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To: jlallen who wrote (857342)5/15/2015 3:27:25 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1573433
 
The part that was long gone in my town left a legacy that will produce free green electricity for the clinic for at least another 20 years. The part that's not long gone is still paying for a road project or two in my county, and for my electric train, and I do thank you for your share.



Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting the United States this week, and his trip began in California. According to the Wall Street Journal, a big part of his California stop is to act as the “salesman-in-chief” for Japan’s high speed rail in the hopes that California will choose it for its own HSR project. Abe met with Governor Jerry Brown and other state leaders to tout Japanese technology:

cahsrblog.com

It should be noted that BO can't act as salesman-in-chief for the US, in the hopes we will choose it, cuz the US doesn't have one. Only great nation-states like California can do these things.