Reply #35: And the Bushreich cuts Amtrak funding in response!!

[theHandpuppet]

One of the biggest crimes in this country has been the purposeful neglect and downright dismantling of this nation's passenger rail system -- a scheme that has taken such patience and deliberance in its unfolding that generations of Americans living today have no memory of a time when travel by train was commonplace. And now, at a time when it is abundantly clear that an extensive, modern and efficient rail system will be vital to this country's survival, the Bushreich continues to drive the passenger rail into extinction so that even more cars, trucks, SUVs and other energy-wasting machines can further fill the coffers of the rich in the oil and auto industries.

To think that an honest government initiative to revitalize the nations' rail sytem would provide millions of new, well-paying union jobs (both directly in rail companies' employment rolls and also in the steel and fabrication industries) whilst reducing our dependence on a vanishing energy supply -- well, these very ideas go against every greedy, unpatriotic, self-serving aim as represented by the Bushreich and the corporate elitists who serve as its base... the "have mores", as GWB himself described them.

It's time to DEMAND a national initiative to revitalize the passenger rail serevice in this country. Moreover, as we develop the modern technologies and expand the current system, we must also insure that the infrastructure available to us now is preserved, supported and upgraded.

We cannot not wait for tomorrows. This action MUST be pursued by our elected men and women of government with urgency. The future depends upon it.