And I thought Solyndra was bad

[jsc]

I had a hard time deciding where to put this, but I decided on "Politics" because of who the main cheerleaders are and who is going to get most of the money.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/03/25/company-may-get-4-9b-federal-loan-for-high-speed-rail-linking-victorville-and-vegas/

And it seems like just a couple of years ago that Obama was telling us not to go to Las Vegas:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/7149616/Barack-Obama-tells-Americans-dont-go-to-Las-Vegas.html

 

[riser]

He's going to have a ton of flexibility after this election.

 

[riser]

Harry or Pelosi...

 

[musical marv]

What do you want to bet Harry Reid owns a good chunck of the land the rail will be built on?

Politics and Power and Money is the name of the game.