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#1 homicidal_squirrel Mar 02, 2011 5:02:08	www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/01/us-fl... Quick recap. Former Governer and the Florida legislators approved the high-speed rail project. New governer rejects it. Both Democrats and Republicans sue.
#2 jesse.two.coins Mar 02, 2011 6:09:20	www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/01/us-fl... Quick recap. Former Governer and the Florida legislators approved the high-speed rail project. New governer rejects it. Both Democrats and Republicans sue.  haha nice post
#3 homicidal_squirrel Mar 02, 2011 8:41:01	O wish I could...
#4 homicidal_squirrel Mar 02, 2011 8:54:27	I wasn't talking about he hug. If you want a hug, I got something you could hug... I meant he rasuring part. Although who knows... This guy Scott seems to have stepped on a few Democrats and Republicans who hold a bit of weight in state politics. He had originally wanted to give state-wide school-vouchers to people to send kidsto private schools, but even his supporters told him that would require a change in the state constitution and would open him up to a lot of law suits.
#5 homicidal_squirrel Mar 02, 2011 9:04:33	Yes. You guessed correctly. Guess what you have won.
#6 homicidal_squirrel Mar 02, 2011 9:07:46	No. I was going to say you get to hug it, but if you wan the sodomy...
#7 homicidal_squirrel Mar 02, 2011 9:08:50	This thread is so getting locked. I'm waiting to see the email I get from customer service.  In b4 lock
#8 homicidal_squirrel Mar 02, 2011 10:19:56	I won! I won! I won! Inb4lock! No goldo you lose, you lose, you lose... Main topic, this guy is a ****s, how did he get elected to a goveners desk?   If I remember correctly, he was worth 250 million... or 350 million. He spent about 100 million of his money to get elected. Even so, he only squeaked out the win over the Democratic nominee.
#9 homicidal_squirrel Mar 02, 2011 13:06:42	Pretty much.
#10 zombie_babies Mar 03, 2011 12:52:34	www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/01/us-fl... Quick recap. Former Governer and the Florida legislators approved the high-speed rail project. New governer rejects it. Both Democrats and Republicans sue.  Why does Florida think they can afford a high speed rail project?  Don't they have to buy that stadium for those poor billionaires that can't afford it on their own?
#11 homicidal_squirrel Mar 03, 2011 16:05:27	www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/01/us-fl... Quick recap. Former Governer and the Florida legislators approved the high-speed rail project. New governer rejects it. Both Democrats and Republicans sue.  Why does Florida think they can afford a high speed rail project?  Don't they have to buy that stadium for those poor billionaires that can't afford it on their own?  That's in Miami. The high-speed rail would be extended to Miami later on. But yeah, if it had been to support those poor billionaires that can barely afford a new private plane, we would have a high-speed rail that went all through the state and probably went all the way NYC.
#12 zombie_babies Mar 03, 2011 16:16:35	Yup.  Gotta admire politicians that look out for the people and do their due diligence when researching multi-million (or billion) dollar projects that will require taxpayer support.  One thing about Ohio, we ain't got jack in the way of anything goin' on sos the corruption isn't quite as visible.  ;)
#13 homicidal_squirrel Mar 03, 2011 16:35:48	Luck you. We got so much corruption it's ridiculous. www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/02/2094489/c... www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/02/2094489/c... www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/02/2093398/m... www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/02/2094613/b...  And that's just a 2 minute search in the local newspaper website.
#14 Klirshon Mar 04, 2011 6:52:48	Yup.  Gotta admire politicians that look out for the people and do their due diligence when researching multi-million (or billion) dollar projects that will require taxpayer support.  One thing about Ohio, we ain't got jack in the way of anything goin' on sos the corruption isn't quite as visible.  ;) Well we (Ohioans) did have several transportation projects.
#15 zombie_babies Mar 04, 2011 8:27:12	We also used to have industry and cities that weren't ghost towns.  But them days be dead, mon.  And we've got our corruption, too.  It's just not as blatant, IMO, as what we've been discussing here.  Either that or our constant experience with faliure has made us apathetic enough to simply not care.  Or we understand it just doesn't matter.  Dying state is dying, heh.
#16 Klirshon Mar 04, 2011 8:48:57	We also used to have industry and cities that weren't ghost towns.  But them days be dead, mon.  And we've got our corruption, too.  It's just not as blatant, IMO, as what we've been discussing here.  Either that or our constant experience with faliure has made us apathetic enough to simply not care.  Or we understand it just doesn't matter.  Dying state is dying, heh.  I concur with that. Though some of those transportation projects were in a similar situation as described originally in this thread. I don't recall any of our legislators filing a lawsuit against our governor, but perhaps no one really cares about it. It could be that or our state laws wouldn't benefit such a venture.
#17 zombie_babies Mar 04, 2011 8:51:28	We have increasingly less money to give and less people to give it.  And there's no real point to a transportation project that would basically move nobody to nowhere.
#18 Klirshon Mar 04, 2011 9:00:38	Go figure, Ohio no longer has much to offer like it did so many years ago. It might as well sell the rights of the Ohio river to Kentucky.
#19 zombie_babies Mar 04, 2011 9:06:01	And sell our half of Lake Erie to Canadia.
#20 Klirshon Mar 04, 2011 9:16:25	My database thinks this is all that Ohio has left to sell. Is there any other method for a state to prostitute itself to turn a profit?
#21 Cpt_Micha Mar 04, 2011 9:22:20	We also used to have industry and cities that weren't ghost towns.  But them days be dead, mon.  And we've got our corruption, too.  It's just not as blatant, IMO, as what we've been discussing here.  Either that or our constant experience with faliure has made us apathetic enough to simply not care.  Or we understand it just doesn't matter.  Dying state is dying, heh.  I hear ya bud. It's the same thing here. Rome is dying.
#22 zombie_babies Mar 04, 2011 9:25:04	My database thinks this is all that Ohio has left to sell. Is there any other method for a state to prostitute itself to turn a profit? I'm glad you asked for there most certainly is.  Licensing agreements, my friend.  We simply sell naming rights contracts for various state features such as the aforementioned Lake and River.  Just imagine 'Geico Lake' and 'Aflac River'.  Every sign would have to be changed for maximum effect, of course, but think of the potential!  I mean, companies pay tens of millions of dollars for a few years of sticking their name on a baseball stadium.  Imagine the dough you could rake in for allowing them to do so with important locations or even something as simple as a highway.  Interstate 271?  I don't think so!  You're driving down the scenic Beni-Hana Highway!  Just think about it: Ohio could become the first corporately funded state and prostitute itself to buy back some of its honor!  Or something ...
#23 Klirshon Mar 04, 2011 9:30:12	While it could turn a profit that way, my processors doubt the corporations would allow Ohio to purchase its honor back (if that is even possible).
#24 zombie_babies Mar 04, 2011 9:36:32	Of course it's impossible!  Especially if we decide to hook our way back to some semblance of prosperity.  The key, though, is sellin' the masses (er, what's left of 'em) on the idea that it is possible.  I mean, you and I know that the rest of the neighborhood will always look at us as 'that state', if ya know what I mean, but so what?  We'd be back, baby!  And nobody better steal this idea.  I'm thinkin' 'bout runnin' for office on this platform.  Like, it'd be the only thing on my platform but whatever.
#25 Klirshon Mar 04, 2011 9:44:23	If you are elected, you ought to change the official nickname of Ohio to the Strumpet State.
#26 zombie_babies Mar 04, 2011 9:50:49	If you are elected, you ought to change the official nickname of Ohio to the Strumpet State. I would ... if I was offered sufficient payment to do so.  ;)  Gotta keep that cash flowin', son!  And if some company outbids whoever it is funding the Strumpet project, well, that's too bad for them.  If we end up 'Pepsi', well, that's what we end up.  I'll make sure to get top dollar for it, though.  I can at least promise that.  Hmm ... I wonder if they'd ask that any political maps used in the media reflect that we're a blue state no matter what the actual vote says?  Meh, we can hammer that out when the time comes.
#27 Klirshon Mar 04, 2011 10:05:01	That is a valid point. Why submit for a nickname that would make sense when corporations would bid to have it be their name instead. Ohio might make a profit with humans like you as an elected official.
#28 zombie_babies Mar 04, 2011 11:44:56	Damn skippy we would.  It's easy to sell your soul when you don't believe you have one.  ;)
#29 homicidal_squirrel Mar 04, 2011 20:44:12	It seems the Florida Supreme Court has pimp slaped the bi-partisan actions of the republicans and democrats... www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/04/2097333/c... But on a lighter note, governor Scott has decided that tax payers should pay extra for copies of public records. www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/03/2095843/s...
#30 lokiare Mar 04, 2011 23:47:24	My database thinks this is all that Ohio has left to sell. Is there any other method for a state to prostitute itself to turn a profit? You mean other than public officials being taxed on their lobbys? If we did that there would be no debt. Talking trillions of dollars a year in lobbies... ...It's easy to sell your soul when you don't believe you have one.  ;) That's going in my sig...