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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 06:53 PM Original message |
300 mph from Beijing to Shanghai? Train breaks another record |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hopefully, nobody will ever be tied to THOSE tracks.... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Dudley would never make it to her in time! n/t |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Especially if he was riding the damn horse backwards again! |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Remember there was a recent "yay America!" about some rail project in |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Hi miss gateley! |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. At least we've got cool fighter planes that kill people |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Don't forget the drones! nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. The "advantage" that China has , over us is this |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Does the same hold true for other countries that have far more advanced mass transit |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. The other countries you mentioned were pretty much gutted by WWII |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. We're not wasting time on trains that can speed us to the future... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Do you think we should be like China? |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Gee, all those reasons are why they have great high speed rail? nt |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. WTF does that have to do with China's ability to get a long-distance, high-speed |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You don't see how wage manipulation, lax environmental protection, |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. And we're a much richer nation. So, no, I don't see how all that stuff keeps us from succeeding. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Are you willing to work for a fraction of your current wages? |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You'll find out if Boner and McConnell have their way. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. We don't have to do it under those conditions, toots. We can build the |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. It would be prohibitively expensive n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. What about France? n/t |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Their high speed rail has a lower top speed and covers less distance n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And that has something to do with human rights |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Because it was dramatically cheaper to build |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. i agree with what you have written but you forgot something... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. including china's current high-speed rail. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. If it is like other things they make I would avoid it |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. the europeans designed it and told them what to use. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. The train must arrive at B before it departs A. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. The best part of riding a train is that it ISN'T going 300 mph. |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. If a train goes 300 mph and no one is riding it |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
31. The lines currently in existence in China were built by foreign corps. |
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