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> Zebrahead Wrote:
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> > Good grief, all this BS about "woke" railroads,
> drag queens and transit riders who can't control
> their urges.
>
> Sad to say, it's the world we live in. It
> shouldn't be ignored or swept under the carpet
> just because it's not a discussion about the
> Turquoise Room on the Super Chief or why UP got
> rid of the gas turbines. If one looks hard
> enough, there's always a "linkage" to railroads.
> As the original poster mentioned, CSX serves both
> of the towns where those woke, perverted
> happenings are taking place at taxpayer-supported
> public schools.
>
> > I guess Altamont Press is not the place to find
> intelligent/informed commentary . . .
>
> No, that disappeared a long time ago when the
> clown who likes to post links leading the viewer
> to YouTube videos that chant "You are an idiot" or
> has sound effects of cows mooing decided to add
> his two cents.
>
> I remember a conversation on here about a year ago
> where everyone swore that they were going to go to
> great lengths to ignore what they perceived to be
> "trouble makers" who were posting content they
> didn't like. They said they were going to "scroll
> on past" those discussion threads and not make
> incendiary contributions to them.
>
> Boy, it's painfully obvious that that new policy
> has taken off like a lead balloon. These people
> are just like crack addicts. They have to make
> contributions to those discussions whether they
> want to or not! I think there's some people here
> who really enjoy all of these unconventional
> discussion threads just so they can make a
> contribution to it where they can talk about
> dildos, voices in people's heads, the scraggley
> beard of a friend of David Curlee and perverse sex
> acts, among other topics. They also LOVE to
> perform armchair psychoanalysis and pass judgement
> on people they are convinced are crazy with a
> wonderment on whether or not those individuals are
> taking medication. Another popular activity here
> is to make posts under assumed names, where
> they're misrepresenting themselves and pretending
> to be someone else. This mythical character named
> "Trigger" is a very popular target and it seems
> like everybody and his brother likes to post weird
> stuff under that moniker.
>
> > on whether the Staggers Act of 1980 a had
> positive or negative affect on rail transportation
> in the United States.
>
> That depends on whom you ask. Shippers feel
> they're being price-gouged by the railroads and
> they would like a return to the pre-Staggers days
> where the ICC determined rates and other things.
> The problem was that the ICC hit the railroads
> with so much regulation that it lead to the deaths
> of railroads like the Rock Island and the
> Milwaukee Road. Where there was once too much
> regulation, it appears the pendulum has swung too
> far in the opposite direction and now there is too
> little regulation. It will be interesting to see
> if the STB has any regulatory power to do much of
> anything besides wipe its behind.

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