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Old August 17th 11, 02:38 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher[_2_]
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This is an interesting story --because you must know what's going in the jungle. It claims the communist leaders have a fascination with "bigger is better" --Japan and Europe are not communist and still did the bullet train-- while selfish Americans hate the idea, but still believe in bigger is better. They dismiss and keep down the humble bike while embracing the SUV. Big mistake.

The Chinese, on the other hand, are throwing some people in jail, something that we need around here. Everywhere is the same: BUREAUCRATS LOVE BIG PROJECTS, but it doesn't mean we should dismiss them lightly.

Remember, THE REVOLUTION IS ABOUT SOLUTIONS!

China’s Bullet Train Fiasco: A Warning to America

Well, the Chinese finally have a green-energy idea worth stealing: arrest government officials who foist overpriced, underperforming, debt-ballooning, money-losing projects on taxpayers.

Earlier this year, Liu Zhijun, Minister of Railways in the People’s Republic of China, was arrested following investigations into cost overruns and poor performance of the ministry’s showcase bullet trains. To be fair, the arrests were made when the investigations uncovered potential corruption in addition to the mismanagement. But the corruption problems likely would have gone unnoticed had the bullet train program not become such a boondoggle. (The railway debt alone is about 5 percent of China’s GDP.)

According to Charles Lane of The Washington Post, the bullet-train fiasco was not stopped earlier because “Liu exploited the communist leadership’s fascination with bigness and national prestige.”

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/04/27/...ng-to-america/

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This is my wisdom of the day before I ride my beach cruiser on winding, grinding sidewalks. I suggest that ALL BUREAUCRATS should be mandated to ride a bike to work once a month at least.


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Old August 17th 11, 09:45 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 3:45:34 PM UTC-4, rst0 wrote:
On Aug 17, 11:10 am, "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"
wrote:
On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:18:27 PM UTC-4, rst0 wrote:
On Aug 16, 10:48 pm, "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"
wrote:
On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:48:29 PM UTC-4, rst0 wrote:
I see it clearly; 2035 - 2040!!!


It sounds about right.


Just another good reason to ride a bike. I hope China keeps a good chunk of its population riding bikes and America is converted.


What can convert America? A bad economy and some taxation on gas.


Bullet trains are good too, but America now has no money for it.


$5 billion dollars was allocated to build the first section from
Merced to Bakersfield to start construction by the end of this year or
early next year.


Good for them. Florida rejected it though. It's like they reject anything social.


When you think about it, public transportation is more socialist while bicycling is more anarchist, ie. you don't need a bureaucracy to make it run.


Amtrak loses money every year. Train accidents are as frequent as car
accidents and twice as deadly. I think the bullet train is a waste of
money.


How about bicycling? No corrupt bureaucrats involved --for the most part.

We got some "mixed path" around here that is full of stupid mistakes.


Practically all cities have bicycle paths. All travels within 5 - 10
miles should be done on bicycles.


Great idea! But the bike paths are NOT there in most of the places I know about. Or if they are, they don't take you where you need to go.

There's a reason for Americans not taking advantage of this great idea.
 




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