B6b Wrote:
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> Theodore Wrote:
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> > Ross Rowland, the Eternal Moocher who lives to
> get
> > other people to pay his way, posted on RYPN
> that
> > he's been in talks with "high level" government
> > operatives about having private concerns take
> over
> > daily operations of National Historic Sites
> (with
> > Steamtown being his main talking point).
> >
> > Great idea, you blood sucking leech. Let the
> > taxpayers pay the capital costs, then let the
> > "private sector" come in and reap the profits.
> > Lord knows he's been using other people's money
> > for 40 years to bask in the glory, I guess this
> is
> > just another chapter in the saga of a few
> > successes and a bucket full of failures and
> > misguided dreams.
> >
> > I just wonder who he has in mind to run
> > Steamtown?
> >
> > It's also interesting that Ross keeps harping
> that
> > everyone should continue to donate money to the
> > Western Maryland 1309 fiasco--even when it's
> > obvious that the man now running that show is
> > nothing but a shyster. It takes a shyster to
> hawk
> > for a shyster I guess.
> >
> > One of my cherished memories with my father was
> > seeing 2101 on the point of the Chessie Steam
> > Special, and a few years later riding with him
> on
> > the Chessie Safety Express behind C&O 614. Now
> I
> > wouldn't spit on him if he was on fire.
> >
> > I've still got a mint embroidered patch that I
> > bought on the souvenir car behind on the Safety
> > Express. Guess it's time to sell that thing on
> > ebay.
>
> I'm sure YOUR many steam restorations and
> operations
> can easily match or exceed Rowland's.
>
> I can't wait to see the long list of your
> accomplishments.

B6b --
Your post is a perfect example of what is called an
"ad hominem" argument. That means someone is trying
to prove that what someone else has said is wrong by
attacking the other person's character or acts, instead
of rebutting what the other person said.

Please deal with what "Theodore" wrote, not what he
himself may or may not have done. Thank you.