Naw, I'm just messing with you, because it's so easy to take advantage of your lack of self-awareness. You'll only have to pay for your Governor's own $24 million over budget. Relax.

Because I hate to see Walker destroy a state I love, and put it years behind the adjoining states.

Excuse me? "We" (although not sure what you mean by that, it could be Muslims) are the majority right now.

BTW: How do you like what your state legislature snuck through buried deep in the Budget Bill, a constitutional change to the State Supreme Court?

A State Constitutional change. To the Supreme Court. Completey undiscussed in public. Not even mentioned. Buried in a budget bill.

Oh, yeah, Wisconsin's current Gov and legislature are really winners.

well then don't let this out (to the adjoining States)

http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/lates...yment-numbers/

Again, the Pres could learn from spending some time here. Only he'd have to shut up, look and listen, like a hunter or fisherman. No wonder WI is ahead of the curve.

By other states I guess you mean IL. :zz:

As far as the so called high speed rail system goes I can drive my truck and horse trailer full of horses from Milwaukee to Madison 2 1/2 times before I would pay for the price of what would have been a round trip high speed rail ticket. And in reality I could do it faster than the high speed rail. Not to mention the fact that when I got to my destination in the middle of winter I would not have to walk to try and find a cab, bus, etc to actually get to a meaningful destination unlike the high speed rail destination. But again why not take the money from the FED it is free money. Everyone is doing it, just get yours while you can; never mind the unintended consequences of taking this money.

Oh, well, if you won't personally use the Milwaukee to Madison link, and you already know the prices of the tickets, and you already know how fast the train will travel and how long the trip will take before it's even built, then that's perfectly logical justification for turning down the entire Minneapolis to Chicago line, and the development corridors in the northern part of your state, for everyone else.

The laughable thing is that, if I were you, right now I (you) would be demanding "prove it" about your costs, times, and use rates that you are contending, before the line is even built.

Hey- I'll guess that you are really happy about the Republican Legislature sneaking a major change to your state Constitution into a budget bill, huh? And keeping it out of the pubic eye?

Enjoy personally paying for Walker's expensive, multi-million dollar budget busting decisions. Go Badgers!

You can get on a plane for less from Milwaukee to Minneappolis than the rail would have cost, plus this is not about Chicago to Minneappolis, this was Milwaukee to Madison. If the fed was going to pay for the costs of Milwaukee to Madison, what happens in a few years from now when they want to expand to minneappolis. The fed says to the state well we gave you the Money for the original Milwaukee to Madison route, now you have to pay for the Madison to Minneappolis route. It is called unintended consequences of taking the feds money. If you have followed the banking industry in the last few years you would understand this.

Really? How often do you hunt and fish?

We discussed this previously in this thread. Along with the mathematical details ;)

No, actually it's about Minneapolis to Chicago, and beyond that. It's a multi-state project. And I am amazed that you know the ticket prices before the project is even completed. Can you give me that link, please?

:zz: The above statement reveals much, so I can only assume you do not know as much as you think about the entire project and it's funding. But relax! It's done. You don't have to suffer being part of the multi-state high speed rail project. Worry about Walker being $24 million over budget, and increasing the cost by 50%, to try and maintain your antiquated train system, and how you're going to pay for it. Walker sought over $200 million in federal funds to fix up your current trains, but didn't get it. So I can only assume there is much that won't get updated on the old trains. Kind of sad.

And maybe find out how the legislators you love and support are trying to change your state Constitution behind the public's back.

:zz: probably 30-40 times a year. 2-3 times a week in summer. Beni's of being blocks from one of the greatest fishing lakes in Southern WI. (also have a FL license as well and fished maybe 10 times down there)

Don't hunt but shoot sporting clays 10 times a year, I know that doesn't count. BTW the lake was stocked with muskie 2 years ago. About 18 inches now but in two years? I'll be fishing even more.

Yea you know all about me! :D

I really miss fishing, when I lived in WVa I would fish 5-6 days a week, had this great hole in the middle of nowhere. When I was in the Army after return from Nam, I was stationed at Ft Dix, NJ...went to a nearby stream and was fishing when I fell in the water, I couldn't believe how nasty the water was, tasted like sewage...I put my pole away and didn't fish again until I returned to WVa. Living in Pa I just never have made it back to the streams, too populated and you have to rely on restocking, seems unsportsman like. I went hunting prior to the Army but it lost it's appeal afterwards, haven't shot a gun since.

Sounds great! Yeah, Florida fishing is awesome. Love the sporting clays, too.