OT: Made in Usa, Owned by China.

[Coronita]

[quote=Rustico][quote=flu]Brian, I thought this was fitting after what you posted

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/china.high.speed.train/index.html?hpt=T2

Near 300mph for a train… Damn impressive….[/quote]
That is super impressive. As soon as we can figure out nowhere to send it to we will build it….or, who needs a fast train when you have missle shields?[/quote]

I’m just sort of depressed by this because I wish our infrastructure in CA had something like this.

SD to LA is about 116 miles
SD to SF is about 500 miles (right?)

It would just be so cool to hop on a train to SF from here and arrive in about 2 hrs. Sigh… Aint ever going to happen

[dbapig]

Googled around for more bullet trains around the world.

South Korea’s current KTX top speed is 305km/h. Research is going on for next model which can travel at top speed of 350km/h, scheduled to be completed in 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Train_Express

Japans’s E5 series (entering service in 2011) top speed at 320km/h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen

[dbapig]

Googled around for more bullet trains around the world.

South Korea’s current KTX top speed is 305km/h. Research is going on for next model which can travel at top speed of 350km/h, scheduled to be completed in 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Train_Express

Japans’s E5 series (entering service in 2011) top speed at 320km/h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen

[dbapig]

Googled around for more bullet trains around the world.

South Korea’s current KTX top speed is 305km/h. Research is going on for next model which can travel at top speed of 350km/h, scheduled to be completed in 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Train_Express

Japans’s E5 series (entering service in 2011) top speed at 320km/h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen

[dbapig]

Googled around for more bullet trains around the world.

South Korea’s current KTX top speed is 305km/h. Research is going on for next model which can travel at top speed of 350km/h, scheduled to be completed in 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Train_Express

Japans’s E5 series (entering service in 2011) top speed at 320km/h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen

[dbapig]

Googled around for more bullet trains around the world.

South Korea’s current KTX top speed is 305km/h. Research is going on for next model which can travel at top speed of 350km/h, scheduled to be completed in 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Train_Express

Japans’s E5 series (entering service in 2011) top speed at 320km/h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen

[dbapig]

[quote=EmilyHicks]Social issues aside, I am starting to think that China’s current authoritarian economic policy beats that of US economic policy.[/quote]

I personally think it’s not about authoritarian economic policy or free market economic policy. Our problem is the special interest groups. They hold way too much influence over the congress. When our govt wants to pursue a policy, it ends up having to listen to the interest groups (takes time) and makes decisions that are bad for US but good for the special interest groups.

I believe this is ‘required’ somewhat in democracy but it’s too extreme.

China does have extreme corruption problems though.

[dbapig]

[quote=EmilyHicks]Social issues aside, I am starting to think that China’s current authoritarian economic policy beats that of US economic policy.[/quote]

I personally think it’s not about authoritarian economic policy or free market economic policy. Our problem is the special interest groups. They hold way too much influence over the congress. When our govt wants to pursue a policy, it ends up having to listen to the interest groups (takes time) and makes decisions that are bad for US but good for the special interest groups.

I believe this is ‘required’ somewhat in democracy but it’s too extreme.

China does have extreme corruption problems though.

[dbapig]

[quote=EmilyHicks]Social issues aside, I am starting to think that China’s current authoritarian economic policy beats that of US economic policy.[/quote]

I personally think it’s not about authoritarian economic policy or free market economic policy. Our problem is the special interest groups. They hold way too much influence over the congress. When our govt wants to pursue a policy, it ends up having to listen to the interest groups (takes time) and makes decisions that are bad for US but good for the special interest groups.

I believe this is ‘required’ somewhat in democracy but it’s too extreme.

China does have extreme corruption problems though.

[dbapig]

[quote=EmilyHicks]Social issues aside, I am starting to think that China’s current authoritarian economic policy beats that of US economic policy.[/quote]

I personally think it’s not about authoritarian economic policy or free market economic policy. Our problem is the special interest groups. They hold way too much influence over the congress. When our govt wants to pursue a policy, it ends up having to listen to the interest groups (takes time) and makes decisions that are bad for US but good for the special interest groups.

I believe this is ‘required’ somewhat in democracy but it’s too extreme.

China does have extreme corruption problems though.

[dbapig]

[quote=EmilyHicks]Social issues aside, I am starting to think that China’s current authoritarian economic policy beats that of US economic policy.[/quote]

I personally think it’s not about authoritarian economic policy or free market economic policy. Our problem is the special interest groups. They hold way too much influence over the congress. When our govt wants to pursue a policy, it ends up having to listen to the interest groups (takes time) and makes decisions that are bad for US but good for the special interest groups.

I believe this is ‘required’ somewhat in democracy but it’s too extreme.

China does have extreme corruption problems though.

[briansd1]

[quote=dbapig] China does have extreme corruption problems though.[/quote]

We don’t have such corruption in America because have the legalized “corruption” that is the revolving door between government and business. Executives makes hundreds of millions (all legally of course) thanks to their connections.

I think that corruption is the same. People at the very top will always want a certain share of the economy. In America, the very top 5% are taking more and more. Same thing, no matter what we call it.

The problem right now in America is that for all of our corruption, we don’t receive any infrastructure.

[briansd1]

[quote=dbapig] China does have extreme corruption problems though.[/quote]

We don’t have such corruption in America because have the legalized “corruption” that is the revolving door between government and business. Executives makes hundreds of millions (all legally of course) thanks to their connections.

I think that corruption is the same. People at the very top will always want a certain share of the economy. In America, the very top 5% are taking more and more. Same thing, no matter what we call it.

The problem right now in America is that for all of our corruption, we don’t receive any infrastructure.

[briansd1]

[quote=dbapig] China does have extreme corruption problems though.[/quote]

We don’t have such corruption in America because have the legalized “corruption” that is the revolving door between government and business. Executives makes hundreds of millions (all legally of course) thanks to their connections.

I think that corruption is the same. People at the very top will always want a certain share of the economy. In America, the very top 5% are taking more and more. Same thing, no matter what we call it.

The problem right now in America is that for all of our corruption, we don’t receive any infrastructure.

[briansd1]

[quote=dbapig] China does have extreme corruption problems though.[/quote]

We don’t have such corruption in America because have the legalized “corruption” that is the revolving door between government and business. Executives makes hundreds of millions (all legally of course) thanks to their connections.

I think that corruption is the same. People at the very top will always want a certain share of the economy. In America, the very top 5% are taking more and more. Same thing, no matter what we call it.

The problem right now in America is that for all of our corruption, we don’t receive any infrastructure.

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