#california limited

[aryburn-trains]

AT&SF locomotive, engine number 3778, engine type 4-8-4 Train #3, California Limited; 7 cars, 75 MPH. Photographed: east of Isleta, N.M., January 12, 1947.

#california limited #atsf #santa fe #1947 #chicago #los angeles #trains #passenger train #history #isleta #new mexico

[dizzybevvie]

does anyone have any strong opinions on which US stae Mystreet would actually be in

#yes im aware the USA is not canon BUT IF IT WAS #ystreet and/or lovers' lane. where is it #i have very limited knowledge on us states #go to in my brain is florida but i have no idea #maybe california cus theyre insuffferable /lh #WHERE #mystreet #aphmau #aphmau mystreet #aphblr #aphverse #beverly says stuff #lovers lane #mystreet season 3

[amtrak-official]

Surprise Bonus Poll #2

#trains #polls #route bracket #lakeshore limited #coast starlight #sunset limited #southwest cheif #silver star #silver meator #empire builder #california zephyr #cardinal #cresent #city of new orleans

[racefortheironthrone]

Are you in favour of term limits for members of Congress? Like the way that say Michigan has stricter rules on how long you can be in. Or maybe something like they can't serve more than two consecutive terms, but could serve again after another term.

I am against term limits for pretty much all elected offices; I consider it to be the worst of the "good government" reforms, because its actual impact is so directly counter-productive to its intended outcome. After spending eight years in California politics at a time when term limits dominated state politics, I can say with some confidence that term limits had a poisonous and corrosive effect on both the political culture of the state and the policymaking process.

The logic behind term limits is that it is supposed to discourage the formation of a professional class of politicians and encourage the ideal of the disinterested citizen representative who serves his time in government and then goes home, a la Cincinnatus. This did not happen, because term limits doesn't actually change the electoral process to make it easier for amateurs to win elections, nor is it the case that there's a finite pool of professional or would-be professional politicians who will be disbarred from the political process.

Instead, term limits encouraged politicians to spend even less of their time focusing on the business of government and more time raising money and planning their re-relection, because now they had to develop a complicated hop-scotching career path that went from assembly to senate and then to some statewide office and then back down to county supervisor or something else minor, and so on.

Moreover, because the number of elected positions tends to dwindle as you move up the political ladder, this encouraged a vicious culture of musical chairs, where politicians constantly schemed to stab other politicians in the back to clear the field for their own campaigns. This led to some truly ugly primaries and a general low level of trust between politicians that made cooperation on legislation even more difficult.

Finally, let's talk public policy. Contrary to "good government" ideology, in reality being a legislator or an executive or a judicial officer is a real specialized profession that people have to develop expertise (both in the legislative or executive process, and the details of a certain subset of public policies that the politician cares about) over time. Term limits directly attack that development of expertise - if all you have is two terms and generally freshmen politicians spend their first terms with no clue as to what they're doing, you're never going to learn to be very good at your job, and you don't have much of an incentive to get good at your job because you're going to be kicked out permanently anyway. But you know who has infinite amounts of time to learn to get good at the political process and the details of public policy? Lobbyists for wealthy corporations. Very quickly, the lobbyists become the source of expertise that legislators turn to to help them write legislation and tell them how to vote, because they're the only ones who know what they're doing. Moreover, term limits massively encourage revolving door politics, because when everyone's running to keep ahead of the term limit axe, a permanent job that pays much better than legislative office and still lets you stay in politics sounds really good.

#politics #political sciene #political theory #term limits #u.s politics #california politics

[emeraldexplorer2]

A publicity photo shows the Sunset Limited, the premier passenger train of the Southern Pacific Railroad westbound on Beaumont Pass in California in the early 19

#1950's #southern pacific #sunset limited #beaumont pass #california #train #vintage train travel #vintage trains #locomotive #passenger train #railway #vintage railroads #railroad

[moregraceful]

also. btw. i do usually try to be nice to towns i visit and not speak badly of them but palm desert literally has no sidewalks in its neighborhoods and is like 80% country clubs so i'm gonna clown on it

#next time i come i am staying in palm springs HOWEVER #UNTIL THEN #no sidewalks!! literally no sidewalks!! and the speed limits vary between 25-55mph on the city streets!! #this is not a city designed for humans!!!!! #i grew up in an ultra-rich suburb that sucks so bad i can talk as much shit as i want about other rich suburbs #although. oh no. i got curious what rental prices are bc i was like surely the minor leaguers must be in hell in this city #so i started digging around zillow to see what it costs to rent here and. you can rent a 3bd/3ba house with a pool #for less than what i was paying for a 1bd/1ba apartment in the bay area #🥲 #i hope the firebirds are having SO many pool parties #fresno oilers.txt #california is so fucked up lmao

[ch3rie-pop]

I made the uncomfortable discovery that California allows child marriages.

#california #child marriage #Actually the U.S. in general does not have a minimum age limit in which citizens can be Unionized #DEAR GOD. #Idk read an article about it for a research paper in english #we’re not as rampant in minor marriages as Niger BUT LIIIIKE #Shame #I’m outta here

[auraeseer]

#family owned #sierra nevada #cosmic little thing ipa #hazy double ipa #ale #limited hazy series #sierra nevada brewing co. #chico #california

[freebooter4ever]

california revoked my health insurance two months ago without telling me because the unemployment i recieve is 'over the income limit'. unemployment that literally does not even cover my rent, let alone anything else extra. i am living on my savings here, and cali is telling me im making too much money to qualify for health insurance. and i found out today because i tried to go to the dentist.

#i suddenly understand why justin and ally arent married yet #if THAT is the limit #what the ever living hellscape california #seriously fuck this state #journal shit

[onion-cakes]

Two days until @DesignerCon

I have like 6 left of last years exclusive glow in the dark raptor! So come grab them! I'll be with the big boys at 429!

#limited edition #designer con 2023 #paleo #paleo art #shop small #help im a small artist #anaheim california

[tj-crochets]

Sticker update!! My guitar case is slowly getting more and more covered in stickers and I love it

Special credit should go to @firesidetextiles ko-fi sticker club, source of all the starry animal stickers, the glow in the dark skeleton puppy and ufo stickers, the embroidery scissor sticker, and several other stickers I have been sneakily adding into packages I send my friends. I get a sticker every month and it’s always a surprise because I am bad at time and sometimes there’s bonus stuff!

#stickers #other people’s art #firesidetextiles stickers #also including (but not limited to) #stickers by hyydraworks here on tumblr #and coyote brush studios (not on tumblr but EXCELLENT stickers of California flora and fauna) #also prose-n-scripts for the pizza rat sticker which was a surprise and I love it

[aryburn-trains]

California Limited of the Santa Fe Railway Barstow, CA 1926

#california limited #atsf #santa fe #pullman #1926 #chicago #los angeles #trains #passenger train #history #barstow #california #observation car

[thisisabernieblog]

My turn at breaking news with the Destial meme 😂😂😂

Burn in fucking hell!

#Rest in piss you decrepit abomination #Democrats #California #Another geriatric senator dead #Term limits

[amtrak-official]

best route from omaha to raleigh and can i bring my bike?

California Zephyr to Chicago, then transfer to the Capitol Limited then in DC transfer onto the Silver Star. You can bring you bike but it has to be put in storage in the Zephyr and the Silver Star

#asks #california zephyr #capitol limited #silver star

[blind-royal-guardian]

Meet the Raisins-color pencil

#california raisins #color pencil #limited palette #A.C #beebop #red #stretch #traditional art #blindroyalguardian

[gabriellegarland]

#gabriellegarland #gabrielle garland #houseportrait #artists on tumblr #california #sunsets #architecture #design #summertime #limited edition #prints