Obama to announce high speed rail funding for Florida

[The Straight Story]

Fla. To Get High-Speed Rail Funding
President Obama To Make Announcement In Tampa

ORLANDO, Fla. -- President Barack Obama will announce in Tampa on Thursday that the state will receive federal funding for high-speed rail, according to White House officials and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.).

VIDEO: Rail Funding

Part of the funds will likely be used to connect Tampa to Orlando, a project that could create tens of thousands of jobs.

The rail would likely travel between the Tampa and Orland airports, creating a "super region" where people could fly into either city and still readily access locations in the other city.

"People will be able to fly into either airport to go to either town and destination. People will be able to work in one city and live in the other, and it's going to create thousands of new jobs in the construction of the project. I'm very excited about it," said Sen. George Lemieux (R-Fla.).

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[NYC_SKP]

1. Here are some selected replies to this news, courtesy of F.Republic:

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Great. Something else for the Muzzies to blow up.

Useless crap
We need real industry in America like steel and oil&gas drilling and production. Not more faggy trains.
Democrats are always pimping these collectivist solutions where their beloved sheeple get onboard trains and give up automobiles

These trains never pay for themselves. They are always boondoggles and make work projects for construction unions. Then the people who eventually run the trains are ALWAYS GUBBERMINT WORKERS! More stooges on the government payroll for taxpayers to support because like I said -—these trains never pay for themselves

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How else are the democrats going to ship us to the concentration camps in a quick and efficient manner?

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The upside is that when the time comes, they’ll be able to get us all to the ovens much faster! Never get on a government run train...you never know where you’ll end up!

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It would certainly be a lot easier (and a lot cheaper) to buy a few high-quality buses...or maybe just airplane tickets for the longer runs.

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yup, hock knee’d in debt and a high speed rail plan is what he comes up with, total joke.

I think’ll i build a train line, probably run them from dem city to dem city with no stops in republican land.

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This stop, Obamaville. Obamaville this stop.

Next stop, Potter’s Field. Potter’s Field next stop.

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It’s going to be built expressly to haul Acorn voters around the country as needed....

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:wtf:

[joeybee12]

2. Some sick phucks indeed...

...if the trains are faggy, I'm sure there's enough gay people in Florida to use them and make them profitable.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Equal opportunity haters. No disenfranchised group left un-bashed in these threads.

"Faggy trains", "Concentration camps", what a sad bunch.

[nashville_brook]

6. what the hell is a muzzie?

[NYC_SKP]

8. "muzzie", aka "muslin". I think they're found hiding on the "faggy trains".

what a bunch of idiots.

[nashville_brook]

10. ack!! that's hilarious!

your words are hilarious, not theirs. :evilgrin:

[Lance_Boyle]

4. Honestly, this is something Florida should pay for, not Federal tax dollars.

This offers zero benefit to anyone outside of Tampa, Orlando, and the Disney Corporation. Same with the proposed high speed rail between LA and Vegas - CA and NV should fund it.

[trumad]

11. Bullshit.

High speed rail benefit's everyone and should be federally funded nationwide.

[Lance_Boyle]

14. How does high speed rail BETWEEN TAMPA AND DISNEYWORLD benefit anyone

outside of Florida, or outside of Disney stockholders?

[trumad]

15. This is nationwide--- It will create jobs, help the environment..

and on and on...

Florida is seeking $2.6 billion for the 85-mile project, but that amount seems unlikely because White House officials and state lawmakers said Wednesday that a total of $8 billion will be handed out for 13 fast-train requests across the country.

Some officials think Florida could be in line for $1.4 billion, an estimate largely based on an e-mail written last week by a consultant to a consortium of Midwest states asking for money.

"That's what I'm hearing" Florida will receive, said U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park.

But U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville, said, "I'd be disappointed if it was $1.4 billion."

Regardless of the amount, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson predicted, "This will be one of the largest boosts to the state's economy since Disney, since the interstate highway system."

The state projects the project would create 23,000 construction and 1,000 professional-service jobs. Speculation that Florida would be granted money has been rampant for weeks, but reached a fever pitch last Friday when the White House said Obama was coming to Tampa, but would not reveal why.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-high-speed-announcement-20100127,0,4321977.story

[nashville_brook]

5. psst -- are you in Florida these days?

i've noticed that you catch a lot of FL stories and was just wondering.

we actually need this really bad if we're to save any land that's left here. we've got some of the worst sprawl in the nation, and it's critical to save what little bit of green we have left.

[The Straight Story]

7. Local 6 is on my list of papers I read daily

http://www.usnpl.com

A good resource for all the papers in all the states.

[nashville_brook]

9. ah! we do have lots of "weird news" here. might have something to do with the sunshine.

you're always welcome down here if you decide to leave the cold -- :)

[Scurrilous]

12. Good news!

:thumbsup:

[Dappleganger]

13. Too bad their tracks to Jacksonville will lead to nowhere...

just like their 'monorail to nowhere.' Jacksonville has one of the worst if not THE worst public transit systems of any city I've ever lived in. If you take the rail to Jax you're forced to catch a pricey cab or rent a car because the bus system is so limited. People around here treat those who use public transits as if they're lepers and even fight them having protection from the elements by not allowing sheltered bus stops. If you don't have a car this area sucks!