No props for you, Ray LaHood

Dennis Byrne on the high-speed rail folly, "Dreams of getting there pronto".

And the NY Times is underwhelmed by Ray LaHood, Obama Sec. of Transportation. Look, he was picked because he's an Illinois Combine product, crony of the Dem Machine. A pet of ObamaRahmbo. He's an amiable tool:

One “cocktail situation” occurred recently at the annual Gridiron Club dinner. Mr. LaHood was seated at the head table near Mr. Chu, and between Arne Duncan and Timothy F. Geithner, the education and Treasury secretaries. The men asked Mr. LaHood if they could flee the dinner before the interminable speechifying ended. No, Mr. LaHood counseled.

“I said, ‘Look, you’re window dressing,’ ” Mr. LaHood said. “ ‘You’re more of a prop. But it’s part of what we have to do.’ ” Mr. Chu and Mr. Duncan heeded the advice; Mr. Geithner did not.

This is costing us billions. Trillions. And for what? Already evidence of corruption is rolling in. Teapot Dome on a high-speed track to ruin.