Turning back to Congressman Mica. Why did Trump suddenly drop him as Transportation Sec.?
My theory. He had an invterview, and when asked for his ideas, he burst into the rant on Amtrak food service. And Trump and the future VP decided that if this is the most important matter for Mica, considering all the USA's needs, we need someone else.
Again, this is jsut a theory. But there is a lesson from it. Let us not loose sight of the BIG PICTURE in any issue.
At least Mica is gone, for now. Maybe he can find work a a lobbyist for Greyhound!
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SD70M-2Dude At least Mica is gone, for now. Maybe he can find work a a lobbyist for Greyhound!
Don't forget the 'hound is part of First Group which operates several of the rail passenger franchises in the U.K., and they do have intentions of picking up some passenger contract operation(s) in North America.
Who knows, maybe a private Amtrak that operates all intercity bus routes and rail passenger service throughout the USA, with economies of scale regarding ticketing,reservations, and stations, ease of using buses during trackwork blitzes and other outages, and even the possibilitiy of buses during light traffic periods and rail during heavy traffic periods on a few routes, maybe such a unified intercity ground transportation system could be self-supporting or even profitable!
daveklepper Turning back to Congressman Mica. Why did Trump suddenly drop him as Transportation Sec.? My theory. He had an invterview, and when asked for his ideas, he burst into the rant on Amtrak food service. And Trump and the future VP decided that if this is the most important matter for Mica, considering all the USA's needs, we need someone else. Again, this is jsut a theory. But there is a lesson from it. Let us not loose sight of the BIG PICTURE in any issue.
I'm not convinced Mica had ever advanced to serious consideration. Transportation doesn't have the sex appeal of State and Defense, and I never saw much buzz about it at all, let alone a boom for Mica.
I'm intrigued by Trump's apparent entertainment of our (North Dakota's) first-term Democratic Sen. Heitkamp for something or other. I can't imagine her qualifications for either Interior or Energy, the posts most frequently mentioned; but giving her something -- anything -- would be a dandy way of plumping up the Republican majority in the Senate.
(She's about the only popular Democrat in N.D., and the Democrats had to bring her out of retirement to run for Senate 4 years ago. Her replacement, by special election, would almost assuredly be an 'R.')
Buslist SD70M-2Dude At least Mica is gone, for now. Maybe he can find work a a lobbyist for Greyhound! Don't forget the 'hound is part of First Group which operates several of the rail passenger franchises in the U.K., and they do have intentions of picking up some passenger contract operation(s) in North America.
Look at that, you learn something every day. I wonder what a P42, Charger or ACS-64 would look like with that sprinting dog on the side?...
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