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The Super Superhighway
valdean writes "The state of Texas is seeking to build a 4,000-mile megahighway network between Oklahoma and Mexico, called the Trans-Texas Corridor. The highway will be up to a quarter-mile across, and include separate lanes for passenger vehicles, large trucks, freight railways, high-speed commuter railways, and infrastructure for utilities including water lines, oil and gas pipelines, electricity, and broadband. In a recent press release, the governor of Texas said it will 'forever change the way we build roads.' So much for scenic drives."
You have to remember it's the same state that produced g.w.bush. Thus we have lower standards
I gotta be ashamed to be texan
Doesn't it make you prowd to be an American when we spend millions or even billions on projects like this that really don't matter too much in the long run when we could be spending money on research that matters. Well we won't have fusion but we will have a really long highway that can carry oil and other fossil fuels. Then again I guess this is what you would expect from a wasteful state such as Texas.
Yeah, well, do a google search on them:
http://www.publicpurpose.com/ut-pblie.htm
Fucking high-priced conmen. This is PR and they are being paid handsomely by the State of Texas, I'm sure.
---Technology will liberate us if it doesn't enslave us first.
God dammit people like you piss me off!
The fact that people refer to Bush as a Texan is personally insulting to me as a Native Born Texan.
Please, for the love of all that is good, don't believe that this fruit 'niktesla' is a accurate portrait of a Texan. This guy is is trying as hard as he can to be a 'Texan', but has no idea what that really means. Texans stick to their guns... Kinda like our greatGovernor Rick Perry (Gov. Hair Do) who was a Democrat until the 90's when Karl Rove took him over to the dark side. Way to stick to your guns big guy..
Also, Don't ever forget that this Great State of Texas was 100% Democrat until the late 80's early 90's when the Bush's came into the scene. 130+ years of consecutive Democratic rule completely forgotten because of 8 years of really bad Republicans as Governor.
There was a time when we took a guy like niktesla out back and shot him. Man I miss those days...
My sig can beat up your sig.
Now we get to pay for a road to help the Mexicans make more money from our former companies. Go eat a dick.