First Maglev Installation Going Up

berniecase writes "After hearing about the 500kph Maglev in Japan on Slashdot, I caught wind of this installation which is going up in Norfolk, Virginia. It's the first Maglev installation in the US. Here's another photo, too."

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where would you rather spend your money?

[gotih]

where would you rather have your money spent:

1. US Military (build huge stockpiles of advanced weapons, aircraft and troops for defense from that other major superpower, um, Iraq (?)

2. a maglev which, at a cost of 1 trillion, could be built within 6 years based on a 50% reduction in the military budget (currently about 396,000,000,000).

damnit! what do we have to show for all that money getting spent? 'freedom and democracy' i hear. BULLSHIT, freedom from whom? has there been a real attempt by a legitimate threat to conqur the US within the past 20 years? have we done anything with our massive military that could not have been done with a reasonably sized one? i don't even feel like arguing these points anymore -- i'm getting closer to taking the advice of those people who don't like my ideas and just leaving the country.

*the military has brought us some good technological advances (computers...) but what about solving the problems we already have like making a clean maglev for folks who need to go visit thier family across the nation?

please don't reply. this is probably a flame -- you all know there is way too much money in the military anyways.