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If what you believe was true...

TB — 8/25/2012 4:32:46 AM (archived)

my heroes should be the people pushing the California High Speed Rail system.

Are they?

Union Pacific was bankrupt three years after the driving of the Golden Spike.

Like many others, you tend to confuse accumulation of wealth with the creation of it.

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Legitimate Rape goes global - BuckGalaxy - 8/23/2012 7:12:07 PM
- Like alcaray said, "vile" n/t - RobVG - 8/24/2012 3:47:49 AM
  - You see what they're doing, right? - TB - 8/24/2012 6:09:49 AM
    - Maybe you should explain it - RobVG - 8/24/2012 2:22:38 PM
      - Huh? - BuckGalaxy - 8/24/2012 8:20:34 PM
        
        Everyone knows exactly what he meant. The context changes nothing. n/t - RobVG - 8/24/2012 11:37:17 PM
        
        I beg to differ - BuckGalaxy - 8/24/2012 11:49:35 PM
        
        Obama's statement was predicated on Elizabeth Warren's. - RobVG - 8/25/2012 1:34:38 AM
        
        This proves the point exactly. - BuckGalaxy - 8/25/2012 6:32:33 AM
        
        Hmmm... - podrock - 8/25/2012 3:39:14 AM
        
        I heard NPR review this, and interview the author. - ER - 8/25/2012 4:01:13 AM
        
        If what you believe was true... - TB - 8/25/2012 4:32:46 AM
        
        Crédit Mobilier, or Same As It Ever Was... - podrock - 8/25/2012 4:48:14 AM
        
        Right. That's no way to run a railroad. - TB - 8/25/2012 4:58:18 AM
        
        In the beginning - podrock - 8/25/2012 5:29:36 AM
        
        You've obviously have a leg up on me. - RobVG - 8/25/2012 3:44:42 PM
        
        A lot of both. - TB - 8/25/2012 4:24:34 PM
        
        The Minneapolis and St. Cloud Railway was also defunct, wasn't it? - TB - 8/25/2012 5:46:24 AM
        
        It doesn't matter if it was defunct. - podrock - 8/25/2012 6:05:43 AM
        
        See? That's the difference, Rob. - TB - 8/25/2012 12:15:14 AM
        
        The difference - BuckGalaxy - 8/25/2012 6:59:49 AM
        
        It's pretty clear isn't it. n/t - RobVG - 8/25/2012 1:36:05 AM
        
        It's pretty clear, all right. - ER - 8/25/2012 3:02:40 AM
        
        We need roads to drive to work n/t - RobVG - 8/25/2012 4:32:36 AM
        
        Re: We need roads to drive to work n/t - TB - 8/25/2012 4:33:59 AM
- Re: Legitimate Rape goes global - ER - 8/23/2012 8:18:45 PM
  - We need a conservative party... - BuckGalaxy - 8/24/2012 12:04:17 AM
    - The tea party started out as a reaction to spending and debt. That wasn't "radical" Social issues came later. n/t - RobVG - 8/24/2012 2:26:31 PM
      - Rob, look who the Tea Party candidate was in that Missouri primary. - TB - 8/25/2012 12:52:00 AM
      - This IS the Republican party now. - ER - 8/24/2012 6:37:30 PM
      - Ask yourself, why didn't the tea party form during the reckless spending of the Bush years? - BuckGalaxy - 8/24/2012 5:06:04 PM
        
        Do you think the stimulus might have something to do with it. - RobVG - 8/24/2012 11:58:35 PM
        
        Answer: Because they were too busy making excuses for him. - ER - 8/24/2012 7:01:39 PM

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