http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble ColumbusUnderground.com Messageboard en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 07:03:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/search.php http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-467075 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:37:15 +0000 News 467075@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p><strong>Ohio Needs a Governor, Not an Ideologue</strong><br /> 12 OCTOBER 2012</p> <p><img src="http://rustwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/kasich_teaparty.jpeg" /></p> <p><em>The New York Times carried an excellent article this weekend about how the GOP became the anti-city party. The point was, actually, that waging a culture war against urban areas–where 80 percent of the country lives–might not be such a smart move, even from a purely political stance. The party’s 2012 platform makes almost no mention of cities, outside of the usual dog-whistling. The Times estimates that Mitt Romney’s chances of winning this election are 15 percent.<br /> </em><br /> READ MORE: <a href="http://rustwire.com/2012/10/12/ohio-needs-a-governor-not-an-ideologue/" rel="nofollow">http://rustwire.com/2012/10/12/ohio-needs-a-governor-not-an-ideologue/</a> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446552 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:15:15 +0000 ToddAnders 446552@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>No drama, that would go into the all opinions matter category. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446541 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:23:14 +0000 Walker 446541@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>ToddAnders <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446534">said</a>:</cite><br /> The dog pack mentality is SO tiring sometimes. </p></blockquote> <p>Three people respond to you and suddenly it's a dogpack?</p> <p>Don't be so sensitive and dramatic. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446538 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:50:30 +0000 Cole 446538@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>ToddAnders <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446534">said</a>:</cite><br /> The dog pack mentality is SO tiring sometimes. </p></blockquote> <p>What do you think of the editorial? </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446534 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:07:49 +0000 ToddAnders 446534@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>The dog pack mentality is SO tiring sometimes. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446532 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:53:39 +0000 jbcmh81 446532@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>ToddAnders <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446511">said</a>:</cite><br /> Right; my point was that Walker and many vocal contributors to CU are generally pro-rail. Simply calling a spade a spade. </p></blockquote> <p>And? This is not news. That doesn't make the editorial well written. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446519 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:31:14 +0000 ToddAnders 446519@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>OK? </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446518 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:08:33 +0000 Walker 446518@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>ToddAnders <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446511">said</a>:</cite><br /> Right; my point was that Walker and many vocal contributors to CU are generally pro-rail. Simply calling a spade a spade.</p> </blockquote> <p>No, you said CU <em>as a whole</em> was irritated, which I corrected you on to say that there are some people here who are proponents of rail transit, and others who do not support rail transit. Your original blanket statement was false.</p> <p>I've never denied that I personally am a support of public transit of all types, including rail. For you to reiterate the fact is more of stating the obvious rather than calling anything spades. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446515 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:19:35 +0000 rus 446515@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>GCrites80s <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446502">said</a>:</cite><br /> CU is actually the first computer program to become self-aware. </p></blockquote> <p>Only in an ironic sense... *adjusts Buddy Holly specs* </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446511 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:09:56 +0000 ToddAnders 446511@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Right; my point was that Walker and many vocal contributors to CU are generally pro-rail. Simply calling a spade a spade. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446502 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:31:50 +0000 GCrites80s 446502@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>CU is actually the first computer program to become self-aware. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446493 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:04:50 +0000 Cole 446493@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>ToddAnders <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/56#post-446412">said</a>:</cite><br /> CU is irritated at an anti rail project? Give me a towel to wipe the shock off my face. </p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/does-the-operation-of-the-universe-mean-its-conscious-and-has-a-purpose">Does the operation of CU mean it's conscious and has a purpose?</a> CU does not have feelings of which I know. Nor does it have an editorial board. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446490 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:01:17 +0000 ToddAnders 446490@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>@ walker, love it. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446489 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:00:51 +0000 MichaelC 446489@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>The Dispatch editorial is an embarrassment. </p> <p>It reads as if it was penned by a member of the Kasich Administration or the Romney campaign. </p> <p>There is no indication that critical thought went into the piece, only partisanship; there is no hint of nuance, only rancor; there is no depth or consideration to the complexities that led to the situation in California, only an assumption presented as infallible that what happened in California would have happened here, and that Governor Kasich predicted it while Governor Strickland and President Obama are only interested in creating debt. </p> <p>This in-kind donation to the Kasich/Romney Campaign would cost how much as an advertisement? </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446486 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:54:33 +0000 Walker 446486@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>I totally own that in my own opinion, I am an advocate for passenger rail systems.</p> <p>I'm saying that CU as a whole is made up of diverse opinion on the topic.</p> <p>You post on CU, therefore you are a part of CU, therefore your opinion is one of the many. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446485 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:51:21 +0000 ToddAnders 446485@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Towel given; so I can only assume my assessment was correct. Just own it, unless you believe that looking unbiased helps further the cause. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446464 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:58:43 +0000 cheap 446464@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>i wonder if the writer of that editorial saw this</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501363_162-57468035/california-high-speed-rail-gets-green-light/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501363_162-57468035/california-high-speed-rail-gets-green-light/</a> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446463 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:53:14 +0000 bman 446463@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>ToddAnders <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/56#post-446454">said</a>:</cite><br /> Ok, Walker, I'm going to call bs on that response. If you love it, own it. I could spend hours going through all the public transit topics on the form and 90% of them are pro transit and the public financing of them. To say it's the same as who loves the local organic natural pig butt wrap does not make sense to me.</p> <p>You obviously want to use your voice to move forward a public financed transit system; </p></blockquote> <p>+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/57#post-446460 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:46:42 +0000 Walker 446460@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>ToddAnders <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/56#post-446454">said</a>:</cite><br /> Ok, Walker, I'm going to call bs on that response.</p></blockquote> <p>I knew you would. Give me a towel to wipe the shock off my face. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/56#post-446459 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:46:14 +0000 Walker 446459@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>bman <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3c-rail-project-in-trouble/page/56#post-446457">said</a>:</cite><br /> From your train at any cost mentality! </p></blockquote> <p>I've never said we should have a train at any cost. </p> <p>Quit trying to pick fights. </p>