The forum undoubtedly knows of my disdain for railroads that viciously lie and threaten the harmless INNOCENT. Why would anyone help a villain? With one railroad, for example, if I see a broken bond wire causing a tri-color signal to be red, I will NOT call it in. Let the railroad pay its personnel to go out and find the cause of the profit consuming, train delaying mysterious problem. That’s the railroad’s just reward for being like a warlock. Besides, the railroad’s management would not be appreciative anyway. On the other hand, if I see a broken rail where obviously someone could soon get killed, I will unhesitatingly call it in and spend my cell phone minutes to possibly save a life. If you want to kiss those that punch people in the face, that is your business. But I personally think it is stupid to do so.
Not me,ohhh no. Why should we care when the Railroad doesn’t? I have seen many thing that could cause a problem. But “I” for one will not say “Nothing” to the Railroad. I did that once and no action was taken…so I did nothing. And I won’t anymore. If Railroads care more for the all mighty dollar,so be it. Money is more importent than safety. Safety is not. Railroads could care less. And that goes for “ALL” Railroads.
i dont think its the railroads per se but our economic system that rewards extreme profits at the expense of all else including people.
You are just focused on one small part of an even uglier big picture.
It’s not just the railroads, have you heard of Enron?..Adelphia?..Global Crossing?..Iraq?
At the very heart of all these media spun “tragedies”, there rests a common theme of unbridaled greed having a hedonistic orgy of self indulgence. Where the fat cats get fatter while we are duped with fluff and fodder into thinking that the goings on are symbolic of good triumphing over evil.
Wake up KP. it’s not just the Railroads. It’s not *** Davidson wiretapping your private phone conversations then claiming it is necessary to keep YOU safe.
Next time some one tells you to “support our troops” I suggest you take a look beneath the surface and see if there is anything else down there they hope you won’t see while you are preoccupied flag waving and fist pounding in mindless patriotic support of the modern day robber barons…
This has to be the most sanctimonious non-sequitor I have seen in a while—and I am just referring to the railroad aspect of things.
Gabe
This guy lives under a bridge…lol…
LC
What have the railroads done to you, K. P. Harrier?
Ok Carter wiretapped and Clinton started echelon ( look it up) So before you start just bashing the current admin I suggest you do some fact checking.
I support our troops I support the Government listening in on CELL phone calls coming in from terrorist hotbeds. If this is so illegal explain why congress has known about this for some time ? And btw folks Cell phone conversations can be picked up as they are radio signals, wiretapping doesnt apply here.
Also lets talk economics people. Those bright shiny motors and cars cost money, so does all the land that we pay a ton of taxes on yearly to local county state and fedral governments.Obscene profits? SO sorry! When did Karl start running the show (BTW he EVEN admits communism is a utopia that will never be reached as it is a corruptible system)
In a nut shell, The Duke is still right, my government serving me is fine and I want them to do more to get rid of terrorists in this country ( I will even go so far as saying deportation for any who try to commit an act of terror and I dont care if you were born here and your family has been here since Jamewstown!) Enough is enough,both sides are corrupt on some levels, and I notice a lot of the Abermoff scandal is going away now that 85 democrats were found to have taken money as well (Mrs. Clinton herself was one, that would hurt that 2008 bid) if you want to change Washington go ahead and run. But youll be just as bad after 3 years and we will be calling for your head on a stick .
When it comes to the security of my nation ( that allows me to voice these ideas, and you as well) I am all for dropping privacy issues. Look to Lincoln suspending the writ of habeus corpus during the civil war. Wilson and Roosevelt blacking out the news during both "Great"wars. You think Iraq is so bad? We lost more troops in one day in WWII during a mock landing in England when German torpedo boats attacked and killed 5000 troops getting ready for D day. Had they figured out that this was adrill for tha
Uh…?
What did jump jet junior say again?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by route_rock
Ok Carter wiretapped and Clinton started echelon ( look it up) So before you start just bashing the current admin I suggest you do some fact checking.
I support our troops I support the Government listening in on CELL phone calls coming in from terrorist hotbeds. If this is so illegal explain why congress has known about this for some time ? And btw folks Cell phone conversations can be picked up as they are radio signals, wiretapping doesnt apply here.
Also lets talk economics people. Those bright shiny motors and cars cost money, so does all the land that we pay a ton of taxes on yearly to local county state and fedral governments.Obscene profits? SO sorry! When did Karl start running the show (BTW he EVEN admits communism is a utopia that will never be reached as it is a corruptible system)
In a nut shell, The Duke is still right, my government serving me is fine and I want them to do more to get rid of terrorists in this country ( I will even go so far as saying deportation for any who try to commit an act of terror and I dont care if you were born here and your family has been here since Jamewstown!) Enough is enough,both sides are corrupt on some levels, and I notice a lot of the Abermoff scandal is going away now that 85 democrats were found to have taken money as well (Mrs. Clinton herself was one, that would hurt that 2008 bid) if you want to change Washington go ahead and run. But youll be just as bad after 3 years and we will be calling for your head on a stick .
When it comes to the security of my nation ( that allows me to voice these ideas, and you as well) I am all for dropping privacy issues. Look to Lincoln suspending the writ of habeus corpus during the civil war. Wilson and Roosevelt blacking out the news during both "Great"wars. You think Iraq is so bad? We lost more troops in one day in WWII during a mock landing in England when German torpedo boats attacked and killed 5000 troops getting re
It’s “kinda” hard to have a war of wits with two totally unarmed individuals.[V][V][V]
Let the brainwashed vent …somewhere else.
Do you think anyone cares what you do?
When the Railroads raise rates. We all will have to pay more. Just like the Trucking companys.
But the REAL question Bob, is, does anybody know WTF he’s talking about?
Something tells me that K.P. Harrier isn’t much of a railfan anymore…this is his third thread bashing the railroads
Forgot your medicine again, huh, K.P?
Hey, if you guys will just stop making all those phone calls to al-Qaeda, they won’t tap your phone anymore!
Where’s “FEMA” when you need them!!!
Hey KP, Your village called and they want there…
Oh, that’s right, They called back and they just want you to return the horse you rode off on back.