Really, Mr. Accountant?

Amtrak repaints several Genesis locomotives in heritage schemes and is running a 40th anniversary train around the country. The costs of the heritage/40th anniversary program are much higher than preparing and displaying a one-month exhibit pertaining to a major movement in African American History. Yet you object to this modest effort?

Really???

Anyone who reads newspaper articles about Americans' understanding of US history and/or watches Jay Leno's "Jaywalking" knows that Americans know damn little about their own history. Thus any historic information in a place through which thousands of people pass daily can only be good.

Your silly remark about the Miami airport is indicative of an apparent unawareness that historical displays are common in many transportation terminals. There is a display of Greyound memorabilia in the Pittsburgh bus station (built with public funds), a display on the history of McCarren airport in Las Vegas, plaques with images of Boston area train depots in one of the rail stations and a plaque explaining the significance of a spur track for passenger cars at Amtrak's Santa Barbara depot. The money spent on preparing and installing these displays could have been used to replace a few light bulbs, but I've never read an objection to them.

So when there is an exhibit highlighting a chapter on African-American history you start this thread?

Really???

Would you have objected to the Santa Fe incorporating Native American imagery into its passenger car interiors and marketing?

Your pencil may be sharp, but your accountant's mind is seriously out of wack.