OT:High Speed Train

Prince Harry of Nevada has been earmarking this for years.

Princess Pelosi also has a high speed train in the works from San Fran to Los Angeles.

I wonder if any land owned by the prince will get in the way of the train.

In late-stage talks, Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pressed for $8 billion to construct high-speed rail lines, quadrupling the amount in the bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday.

This so-called MagLev train (magnetic levitation) is estimated to cost $12 billion. Reid earmarked $45 million last year for the public transportation project from California to Las Vegas, which is in direct competition with a private high-speed train company, DesertXpress, which is building a train on a similar route with all private funding. It's not just an earmark, it's a job killing earmark.

Little known is that $1B of the $8B LA to Vegas train allocation is set aside to provide a 'Happy Hooker' car to attach to each train. On the LA to Vegas trip, the Happy Hookers will give visitors a taste of what they can expect when they get to Vegas. On the Vegas to LA trip, the Happy Hookers will provide solace to the losers. Reid and Obama are reportedly still negotiating as to whether to provide subsidies to the Happy Hookers to pay their 'fees' on the return-to=LA trip, since their 'clients' will be broke. Obama is apparently concerned that such subsidies, if revealed, might cause an uproar among republicans, and is considering waiting to put it in another bill at a later time. 'After all', Obama said, 'The federal government does pay the salaries for republican Congressfolk, so there is a long-standing precedent for paying prostitutes with taxpayer money'

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