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Just for the record, the NEA funding is 0.006% of the overall stimulus bill by my math. -- nm

Posted by Dano (aka dano) Jan 29 '09, 15:06

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Also for the record, I'm not particularly outraged over it. - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:15 17
- i would't say outraged, but I'd say that 800M for amtrak isn't enough to do anything meaningful with it. - Reagen Jan 29, 15:16 16
  - i dont entirely see the point in saving them anyway. its a novel way to travel, but not economical whatsoever. -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:20 14
    - depends on where to/from and how far. - Reagen Jan 29, 15:23 6
      - also depends on what is being sent by rail. People? Chemicals? Shipping containers? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:25 5
        
        amtrak is pretty much exclusively people. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:27 4
        
        Kind of like (spoiler) - mara Jan 29, 15:29
        
        A good point, although it sounded like Guy was railing against rail usage in general -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:29 2
        
        my only anti-amtrak post did mention "travel". cargo is "shipped", it does not "travel" -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:13
        
        nope. and how am i railing? jesus! -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:07
    - You don't think we need more mass transit? -- nm - mara Jan 29, 15:22
    - It's actually a great way to travel if you're in the Northeast/Mid Atlantic. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:22 4
      - Hellz yeah. -- nm - J.Biden Jan 29, 15:25
      - ah, good point. its pretty useless west of the Mississippi. is my west-coast bias showing? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:24 2
        
        I would think Portland/Seattle would be a good route. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:27 1
        
        costs about the same to fly, but takes 3 times as long and has only one per day -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:59
    - rail isn't economical? - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:21
  - I'm going into surgery to have 40% of my tumor removed. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:18
I remember during a visit to parliament for a conference, a senator offer to reemburse an attendee her portion of the Senate's salary for the year - Reagen Jan 29, 15:10 2
- also, maybe my math sucks, or that implies the Senator's salary is $1.2 million -- nm - Roger More Jan 29, 16:07
- Word to the im. She should have said that's 3 cent more than your worth to me. -- nm - Loyola Jan 29, 15:14

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