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Political Dog Dung? ! I have to agree!! I don't want to know about anyone's hate of the President, or any other politician for that matter. The President and Congress both have access to much intelligence data about the world that I could never have. Since WE don't have all the facts, any judgement is prejudiced. Anyway, I have no tolerance for the narrow minded bigotry that mixes the terrible issue of war and peace with partisan politics. If I am to be forced into such partisan discussion in this forum - I'm Outa Here. Our political discussion in this forum should stick to the subject - railroads. Even media political debates require sticking to the subject at hand! That said, it is too bad that the relationship between railroad and railfan has to be politicized at all. But since it IS now political, and since Train's Magazine saw fit to use inflamatory words such as "Un-American" rather than to stick to issue of whether ordinary railfan activities could be used to threaten us (which I do not believe), we are all in a big broil. As I have said in other posts (Reprimand the A.A.R. etc), we should be willing to sacrifice for the common good, especially during wartime, but not in vain useless ways. But will somebody please try to convince me just how watching trains, or even collecting pictures of them, or asking when one's favorite train is due, could possibly help a terrorist - especially when much more important railroad information is readily available just about anywhere - even off the A.A.R's own website? That is why I have blaimed the A.A.R for the railfan's current political problems. They had to have known better all along; because they do not feel any threat is caused by giving away plenty of data themselves. RmC
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