OTN Wrote:
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> DC refugee Wrote:
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> > From what I have observed, what we are seeing
> here
> > is typical of so many Democrats and Liberals--
> an
> > absolute inability to separate politics from
> any
> > part of their lives, hobby included. Always
> have
> > to throw a "Screw Trump!" in there somewhere,
> > whether talking trains or sitting in a booth at
> > Denny's.
> >
> > That was the biggest part I hated about living
> > inside the Beltway-- you couldn't go 3
> sentences
> > talking to someone at a social gathering
> without
> > the question "So, are you a Democrat or
> > Republican?" being asked. If the answer wasn't
> D,
> > no matter whether Libertarian, Independent, or
> > "I'd rather be shot than discuss politics" you
> > were persona non grata. They bully you into
> > thinking there is no other party that is
> socially
> > acceptable because all others (including not
> > participating in politics) are despicable and
> you
> > are an extremist minority who should be ashamed
> of
> > your views.
> >
> > But now we live in the South and can't go 3
> > sentences without being asked "So who's your
> > team?" I can't win. If you don't like college
> > football, you are persona non grata. But at
> least
> > they'll still talk to us down here.
>
> Can anyone explain how RDK became the youngest
> Division Supt. on the Cotton Belt if politics was
> not involved?

Two different kinds of "politics", Bill. One, in Kreb's rise to fame, involved RR politics and a father who was head of Wells Fargo and the biggest lender to the SP. The other involved me using a President's name