installed on the south side of the tracks, for instance.

“Some senior Amtrak officials did not become aware that the braking system had not been installed on the northbound side until after the train derailed,” the New York Times reported.

Another report, in the Wall Street Journal, stated that Amtrak officials didn’t think extra safety features were necessary at the site of the accident. “Officials didn’t believe the tracks leading to the curve would allow trains to build up enough speed to topple over,” the story said.

The hullabaloo over the Amtrak crash has raised concerns about overall rail safety, especially in light of other fatal accidents recently. Yet the truth is that commuter trains are extremely safe — one report has found that rail is 20 to 30 times safer than travel by auto per mile traveled.

In 2013, for example, about 350 people were killed on passenger trains, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. By contrast, some 32,719 people were killed in 2013 in road or highway accidents, a fact that hardly ever elicits comment in Washington.

what a strange article
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: ednksu on May 16, 2015, 08:47:51 PM
Is anyone blaming a train wreck on republicans? I've only heard the usual persecution complex thing on the neocon am radio and nothing from actual people.

A lot of democrats did.

The fact that libtards think passenger trains are the future of transportation is a hilarious indictment on how backward thinking libtards are.

Yeah take that, literally all of the developed world!
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: john "teach me how to" dougie on May 16, 2015, 09:08:32 PM
Here is some dems blaming the republicans. Kind of long, but there is DeBlasio and the head of the NY dem party (8 min in) claiming all we need is more money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LIxeBs58pk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LIxeBs58pk)
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 18, 2015, 08:47:47 AM
Chris Matthews has a new culprit for the Amtrak derailment - CURVES! The problem, you see, is all these darned "property rights" in America. If only we could be more like China! :shakesfist:

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/05/323192-chris-matthews-blames-track-curve-for-amtrak-crash-and-proposes-a-mind-bending-solution/ (http://www.ijreview.com/2015/05/323192-chris-matthews-blames-track-curve-for-amtrak-crash-and-proposes-a-mind-bending-solution/)

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Let’s talk about the track. You take the train every night home. … You know how it’s rickety. You know it jumps around a lot. It’s like the Wild West, some parts of that route.

Do we need to have a better right-of-way? Can we clear a straight line for this train? How fast can a train go if it’s going like this?
 
But we have a country where people can complain. In Communist countries like China, they just draw a straight line, whether it goes through your house or not, it’s a straight line.

We have this Amtrak, I’ve been taking it for a half a century, it doesn’t go in a straight line. In this case, it tried to make a turn and turned over! Because there’s so many turns on that route. How do you get rid of the turns?

Libtards - this is your braintrust. We've got guys like Charles Krauthammer. You've got... Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow. Consider that.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 18, 2015, 08:58:22 AM
Chris Matthews has a new culprit for the Amtrak derailment - CURVES! The problem, you see, is all these darned "property rights" in America. If only we could be more like China! :shakesfist:

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/05/323192-chris-matthews-blames-track-curve-for-amtrak-crash-and-proposes-a-mind-bending-solution/ (http://www.ijreview.com/2015/05/323192-chris-matthews-blames-track-curve-for-amtrak-crash-and-proposes-a-mind-bending-solution/)

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Let’s talk about the track. You take the train every night home. … You know how it’s rickety. You know it jumps around a lot. It’s like the Wild West, some parts of that route.

Do we need to have a better right-of-way? Can we clear a straight line for this train? How fast can a train go if it’s going like this?
 
But we have a country where people can complain. In Communist countries like China, they just draw a straight line, whether it goes through your house or not, it’s a straight line.

We have this Amtrak, I’ve been taking it for a half a century, it doesn’t go in a straight line. In this case, it tried to make a turn and turned over! Because there’s so many turns on that route. How do you get rid of the turns?

Libtards - this is your braintrust. We've got guys like Charles Krauthammer. You've got... Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow. Consider that.

It has nothing whatsoever to do with property rights. Railroads have condemnation authority, and Chris Matthews is an idiot.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 18, 2015, 11:00:21 AM
elevated tracks would reduce and ease curves
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 18, 2015, 11:02:40 AM
Amtrak takes more time than driving and costs more than flying. It's really not worth spending money on, anyway.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: star seed 7 on May 18, 2015, 12:24:10 PM
Depends where
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 18, 2015, 12:31:12 PM
Amtrak takes more time than driving and costs more than flying. It's really not worth spending money on, anyway.

If more was spent it could be cheaper and faster. It's quite the pickle. (But it still may not be worth spending money on).
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 18, 2015, 01:04:57 PM
Amtrak takes more time than driving and costs more than flying. It's really not worth spending money on, anyway.

If more was spent it could be cheaper and faster. It's quite the pickle. (But it still may not be worth spending money on).

:love: Awesome.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Big Sam on May 18, 2015, 02:00:14 PM
He looks very tightly wound.   I bet he flips crap super easy.

Might be a result of being paralyzed and all.  Tends to make one look a bit stiff.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on May 18, 2015, 02:24:12 PM
I doubt the city allows trains to drive through its city limits at 110 mph. Monorail or not. Probably a dumb idea to spend more money on trains, stage coaches and other 18th century technology.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 18, 2015, 02:30:33 PM
I doubt the city allows trains to drive through its city limits at 110 mph. Monorail or not.

of course they would
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 18, 2015, 03:08:35 PM
No, but seriously you guys, Amtrak would totally be cheaper if we just spent more money on it.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 18, 2015, 03:09:14 PM
I'm all for high speed trains, just kind of thinking that if it was really that great of an idea private industry would have done it already.   Welp, maybe not, because the enviro and regulatory roadblocks probably would have been insurmountable.   For something like this you probably do need government leading itself avoid its own laws to get done.



Railroads never would have been practical without all the government help they've received.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 18, 2015, 03:13:30 PM
I'm all for high speed trains, just kind of thinking that if it was really that great of an idea private industry would have done it already.   Welp, maybe not, because the enviro and regulatory roadblocks probably would have been insurmountable.   For something like this you probably do need government leading itself avoid its own laws to get done.

I guess the EPA and government regulators in general have blood on their hands...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/us/amtrak-says-it-was-just-months-away-from-installing-safety-system.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/us/amtrak-says-it-was-just-months-away-from-installing-safety-system.html?_r=0)

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Railroad officials said Thursday that installation of the safety system on tracks across the country was also hampered for more than a year by longstanding F.C.C. rules that required environmental and preservation reviews before the safety system’s antennas could be installed in historic areas or near tribal lands.

But no, it was like totally the fault of those evil cost-cutting Republicans!
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 18, 2015, 03:31:40 PM
I'm all for high speed trains, just kind of thinking that if it was really that great of an idea private industry would have done it already.   Welp, maybe not, because the enviro and regulatory roadblocks probably would have been insurmountable.   For something like this you probably do need government leading itself avoid its own laws to get done.

I guess the EPA and government regulators in general have blood on their hands...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/us/amtrak-says-it-was-just-months-away-from-installing-safety-system.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/us/amtrak-says-it-was-just-months-away-from-installing-safety-system.html?_r=0)

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Railroad officials said Thursday that installation of the safety system on tracks across the country was also hampered for more than a year by longstanding F.C.C. rules that required environmental and preservation reviews before the safety system’s antennas could be installed in historic areas or near tribal lands.

But no, it was like totally the fault of those evil cost-cutting Republicans!


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Money has also been an issue in implementing positive train control.


:dunno:
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 18, 2015, 03:49:57 PM
It's stupid to "blame republicans" for this, but it's also pretty clear that more money allocated sooner could have prevented this accident. You can definitely make a valid argument that the additional money required wouldn't have worth it, but not that it couldn't have stopped it.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Dugout DickStone on May 18, 2015, 03:57:15 PM
How about blaming the gonzo freak job engineer?
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: CNS on May 18, 2015, 03:59:35 PM
He looks very tightly wound.   I bet he flips crap super easy.

Might be a result of being paralyzed and all.  Tends to make one look a bit stiff.

Oh, no crap?  didn't know this about him.  I have only watched him while on the treadmill at the YMCA with closed captioning on for like 15min at a time.  Don't know if I have ever even heard his voice. 
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on May 18, 2015, 04:33:15 PM
I was hearing something on the news this morning about the ntsb discovering what appeared to be a hole or crack in the conductors window that would likely have gotten there as the result of a projectile. Then they were interviewing a guy who lived close by saying bored youngsters throw stuff at passing trains fairly regularly.  I think they were trying to make the case that the conductor got distracted by a projectile flying into and cracking his windshield and in the confusion forgot to apply the brake.

Seems like a tough thing to prove, tho.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on May 18, 2015, 07:19:47 PM
I vote we cut all amtrak spending. It's a huge Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) waste if money and now people are dying because of the anachronistic nature if the endeavor.

Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on May 18, 2015, 07:24:05 PM
I doubt the city allows trains to drive through its city limits at 110 mph. Monorail or not.

of course they would

Maybe in libtard fantasy land where train  speed isn't already curtailed by like every single city
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 18, 2015, 07:27:30 PM
I doubt the city allows trains to drive through its city limits at 110 mph. Monorail or not.

of course they would

Maybe in libtard fantasy land where train  speed isn't already curtailed by like every single city

an elevated monorail (or something similar) would have different speed limits you big dummy
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on May 18, 2015, 07:33:04 PM
I doubt the city allows trains to drive through its city limits at 110 mph. Monorail or not.

of course they would

Maybe in libtard fantasy land where train  speed isn't already curtailed by like every single city

an elevated monorail (or something similar) would have different speed limits you big dummy

Nobody is building a monorail idiot. And if they did, cities would regulate the eff out of it. Nobody is going to allow an eyesore to shuttle people at 110 mph past all of its businesses. Good grief
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on May 18, 2015, 07:40:51 PM
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Welcome to libtard fantasy land where this is an idea warranting debate
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: 8manpick on May 18, 2015, 08:43:42 PM
Nuclear power and public transit? Where can I sign up?
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 18, 2015, 09:18:40 PM
I'm all for high speed trains, just kind of thinking that if it was really that great of an idea private industry would have done it already.   Welp, maybe not, because the enviro and regulatory roadblocks probably would have been insurmountable.   For something like this you probably do need government leading itself avoid its own laws to get done.

I guess the EPA and government regulators in general have blood on their hands...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/us/amtrak-says-it-was-just-months-away-from-installing-safety-system.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/us/amtrak-says-it-was-just-months-away-from-installing-safety-system.html?_r=0)

Quote
Railroad officials said Thursday that installation of the safety system on tracks across the country was also hampered for more than a year by longstanding F.C.C. rules that required environmental and preservation reviews before the safety system’s antennas could be installed in historic areas or near tribal lands.

But no, it was like totally the fault of those evil cost-cutting Republicans!


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Money has also been an issue in implementing positive train control.


:dunno:

Yeah, because only getting about $1.5 billion per year in federal subsidies just wasn't enough to break the logjam of FCC and environmental regulations. :facepalm: JFC, you are being really dense on this one.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: michigancat on May 18, 2015, 09:19:44 PM


I'm all for high speed trains, just kind of thinking that if it was really that great of an idea private industry would have done it already.   Welp, maybe not, because the enviro and regulatory roadblocks probably would have been insurmountable.   For something like this you probably do need government leading itself avoid its own laws to get done.

I guess the EPA and government regulators in general have blood on their hands...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/us/amtrak-says-it-was-just-months-away-from-installing-safety-system.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/us/amtrak-says-it-was-just-months-away-from-installing-safety-system.html?_r=0)

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Railroad officials said Thursday that installation of the safety system on tracks across the country was also hampered for more than a year by longstanding F.C.C. rules that required environmental and preservation reviews before the safety system’s antennas could be installed in historic areas or near tribal lands.

But no, it was like totally the fault of those evil cost-cutting Republicans!


Quote
Money has also been an issue in implementing positive train control.


:dunno:

Yeah, because only getting about $1.5 billion per year in federal subsidies just wasn't enough to break the logjam of FCC and environmental regulations.

Obviously
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on May 19, 2015, 09:13:07 AM
While it's true this all could have been avoided if that damned cracker would have simply pulled back on the throttle like he is paid to do, the real solution here is a multi billion dollar multi thousand mile monorail system.  Suck it Disney world, we're taking your novelty nationwide.

You know what would prevent plane crashes, a nationwide gondola system. That's the type of infrastructure spending that makes sense. It's the repukelicans fault there are plane crashes.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: star seed 7 on May 19, 2015, 09:31:35 AM
I don't think gondolas are very efficient replacement for airplanes
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on May 19, 2015, 01:29:18 PM
I don't think gondolas are very efficient replacement for airplanes

The only worthwhile thing about this post is that we now know lib7 thinks the us should build a monorail
 :lol:
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 19, 2015, 02:00:36 PM
I don't think gondolas are very efficient replacement for airplanes

The only worthwhile thing about this post is that we now know lib7 thinks the us should build a monorail
 :lol:

Also, let's not overlook that Amtrak would totally be cheaper if we spent more money on it. I feel like this pearl of wisdom isn't getting the attention it deserves.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Institutional Control on May 19, 2015, 02:04:03 PM
Who is Charles Krauthammer?
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: Mr Bread on May 20, 2015, 09:50:52 AM
i had never heard of him, but i googled him and he is pretty shockingly ugly.  his face sort of looks like it's made of wax that is starting to melt.  v. gross. 
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 20, 2015, 09:55:42 AM
i had never heard of him, but i googled him and he is pretty shockingly ugly.  his face sort of looks like it's made of wax that is starting to melt.  v. gross.

Yeah, he looks the Crypt Keeper. But he's also a huge stud.
Title: Re: Do we have a Charles Krauthammer thread?
Post by: john "teach me how to" dougie on May 20, 2015, 12:31:14 PM
I always thought he kind of looked like Corky.

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