From the White House Blog - A Vision for High Speed Rail

[carminaburana]

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 12:20 pm A Vision for High Speed Rail

"I'm happy to be here. I’m more happy than you can imagine," said the Vice President, a noted rail enthusiast, before introducing the President for the release of his strategic plan for high speed rail in America. Revolving around the $8 billion in the Recovery Act

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[bullandterrier]

[dystopia_dream]

I was just about to post this. lol.

[flowerings]

God, I loved that episode. Old School!Simpsons FTW. I should buy some DVD sets. |D

[ladypolitik]

HEH HEH, MULE.

[teacup_werewolf]

Ooooooooooooh
As someone who never rode on a train...this could be very interesting :3

[ladypolitik]

[carminaburana]

Thanks, bb!!!! I'm sure Biden was sporting a major hard-on while delivering this news. HAHAHAHHA

[ladypolitik]

HAHAHAHA, for real. I just watched the press conference video n C-SPAN's site, and BIDEN WAS SO FUCKING STOKED. LMAO. SO PRESH.

[ladypolitik]

And since it's Obama's major transportation initiative, you just know Joe was all like:

[flowerings]

I say this in every train related post, and I am going to do this again. I wish the West Coast had a larger train system. I wish Las Vegas had a metro (that's useful, too). I wish. I wish. I wish. I hate planes and cars. I wish for more trains! :D

[flowerings]

I should add that I'm, of course, happy about this! :D

[azure_rhymes]

Vegas doesn't have a metro? How the hell does anyone get around?

[flowerings]

The interstate, so rush hour is horrible. You can spend at least an hour on the 215 and not go anywhere. lol. Oh, and EVERYTHING IS SO FUCKING FAR APART. I love this city.

[squid_ink]

I friggin' love Amtrak.

:)