Quote from kana:
Completed in just 4 years, this is to show those with head stuck in the sand that Shorting China is only CNN and FOX news not reality.
Obama would like nothing more than that you believe how we are still number 1.
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Quote from Halal Burger:
This is symptomatic of America. It's quite sad really.
Reminds me of the 2008 Olympics, saw on the US media that you yanks were procliaming to have won? It turns out that you use a different calculation method to the REST OF THE WORLD!! You'll do anything to maintain that charade of superiority.
Quote from dewton:
this is nothing great. the US has always had the ability and technology to build high speed rail systems (well before any other country in the world). it's just that we are rich enough to afford air travel, which is much faster.

Quote from dewton:
this is nothing great. the US has always had the ability and technology to build high speed rail systems (well before any other country in the world). it's just that we are rich enough to afford air travel, which is much faster.
Quote from dewton:
this is nothing great. the US has always had the ability and technology to build high speed rail systems (well before any other country in the world). it's just that we are rich enough to afford air travel, which is much faster.
Quote from lindq:
Correct. And if Amtrack's service in the Northeast corridor (which is a good service), can't show a profit, then why bother putting billions into other parts of the country?
Once again...and again...and again...a waste of our taxes. The money would be much better spent expanding and improving airport facilities and efficiency. Or, putting the money into local rail within metro areas, not between cities that can be served by air.
Cross-country train travel is not secure, either. Explosives can be put anywhere along the thousands of lines of rail. Much easier to do than taking down an aircraft. Just imagine sitting on a train running at 150 MPH hitting a track that's just been taken out.