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‘Mad Men’ and … High-Speed Rail?

U.S. PIRG, in conjunction with the web site Funny or Die,  has worked with two actors from TV’s Mad Men to produce a video in support of high-speed rail.

Acting as their on-screen characters in the 1960s, the two men banter that high-speed rail is so clearly a good idea that the smart people in government will “of course” make it happen the way they did for highways and airports. “I think you can relax on this whole thing,” says one. “I read that in 40 years, gas is going to be almost a dollar a gallon.”

The video ends with a voiceover: “We can’t wait another decade to move forward on high-speed rail. The future is now. Tell your friends, tell your family, but most importantly—if you agree—then tell your senators.”

If large numbers of visitors to the website click that they find the video funny, then it stays at the top of the website and attracts many more viewers. The more viewers, the more attention high-speed rail will receive. To see the video, click here.
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