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> >> (1.) The Pioneer is not running and hasn't run
> for over a decade. A decade from now we'll still
> be wondering when service we be restored.
>
> > The Pioneer has not run for over 25 years.
>
> Thanks for driving home my point that much more.
> Apparently there is no political motivation or
> societal desire to restore the train,

I mentioned in my first reply that the Federal Railroad Administration is studying restoration of service on the Pioneer route, along with other routes previously discontinued by Amtrak. However, rather than address that point, you just dismissed what I said as "word salad."


but there IS
> political motivation and societal desire to
> channel $630,000 taxpayer dollars to an
> organization that assists pedophiles in being
> linked up with "fresh meat". That speaks volumes
> about the current batch of politicians and the
> current state of our society.

$630,000 would only pay for a portion of a more detailed follow-up study to the FRA study. There was $66 Billion authorized for Amtrak in the 2021 Bi-partisan Infrastructure Legislation. Somewhere in that $66 Billion would be at least $630,000 to advance work on restoration of the Pioneer Route.

I am outraged by the billions of federal money spent on flood insurance when people continue to build in locations of known flood and storm rish. Unlike you, I have the wisdom, soberiety, and perspective to understand that even if the budget for this program was reduced, the funding would not necessarily be reallocated for Amtrak to restore service on long-distance routes.


>
> Do you think we will gain any of this knowledge
> before the second coming of Christ?

Christ is irrelevant to this discussion.

As you say,
> the train has not been operating for more than 25
> years. What's taking them so long to figure all
> this out?

The Federal Railroad Administration study only started THIS YEAR. There has NOT been ongoing studies of restoration of the train since its discontinuance.

Is it time for a new study?
>
> >> (2.) In the meantime, $630,000 taxpayer dollars
> have been channeled to an organization that
> assists pedophiles in being linked up with "fresh
> meat".
>
> > I'm not going to take the word of a random
> pinhead on Twitter . . .
>
> Said the random pinhead on Altamont Press . . .
>
> > about this program nor will take the time to
> look it up on the Internet.
>
> So you're quick to criticize it or discount it as
> false and too lazy to do some research to find out
> if it's true. You must be a liberal Democrat and
> Biden supporter.

You must be a reactionary to automatically take the word of some random treat that this has anything to do with pedophilia. If you provided a link an ACTUAL description from the federal agency administering the program, I'd look it up myself.


>
> >Item 2 has NOTHING to do with Item 1 and Item 2
> has NOTHING to do with Railroads.
>
> The discussion is/was about allocation of taxpayer
> dollars, and I just find it strange or, rather,
> sick and perverse, that political motivation and
> societal desire can find $630,000 taxpayer dollars
> to channel to an organization that assists
> pedophiles in being linked up with "fresh meat"
> but has difficulty finding taxpayer dollars to
> restore The Pioneer.

Oh grow up little boy. The miniscule amount for this program is not stopping restoration of the Pioneer. Union Pacific's demands are much more likely to be an obstacle.
>

If you don't like this program, go whine on a different internet discussion forum.

I'm done with you. Any reply to this bost will be just for your benefit and for other AP members still reading this thread.