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It was interesting to "hear" this article. I didn't learn anything new from it but I did enjoy hearing Mr. Gunn. The response from DOT was that the Bush administration is committed to saving and improving Amtrak. Funny, Bush has given $0.00 funding to Amtrak to operate under his new budget. I don't know about you but I have NEVER been able to save or improve anything without putting funding into it. It just goes to prove what Mr. Gunn said recently that anything this administration tells you is (sorry can't print it here, family website you know) . By the way, I just ran across a book recently entitled, Weapons of Mass Deception, The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq. The title of that book pretty well sumes up the current administration. Mineta was quoted as saying that we have put 29 billion into the flawed national rail system. My question is how much money have we put into the national highway system during the same time? How much money have we put into the air transporation system during the same time? If Amtrak is not worth the investment then I have to question if air travel or the highway system is worth it either. Amtrak could play a major role in our country's current gas/oil crisis by being expanded to accomodate more passengers on more routes. Airlines are cutting back on the number of flights and destinations. Greyhound recently announced it was cutting service to a number of cities. Of course this country really doesn't have an energy plan now does it? Amtrak could become a major player if the administration is really committed to saving and improving Amtrak. But you know, Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, don't they ! ! !
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