right on!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjgJWqxUyTc

If you have:

• unsafe drinking water
• an unclean environment
• inefficient transportation

then blame a politician, public-private partnerships, crony capitalism and those who support the them. 

Be informed! THINK! 

or blame yourself.


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traffic

Innovative design aims to alleviate traffic congestion in Haymarket - WTOP

1. Can't put 10 pounds of stuff into a 5 pound-bag. 
2. Can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

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in the news

Target phases out some gender categories in its products | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

could be a good thing...
The US needs more engineers...

Energy industry develops more women as resources - Victoria Advocate - Victoria, TX

Target 

STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) 

Is there a worse run operation in the world?

DC Metro Actually Giving Riders Refunds For Poor Service | The Daily Caller

Other than government in general, the answer is NO.

It was also announced yesterday that Metro's 2014 fiscal report, due more than nine months ago, has finally been released. Metro's deficit spending over the last several years is in the order of $1 BILLION.




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Helluva way to run a railroad

http://wtop.com/local/2015/08/three-metro-lines-suspended-in-downtown-d-c/slide/1/

This is what happens when politicians run a railroad. Not even 50 years old, Metro was once the pride of DC & vicinity. Now it’s a blight—crumbling, poorly run and dangerous. When Metro’s engineers appeared before Montgomery County’s council and told them that future maintenance and operations costs for the seriously flawed, unopened, overdue and over-budget Silver Spring Transit Center were going to be extraordinarily high, they were scoffed at. Metro’s GM at the time scoffed at his own engineers telling Montgomery County’s politicians not to worry—that Metro will operate and maintain the transit center. This, and Metro’s abysmal operations and safety record, is why Metro has no credibility. It’s a helluva way to run a railroad.

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such a deal!

Silver Spring Transit Center may open by fall after all - The Washington Post

Waldstein
8/4/2015 10:59 PM EDT

Metro dropped their requirement for $15 million? Why? Somebody clearly cut a deal behind the scenes. Let the falling concrete begin.

peretired
6:07 AM EDT

It's a deal alright; but, it isn't a new deal--it's the same old deal that was in place when Montgomery County chose their private sector buddies to design, build and inspect the SSTC (public-private partnership), instead of the normal open competition that takes place with most public works projects. It's the same hand that's always dealt to taxpayers--politics wins; and in return, we taxpayers get a "monumental debacle", and get to pay for "repairs" and high future maintenance costs as well. Such a deal! Besides, in addition to being a "dealer" itself, Metro has too many problems of its own to stand up to Montgomery County.

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