Nope. I’d rather drive to Europe instead. Even better, we could just stay home in safety and comfort with a low-risk high-flying edition of
The Overnight Open Thread.
Archive for the ‘Transportation’ Category
Flight Risk
by Bunk X ( 33 Comments › )Filed under Humor, OOT, Transportation at May 3rd, 2013 - 10:00 pm
City of New Orleans
by Bunk X ( 101 Comments › )Filed under OOT, Open thread, Technology, Transportation at March 29th, 2013 - 10:30 pm
New Orleans to Hammond Louisiana in real time. Best way to view it is to open it up in a separate window, keep the sound on, and pay attention when the speed kicks in. Don’t miss the “Lac Pontchartrain” bridge. From the comments:
“At least 70% of America’s railroads still use wooden cross ties, but can certainly do higher speeds even so. The reason for the slow speed across Lake Ponchartrain is the fact that if there is a derailment, the chances are less that the train will end up in the drink. The train’s maximum speed in this video – given the schedule of 73 Miles in 60 Minutes – is 79 MPH, with the average speed of 72 MPH.”
For those who thought I was gonna post an Arlo Guthrie tune, you’re out of luck. I posted Steve Goodman because he wrote it especially for those of us who still ride the rails on The Overnight Open Thread.
SHOCKA! CBO Says Electric Cars Are A Waste Of Money
by huckfunn ( 12 Comments › )Filed under Barack Obama, Business, Corruption, Cult of Obama, Democratic Party, Economy, Elections 2012, Energy, Environmentalism, government, Headlines, Marxism, Misery Index, Political Correctness, Politics, Regulation, Socialism, Transportation at September 24th, 2012 - 1:35 pm
The Congressional Budget Office has come out with a statement that says what the rest of us have known ever since GuvMotors started pushing the Volt. They essentially conclude that there is no payout on this contraption in the near or long term.
The CBO has concluded that electric cars are not a “smart” choice for consumers. From the report:
Because of differences in vehicle design and technology, electric vehicles cost thousands of dollars more to purchase than conventional vehicles of comparable size and performance.
Okay, the cars cost too much. What does the government do? It subsidizes the inefficiency. It pays a cash incentive for each vehicle sold. The subsidy is based on the size of the battery; it ranges from $2,500 to $7,500. But the subsidy is still not enough to make electric cars competitive:
Given current prices for vehicles and fuel, in most cases the existing tax credits do not fully offset the higher lifetime costs of an electric vehicle compared with those of an equivalent conventional vehicle or traditional hybrid.
CBO concluded:
The tax credits would still need to be about 50 percent higher than they are now to fully offset the higher lifetime costs of an all-electric vehicle.
Continue reading here. Hat tip Drudge.
Urban Transit OOT
by savage ( 27 Comments › )Filed under Humor, OOT, Open thread, Transportation at September 5th, 2012 - 11:00 pm
Not everyone in urban areas take too kindly to bike riders, as you can see. This is on 4th and Wilshire in Downtown Los Angeles. Many years ago, you could find Chuckie riding all the way from Culver City to Downtown LA, but sadly, the cheetos and Mountain Dew diet takes a toll on ones stamina.
Hello, and welcome to the urban transit OOT.
Film At 11
by Bunk X ( 29 Comments › )Filed under Entertainment, Free Speech, Humor, LGF, Media, OOT, Open thread, Satire, Transportation at June 26th, 2012 - 11:00 pm
The Weekly World News was one of the most amusing pulps on the supermarket newstands from 1979 through 2007. The best thing was that every story, no matter how outrageous, had a tiny little shred of truth to it (just like LGF does today). It was so great that I signed up a few people for subscriptions without telling them. They loved it.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending how you look at it) WWN is only available online. On the other hand, we’re always out of line on
The Overnight Open Thread.
Romney to Obama: “It’s still about the economy…and we’re not stupid.”
by Bob in Breckenridge ( 89 Comments › )Filed under Barack Obama, Business, Conservatism, Cult of Obama, Democratic Party, Economy, Elections 2012, Energy, government, Healthcare, History, immigration, Inflation, Media, Misery Index, Mitt Romney, Multiculturalism, Politics, Progressives, Regulation, Republican Party, Socialism, taxation, Transportation, unemployment, Unions at April 27th, 2012 - 8:00 am
Predicting “a campaign of diversions, distractions, and distortions” from Obama over the next six months, Romney warned his opponent: “That kind of campaign may have worked at another place over in a different time. But not here and not now. It’s still about the economy…and we’re not stupid.”
I have to admit that so far I’m getting stoked listening to Mitt Romney in the early stages of the race for the White House. Romney came out with both guns blazing and ripped Obama for his distortions, distractions, obfuscations, and lies and warned the Obama regime that he’s not just going to sit back and take more of their distortions, distractions, obfuscations, and lies like that loser John McCain did in 2008.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we’re actually going to have a GOP fighter for the White House, who will fight to win, unlike what we had in 2008, which was an old man who was too concerned about being labeled a racist to put up a fight. McCain proved that just because you were a war hero almost half a century ago it doesn’t mean you still have that warrior’s mentality when it comes to doing everything you can to defeat your opponent.
McCain seemed just happy to be there, and if he won, he won, and if he didn’t, oh well, he still had his senate seat to go back to. So what we got was a pathetic campaign, run by a pathetic candidate, and that, along with the deification of our Dear Leader, by the propaganda wing of the dumocrat party, the mainstream lib media, and their tingling legs, etc., well, McCain was destined to lose.
But just listening to Gov. Romney lately, since he has locked up the GOP nomination has given me hope that thankfully, for once, we’re going to have a candidate who will not worry about offending Obama and being labeled a racist by libtard detractors, since we all know that will be coming down the road.
So, what should Romney do? As Former Clinton adviser James Carville summed it up nicely, back in 1992, when he was asked what the race between Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush would hinge on, he said “It’s the economy, stupid”.
If Romney continues down this path and ignores the distortions, distractions, obfuscations, and lies that we’ll be hearing ad nauseum from the libs and their allies for the next 6 months, then this race will be what it should be- A plebiscite about Obama and his disastrous economic and fiscal policies that have not only not helped, but have made things exponentially worse for the vast majority of Americans since Obama took office in Jan. 2009.
We know Obama will still be blaming George W. Bush, and his lackeys will be using the same old tired libturd rhetoric they have used in every election, going back to Harry Truman, about Republicans being extremists who want the poor living in the streets and kids to starve, the air and water polluted, the non-existent war on women, illegals rounded up and deported, and claiming that they’ll take away grandma and grandpa’s social security.
So, Romney’s campaign needs to ignore the distortions, distractions, obfuscations, and lies, and focus like a laser beam on “It’s the economy, stupid”, and, as President Reagan asked in 1980, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”.
If he does that, then on Jan. 20, 2013, he will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, and this 4 year reign of terror on our liberty and economy, by the Obama regime, will be thrown into the dustbin of history.
Then it will be left to the adults, the Republicans, who will also have control of the House and the Senate, to clean up the mess that has been made for the last four years by the children, the Obama regime and the dimocrats in congress.
Obama Boom: Durable Goods fall 4.2% in March
by Rodan ( 4 Comments › )Filed under Business, Economy, Headlines, Transportation at April 25th, 2012 - 9:57 am
The greatest economic expansion in 500,000 years continues with no end in sight. Durable goods orders fell 4.2% in March. February’s numbers were revised downward as well, after initially showing an increase. Despite this drop, many Americans think the economy is booming and things are great!
Demand for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods dropped by the most in three years in March and a gauge of business spending plans fell, suggesting factory activity lost momentum as the first quarter ended.
Durable goods orders tumbled 4.2 percent, the largest decline since January 2009, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday after a downwardly revised 1.9 percent increase in February.
Economists had forecast orders for durable goods, which range from toasters to aircraft, falling 1.7 percent after a previously reported 2.4 percent rise in February.
Orders were dragged down by a 12.5 percent plunge in bookings for transportation equipment — the most since November 2010.
Excluding transportation, orders fell 1.1 percent after a 1.9 percent rise in February. Economists had forecast this category rising 0.5 percent.
None of this will make a dent in the worship of the Pharaoh.
Coming Clean on Romney
by coldwarrior ( 23 Comments › )Filed under Business, Economy, Elections 2012, Energy, Inflation, Misery Index, Mitt Romney, Politics, Regulation, Republican Party, taxation, The Political Right, Transportation, unemployment, Unions at April 21st, 2012 - 12:03 pm
I will be the first to admit that some of us have been rather hard on Mitt. So let me be the first to admit that I will gladly vote for him on Tuesday in the PA primary. Yes, Gingrich is on the ticket, so is Santorum. No, I won’t bother with a protest vote either. This will be a willing vote FOR Romney.
Something interesting happened over the past two weeks. Romney and his people actually went after Obama on several occasions. This makes me very very happy. We were all dreading a McCain redux, weren’t we? Romney even called out the MSM! My fear of a roll over and die race was alleviated. I must say, I am impressed with the tenacity and spirit of Romney and his people thus far.
Without the killer instinct the next and the main reason for voting for Mitt is moot. “It’s the economy, stupid” – James Carville 1992. Its the economy. Economics are the top issues will all voters in every poll. It isn’t contraceptives or school prayer or evolution. It’s the Economy! The economy includes unemployment, high cost of energy, over regulation, anything that prevents Americans from realizing their dreams. There are no other issues as prevalent and on the minds of the voters anywhere.
Mitt, as much as I dislike some of his early tactics at Bane, is the ‘turn-around’ artist. He made a lot of money for his investors. But more than that, effective CEO’s are ego driven. They have to be, the risk reward of running companies requires it. Mitt has this ego, and as a self proclaimed ‘turn-around’ artist what is the biggest turn-around opportunity ever? The US economy right now. We can use a guy who knows how to pear down waste and maximize efficiencies. If he can turn this ship around, he gets the kudos, he gets the ego fix, Mitt is remembered later as the guy who saved America….IF he can pull it off. The economy belongs to the President.
For example, I can’t wait to see what he does with the GSA, that place is crying out for a rectal exam and subsequent decimation for wastefulness and abuse.
In short, as much as it surprises me to say, I will gladly vote FOR Mitt on Tuesday and will happily watch him defeat Obama in November.
