Thursday, May 29, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Doug Gansler | "Our Future"
Doug proposes eliminating wasteful duplicative Maryland state spending before raising taxes on the people. Where is this transparency BROWN / O'MALLEY promised when they were swept int o office. The reality is nothing BROWN and O'MALLEY have done has been transparent. All important business has been conducted in secret meetings behind closed doors with the minutes often missing huge chunks of unaccounted time. Gansler points out that whatever benefits Obama gave us by continuing the Bush tax cuts and fighting for his own tax plan have been taken way from Marylanders by the increases BROWN / O'MALLEY keep making. Yet the two have done absolutely nothing to make the State competitive. GANSLER's suggestions are all on point and all sound. I wish he would go further and propose serious consideration of taxing ENERGY and THINGS, and eliminating the regressive TAX ON PEOPLE (PAYROLL TAXES) alogether. This solution is of necessity complex and would have to be phased in gradually. If we wanted to, we could make it work. It sure would make everyone get serious about conservation and saving the planet. And the demand for PEOPLE would go way up. Our current system is based on a myth: the myth that in order for most to do moderaely well, some must be marginalized, left behind, cast aside. Seniors, young people, minority youth, youth in general, moms who want to return to the work place at least parrt time, the handicapped, blind, deaf, those who just don't seem to fit, those who do not find work within the time allotted by unemployent (often because they are overqualified and there just are no real jobs available) all wind up being marginalized. The waste of our most precious resource - human beings and ingenuity - is mind-boggling. Sure there are some folks who truly do not want to work; but most people do want to work, to contribute, to do the best they can at something they truly love doing and to be valued and esteemed and recognized for it. The system we have bought into does a very mediocre job of optimizing and engaging the fragile human resource. In fact, true unemployment rates everywhere in this country are closer to 1 out of 2 (50 percent) when you count in all these marginalized workers. Most would like to at least have some sort of work for which they are compensated, appreciated, and make a difference. Our society does a very poor job of communicating to laborers that they as individuals do matter - or of showing them real appreciation (monetary or otherwise). A truly progressive tax plan would eliminate the regressive payroll taxes and over time phase in energy taxes which would of necessity encourage conservation and help reverse climate change. As for Brown, wa too littlee, way to late. I can't even believe after 8 years it has suddenly occurred to him that there are Marylanders outside a few select counties and that all of those Marylanders ought to be working; and that a HUGE number of them are suffering - suffering enormously - because of his failure to lead. BROWN has had eight years. He has proven he is an excellent flunky, yes man, and empty suit. BROWN has also proven his ethics are highly suspect, if not outright corrupt - what with the revelations of JEFFREY THOMPSON, felon, who gave BROWN large sums of money, some of which BROWN in turn illegally outsourced - and the allegations leading back to Mayor Gray and across multiple states f some sort of secret covert government. O'Malley was also implicatedhe by THOMPSON. The Washington Post reports that at a minimum THOMPSON contributed more than $100K to Brown's 2008 campaign. Way to little, way too late, and without a shred of bona fide commitment or sincerity. Give Brown the boot. Give Doug Gansler and Jolene Ivey a chance to turn this mess around. We cannot losse businesses or population much faster than we have been for the past 8 years. Just look around and count the number of "foreclosures", empty retail spaces, businesses gone - most of which will never be coming back. BROWN has been a miserable failure - a Democrat in the tradition of Tammany Hall, certainly not FDR.
Doug Gansler | "Our Future"
Doug proposes eliminating wasteful duplicative Maryland state spending before raising taxes on the people. Where is this transparency BROWN / O'MALLEY promised when they were swept int o office. The reality is nothing BROWN and O'MALLEY have done has been transparent. All important business has been conducted in secret meetings behind closed doors with the minutes often missing huge chunks of unaccounted time. Gansler points out that whatever benefits Obama gave us by continuing the Bush tax cuts and fighting for his own tax plan have been taken way from Marylanders by the increases BROWN / O'MALLEY keep making. Yet the two have done absolutely nothing to make the State competitive. GANSLER's suggestions are all on point and all sound. I wish he would go further and propose serious consideration of taxing ENERGY and THINGS, and eliminating the regressive TAX ON PEOPLE (PAYROLL TAXES) alogether. This solution is of necessity complex and would have to be phased in gradually. If we wanted to, we could make it work. It sure would make everyone get serious about conservation and saving the planet. And the demand for PEOPLE would go way up. Our current system is based on a myth: the myth that in order for most to do moderaely well, some must be marginalized, left behind, cast aside. Seniors, young people, minority youth, youth in general, moms who want to return to the work place at least parrt time, the handicapped, blind, deaf, those who just don't seem to fit, those who do not find work within the time allotted by unemployent (often because they are overqualified and there just are no real jobs available) all wind up being marginalized. The waste of our most precious resource - human beings and ingenuity - is mind-boggling. Sure there are some folks who truly do not want to work; but most people do want to work, to contribute, to do the best they can at something they truly love doing and to be valued and esteemed and recognized for it. The system we have bought into does a very mediocre job of optimizing and engaging the fragile human resource. In fact, true unemployment rates everywhere in this country are closer to 1 out of 2 (50 percent) when you count in all these marginalized workers. Most would like to at least have some sort of work for which they are compensated, appreciated, and make a difference. Our society does a very poor job of communicating to laborers that they as individuals do matter - or of showing them real appreciation (monetary or otherwise). A truly progressive tax plan would eliminate the regressive payroll taxes and over time phase in energy taxes which would of necessity encourage conservation and help reverse climate change. As for Brown, wa too littlee, way to late. I can't even believe after 8 years it has suddenly occurred to him that there are Marylanders outside a few select counties and that all of those Marylanders ought to be working; and that a HUGE number of them are suffering - suffering enormously - because of his failure to lead. BROWN has had eight years. He has proven he is an excellent flunky, yes man, and empty suit. BROWN has also proven his ethics are highly suspect, if not outright corrupt - what with the revelations of JEFFREY THOMPSON, felon, who gave BROWN large sums of money, some of which BROWN in turn illegally outsourced - and the allegations leading back to Mayor Gray and across multiple states f some sort of secret covert government. O'Malley was also implicatedhe by THOMPSON. The Washington Post reports that at a minimum THOMPSON contributed more than $100K to Brown's 2008 campaign. Way to little, way too late, and without a shred of bona fide commitment or sincerity. Give Brown the boot. Give Doug Gansler and Jolene Ivey a chance to turn this mess around. We cannot losse businesses or population much faster than we have been for the past 8 years. Just look around and count the number of "foreclosures", empty retail spaces, businesses gone - most of which will never be coming back. BROWN has been a miserable failure - a Democrat in the tradition of Tammany Hall, certainly not FDR.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, GANSLER WON FIRST DEBATE HANDS-DOWN!
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT,
GANSLER WON FIRST DEBATE HANDS-DOWN!
BROWN DOES NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN MISSING $250 MILLION FROM THE
HEALTH EXCHANGE DEBACLE, OR TO WHY HE HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT RISING
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS, JOB CREATION, POVERTY - CLAIMS MARGINAL EDUCATIONAL
MAKES LUDICROUS CLAIMS ABOUT EDUCATION, LECTURES AN ALREADY CONTRITE
GANSLER ON HIS PARENTING SKILLS, AND SHINES AS UTTERLY INEPT.
GANSLER WON FIRST DEBATE HANDS-DOWN!
BROWN DOES NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN MISSING $250 MILLION FROM THE
HEALTH EXCHANGE DEBACLE, OR TO WHY HE HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT RISING
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS, JOB CREATION, POVERTY - CLAIMS MARGINAL EDUCATIONAL
MAKES LUDICROUS CLAIMS ABOUT EDUCATION, LECTURES AN ALREADY CONTRITE
GANSLER ON HIS PARENTING SKILLS, AND SHINES AS UTTERLY INEPT.
Some folks think BROWN or MIZEUR won this debate. I could not disagree more. Make no mistake
about it. DOUG GANSLER who has always
been the most experienced candidate with the strength needed to really turn
Maryland around without a doubt won this round hands-down. This after being
dragged through the mud about nonsensical character issues which were the
equivalent of malcontent sniping, except that those doing the sniping smeared
the reputation of a distinguished public servant by fixating their attention on
a teen beach house party in Delaware and other absurdities, all of a personal
nature - none of which should ever have been aired in public, let alone with
the utmost hypocrisy beaten deader than the deadest horse because apparently
real news - like the Lt. Gov. refusing to account for where the $250 Million
plus went in setting up the defunct and
useless exchange he was responsible for/then he wasn’t responsible
for/now he and a lot of people are responsible for - simply does sell
newspapers. So in the grand muckraking
tradition of the of The Sun, reporters intrude and make big public scene out
where they do not belong, imply and vilify all manner of the ludicrous and
hypocritical nonsense --all I can say is that it is a good thing that no one
was smoking any of the now decriminalized marijuana at that party. And all the girls had their tops on. There is hypocrisy and plain BS all over this
incident. First, I seriously doubt that
very many parents have not ran into this situation at least once on their own
with their own children? I wonder how if
you were the parent in Doug’s position, after a 30-plus year public record
which clearly attests to the Attorney General’s charr acter, to have your
“parenting skills” dragged through the mud like this? Nevertheless Doug Ganler was man enough to
admit he could have and should have done better and none of us, not even him,
is perfect. Now what to heck are
millions of people doing in between him and his son making judgments they have
no Chistian (or any other religion that I
of) business making. May we move
on, Ms. Cox?
$250 Million was spent and who was responsible -especially
when the Lt Governor first claims he was the chair, then claims he wasn’t the
chair, stonewalls attempt after attempt to discuss the exchanges, conducts all
business behind closed doors, produces a now universally agreed totally failed
system that is the subject of both a federal and state audit, contracts “the
fix” which is bringing in the Ct. exchange behind closed doors, and still
passes the buck every chance he gets -
while simultaneously claiming that this whole undertaking is a great accomplishment on his part - is hardly
“quarreling or pointing fingers.”
Heather Mizeur knows full well that much of what is at
debate here is the experience and qualifications each of these two men have and
how that qualifies them to be governor.
These areas ipso facto become fair game for in-depth analysis and
examination and there is nothing at all childish going on here. This is in fact a bona fide debate and these
matters are very much at the heart of what it is that is being debated: who is the best qualified most experienced
candidate?
Heather has no claim to experience but make no mistake about
it. Despite taking the High Road, being
a bit too quixotic and a little naive, Heather Mizeur is a force majeure and
is going to increasingly be a major
player and I would predict on the national stage. As for the High Road, I for one just don’t
like seeing the government involved in deriving income from pot. Frankly I think pot is a relatively harmless
drug. However, for generations it has
been used as bait and switch by networks for far more serious drugs mostly cocaine,
heroin, and chemicals. I for one am not real crazy about driving
down a one-way street at night single lane, deep ravine both sides, and
suddenly having an oncoming car lights out approaching at 90 mph with some
driver higher than the Himalayas. I have
problems with that. I also have problems
with pizza shops with hydroponic gardens on the rooftops opening across the
street from every elementary school in America.
Most of my friends probably would be surprised to hear me say this
unless they know me well but I just plain don’t want the government involved in
the business of making money off the sale of pot That said, because O”Malley has already ipso
facto decriminalized small amounts. Maybe
I am just old-fashioned about this (like I am gamboling which I also still
oppose on line offline - whatever.)
Nevertheless, there can be no doubt that DOUG GANSLER was
the indisputable winner last night. He
was succinct, sometimes a little sound bite-driven,
yeah, but succinct; direct, on target;
polite, matter-of-fact. GANSLER
further showed that he has a sense of humor about himself. He doesn’t believe he is perfect. He evidenced compassion, sincerity, and a
genuine motivation for public service.
He even quipped that his wife often told him he should get “a real job”
(something no one seems to have heard) but here he is “running for this” (he
didn’t call being governor a real job again).
Anyone who really listened to Doug and heard him as a person “got” this
- and after knowing Doug know for seven years rather remotely for the most part,
the one thing I can tell you that has always drawn me to him is the fact that
here is this guy, he is the Attorney General of the State of Maryland, which in
case you had not gotten it already you did if you listened to him last night is
ONE H*LL (pardon my French) OF A B*LL-B*STIN JOB. Everything legal that the State does - from
the legislatures to the policemen on the beat - is ultimately coming back to
you! For all intents and purposes, you
are the prosecutor for the People but you are also the voice of the executive
side of the law - you must make the call as to whether the State is acting
within its bounds legally. Yes, of
course - you get a big staff to manage and help -- but trust me: this is not an easy job. Most Attorney Generals I have encountered
take themselves a bit too seriously, but Doug is different. There is Doug the
Attorney General who goes into action the moment a sniper starts to fire or
some rapes someone or an elderly person is attacked - and then there is the
other side of Doug, the really charismatic sincere very likable guy who was
your best bud back in grade school who jokes with you, tells you what time it
is, makes you laugh - and Is not afraid to say “I am wrong.”
When Doug spoke about his son and the teenage beach party
with the underrated drinking, that was the DOUG GANSSLER we herd last night.
Whereas ANTHONY BROWN is still only admitting to being responsible for wasting
$250 MILLION with a lot of other folks.
Nothing sincere there. (And BROWN really cares about those people? I think not.)
BROWN made several other announcements that left me
speechless:
First he said that eliminating 2 percent of the corporate
tax would stop all the gains, which are modest at best, made in education in
Baltimore. Is he saying that the only
way for children to learn is to throw money at the educational system? Because if he is, BROWN has some really
fundamental misconceptions about what is involved in learning. One of the most important things involved in
learning is PLAY.
Second BROWN floored me with the most incoherent and seriously
deficient understanding of the simplest course in macroeconomics (like MACRO 101 from Community College, not
Harvard). He made no attempt to deny any
of the accusations of inaction on his part with respect to job creation over
the past 8 years. Brown made no attempt
to defend the ridiculous unemployment numbers he has been quoting for a while
and/or ludicrous poverty statistics for Baltimore County. Brown did not even attempt to explain how
under his term in office the jobs and poverty situation had gotten worse by
nearly 10 percent.
Instead, BROWN
proposed his fix: BROWN is implementing
a Commission. (How many hundreds of
millions of dollars will this Commission waste and is it also meeting behind
closed doors? And who is in charge of
this Commission? If it fails? If it succeeds?) The Commission is to report back
recommendations on what to do by 2016.
That is the economic relief that the people of Maryland can
expect from ANTHONY BROWN.
He promises you he absolutely is not going to cut the
corporate tax rate to make our state competitive with neighboring states. But he is going to give you a Commission.
So that is the third thing that I learned about ANTHONY
BROWN last night: that he is completely
out of touch with the degree to which people in this State are in misery with
the harms his particular regressive tax tax tax policies coupled with a total failure
to create jobs is causing right now out there to millions of Marylanders who
have suffered more of O’Malley and Brown than they can stand.
BROWN simply does not “get” it. He does not understand that people all over
the state have lost their jobs, businesses, homes, and are hungry right now,
that they are continuing to do so at a rate which increasing alarmingly, and
that if they wait until 2016 for the beginnings of real solutions, chances are
they will be gone or dead
And that is the fourth thing I learned about ANTHONY BROWN
last night. He cannot defend the record
he has. He has no real solutions
now. He wants to buy time he does not
deserve because he has had more than ample time to do something. And lastly, ANTHONY BROWN doesn’t really care
about Maryland or the people of Maryland - regardless of what county they are
from, what color they are, what creed - not even a hoot. Because anyone who did would never have the
audacity to offer the answers he does (or rather doesn’t) and just plain ignore
the fact that 47 percent of the people are ready to just up and leave.
ANTHONY BROWN’S got his.
That is all he cares about.
There is no question who won the debate last night. The only candidate who really does care about
all of the people of Maryland, who really doesn’t even need to be in this race,
except he feels drawn to serve. It is
fundamental to his faith, to his core being. DOUG GANSLER. He may not say what you want to hear. You may not like what he says sometimes. But I will tell you this, he says what he
thinks. And he definitely cares about
all of the people of Maryland
For someone who is
supposed to pose such a serious challenger to DOUG GANSLER, BROWN certainly
came across as inept - not even in the same league as GANSLER certainly not
skilled enough to govern. If so much of this campaign not been fueled by
viciously skewed attacks on the part of Erin * and The Sun, one would feel
sorry for BROWN. Compared to GANSLER'S strong performance, BROWN seemed almost
pathetic.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET GAP THAT BROWN/O'MALLEY ARE LEAVING FOR THE NEXT GOVERNOR, 4O SUCCESSIVE REGRESSIVE TAX INCREASES, NO VISION
And this is the huge "budgeting" success that Anthony Brown is more than happy to take credit for - a $188M structural deficit for the next governor to inherit which he has had 8 years to fix; 40 successive all completely REGRESSIVE taxes, not to mention a 3 percent tuition hike at Maryland State Colleges (which were already on shaky financial ground).
In the past two days, I have spoken to at least 100 people. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have heard something akin to the following from blacks, whites, poor, middle class, and relatively well-off folks alike: "I have been a Democrat all my life. But after the last eight years - and it has absolutely nothing to do wht the President or the color of anybody's skin, I just don't know what I am going to do. We have lived here all our lives and set aside what we thought was going to be enough to live off in our old age. But Annapolis just doesn't get it. Not only have they passed laws and taxes that made every neighboring state much more competitive than Western Maryland, they keep raising taxes on everything. Of course gasoline is the worst. If you are going to tax gasoline like this, you should at least have a huge offset against some other tax. It'd be one thing if they were raising gas taxes to these levels and lowered income taxes. But no - they keep raising the fees for everything. We just can't afford to live here any more. And we can't even get half of what our property was valued at when we go to sell. Something has really got to change. Brown and O'Malley claim they care about us but they haven't done a single thing that has really helped the people of this state, with the exception possibly of one or two counties and even that is doubtful.
We are so fed up. I really can't tell you who I am going to vote for. Right now, I'd leave this state if I could - and as soon as I figure out how to, we're going to be gone. And whether these two idiots in Annapolis get it or not, it is all because of them."
Of course, Brown and O'Malley pass the buck and blame Glendenning.
Ridiculous.
Doug Gansler has specific aggressive proposals and plans - pages and pages and pages worth - on how to create jobs and stimulate industrial growth in this state and begin to make it competitive again. It is apparent that Brown and O'Malley have never listened to a word the Attorney General has had to say on this particular subject - and they certainly are not hearing the voters of this state.
The last person I can recall who was this completely out of touch with reality was the first George Bush with the "read my lips,no new taxes" statement.
And even he seemed to be more cognizant of the economic realities and currents about to drown him.
Is anyone the least bit surpirsed that Gansler has begun to very rapidly overtake Brown now that people are actually beginning to pay attention to this race?
I think not.
Also I think it noteworthy that Brian Frosh has once again pulled way upfront and is certain to be a force de majeure and very likely the Democratic nominee for Attorney General. Again, this is really a no brainer. Just sit down and compare the records, the public service, the difficult issues tackled, the very hard work and even handed approach with ultimate respect for the law and innovative applications of precdents to new and demonizing situations.
In the case of both Gansler and Frosh, we are looking at excellence and brilliance. The thing about excellence and brilliance is that it ought to amaze and impress people and command respect. It doesn't. As a very dear friend of mine, Shana Alexander (of 60 Minutes fame) once told me, "it doesn't. It scares people."
Many people are intimidated by such high quality leadership; they would prefer hum drum cronyism and lackadaiscal results because for reasons unfathomable they feel comfortable and secure with what they know and understand.
These are not ordinary times. The crises that face our state, our nation and, in fact, our world - and how we do or do not solve them - will determine whether humanity itself survives. The roaches will definitely survive. Humanity is much more fragile.
Your vote does matter. You owe it to yourself and to the entire world in one very broad sense to do your best to look at each of these candidates objectively. To take enough time to think through which is most likely to provide the truly heroic leadership to tomorrow - assuming we get to tomorrow - and to exercise a vote in this Democratic gubernatorial primary. This is the first time in as long as any one can remember that we have had a split Democratic gubernatorial run-off in a primary; there are enormously fundamental differences between the two leading contenders. One is the obvious champion, the true leader. The other pretends to be. Vote for Doug Gansler and Jolene Ivey either in early elections (Thurs Jun 11 to Thurs Jun 18, Sat and Sun inclusive) or on primary day Tues, June 22.
You can really make a difference. Your one vote does really count. The more of us who have been loyal and who have played by the rules and who are horrified by what we see our own party doing - not to mention mortified by the alternative - must make our voices known very loudly and very clearly. Doug Gansler is a champion for all of the people of the State of Maryland - regardless of county, color, creed, sex, age, gender identity, any of the things that those who seek to oppress commonly use to divide and conquer. We must unify - Doug Gansler will make job creation and bringing work back to this State and putting every person regardlesss of race, age, sex, gender, marginalization who wants to work to work at the very best possible job that that person can do! We deserve no less. If we as a nation can put a man on the moon in less than 10 yeas, there is no reason we can not put our entire population that wants to work to work at decent jobs. Stop taxing labor - tax energy consumption; that would encourage conservation. It would allow small and medium sized companies to hire large numbers of people and those people in turn would spend money bringing in sales taxes. In the end, the state would likely actually bring in more money and our entire workforce would be employed. Accepting this idea that so that some may work, some must always be unemployed is just plain buying into a very big and destructive lie. I realize that making a transition on this scale would not be easy but it does not have to be done overnight; it could be phased in gradually to be sure each piece works. In the meantime, this non stop REGRESSIVE tax tax tax policy without even an attempt to really go after new industry or new jobs has been so destructive. We must not let Brown continue it - or Maryland will be a ghosttown. Has anyone seeen Blazing Saddles? Know the true story of how the West was won? RAILROAD WORKERS. Paint the town red. It is time for the people of this State to take the power vested in them back into their own hands and to exercise a vote. And your vote has never been more critical.
http://thedailyrecord.com/eyeonannapolis/2014/01/15/mission-failure-omalley-budget-wont-erase-structural-deficit/#more-5310
In the past two days, I have spoken to at least 100 people. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have heard something akin to the following from blacks, whites, poor, middle class, and relatively well-off folks alike: "I have been a Democrat all my life. But after the last eight years - and it has absolutely nothing to do wht the President or the color of anybody's skin, I just don't know what I am going to do. We have lived here all our lives and set aside what we thought was going to be enough to live off in our old age. But Annapolis just doesn't get it. Not only have they passed laws and taxes that made every neighboring state much more competitive than Western Maryland, they keep raising taxes on everything. Of course gasoline is the worst. If you are going to tax gasoline like this, you should at least have a huge offset against some other tax. It'd be one thing if they were raising gas taxes to these levels and lowered income taxes. But no - they keep raising the fees for everything. We just can't afford to live here any more. And we can't even get half of what our property was valued at when we go to sell. Something has really got to change. Brown and O'Malley claim they care about us but they haven't done a single thing that has really helped the people of this state, with the exception possibly of one or two counties and even that is doubtful.
We are so fed up. I really can't tell you who I am going to vote for. Right now, I'd leave this state if I could - and as soon as I figure out how to, we're going to be gone. And whether these two idiots in Annapolis get it or not, it is all because of them."
Of course, Brown and O'Malley pass the buck and blame Glendenning.
Ridiculous.
Doug Gansler has specific aggressive proposals and plans - pages and pages and pages worth - on how to create jobs and stimulate industrial growth in this state and begin to make it competitive again. It is apparent that Brown and O'Malley have never listened to a word the Attorney General has had to say on this particular subject - and they certainly are not hearing the voters of this state.
The last person I can recall who was this completely out of touch with reality was the first George Bush with the "read my lips,no new taxes" statement.
And even he seemed to be more cognizant of the economic realities and currents about to drown him.
Is anyone the least bit surpirsed that Gansler has begun to very rapidly overtake Brown now that people are actually beginning to pay attention to this race?
I think not.
Also I think it noteworthy that Brian Frosh has once again pulled way upfront and is certain to be a force de majeure and very likely the Democratic nominee for Attorney General. Again, this is really a no brainer. Just sit down and compare the records, the public service, the difficult issues tackled, the very hard work and even handed approach with ultimate respect for the law and innovative applications of precdents to new and demonizing situations.
In the case of both Gansler and Frosh, we are looking at excellence and brilliance. The thing about excellence and brilliance is that it ought to amaze and impress people and command respect. It doesn't. As a very dear friend of mine, Shana Alexander (of 60 Minutes fame) once told me, "it doesn't. It scares people."
Many people are intimidated by such high quality leadership; they would prefer hum drum cronyism and lackadaiscal results because for reasons unfathomable they feel comfortable and secure with what they know and understand.
These are not ordinary times. The crises that face our state, our nation and, in fact, our world - and how we do or do not solve them - will determine whether humanity itself survives. The roaches will definitely survive. Humanity is much more fragile.
Your vote does matter. You owe it to yourself and to the entire world in one very broad sense to do your best to look at each of these candidates objectively. To take enough time to think through which is most likely to provide the truly heroic leadership to tomorrow - assuming we get to tomorrow - and to exercise a vote in this Democratic gubernatorial primary. This is the first time in as long as any one can remember that we have had a split Democratic gubernatorial run-off in a primary; there are enormously fundamental differences between the two leading contenders. One is the obvious champion, the true leader. The other pretends to be. Vote for Doug Gansler and Jolene Ivey either in early elections (Thurs Jun 11 to Thurs Jun 18, Sat and Sun inclusive) or on primary day Tues, June 22.
You can really make a difference. Your one vote does really count. The more of us who have been loyal and who have played by the rules and who are horrified by what we see our own party doing - not to mention mortified by the alternative - must make our voices known very loudly and very clearly. Doug Gansler is a champion for all of the people of the State of Maryland - regardless of county, color, creed, sex, age, gender identity, any of the things that those who seek to oppress commonly use to divide and conquer. We must unify - Doug Gansler will make job creation and bringing work back to this State and putting every person regardlesss of race, age, sex, gender, marginalization who wants to work to work at the very best possible job that that person can do! We deserve no less. If we as a nation can put a man on the moon in less than 10 yeas, there is no reason we can not put our entire population that wants to work to work at decent jobs. Stop taxing labor - tax energy consumption; that would encourage conservation. It would allow small and medium sized companies to hire large numbers of people and those people in turn would spend money bringing in sales taxes. In the end, the state would likely actually bring in more money and our entire workforce would be employed. Accepting this idea that so that some may work, some must always be unemployed is just plain buying into a very big and destructive lie. I realize that making a transition on this scale would not be easy but it does not have to be done overnight; it could be phased in gradually to be sure each piece works. In the meantime, this non stop REGRESSIVE tax tax tax policy without even an attempt to really go after new industry or new jobs has been so destructive. We must not let Brown continue it - or Maryland will be a ghosttown. Has anyone seeen Blazing Saddles? Know the true story of how the West was won? RAILROAD WORKERS. Paint the town red. It is time for the people of this State to take the power vested in them back into their own hands and to exercise a vote. And your vote has never been more critical.
http://thedailyrecord.com/eyeonannapolis/2014/01/15/mission-failure-omalley-budget-wont-erase-structural-deficit/#more-5310
EVERY CHILD DESERVES A REAL EDUCATION
Agan my experiience matches Power toPeople to a tee Not only do the
folks I have been talking to "get" the ads and that Doug Gansler really
will FIGHT for all of the people of this State, but also Doug is not
content write off whole areas of the
State, There is absolutely no reason every child regardless of which
county he or she lives in, what ,color he or she is, what faith, what
sex, what ethnicity - the VERY SAME THINGS THAT MAKE DIVERSITY OUR
GREATEST STRENGTH are also used by those who would oppress to divide and
conquer, ironically - should not have the very best education possible
anywhere on this planet. We have to get smarter (like Teachers Unions do
have to consider SKILL RESULTS/not just TENURE-SENIORITY) and work
harder and smarter (learning does not have to be painful; team learning
can be great fun; but today's generation must realize that not only are
they competing for jobs with neighboring states, they are in fact
competing on a global scale - and in many countries where children are
very hungry, they will work many more hours because the opportunity to
learn is so precious - look at Malala, the Pakistani girl shot in the
head because she dared to go to school (in many Islamic communities,
girls are forbidden education; this keeps women dependent on men). I
happen to be closer to this story than most people because I knew when
Malala was helicoptered out of Pakistan almost instantly and how bloody
the reality was the first few days. Everyone in the West agreed were
Malala to instantly return to Pakistan upon recovery, the at would be
certain martyrdom. Convincing Malala to sit still and return over time
understated was not easy. That spirit - that desire to learn -is what
the children of Baltimore are really competing with - we must adapt to
new realities. Brown is willing to write off a huge segment of the
children even in Baltimore. He will settle for second best. Gansler will
fight hard to ensure no child is marginalized period.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/05/06/gansler-talks-about-teachers-and-the-environment-in-new-tv-ads/?wprss=rss_local&wp_login_redirect=0
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
ANTHONY BROWN NO SHOW AT DEBATE SCHEDULED FOR MONTHS
ANTHONY BROWN IS SUCH A BIG HERO
HE'S TOO CHICKEN TO EVEN DEBATE DOUG GANSLER OR HEATHER MIZEURH
(HE HAD TO GO TO A BAPTISM. OY VEH.)
Does this surprise anyone?
Anthony Brown's entire campaign is rumored to be in panic mode because Gansler, even withe Mizeur still in the race (and you really have to love her), is very rapidly gaining on him and everyone who talks to real voters out there day-in and day-out can tell you without thought. It is also said that several confidential internal polls confirm exactly Gansler's very fast rise - and still the majority of pople when polled are simply refusing to answer or saying they'd rather not discuss it.
Anyone who has seen these two men speak in front of audiences in a true debate forum knows which is the true orator and which is most likely to sway voters with sheer charisma. Anthony Brown looks great in still photos; in real time, he stumbles. Up until know he has managed to maintain front-runner status simply by avoiding real engagement with his opponents. Obviously a baptism could easily have been rescheduled and a more ridiculous excuse is hard to imagine (unless it has something to do with the dog eating homework).
Brown not only lacks real vision, has no real record of his own, has failed miserably at the one thing he chaired (and then didn't chair and blamed everyone else for...), does not appear to have ever championed a single innovative idea that was truly his own in his life, basically attends funerals, weddings, brisses, and other formal affairs where he looks good and makes nice but hollow speeches, has no substantive plans, does not have any deep connection or empathy with the people of Maryland, is opportunistic, lies (just like O'Malley did in the presidential debates of 2012 - see factcheck.org) over and over again about true statistics, takes credit for everything, appears to actually have done nothing, and is best served by playing Major Major Major - being out when he is in and in when he is out.
Let's see if Brown makes any of the debates.
http://www.gazette.net/article/20140505/OPINION/140509727/-1/missing-persons-report&template=gazette
HE'S TOO CHICKEN TO EVEN DEBATE DOUG GANSLER OR HEATHER MIZEURH
(HE HAD TO GO TO A BAPTISM. OY VEH.)
Does this surprise anyone?
Anthony Brown's entire campaign is rumored to be in panic mode because Gansler, even withe Mizeur still in the race (and you really have to love her), is very rapidly gaining on him and everyone who talks to real voters out there day-in and day-out can tell you without thought. It is also said that several confidential internal polls confirm exactly Gansler's very fast rise - and still the majority of pople when polled are simply refusing to answer or saying they'd rather not discuss it.
Anyone who has seen these two men speak in front of audiences in a true debate forum knows which is the true orator and which is most likely to sway voters with sheer charisma. Anthony Brown looks great in still photos; in real time, he stumbles. Up until know he has managed to maintain front-runner status simply by avoiding real engagement with his opponents. Obviously a baptism could easily have been rescheduled and a more ridiculous excuse is hard to imagine (unless it has something to do with the dog eating homework).
Brown not only lacks real vision, has no real record of his own, has failed miserably at the one thing he chaired (and then didn't chair and blamed everyone else for...), does not appear to have ever championed a single innovative idea that was truly his own in his life, basically attends funerals, weddings, brisses, and other formal affairs where he looks good and makes nice but hollow speeches, has no substantive plans, does not have any deep connection or empathy with the people of Maryland, is opportunistic, lies (just like O'Malley did in the presidential debates of 2012 - see factcheck.org) over and over again about true statistics, takes credit for everything, appears to actually have done nothing, and is best served by playing Major Major Major - being out when he is in and in when he is out.
Let's see if Brown makes any of the debates.
http://www.gazette.net/article/20140505/OPINION/140509727/-1/missing-persons-report&template=gazette
Monday, May 5, 2014
Saturday, May 3, 2014
GANSLER SUPPORTS DELIVERING HEALTH CARE
DOUG GANSLER SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE -
not wasting $200M developing a failed, then scrapped,
Health Care Exchange website - while lining your campaign's pockets - which is the singular thing that his opponent Lt Gov ANTHONY BROWN had done in his 8 years in offce which we can actually say ANTHONY BROWN was in charge of doing - and did!
Can you imagine how many leukemia patients could have been treated for how long with $200M - well based on my niece's experice I'd estimate roughy 200 for the initial 3 to 4 months of constant infusion care (with Mom as nurse attendant). We were fortunate in that Michigan did have a program at that time (pre Univeral Health Care) that kicked in and picked up expenses for those diagnosed with terminal illnessses but not before all the paperwork was processed. At which point the hospital handed m sister, a single mother of four (two of the father's being former VETS who wormed their way out of paying their child support) of "her" portion for the treatment (uncovered) in excess of $1M. We are talking about a mother of 4 who had just gotten a job where she made over $25K for the first time in her life- and had to quit in order to serve as full time nurse to my niece. We tried. We approached everyone. Local charities. News media - every paper, publication, even penny savers. Every local church within a 75 mile radius. City, county, and township councils boards. Schoolboards. State and Federal legislators. Many people were concerned and tried to help! God bless them. But $1M was too much for a mother losing her home serving 24 hrs a day as nurse to also act as fundraiser for - even with the good intent of many. Ultimately, tbankruptcy as the only solution.
Now does it make sense to spend that $200M developing a website and setting up a "model health care exchangech" (which incidentally lines your campaign's pockets and is audited by both the federal and state govenment - then scrapped in favor fo the Ct. Exchange developers, who actually did develop a site underbudget that worked first time running and enrolled far more people than projected) or does it make sense to use the $200M to say actualy provide some real assistance to Americans who through have sufferered some truly disastrous medical crisis?
VOTE GANSLER/IVEY
BROWN IS A REAL FLIM-FLAM MAN.
not wasting $200M developing a failed, then scrapped,
Health Care Exchange website - while lining your campaign's pockets - which is the singular thing that his opponent Lt Gov ANTHONY BROWN had done in his 8 years in offce which we can actually say ANTHONY BROWN was in charge of doing - and did!
Can you imagine how many leukemia patients could have been treated for how long with $200M - well based on my niece's experice I'd estimate roughy 200 for the initial 3 to 4 months of constant infusion care (with Mom as nurse attendant). We were fortunate in that Michigan did have a program at that time (pre Univeral Health Care) that kicked in and picked up expenses for those diagnosed with terminal illnessses but not before all the paperwork was processed. At which point the hospital handed m sister, a single mother of four (two of the father's being former VETS who wormed their way out of paying their child support) of "her" portion for the treatment (uncovered) in excess of $1M. We are talking about a mother of 4 who had just gotten a job where she made over $25K for the first time in her life- and had to quit in order to serve as full time nurse to my niece. We tried. We approached everyone. Local charities. News media - every paper, publication, even penny savers. Every local church within a 75 mile radius. City, county, and township councils boards. Schoolboards. State and Federal legislators. Many people were concerned and tried to help! God bless them. But $1M was too much for a mother losing her home serving 24 hrs a day as nurse to also act as fundraiser for - even with the good intent of many. Ultimately, tbankruptcy as the only solution.
Now does it make sense to spend that $200M developing a website and setting up a "model health care exchangech" (which incidentally lines your campaign's pockets and is audited by both the federal and state govenment - then scrapped in favor fo the Ct. Exchange developers, who actually did develop a site underbudget that worked first time running and enrolled far more people than projected) or does it make sense to use the $200M to say actualy provide some real assistance to Americans who through have sufferered some truly disastrous medical crisis?
VOTE GANSLER/IVEY
BROWN IS A REAL FLIM-FLAM MAN.
http://douggansler.com/tv-ad-affordable-health-care-right/
GANSLER SUPPORTS DELIVERING HEALTH CARE
DOUG GANSLER SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE -
not wasting $200M developing a failed, then scrapped,
Health Care Exchange website - while lining your campaign's pockets - which is the singular thing that his opponent Lt Gov ANTHONY BROWN had done in his 8 years in offce which we can actually say ANTHONY BROWN was in charge of doing - and did!
Can you imagine how many leukemia patients could have been treated for how long with $200M - well based on my niece's experice I'd estimate roughy 200 for the initial 3 to 4 months of constant infusion care (with Mom as nurse attendant). We were fortunate in that Michigan did have a program at that time (pre Univeral Health Care) that kicked in and picked up expenses for those diagnosed with terminal illnessses but not before all the paperwork was processed. At which point the hospital handed m sister, a single mother of four (two of the father's being former VETS who wormed their way out of paying their child support) of "her" portion for the treatment (uncovered) in excess of $1M. We are talking about a mother of 4 who had just gotten a job where she made over $25K for the first time in her life- and had to quit in order to serve as full time nurse to my niece. We tried. We approached everyone. Local charities. News media - every paper, publication, even penny savers. Every local church within a 75 mile radius. City, county, and township councils boards. Schoolboards. State and Federal legislators. Many people were concerned and tried to help! God bless them. But $1M was too much for a mother losing her home serving 24 hrs a day as nurse to also act as fundraiser for - even with the good intent of many. Ultimately, tbankruptcy as the only solution.
Now does it make sense to spend that $200M developing a website and setting up a "model health care exchangech" (which incidentally lines your campaign's pockets and is audited by both the federal and state govenment - then scrapped in favor fo the Ct. Exchange developers, who actually did develop a site underbudget that worked first time running and enrolled far more people than projected) or does it make sense to use the $200M to say actualy provide some real assistance to Americans who through have sufferered some truly disastrous medical crisis?
VOTE GANSLER/IVEY
BROWN IS A REAL FLIM-FLAM MAN.
not wasting $200M developing a failed, then scrapped,
Health Care Exchange website - while lining your campaign's pockets - which is the singular thing that his opponent Lt Gov ANTHONY BROWN had done in his 8 years in offce which we can actually say ANTHONY BROWN was in charge of doing - and did!
Can you imagine how many leukemia patients could have been treated for how long with $200M - well based on my niece's experice I'd estimate roughy 200 for the initial 3 to 4 months of constant infusion care (with Mom as nurse attendant). We were fortunate in that Michigan did have a program at that time (pre Univeral Health Care) that kicked in and picked up expenses for those diagnosed with terminal illnessses but not before all the paperwork was processed. At which point the hospital handed m sister, a single mother of four (two of the father's being former VETS who wormed their way out of paying their child support) of "her" portion for the treatment (uncovered) in excess of $1M. We are talking about a mother of 4 who had just gotten a job where she made over $25K for the first time in her life- and had to quit in order to serve as full time nurse to my niece. We tried. We approached everyone. Local charities. News media - every paper, publication, even penny savers. Every local church within a 75 mile radius. City, county, and township councils boards. Schoolboards. State and Federal legislators. Many people were concerned and tried to help! God bless them. But $1M was too much for a mother losing her home serving 24 hrs a day as nurse to also act as fundraiser for - even with the good intent of many. Ultimately, tbankruptcy as the only solution.
Now does it make sense to spend that $200M developing a website and setting up a "model health care exchangech" (which incidentally lines your campaign's pockets and is audited by both the federal and state govenment - then scrapped in favor fo the Ct. Exchange developers, who actually did develop a site underbudget that worked first time running and enrolled far more people than projected) or does it make sense to use the $200M to say actualy provide some real assistance to Americans who through have sufferered some truly disastrous medical crisis?
VOTE GANSLER/IVEY
BROWN IS A REAL FLIM-FLAM MAN.
http://douggansler.com/tv-ad-affordable-health-care-right/
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Gansler Campaigns for Governor - Your4State.com
Gansler Campaigns for Governor - Your4State.com
See the video and read the story about the Frederick breakfast yesterday morning!
See the video and read the story about the Frederick breakfast yesterday morning!
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Gansler: Md. should study high-speed rail options - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG
Gansler: Md. should study high-speed rail options - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG
This fururistic Gansler propoal actually makes enormous sense. The Japanese government has even offered to PAY 50 PERCENT UPFRONT just to demonstrate that its high-speed rail project which operates at speeds up to 300 MPH is propellled through magnets installed above the cars (not from locotives or steamgh engines) is a far superior alternative to link New York and DC than Amtrack's high speed ACELA trains (which supposedly can reach speeds of 220 MPH, but as anyone who has taken the ACELA knows, the train does not under any circumstancres REALLY go from Union Station to Penn Station in New York City in an hour (I once spent 19 hours on an ACELA train due to track outagages and severe weather conditions without Amtrak so much as offering me a cup of coffee and this was after my friend who had been so gracious as to lend me her Fifth Avenue Washington Square apartment a full weekend months in advance as she was going to be out of town that weekend made an error and returned a full day early - and even graciously offered to pay up to $500 for a hotel these at night but we did not want ot put her out, so we just aaid, no problem, we'll just catch an earlier Acela train). A demonstrtion of the Japanese technology by linking DC to Baltimore not only represents a huge and impressive image makeover for the rail of this portion of the state (if the Japanese are willing to finance 50 pecent upfront, they are oo make sure iworks), it would also give Amtrak some real incentive to either make the ACELA perform or collaborate with the Japanese perhaps jointly build this new link froim DC to Washgton. Moving back and forth from NYC to DC, or to Philadelphia, or Boston, or Baltimore, or even Annapolis, essentially brings all of these major metropolitan centers under one very quickly navigible umbrella - would open the door to much faster commutes, much faster document deliery - and with gas priced as it is, possibly faster commercial use. & Erin Cox wastes time on red cups.
This fururistic Gansler propoal actually makes enormous sense. The Japanese government has even offered to PAY 50 PERCENT UPFRONT just to demonstrate that its high-speed rail project which operates at speeds up to 300 MPH is propellled through magnets installed above the cars (not from locotives or steamgh engines) is a far superior alternative to link New York and DC than Amtrack's high speed ACELA trains (which supposedly can reach speeds of 220 MPH, but as anyone who has taken the ACELA knows, the train does not under any circumstancres REALLY go from Union Station to Penn Station in New York City in an hour (I once spent 19 hours on an ACELA train due to track outagages and severe weather conditions without Amtrak so much as offering me a cup of coffee and this was after my friend who had been so gracious as to lend me her Fifth Avenue Washington Square apartment a full weekend months in advance as she was going to be out of town that weekend made an error and returned a full day early - and even graciously offered to pay up to $500 for a hotel these at night but we did not want ot put her out, so we just aaid, no problem, we'll just catch an earlier Acela train). A demonstrtion of the Japanese technology by linking DC to Baltimore not only represents a huge and impressive image makeover for the rail of this portion of the state (if the Japanese are willing to finance 50 pecent upfront, they are oo make sure iworks), it would also give Amtrak some real incentive to either make the ACELA perform or collaborate with the Japanese perhaps jointly build this new link froim DC to Washgton. Moving back and forth from NYC to DC, or to Philadelphia, or Boston, or Baltimore, or even Annapolis, essentially brings all of these major metropolitan centers under one very quickly navigible umbrella - would open the door to much faster commutes, much faster document deliery - and with gas priced as it is, possibly faster commercial use. & Erin Cox wastes time on red cups.
Gansler: Md. should study high-speed rail options - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG
Gansler: Md. should study high-speed rail options - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG
This fururistic Gansler propoal actually makes enormous sense. The Japanese government has even offered to PAY 50 PERCENT UPFRONT just to demonstrate that its high-speed rail project which operates at speeds up to 300 MPH is propellled through magnets installed above the cars (not from locotives or steamgh engines) is a far superior alternative to link New York and DC than Amtrack's high speed ACELA trains (which supposedly can reach speeds of 220 MPH, but as anyone who has taken the ACELA knows, the train does not under any circumstancres REALLY go from Union Station to Penn Station in New York City in an hour (I once spent 19 hours on an ACELA train due to track outagages and severe weather conditions without Amtrak so much as offering me a cup of coffee and this was after my friend who had been so gracious as to lend me her Fifth Avenue Washington Square apartment a full weekend months in advance as she was going to be out of town that weekend made an error and returned a full day early - and even graciously offered to pay up to $500 for a hotel these at night but we did not want ot put her out, so we just aaid, no problem, we'll just catch an earlier Acela train). A demonstrtion of the Japanese technology by linking DC to Baltimore not only represents a huge and impressive image makeover for the rail of this portion of the state (if the Japanese are willing to finance 50 pecent upfront, they are oo make sure iworks), it would also give Amtrak some real incentive to either make the ACELA perform or collaborate with the Japanese perhaps jointly build this new link froim DC to Washgton. Moving back and forth from NYC to DC, or to Philadelphia, or Boston, or Baltimore, or even Annapolis, essentially brings all of these major metropolitan centers under one very quickly navigible umbrella - would open the door to much faster commutes, much faster document deliery - and with gas priced as it is, possibly faster commercial use. & Erin Cox wastes time on red cups.
This fururistic Gansler propoal actually makes enormous sense. The Japanese government has even offered to PAY 50 PERCENT UPFRONT just to demonstrate that its high-speed rail project which operates at speeds up to 300 MPH is propellled through magnets installed above the cars (not from locotives or steamgh engines) is a far superior alternative to link New York and DC than Amtrack's high speed ACELA trains (which supposedly can reach speeds of 220 MPH, but as anyone who has taken the ACELA knows, the train does not under any circumstancres REALLY go from Union Station to Penn Station in New York City in an hour (I once spent 19 hours on an ACELA train due to track outagages and severe weather conditions without Amtrak so much as offering me a cup of coffee and this was after my friend who had been so gracious as to lend me her Fifth Avenue Washington Square apartment a full weekend months in advance as she was going to be out of town that weekend made an error and returned a full day early - and even graciously offered to pay up to $500 for a hotel these at night but we did not want ot put her out, so we just aaid, no problem, we'll just catch an earlier Acela train). A demonstrtion of the Japanese technology by linking DC to Baltimore not only represents a huge and impressive image makeover for the rail of this portion of the state (if the Japanese are willing to finance 50 pecent upfront, they are oo make sure iworks), it would also give Amtrak some real incentive to either make the ACELA perform or collaborate with the Japanese perhaps jointly build this new link froim DC to Washgton. Moving back and forth from NYC to DC, or to Philadelphia, or Boston, or Baltimore, or even Annapolis, essentially brings all of these major metropolitan centers under one very quickly navigible umbrella - would open the door to much faster commutes, much faster document deliery - and with gas priced as it is, possibly faster commercial use. & Erin Cox wastes time on red cups.
Gansler: Md. should study high-speed rail options - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG
Gansler: Md. should study high-speed rail options - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG
This fururistic Gansler propoal actually makes enormous sense. The Japanese government has even offered to PAY 50 PERCENT UPFRONT just to demonstrate that its high-speed rail project which operates at speeds up to 300 MPH is propellled through magnets installed above the cars (not from locotives or steamgh engines) is a far superior alternative to link New York and DC than Amtrack's high speed ACELA trains (which supposedly can reach speeds of 220 MPH, but as anyone who has taken the ACELA knows, the train does not under any circumstancres REALLY go from Union Station to Penn Station in New York City in an hour (I once spent 19 hours on an ACELA train due to track outagages and severe weather conditions without Amtrak so much as offering me a cup of coffee and this was after my friend who had been so gracious as to lend me her Fifth Avenue Washington Square apartment a full weekend months in advance as she was going to be out of town that weekend made an error and returned a full day early - and even graciously offered to pay up to $500 for a hotel these at night but we did not want ot put her out, so we just aaid, no problem, we'll just catch an earlier Acela train). A demonstrtion of the Japanese technology by linking DC to Baltimore not only represents a huge and impressive image makeover for the rail of this portion of the state (if the Japanese are willing to finance 50 pecent upfront, they are oo make sure iworks), it would also give Amtrak some real incentive to either make the ACELA perform or collaborate with the Japanese perhaps jointly build this new link froim DC to Washgton. Moving back and forth from NYC to DC, or to Philadelphia, or Boston, or Baltimore, or even Annapolis, essentially brings all of these major metropolitan centers under one very quickly navigible umbrella - would open the door to much faster commutes, much faster document deliery - and with gas priced as it is, possibly faster commercial use. & Erin Cox wastes time on red cups.
This fururistic Gansler propoal actually makes enormous sense. The Japanese government has even offered to PAY 50 PERCENT UPFRONT just to demonstrate that its high-speed rail project which operates at speeds up to 300 MPH is propellled through magnets installed above the cars (not from locotives or steamgh engines) is a far superior alternative to link New York and DC than Amtrack's high speed ACELA trains (which supposedly can reach speeds of 220 MPH, but as anyone who has taken the ACELA knows, the train does not under any circumstancres REALLY go from Union Station to Penn Station in New York City in an hour (I once spent 19 hours on an ACELA train due to track outagages and severe weather conditions without Amtrak so much as offering me a cup of coffee and this was after my friend who had been so gracious as to lend me her Fifth Avenue Washington Square apartment a full weekend months in advance as she was going to be out of town that weekend made an error and returned a full day early - and even graciously offered to pay up to $500 for a hotel these at night but we did not want ot put her out, so we just aaid, no problem, we'll just catch an earlier Acela train). A demonstrtion of the Japanese technology by linking DC to Baltimore not only represents a huge and impressive image makeover for the rail of this portion of the state (if the Japanese are willing to finance 50 pecent upfront, they are oo make sure iworks), it would also give Amtrak some real incentive to either make the ACELA perform or collaborate with the Japanese perhaps jointly build this new link froim DC to Washgton. Moving back and forth from NYC to DC, or to Philadelphia, or Boston, or Baltimore, or even Annapolis, essentially brings all of these major metropolitan centers under one very quickly navigible umbrella - would open the door to much faster commutes, much faster document deliery - and with gas priced as it is, possibly faster commercial use. & Erin Cox wastes time on red cups.
Gansler: Maryland Should Study High-Speed Rail Options « CBS DC
Gansler: Maryland Should Study High-Speed Rail Options « CBS DC
This fururistic Gansler propoal actually makes enormous sense. The Japanese government has even offered to PAY 50 PERCENT UPFRONT just to demonstrate that its high-speed rail project which operates at speeds up to 300 MPH is propellled through magnets installed above the cars (not from locotives or steamgh engines) is a far superior alternative to link New York and DC than Amtrack's high speed ACELA trains (which supposedly can reach speeds of 220 MPH, but as anyone who has taken the ACELA knows, the train does not under any circumstancres REALLY go from Union Station to Penn Station in New York City in an hour (I once spent 19 hours on an ACELA train due to track outagages and severe weather conditions without Amtrak so much as offering me a cup of coffee and this was after my friend who had been so gracious as to lend me her Fifth Avenue Washington Square apartment a full weekend months in advance as she was going to be out of town that weekend made an error and returned a full day early - and even graciously offered to pay up to $500 for a hotel these at night but we did not want ot put her out, so we just aaid, no problem, we'll just catch an earlier Acela train). A demonstrtion of the Japanese technology by linking DC to Baltimore not only represents a huge and impressive image makeover for the rail of this portion of the state (if the Japanese are willing to finance 50 pecent upfront, they are oo make sure iworks), it would also give Amtrak some real incentive to either make the ACELA perform or collaborate with the Japanese perhaps jointly build this new link froim DC to Washgton. Moving back and forth from NYC to DC, or to Philadelphia, or Boston, or Baltimore, or even Annapolis, essentially brings all of these major metropolitan centers under one very quickly navigible umbrella - would open the door to much faster commutes, much faster document deliery - and with gas priced as it is, possibly faster commercial use. & Erin Cox wastes time on red cups.
This fururistic Gansler propoal actually makes enormous sense. The Japanese government has even offered to PAY 50 PERCENT UPFRONT just to demonstrate that its high-speed rail project which operates at speeds up to 300 MPH is propellled through magnets installed above the cars (not from locotives or steamgh engines) is a far superior alternative to link New York and DC than Amtrack's high speed ACELA trains (which supposedly can reach speeds of 220 MPH, but as anyone who has taken the ACELA knows, the train does not under any circumstancres REALLY go from Union Station to Penn Station in New York City in an hour (I once spent 19 hours on an ACELA train due to track outagages and severe weather conditions without Amtrak so much as offering me a cup of coffee and this was after my friend who had been so gracious as to lend me her Fifth Avenue Washington Square apartment a full weekend months in advance as she was going to be out of town that weekend made an error and returned a full day early - and even graciously offered to pay up to $500 for a hotel these at night but we did not want ot put her out, so we just aaid, no problem, we'll just catch an earlier Acela train). A demonstrtion of the Japanese technology by linking DC to Baltimore not only represents a huge and impressive image makeover for the rail of this portion of the state (if the Japanese are willing to finance 50 pecent upfront, they are oo make sure iworks), it would also give Amtrak some real incentive to either make the ACELA perform or collaborate with the Japanese perhaps jointly build this new link froim DC to Washgton. Moving back and forth from NYC to DC, or to Philadelphia, or Boston, or Baltimore, or even Annapolis, essentially brings all of these major metropolitan centers under one very quickly navigible umbrella - would open the door to much faster commutes, much faster document deliery - and with gas priced as it is, possibly faster commercial use. & Erin Cox wastes time on red cups.
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