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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard We are sending 87billon dollars to a country sitting on more oil than Exxon/Mobil, Phillips, Shell and BP Petroleum could refine in a thousand years? Just exactly what the hell did I miss here? Is it just me, or does this sound and look out of kilter to you guys too? Ed [/quote] Agreeded. Ready now to run, remember you have at least half a dozen votes. [;)] I supppport our troops 1000 %. They didn't choose where they are now. I remain unsold on the mess over there. I believe the American people were lied to and forced to believe made up info so you know who could further his political career and secure 4 more. If we are footing the bill for their rebuilding then their oil ought to be shipped over here in return for their brand new schools, hospitals, roads, etc, etc, etc,. Our gas prices would drop and should drop to pre 1970 levels. Any ally should be given a share also. TO HELL WITH WORLD OPINION. HAS WORLD OPINION DONE ANYTHING FOR THE UNITED STATES. In one of the other threads someone suggested that we tell the foreigners that "our money is needed at home". Our gas prices are at records highs again thanks to this b s. The new issue of Trains mag is out now. They make some very good comments about Amtrak. Our current government wants to let private companies operate passenger service over the freight railroad's tracks using Amtrak's right to run trains. In other words anything not along the "corridor" will not ever have passenger service again. Passenger service is government paid for in any country that has it. It must be here too. They also want the states to pay 50 % of the costs involved in the passenger service. This at a time when most states are cutting back any and every public service they can cut, and even those they can't. Take your own unofficial poll. Ask your friends if they will ever fly again? Some might say yes but that they are not happy doing so. We cannnot stop Amtrak. It is a service that really should be expanded. Can Ed get on an Amtrak train in Houston? Does YOUR CITY OR TOWN HAVE AN AMTRAK TRAIN? Just as Ed pointed out we need money here. So why do we send it out by boat load to go to countries that don't give a damn about us? We have children, homeless and ill veterans, and even our own service people (who live on base and can't afford to feed their own family because of their poor paid as a serviceman) who need help. It is past time that we help ourselves and keep our money home where it can help us and not them. I don't want to be heartless but we have many problems here so why look for problems overseas to throw money to when it could be thrown here! I read where oversea shippers are looking at shipping their cargo more by ship and stopping the cross country container rail shipments that we see now. In other words less container shipments, less American railroad jobs. Yes there will be some container shipments but just not the long haul ones. To answer Ed's question--Yes this country is as screwed up as it has ever been. It is not just you Ed. Many Americans are very unhappy with the current shape of the country. But our elected officials don't listen to us, they listen to big business who lines their pockets with cash and it is the cash doing the talking. OK, time to step down from the soap box, but if thing don't change that soap box may become a soup box (hope you all catch that). As someone said recently, "I can't stay frosty on this one".
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