John Boehner is not going to just put up with reporters' loaded questions about the safety of our railroads, dammit. Amtrak has plenty of money, and suggesting otherwise is just plain stupid, the Republican Speaker of the House insisted Thursday. Asked if there was any merit to the wacky idea that lack of funding for safety systems could have contributed to Wednesday's deadly Amtrak crash in Philadelphia, the Boehner got quite testy indeed:
I saw them in Ventura at a big show. There was a brush fire on a nearby hill, so they played Fire on the Mountain. Minds were blown, I tell you. The fire was behind the crowd and most were not exactly paying close attention to their surroundings. Funny and a fun show.
Amtrak was actually on schedule with PTC and probably will make the original deadline. Freight RR's have a much bigger problem. They have spent over $5B and it's not clear to me they would be further along if they spent more. To me the Amtrak issue is different - we should have been spending a LOT more to improve the whole NEC - like eliminating that curve - a 50mph curve on a 100 mph RR is just insane.
I remember the volcano monitoring comment; Jindal said it six weeks before the huge eruption of Mt. Redoubt in Alaska covered $arah Palin with volcanic ash.
"The smart people won't vote for us." --Piyush "Bobby" Jindal
Just tell the congressional cons it's a highly efficient gun transportation/distribution system, and call it the "2nd amendment express" and those knuckle dragging idjits will vote through the funding.
That Amtrak manages to accomplish anything given its shrinking budget, the antiquated equipment and infrastructure it inherited, and both legislative and corporate interference, is one hell of a tribute to the poor souls who work there.
Yup. Ridership in the Corridor has, I believe, gone UP every year since Amtrak took over the rotting corpse of the Pennsy's once-admirable commuter rail system.
Except Benghazi.
He's just asking us to eat him and his ilk, isn't he?
I saw them in Ventura at a big show. There was a brush fire on a nearby hill, so they played Fire on the Mountain. Minds were blown, I tell you. The fire was behind the crowd and most were not exactly paying close attention to their surroundings. Funny and a fun show.
Amtrak was actually on schedule with PTC and probably will make the original deadline. Freight RR's have a much bigger problem. They have spent over $5B and it's not clear to me they would be further along if they spent more. To me the Amtrak issue is different - we should have been spending a LOT more to improve the whole NEC - like eliminating that curve - a 50mph curve on a 100 mph RR is just insane.
It's too hard and costs too much money to make life-saving upgrades, so instead we get this. Doesn't anyone else see how expensive being cheap is?
"spewed around here"
The transcript doesn't mention it, but he must have pointed to his mouth-hole at this moment.
He also made it okay to take your gun on Amtrak.
I was just on Amtrak on the east coast and those fkers are full.
I remember the volcano monitoring comment; Jindal said it six weeks before the huge eruption of Mt. Redoubt in Alaska covered $arah Palin with volcanic ash.
"The smart people won't vote for us." --Piyush "Bobby" Jindal
Fuck you, Boehner. Fuck You. That's all I have to say.
And not in a good way.
Just tell the congressional cons it's a highly efficient gun transportation/distribution system, and call it the "2nd amendment express" and those knuckle dragging idjits will vote through the funding.
Efficient? That sounds like less fuel. The oil lobby will never let them.
That Amtrak manages to accomplish anything given its shrinking budget, the antiquated equipment and infrastructure it inherited, and both legislative and corporate interference, is one hell of a tribute to the poor souls who work there.
Yup. Ridership in the Corridor has, I believe, gone UP every year since Amtrak took over the rotting corpse of the Pennsy's once-admirable commuter rail system.
'We're showing a trouble light on 220 East. Let's see what it... wait, what do they mean, "Out of service area"?'