Doonesbury Say What

[thewayne]

"We cannot allow the pen to be mightier than the sword."
-- teabagger Steve Lonagan

Uh, yeah. Got brains? As it happens, we saw the clip of this guy saying it. Talk about a "Whaa?" moment!

Comments

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's amazing how many photographs are routinely stopped and hassled when out taking shots. I did a lot of shooting of railroad tracks four years ago, it's really a wonder I didn't get interviewed.

[silveradept]

People don't think of rail as essential infrastructure here, despite the fact that cargo rail definitely is, and passenger rail still moves people for inexpensively, if slower compared to airplanes.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Cost per pound, when calculated for multi-ton loads, is much more inexepensive on rail. They're also talking about building monster airships for moving rail-sized loads for less money. It'll be interesting to see if they pull it off: large loads without the rail maintenance infrastructure costs.

[silveradept]

That would be interesting. Although I wonder whether the costs of airship fuel would be just as expensive. Are we thinking dirigibles or jet engines?

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Dirigibles. Their speed would be a bit slower than trains, but they'd be traveling in more or less straight lines. So I'm assuming they could use standard diesel.

[silveradept]

Probably so. And they don't have to run on rails, so they can be pointed in the direction and route that will move fastest for them. This is a very neat idea. Anyone willing to finance a fleet to see if they can turn a profit on it?