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To: SiouxPal who wrote (395350)	7/1/2008 3:45:44 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 1573900

eh tu Casey Jones. We agree. Trains are part of the solution. Your brothers had it right---One horsepower vehicles are just fine with me too. I hate looking at the gas gauge these days. I go for an ice coffee at Starbucks and it costs me more on gas than on coffee.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (395350)	7/1/2008 5:52:07 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573900

McCain said, “Amtrak needs to make more progress before any further funding schemes are enacted,” while at the same time calling any money for progress a “multibillion-dollar blank check.” In 2002, McCain declared that “Amtrak should be restructured to eliminate its reliance on the American taxpayers and to allow for its privatization.” In 2003, McCain allowed that new Amtrak president David Gunn “increased efficiency rather dramatically.” But McCain continued in years afterward to fight the capital improvements needed. McCain became a self-fulfilling prophet, making sure that Amtrak remained exactly what he feared it would be, “the albatross blocking the development of a program that actually meets the needs of the traveling public.” Thanks for pointing out that McBush is another one of the buttholes who has opposed Amtrak's progress. His mediocre intellect should have been forewarning. Suddenly, the traveling public is demanding the development of commuter and high-speed intercity rail. According to the American Public Transportation Association, light rail (streetcars) was up 10 percent in the first quarter of this year, commuter rail was up by 6 percent, and subways were up 4 percent (Boston subway travel was up by 9 percent). I had to go to an office in a suburban area yesterday. I was surprised how many people in this office had started taking the bus. People are starting to wake up.